The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-14


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SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Hss The following Senate insgWerespas1ed..s
10 amend an act ina regard 70 pteal'e1Ef-
sxattonxof order at the 70 q,
amend chartersN Norfolk ana Berkiey
70 ineorp eiai iNorfolk County Indus
trial Company.
For the relief OF w. Huntingdon.
10 authorize School District Mo- S, Of
Norfolk county, to- borrow money
gs To- incorporate 81 he 81 Norfolk Ports
mouth and 8Berkley.T Tunnel Company.
III To incorporates the s Phi IS MI S, Gamma
Fraternity Of Hollins Institute
TO incorporate the Lick Creek and
Lake Erie Railroad Company.
For the relief OF W. White. Of Hen
rico county
# For the relief of deputies of Z. j. Bon
duran
PROMPTING the manufacture and sale
& cfs liquors In Tazewell, Russell, Buchanan
andsDickenson counties.
Relating to certified copies Of record
I in criminal trials.
10 amend section Ills Of Code in re1a-s
rated companies. #s
70 amend act making husband and
wife competent witnesses for and against
each other. 3
To authorize the courts Of the COM
monwealth to pay money to infants.
To validate official acts of j.. B.Bell, a
notary public of Lunenburg county.
# To regulate and fix fees of sheriffs, &C.
TO amend section 3179 Of Code and
other acts amendatory thereto. 81 g
To allow Board Of Supervisors OF
Southampton county to repair dam and
bridges across Barham's mill-dam and
bridge. -:
BILLS sINTRoDUCED.
II The following bills were introduced:
BY Mr.: Donohoe: To authorize the City
Council OF Alexandria to issue public I'M
pr ovement bonds
BY the same TO authorize the City
Council of Alexan dria to issue street a1t6
sewer Improvement bonds.
BY the same: To Incorporate the Wash
Company. 81 So.
BY Mr.. Watkins: To amend charter Of
James River Railway Company.
BY the same: Appropriating $4,000 for
an Industrial exhibit at the st. Louis Ex-
position.
House Proceedings.
The House was called to order at noon
by Speaker Ryan, and Rev. w. B. Beau
champ, OF the Methodist Church, offered
prayer.
The special and continuing being the
further consideration Of the Caben child
labor bill was called up by the patron.
/ and Mr.. Baker, of Westmoreland, took
the floor to speak for the measure. He
made a very eloquent and logical appeal
for the BILL
Mr.. Jordan, of Frederick, spoke briefly.
but with much force against the measure.
Mr. Allen denounced the bill as vicious,
md hat frryoe ttaY,- = inc 10 he
people of the State.
s5 Mr.. Bland, of Portsmouth, who fathered
a similar measure in the last House,
made an exceptionally strong speech for
the bill.
Mr.. Cation followed Mr. Bland and
argued in a very able manner against
the measure.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cations
sreech the House, at 1 SO, adjourned until
noon to-day
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. Toney: To exempt pensioned
Confederate soldiers from the payment Of
a. poll tax.
BY Mr.. Bowman: To provide for an In
dustrial exhibit on the part of Virginia at
the st. Louis Exposition.
BY MI. 5Harman: To provide for the dis
charge of convicts from the penitentiary
on Saturday when their terms expire on
Sunday.
By. same: To increase the salary Of the
manager of the State penitentiary from
$50. to $50 per month.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend section 753 of the Code cf
Virginia. as amended, in relation to State
repositories.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors
of the counties and the Councils of the
cities and towns of the Commonwealth
to subscribe to the capital stock Of the
Jamestows Exposition Company.
To amend and re-enact section and to,
repeal section 2 of an act entitled an act
to provide for the registration of any
person. being a resident of this State.
who desires to take or catch oysters fer
sale or planting from the natural rocks
or shoals on the eastern or ocean side
OF Accomac and Northampton counties.
To allow Joseph T. Fudge, treasurer CT
Allegheny county, further time to dis
train. levy. and collect certain tax tick
cts for which he has accounted to the
State and the Board of Supervisors CT
said county.
q 10 authorize the City Council of staun-
ton, Va, to issue and sell bonds, not ex-
ceediDg S125, 900.
To amend and re-enact sections l, S.
and II of an act entitled an act to in
corporate the Virginia Electric Railway
and. Development Company, approved
February Z, 1898.
TO amend and re-epact section 26 Of an
act of the General Assembly of Virginia,
in force January 81, 1854. entitled an.act
providing a charter for the city Of Nor
folk, and repeating the existing charter,
approved April q, 1s32.
To authorize the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities to
erect a wharf at Jamestown.
Odd>Fellows.ip.
metropolitan Lodge, Odd Fellows, is
making ARA ngementS for an entertain