The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-05
LEGISLATURE



IL WASN'T gton monument that stands
Ia the capitol sgsa'c. surrounded 10y "a
group of uotahles Ui the Revolutionary
period
IL l. Mr. Sipc's belief that the state
should erect a monument worthy ~ lee,
and his hCutenHutS. iu-tcad at construct.
ING small individual monun,cnts. which
hc thinks. do not make n dignifed an
pcarance or impv,,S the b. holders a.
they should be Impressed by monuments
al the great men ui tir war lie wants "A
'onieicrate monument that will tak..
world rauk
Tie bin appropriate $50 600 from the
State treasury iu ANNUAL payments of
$4,000 90 b. supplemented 6s trivate
subscriptions. aud delays the hesinnin,.
az the wOrk until Sso.OOp shall hav,
been secured. lu ease there are no sub
scFiptious TO supplement thc nppropria.
ton made hY Tire state work ,Vnuid NOT
begin until l9u>
GROUP lN,ltuHS STUART.
among the generals enumerated /, tb,.
bili iS Gen !. r. %. Stuart. and IN. meas
ure probably conflicts with the hiu now
peH ding Tor the appropriation OF = Il. 600
Tor the erection ot "a statue 10 ten Stuart
an the capitol square. bat IL does not con
hict with the one tor the prop, Sed ~ratue
az ten. lee for St0tuary Hail in Mash.
iu@tnn. The latter measure came mo IN
the House con .fs thi3 reading. bur. ON
motion ut Mr. Cirdwc.i. it WAS PASSED
by. owing % the small number OF mem
hers present
hen the horse bin for the election and
appointment Of commissioners az therev-
euue came up IN the senate a lively de
bate eusutd The Niil provides that the
i -.f..tI D.
people next iall. and thereafter shall Pc.
appointed 10y judges az the circui. courts
L ne 81, nate comwltt,e rscomult attf that
the com u'sslorcr~ Or e.. ere h4 fh,. 200.
pie e.l tue time tAc committee amend
ment O. thiS effect WAS adopted lef.r,.
many oi the senator's understood the
purport of a. Mr. BLrksdaie moved that
the amendment hc reconSidersd and
passed Toy unti. there was a larger nun
Der OF senators present His motion was
adopted uuanimousi- aud the hll. was
made n special order for Wednesday
March II.
Col : ". NeWhnnse. of Culpeper. pr.-
sidtc ior "a " Bile Monday and he display
ei great tact and skill in wielfing tn.
gavcl Mr.. 'ariwrl moved thai III.
congressional reapportionmcut hin De
made "A sfivcitd order iur March lOth.and
the motion was opposed 10y MIR. RYAN
Mr.. West in the chair aud others. and
the motion WAS lost. only i've members
voting 10 the Affirmative.
Nr clayton introduced p hin Co require
passenger trains To stop at the station
nearest the courthnu-e Il etch county 81
t'e state. and to prescribe VINO shall ~
tnhii~h such stations. and 20 tiy =. nultics
for the violation ol >uca requirements.
The h'll for a group nunumrnt appro
rriafing so. 600 from The state Trsne.
ury IN annual payments al SfO. 600. t.
he- Hppl"menttd 'y prisat subscriptions
and delays The he-i Ming at the wura IN
al thu sum OF $4,000 has been srcurei
contains t.e names az Robert 4. Lee
Thomas j. jackson. ! T. b stuart.
Joseph l.. Johnston. Ambrose L Hilland
Matthew B.. Marry Ice work is To be
under The direction o5 tie lie Monument
commission % b. a pointed by the Gov
ernor
TIE Eiwa-dS lin. amen ING the law
changing the time during which tits law
tai 20 tase OYSTER from the beds SO that
n shSN extend from lpTi. 20 September
-. was ordered Go 'is engros- ment.
ro PROTECT RURAL NAH BONES.
Since the Introduction IS the fee rural
m All delivery Ia various counties Of the
tttNAAI' t'"0 A- To ~ trIlfTkll
with the rights 81 prrpe rty-owncrs 10 de-
stroying mail hoxts put ap by the bene-
hcisrles of the rural delivery.
la tie house this morning. MIR. Powers.
ol -aroiine. introduced bili imposing
penalties for the destruction II mail
boxes, "a follows.
III any person wi!liuily break int. in
llre, destroy or remove any box brother
receptacle u-ed "a d m sil-box in the de-
livery of mai! TO any other De. son. h..
shall be inei not bees than $40 nor more
than ) 100, and Ice confined in jail notex-
ceeding six months
The Senate by a unanimous rising vote
passed the bill u dedicate "A site in the
capitol square for monument TO Gen
j. + b. Stuart, the noted Confederate
cavalry leader, and appropriating $40
COO toward the erection of the memorial
Messrs Wickham. Gold. sears and Halsey
made speeches for the bill
Senator Mcllwaine, of Peter-herg. pre-
scented a bill which provides that in di-
vorce proct eiings notices shall be served
only by authorized court officers, and
dispositions shall Toe taken by Chancery
Commissioners. The object of the bill j.
To prohibit the granting of divorces in
secret This bin il understood TO have
been caused by the recent divorce Of Mrs
Mamie LanghOrne shaw from Robert
Gould Shaw.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Appropriating the sum Of SIG BOP 10
, To he used 10 meet the deficit in the ap
preparation for the benefit OF the West.
ern State Hospital
Appropriating the sum oltwenty thou
sand dollars To be used To meet the de-
felt in the appropriation for the astern
State Hospital, to complete payment of
new building aud equipment Of same, to
provide new boilers, for the support of
, additional patients and other Necessary
expenditures.
Had Smallpox on Train.
negro from Columbus, Ohio. who