The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-12
SOLONS DO
GREAT WORK
Senate and House Both Hold
Long Sessions.
TAX BILL IN THE LATTER
Senate Begins Consideration Of Annex
alton Measures-Will Elect Circuit
Judges To- Day-lmportant Re-
solutions Offered==on-Statue.

The two houses Of the General Assom-
bly, yesterday adopted Joint resolution
providing for the election of the new cir
cult Judges and q Judge Of the county
court Of southampton at 8:45 o'clock this
afternoon.
The Senate held long session yesterday
and begun the consideration Of the bills
relating to the annexation Of prore ty
adjacent to cities and towns and a long
fight is expected.
"A great many important bills and reso-
lutions were offered. Mr.. Snle offered
a bill to require stationary engineers to
stand examinations and Mr.. opic pre-,
scented one for the protection Of trees
along public highways.
The Hartman habitual drunkard bill
was again reported from the COMMITTEES
for Courts Of Justice and read a first
time.
Senator Cromwell offered Joint resc-
luton appointing a commission 10 look
into the methods Of conducting the State
hosritals for the insane, and Mr.. Mann.
offered one asking Congress to enact c
law requiring revenue officers to report
to the circuit courts of the State the
names OF all persons to whom United
States liquor licenses have been granted.
Mr.. Gold, of Clarke, presented Joint
resolution declaring it to be tho sense
Of the General Assembly that it was not
wise at this timo to place a stale Of
General Lee In the Capitol at Wash
inLtoh, as the day of sectional hatred has
MT yet passed
The Senate passed bill approprintinE
81 coo for the enforcement of the Glass
pure food bill. and both houses passed
Senate bill No. ZIG. relating to the pay
of employees Of the General Assembly
durina recess. paying them for potion
of the time.
The Senate adjourned to meet at noon
and the House at $50 p NJ.
In the House Mr.. Davis offered an in
teresting bill, appropriating $1OO,0T addi-
tional for Capitol repairs and adopting
the PEBBLES plan.
The House met at $3.50 P. NJ. and after
the passage OF some local bills proceeded
to the consideration of tho general tax
bill, upon which much progress was
made Petitions were offered for the
Mann bill and the Clayton dlspensary
bill, and Mr.. Heer1nans submitted a MI
norlty report from the Committee on
Elections, in favor of his reapportion-
ment bill Tho report of the Conference
Committee on the Matthews dog law was
agreed to, and Mr.. Smith, of Clarke, of
fered bill to provide for the appoint
ment of n burial commission in eacn
county In the State
The Senate.
The Rev. w. B. Beauchamp offered the
prayer at the opening Of the proceedings
OF the Senate. There was larger at
tendance OF the members than for several
days past. Many visitors We're In the
space reserved for spectators.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Gold and under the rules went
over until to-day:
Resolved by the Senate, the House Of
Delegates concurring. That while Virginia
has many sons whose statutes might with
appropriateness DO placed in statuary
hall IN tho Capitol at Washington, she
has none whose intellectual endowment
and graces of mind and character are so
worthy Of imitation and contemplation
as those of Robert ID. Leo, and therefore,
none whose effigy could so appropriately
be placed In the vacant niche which Vir-
gtnia may be entitled to fill.
Resolved, That 1t would be the pleasure
of the General Assembly of Virginia to
make suitable provision now for SO
doing but that expression from certain
quarters in the north satisfy US that those
who sympathizo with them as well as
those who give utterance to them are
incapable of approaching the noble quail.
tiles that illustrate his life, and there.
fore, we decline to do so.
Resolved further, That 1t Is the sense OF
the General Assembly that the vacant
niche should never be occupied until sec
tonal rancor and hate have so far pass
ed away as to make 1t not only agree
able but elevating to tho people Of the