The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-28
House Passes the Corporation
s3@ Commission Bill. PA
BILLS OFFERED IN SENATE
Mr.tHobbs Would Make Ministers
Prompt In Returning Marriages Ll-
censes BilI TO Amend the Land
sGrabbers'I Act. ,5f

considering the bill to put tho Corpora
| ton commission into operation, and
1t was finally passed without mator1al
amendment, further than ono to confer
upon the commission tho authority 70
make regulations providing separate
apartments for white and colored people
at railway stations. '8@
Mr.. Bowman offered bill to amend
the law in relation to the sale Of de-
linquent lands, and others to amend the
law In relation to the crop post com
mission. and to appropriate 5000 for the
expenses OF the same.
In the Senate the Osteopath bin was
passed by until Wednesday,, and Mr..
Hobbs presented bill to require minis
ters to return marriage licenses prompt
ly. 5 fsg.
Govern or Montague sent to tho Senate
tho following nominations for member
ship on the Bonrd OF Directors Of the
pententlary: w. D. Chestorman, Milton
u. Marcuse, r. r. Winston. T. II Elicit
and W. 3. Bradley,
The Senate.
The Senate was opened with prayer by
Rev. p. b. Prlco, who referred to tho
illness Of Senator Opie and prayed Tor
his recovery. 7Sa
Mr.. Wickham offered an amendment
directing tho clerk to have tho revenue
bill printed with all the amendments,
SO that the Committee on Finance will
have porfeot copy Of the act when 1t
meets next Tuesday morning to con-
slider tho measure.
The Governor sont to tho Senate a
communication nominating William D.
Chestermnn, Milton II. Marcuse, Rob-
ert T. Winston and Tenacious e. Elicit,
OF Richmond, and William B. Bradley,
OF Manchester to be directors Of the
penitentiary for one, two, three, four
and five years, respectively. M
the Board OF Supervisors Of tho several
counties to ISSUE the bonds Of the sew
eral magisterial districts thereof for
matchmaking or otherwise improving
| the public roads within said district.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Dyars to
fix the terms Of the Judges Of the Cor
poratlon Courts for the cities OF Bristol,
! Radford and Beuna Vista.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Mr.. Hobbs presented an act to amend
| the code In relation to the certificate to
| be Issued by clerk with license; the re-
turn to DO made by person celebrating
the marriage, SO as to provide for penal
| ty for violation of said section.
| Many preachers who perform marriage
ceremonies fail to make returns. The
| bill provides for fine Of not less than
SIS nor more than SO for failure to make
| such return In some cases 1t has been
| Impossible to prove marriage by reason
has violated tho law requiring him to
make return to the clerks office. @
THE OSTEOPATH BILL.
AS the hour Of 1890 o'clock approached,
the Senate chamber rapidly filled up with
| spectators The most Of them were
1 rrN AL ${~or fNI 10
crowd was the bill to amend the Code IN
relation to tho practice Of medicine ano
surgery in this State.
This is what is known as the Osteopath
bill, and affects the Christian Scientists
Mr. Harvey said that amendments had
slider. He asked that the bill be passed
by until next Wednesday.
| This was opposed by Mr. Sale, Who
said that people Interested IN the matter
had been here, and were stu mere, a.
their own expense, ana they ought no.
| to be put to Inconvenience any longer
Mr. Harvey, in that plain calm way NJ
! has Of presenting argument, said that NJ
could not see how these people that Mr.
sale referred to could be affected in any
| way. "rhey have had their hearing,
full and free hearing, before t'e com
mittee," said Mr.. Harvey.
"They cannot address the Senate
| What harm can be done by postpone
h2a#.s
''t This i"hot shot had its effect. BY al
l unanimous vote the bill was passed by
while the crowd Of ladies and other
m,hn we're there to hear the speeche
4nnietly passed out Of the Senate cham
: Tho Tho House bill to amend the Code Il
Z ton to registrars and Judges OF cleo
I! ton for towns was passed,
i senator I.eCato, who has been III, wa
Il H., Ito nd no received an ovation
Y from his friends,
The House.
The House was called to order at II
II o'clock by Speaker Ryan, and prayer
was offered by Or. John Moncuro, of tn
Pl esbyterion Church.
, Tho following bills and petitions Wer'
offered and referred: g
; BY Mr., Bowman: TO amend tho Law
in relation to the sale of delinquen
) lands.
by Mr.. Cumming: TO allow the Boar
/. of Supervisors OF Elizabeth City count,
to borrow money. rt4N ,i.-.
II BY various members: Petitions pray
ing the passage OF the Mann liquor bill
, a number Of calendar bills were giyel
, their constitutional readings and the spe
} cial order being the bill to put into op
, Grafton the Corporation Commission wa
, taken up and read by the clerk Sec
, ton after section OF the bill was reno
by the clerk. and no material amend
ments were offered
The bill WINS IN charge of Mr. Cation
n prominent member Of the committee
and he managed 1t with much skill ant
dexterity
Mr.. Cation offered an amendment
which was designed to leave In the dis
/ erection of the Corporation Commission
the matter Of having separate waiting
rooms for the white and colored races