Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-25
Short PORTANT
rr,b MATTERS pRouGHT UP AT
Yesterdays LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
IN REDUCE SUM FOR CAPITOL.
senator cold offers n Dill, to Appro-
nrintc only .hi- Amount for
the uui,dins-To Prevent Frauds
In transfer OF Merchandise.
IN REDUCE SUM FOR CAPITOL.
senator cold Offers Dill to Appro-
-i,tc Only This Amount for
-, uui,dins-ro Prevent Frauds.
IN transfer of Merchandise.

,,l-T. the legislative session Of yester
,o,.dia not consume a great deal Of time
matters OF vital Importance to tn
alc of Virginia were brought to tn
...art5an Of the members. One was tn
,ai ~ senator Byars. locking to tn
,~~.c-,on Of fraud by INSCRIPTIONS PEG
ar fhe transfers of STOCKS Of goods
,e..5 have not been paid for until no
,t-, g.,-c,l 10 the creditors of such con
,-.D.gied transfer. The other th'
,as NJ Senator Cold. looking to a repea
=, ,Ta approximation Of 100000 for the
ny af the Capitol building. and ap
Rating 900 for that purpose. Boil
y.r-,t cvc, for consideration by com
h discussing the bin which Sc nad in.
.,nE-ced. Senator Gold said to 2 reporter
lar ,h5 Dispatch:
Fa house Will get a little more room y
ssif senator Gold. but the senate viii
srrr The light from the windows or
mo SIDES is 10 be cut off and entrances
r,- Iong the sides of the hall. That will
i-f.s. de senate. Then the extension OF
,re senate chamber on the poTtico Will
z=s~ay the symmetry Of the building.
,,a-n little ai,ou; The general subject of
architecture. but ] presume that Mr..
1-rnrsau knew what he was about
The huildine needs repairing. and the
senate IS badly in need of ventilation. but
nm opposed to altering the exterior.
TIE lowest bid for the work was, I un-
ferstapd $4,000 and that would not be
the total outlay for the WORK.
7I5E SESSION WAS SHORT.
Tleuteuant-G overnor Willard called the
..aato 10 order to-day. There was no
S1Wver- The reading of the journal was
dispensed with.
Senator Opie. Of Stanton, offered the
FOLLOW ing:
Whereas. the governor of the Common
wealth. The State Board of Education and
m Richmond Education Associa ton
invited the Southern Education Board
20 hold its next annual conference in the
t, ~ Richmond: therefore. be it
'@soived by the general assembly of
Virginia That, this body heartily concurs
he said invitation. and that copy
81 this resolution be forwarded to Mr..
Robert c. Ogden. the president OF the
southern Education Board
Senator Barksdale inquired if the adop-
iior Of the resolution would connect the
Srs.e 10 the Ogden movement.
Senator Opie replied that it would not
i was simply a courtesy on the part Of
thr senate. The movement meant much
for he State. it was proposed to spend
nauy thousands of dollars in Virginia for
education. The resolution was adopted
PRESENTED AND REFERRED
Tine following bills were presented and
referred;
is Senator Barksdale: To impose a
franchise tax on all corporations doing
business in Virginia.
By Senator Byars: To provide the
terms for the sale or bulk of stocks Of
merchandise. (The bill appears in full in
tnether column.
TENT OF THE BILL.
she full text Of the bill presented by
Senator Byars is as follows:
]. BE ID enacted by the general assem-
hlT n Virginia that sale of any por-
Uon Of q stock OF merchandise otherwise
than in the ordinary course of trade in
The regular and usual prosecution of the
sellers business. or a sale of an entire
stock Of merchandise in bulk. shall be pre-
svmed 10 be fraudulent and void as
against The mercantile creditors of the
seller. unless the purchaser shall at least
fr" days before the sale, in good faith
notify or cause to be notified personally
or lbs written notice served as other legal |
notices are served, or by registered mail, |
each Of the aforesaid creditors of the sell |
Ter NJ whom the purchaser has knowledge.
Or can with the exercise of reasonable |
diligence acquire knowledge Of the pro- |
posed sale Of said stock of goods. and the |
price proposed to be paid threefor by the /
purchaser; and the seller shall at least |
ttrs days before such sale furnish said /
buyer with the names of said creditors, /
rhor poslohice addresses and the amounts |
disc them.
BE il further enacted, That whenever !
notice as provided in section Of this act
is sent by registered mail. the creditor
or person TO whom the notice is mailed
shall be presumed conclusively to have re-
ceiycd the notice, and the time of the
notice shall be dated from the time
Vi the mailing and registration or actual
service OF said notice
Be il further enacted That except az
expressly provided in the preceding sec
ton. nothing therein contained. nor any
act hereunder, shall change or effect
The present rules of evidence or the pres
eHt presumption of law.
BY Senator Gold: To repeal the bill ap-
the sum of 100000 for the re-
pair and restoration of the capitol
BE Senator Gold-To appropriate the
sum Of 5000 for restoring and repairing
lie capitol
The Joint resolution imposing a special
levy for pensions and the Joint resolution
inviting the corporation commission to
make suggestions to the committee on
roads and internal navigation We're passed
q he senate at 12:lo adjourned for the
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