Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-17
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.


allowing the cities and towns TO make
appropriations to charitable institutions
that is refusing to strike out the CLAUSE
limiting the privilege of cities Of over
40, 600 inhabitants, thus leaving Norfolk
and Richmond as the only cities that
may assist their charitable institutions
out of the public fund.
The Senate also refused to concur III
the House amendments as to the chiid
labor bill.
Mr.. Wickham, chairman Of the n
nance committee, reported that the COM
mittee on finance and banks was prac-
tically ready to make its report. The
report says at will be noted that OF
this great subject but one bill has been en-
acted into law The revenue bill has been
given the right of way in the commit
tee, and will be ready to be reported to
the Senate, it is hoped. by the end OF
this week" "Shoulc proportionate
time be given to the bills covering the
balance of the subject" said Mr..
Wickham, sit will take the steady work
of both houses from now until August to
pass these, in the opinion of your COM
mittee. / believe continued Mr..
Wickham, ''that the people of Virginia
demand some indication when the gen.
eral assembly proposes to complete Its
work. | see no way except for the other
committee to hurry their work to such
a condition that the matter can be re-
ferred to a revision committee.
Mr.. McIlwaine, from the committee
on general laws, said that he thought his
committee would report by April l, or
soon after that date.
The Barksdale pure-elections bill came
up in the Senate, the measure having
been amended by the House in several
particulars. Mr.. Barksdale explained
that the amendments placed on the bill
we're in the direction of perfecting the
measure. He hoped the Senate would
concur in the amendments. The amend
ments were concurred in and the bill
passed.
HOUSE.
In the House the university bill was
amended so as to provide that there
"shall" be a president of the university,
and, as amended, the bill was ordered
engrossed.
Mr.. Folkes offered bill to change a
clause in the election law under the new
constitution so that voter may pay his
taxes any day before election, instead OF
being obliged to pay them six months in
advance of the day of election.
The Hartman bill, to allow the rela-
tiyes or friends of habitual drunkards to
have them confined in sanitariums, was
immaterially amended and passed.
The bill donating site on the Capt.
toll square for monument to Gen.
Stuart and appropriating $40, 900 for the
erection of the monument, was passed by.
Mr. Cabell spoke against the bill and
declared that he was opposed to monu-
ments so long as there was a Confederate
soldier or widow in needy circumstances
in the State. jamestown came in for
rap. Mr.. Duke declaring that he would
not vote for this appropriation if it was
to ieopardize other meritorious bills.
Mr.. Davis offered substitute for
Mr. CardwelPs bill appropriatiDg 500,
900 additional for repairs at the Capitol.
The substitute appropriates the same
amount, but specifies that the contract
for the architecture shall be given to
John Keevan PEBBLES.
Mr.. Gravely offered concurrent
resolution petitiouing Congress to enact
legislation which will confer upon the
Interstate Commerce Commission au-
thority to regulate unreasonable and
unjust rates charged by railways. The
bill recites that recent decisions OF the
Supreme Court have Invested the COM
mission of this power, which it exercised
for ten years after its establishment.
The bill was referred to the committee
on federal relations.
The following Senate bills were passed
To provide for changing the bound
aries of wards in cities and for increas'
ing or diminishing the number thereof
To provide for the representation OF
the several wards of cities in the coun-
ellis thereof and for the reapportionment
of such representation.
To provide for the commitment to
private hospitals or sanitariums Of
inebriates, opium-eaters or persons ad.
dicted to other drug habits and loss Of
self-control.
Authorizing and directing the auditor
of public accounts to accept from coun'
ty and city treasurers Of the common.
wealth or their securities against whom
there are judgments in favor of the
| commonwealth for taxes and money due
the commonwealth as such treasurers,
the amount so due, together with the
costs of suit and interest at 6 per centun
per annum from the time the same be-
came due, in full satisfaction and dis
charge of said judgments, provided the
! same is fully paid by the first day o.
. July, 1908.
Limiting the time in which witnesses
can be paid out of the treasury.
To appropriate $4,000 or so much
? thereof as may be necessary, to defray
the expenses of the State Board o.
= Health.
To amend section 623 of the Code in
, relation to collection of taxes and levie:
, and distraining therefor.
The Cardwell substitute for the Jor'
don Bayler survey oyster bill was
, passed.
The credentials of Mr.. Reed, the new
member for Mecklenburg, were pre-
; scented.
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