Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-30
SHORT SESSIONS,
,nSArD DISPOSED OF IT'S work
IN FOUR MINUTES.
gaRDLY A QUORUM PRESENT.
rvo Resolutions Passed by tho
uousc. while the Senate Sat only
Few Minutcs-Mcmncrs Interest
ed in Corstitntion Case.
3ARDLY A QUORUM PRESENT.

ed IN Cop~titutfon Case.
Yesterdays legislative session was
h-Ief and formal. nothing Of Importance
hei,,g taken UP in either house, and
,herc being hardly a quorum present, il
20 many in either body. Many OF the
members had gone to their homes for
thanksgiving Day. or Were attending the
hearing OF the Constitution test case, or
on leaves OF absence. There was doubt
n a quorum, and SO no business was
cake uyr that would neccssltate q vote and
Sorum. Sessions Of any Importance are
Itusual or Saturdays. but the present
General Assembly seems determined to
AXE no unnecessary holidays.
The senate of Virginia consumed four
minutes yesterday in the disposition of
he work before it. There are many mat
tiers Of Importance which are being con-
silerc: by the committee and until some
Of these rSrort there is little that can be
lone The fact that the sessions are
brlef is the best indication that the mem
bers are hard at work. When the re-
ports begin to come in it is moro than
Iizely that the meeting hour will be fixed
N 10 o'clock in the morning and the ses-
s!ons continue until O'Clock in the after
noon.
Lieutenant-Governor Willard presided
over the senate and prayer was offered
by the Rev. w. 3. Beaucfamp.
From the house came n communication
fixing the terms of the judges of the new
circuit courts. asking the concurrence
al the senate. The bill is the embodiment
OF the action Of the two houses in fixing
the terms by lot 1t was referred to the
committee on courts OF justice.
Senator Cogbill offered 4 solitary bill.
II was TO empower the board of super
sisors Of the county of Chesterfield to
allow additional pay to the members of
he boards of registration for that counI
y. The bill was referred to the commit
Ice en- special, private and local lesisla-
lion.
The senate, at 1910 o'clock, adjourned.
In making the announcement of the adj
journment. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Willard
said, and the senate stands adjourned
until to-norrow-the senate stands adj
iourned until Monday at j o'clock"
He came near making the senate sit
IN Sunday was remarked by a senator.
And that without extra pay laugh
ngly replied the president.
TIE HOUSE.
The session of the house yesterday was
brief and OF no importance, nothing being
scne further than the routine procedure
Speaker Ryan called the body to order
after which the Rev. C. A Marks offered
prayer
Leaves Of absence for four days each
We're granted Messrs. Graves and Bow
man, on motions Of members.
a resolution from the senate providing
FOR Keeping open the law library was
passed
The house resolution providing for dis
tributtng copies Of the journal and docu-
ments of the constitutional convention
among the members Of the general as
senibly and placing the remainder in the
hands Of the secretary of the Common
wealth to be sold for the benefit Of the
literary fund was passed.
There was but one bill on the calendar
bur no effort was made to pass that. for
it was perceived that a rollcall would
force a call of the house and few We're
present Many of the ahsentees were in
the United States courtroom attending
the hearing in the injunction proceedings
The house adjourned until Monday at
noon.
Legislative Gossip.
There was little work done in commit
tee or subcommittee yesterday inc
Committee on Roads OF the House nad a a
of note. The subcommittee Of this com
alttec will soon take up the work ASST GIL
I'd to a. which is among the most I'M
oortant apporuoned 10 any committee.
Both houses viii starte out MONDAY
ly get1ing down TO hard work. and there
will be no intermission until Christmas.
and then but few days holiday. After
that there will be almost constant WORK
Up to this time the sessions have been
brief necessarily. but some of the mem
bers have worked hard on committees
Hon. T. c. Pitcher. OF Fauquier. one
Of the most widely known former mem
Der of the House. where ne served Tor
several terms has been in the city all
the week, and is still here.
Mr.. Z. c. Jordan will probably offer
his oyster bill this week 1t proposes
10 break the oyster survey II snow. as as
parent that ii Will provoke hard and
prolonged fight. The members from up
The State. it is expected, Will be almost
unit for the measure, and many from
Tidewater will stand with them in pro
tecting the oyster interests. which the
friends of this measure declare is being
depicted year by year. The dredsers viii
be here in force to present their side of
the question. Mr.. Jordan will have plenty
Of support in his presentation OF the
case. SEE
Thsrc are many subjects Of he egi slation
which Will come up before me Sc, Sess t,,a
members are oevoting their attention to
naTcellinS out the work Of code revision;
end drafting statutes supplementary and
cXecutory of the new Constitution
Many OF the members heard the arsu-
mcnt of the Constitution case in the in
junction ~~oceedings yesterday and Fri
day evening. Generally they concur in
The view that Mr.. Christian made one
OF the strongest legal arguments they
have ever heard. and that his position
was lrnpregnable. The decision rendered
was they say. inevitable.
Notwithstanding their views before
hand the members generally are much
pleased with the decision. Some of those
who We're lukewarm in their admiration
Of the Constitution We're converted TO
lCg defence by the partisan appeals of
4 PLEASANT SURPRISE.