Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-01-29
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

| SENATE.
AS stated in the Gazette of that day
President Lyon G. Tyler, of William
and Mary College; Prof. w. A. Bowles,
of the Virginia Institute for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind, and DR.. G. w. Kent,
of the University of Virginia, were
yesterday elected by the Senate as mem
bers of the State Board of Education
These three members are added to the
board under the new constitution.
These three members, with the gov
ernor, encouragement and superinten
dent of public instruction, constitute
the State Board of Education, which is
now composed of the three State officers
mentioned.
The bill to amend the act in relation
to taxing dogs was passed by vote of
26 to 6.
The act to provide for the commitment
to private hospitals of inebriates was
passed by.
The Senate committee on counties,
cities and towns reported a number of
local House bills, including one to allow
King William county to appropriate
money to erect Confederate monument.
Bills TO amend the dog law and to pro-
vide for committing inebriates to asylums
were passed by.
HOUSE.
The general laws committee of the
House reported favorably bill to allow
city councils the right to regulate the
liquor traffic. This bill would set at rest
the questions which arose when the
Richmond council had the screen ordin-
ance and early closing under discussion.
and which largely operated to defeat the
movement.
The report from the privilege and
elections committee giving Delegate E. p.
Mclean, of Mecklenburg, three days in
which to take the oath to support the
new constitution went over without
action.
The bill relating to the fixing of
salaries of State officers was passed by
on of motion Mr.. Davis, and the general
revenue bill was reported from the
finance committee and set as special
order for 1890 o'clock on Monday next.
A debate occurred over the question
of dismissing the pharmacy bill and
allowing physicians in towns of under
1900 inhabitants to practice pharmacy.
1t was held that registered pharmacists
could not be secured for such small towns,
and that, therefore, those towns we're de-
prived of medicines. Mr.. Whitehead
charged that those who desired to pass
the bill sought to protect the physicians
who wanted to escape standing the ex
animation. The bill was passed by
after hot fight by vote of 80 to II.
The general tax bill, reported favor
ably by the finance committee, contained
a clause embodied in the bill recently
introduced by Mr.. Whitehead requiring
all social clubs which dispense liquors to
their members to take out regular State
liquor license. The measure in this
shape will precipitate big fight. It's
that the clubs are already
lining up against it.
The following bills were presented and
To validate the acts of certain COM
nissioners in chancery in the Common
wealth.
To amend section 1862 of the code in
citation to exemption of laboring men
md Others who are householders.
Two matters of great interest will be
Up before legislative committees today;
me, the jamestown exposition bill, ap
$4,000 for the great show
# 1907, and the other the child labor
bills, which have been pending for sew
raj days. The House finance commit
ee will deal with the exposition bill and
Zen. Fitzhugh Lee and others promi-
tent in the project will appear. The
hid labor bills are before the Senate
ommittee, and it looks as if the Lyle
leasure will be reported with some