Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
LEGISLATURES DOINGs.

LEGISLATURES DOINGs.
Among vacancies on committee.
recently filed We notice that Of Sen.
ator Walker as chairman on Privats
and Local legislation. He was also
added to committee on examining
Senate clerks affairs.
The House passed by unanimous
vote bill offered by Mr.. Green
of Fauquier, requiring every can
didate either before primary OIL
in general election to make oath in
advance that he will not expend
any money in the prosecution of his
candidacy except as provided by law
The counties of this Judicial Dis.
trict will have six courts year after
January 1st next. Judge Wrigh,
will bold courts as follows:
Richmond, first Monday in Janu.
airy, March, May, July, September
and November; Lancaster, the third
Monday in each of those months, and
Westmoreland the fourth Monday;
Northumberland, the third Mon
day in February, April, June. Au-
gust, October and December; Essex
the third Monday in each of these
months.
The hosts are gathering here for
the great fight in the Generel AS
sembly over the oyster question,
which was begun in the House of
Delegates Yesterday when the Jordan
bill to break the Baylor survey was
taken up. Many men from Tide
water Virginia, vitality interested in
the subject, one way or the other,
ara here to aid in securing the tri.
umph Of their view.
There are oyster tongers and pri-
vate planters, large planters and
packers and attorneys enlisted in be-
half of the opponents of the Jordan
bill.
The friends and foes of the bill
were active in the hotel Hobbies last
night, especially at Murphey's and
the Powhatan. Among those here
opposed to the bill are Hon. Claggett
B. Jones, of King aud Queen; Judge
Thomas Blakey, of Tappshannock;
DR.. Kellam, Of Accomac; w. Melon
aid Lee, of Lancaster, and many
others. There are also many oyster
planters and packers here urging the
passage of the bill.-IImes Dispatch
of Tuesday.
SOME BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Lyell presented petitions from
a number of his constituents in
Richmond county praying that the
Baylor oyster lines be not broken.
LONGER TIME ON TAXES.
Both Houses passed the bill ex-
tending the time for payment of
this years taxes from December Ist
to January LIST without the per
cent. penalty. This was rendered
necessary by the delay in the delivery
Of assessment books to the commits
sioners of revenue incident to the
changes in the States constitution.
PASSED OVER GovERNER's VETO.
The Norfolk primary bill, which
was vetoed by Governor Montague
last May, was passed by the Senate
and House last week. The vote in
the Senate was 30 to o, and only
nine members of the House voted
to sustain the veto.
COMMITTEE AGAINST JORDAN.
The House Committee on the
Chesapeake and it's Tributaries, which
gave hearing to representatives of the
oyster interests for several days, de-
cided to report with recommends.
ton that it do not pass the bill of.
fered by Delegate E. q. Jordan pro.
posing to break the Baylor survey
and lease depleted oyster rocks. This
action was decided on by q vote OF
= to 2, Mr.. S. Wilkins Mathews, the
chairman of the committee, not vot.
ing, through sharing the majority
view.
The action of the committee is
not surprise, and does not mean
the end of the fight TO break the
survey and lease unproductive OF
depleted natural oyster rock, as
recommended by the special joint
Legislative committee.
There were present at the meeting
not only the House Committee on
the Chesapeake and its Tributaries
but likewise the Senate Committee
for Fish and Game, before which
the measure will 60 when the bill
comes up in that body. The Senate
committeeman were present as listen.
ers, and, of course, did not vote. 1,
is understood they will take up the
bill offered in the Senate and iden,
teal with the one before the House
without hearing further testimony
or argument. The Senate committee
will then make report.
Here lie the vote on the question
of reporting the Jordan bill:
For reporting the bill-Messrs
Cardwell and Goodwin.
Against reporting the bill-Messrs
HUXLEY, Cardwell. Bland, Baker
Lyell, Graves, Snead and Lawson-S
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