Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-18
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

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The Senate Yesterday passed the bill
appropriating 81 600 to the Department
of Agriculture to prohibit the sale Oh
adulterated food.
The Anderson bill, to provide for the
extension of corporate limits of cities ana
towns, came up as the special order.
Mr.. Anderson said that cities should not
be handicapped in their growth by lew
people that settle around the outskirts.
In these views he was supported by Mr..
Halsey and Mr.. Gold. Without taking
vote on the bill the Senate, by vote
of IA to 13, adjourned. This was re-
garded as in favor Of the Anderson
bill.
A bill was offered by Mr.. Anderson
to appropriate $4,000, to defray the
expenses of the State Board OF Health.
HOUSE.
The introduction of petitions in favor
of the Mann liquor bill continues to be
feature at the opening of the sessions
of each House daily.
The House agreed to the Senate joint
resolution memoralizing Congress to
compel the United States revenue ofhce
to furnish the state courts the names of
those to whom United States liquor
licenses have been granted.
The general tax bill was resumed as a
special order. Many substitutes were Of
fered and discussed, and then went over
without action.
By vote of % to % a substitute by
Mr.. Stearns was passed prohibiting slot
machines that are run as game OF
chance.
When the liquor license section was
reached Mr.. Days gave notice that at
another time he would offer an amend
ment creating an excise board for each
of the counties and cities of the State,
so as to allow the applicant two chances
of success. The object is to allow APP
peal from the board to the Circuit Court,
and thence to the Court of Appeals. In
order to afford the opportunities now
given on this subject the board is to be
proposed for the reason that the County
Court system has been abolished, there
by removing one of the present tribu-
mails before which application is made.
Mr.. Cardwell offered an amendment
in the nature of a substitute for the sec
ton taxing social clubs in like manner
as barrooms. The substitute provides
that each member shall pay to the State
81, as at present; that the clubs shall be
permanent ones that sworn monthly
statements as to their transactions be
made to the corporation courts, and that
the various communities be guarded
against what are known as "fake' clubs.
After discussion the substitute was
adopted without division. The design
of this is to break up the clubs which
we're formed to eyade the liquor law.
Motions to relieve osteopaths, healers,
and Christian scientists of specific
license tax and looking both to increas-
ing the fine for carrying concealed weap-
ons and to preventing the sale OF pistols
to boys we're passed by.
During the discussion over the general
tax bill Mr.. Rice moved to increase the
tax on the sale of pistols from 500 to $50.
Mr.. Newhouse inquired whether he de-
sired to make it prohibitory. Mr.. Rice
said he did. Mr. Newhouse then asked
whether Mr.. Rice would be willing Ia
exclude Amherst county from the amend
ment, as the county was now in a state
of Mr.. Rice said he would, and
the sally created quite laugh.
The speaker ordered an election in
Prince George and Surry counties,
March 90, to elect member Of the
House to succeed the late w. b. Clarke.
The bill to break the Baylor oyster
survey, which came before the commit
tee on the Chesapeake and its tributaries
last night, went oyer until today, after
being well nigh the cause of a personal
encounter between the author of the
measure, f. c. Jordan, and Sheriff ). >.
Curtis, of Warwick county. The sheriff
intimated that Mr.. Jordan was not tell
ing the truth in his speech, and a fight
would have ensued but for the inter
ference of friends.