The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
The Charters Of Those Already
in Operation to be
Revoked.
TO REQUIRE TELEPHONE
COMPANIES TO CONNECT.
House Adopts an Important
Amendment Building and
Loan Companies Net to tc
Allowed to Charge More
ThanS Per Cent Terms
Of Circuit Courts.

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Both the House and Senate yester--
Gay had important bills uad,r cons!dera-
tion, ana adopted amendments OF vide
spre ID general interest. In the Serate
the bill in rc'at.on to social clubs en-
titled an act to prohibit ch1rterei CLUBS
from selling or giving away wires. ardent
spirits, ETC., In local option districts
and regulating the chartering Of social
clubs, was passed at.,,r important amend
ments thereto lad bcen engrafted.
Tie Senate refused 10 require social
eluss to pay the regular saloon license
as was proposed in the Shackeiford
amendment. req,.ir .ng. instead, that the
tax 10 te paid by any one social club
shall not exceed $3.50. Another amend
nent requires applicants for cub char-
tcrs to state whether or not u Is pro-
rosed TO d.. .e..se liquors. ara IN the
event Ii is 50 proposed. then ccrt.t!-'
calc is required from Ito circuit Judge
to tho Co. porIllon Commission, ll.at t.''
grating or such char.cr is not: against
sound pubic policy. Under the terms
o1 ne jL.i, as PASS ID by tle oe.ate, ho
cnar Ter s..iil lie B.An.so 70 q c!uo ~ o.b'
ncn.e l.,iuJ.s n4s,ocll op s.on anu Gis-
peDsury u.s.r.c.s, and ll.e l.s-ises o.
Gus u.r.udy TIRE. ed N suc.' a:sst4sls -'
4 are 'revu..ed.
ne ,..use had uader consideration
4Hou.e c.l. "a cone. a..,s puo..c Y.ce
cuipJra,lons. ara auos.eu ~ s'-ty IN In
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CURED all le.epAo:.e coti,ra....'es N w -
s4a.e 10 Io.....r. ~..i, e--~n o>A~r. 49, ~.
Loal Jou.ea n.s co.e-oue IN a.. q" Yoe1ey '"ui
OF the u..lei.d.iei.,, l..u u "1s u4oIscd'
" ~ -. 49,
q o,,,,r important amendment was
Of .e. ed ny Alr. t..d -. .C.a-' 81 = u..d
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5ti.un o pcr Cess i.trIG-.. i"c t..As
mr., va. uuop,cu, u....ough V.ee. oua.J
tie senate ;1.so, wui, IN tie op...oh VI
some prac.i.4.iy .es.roy ud...,..s aLd
lcun assoca.I-l.s. lie LII, ..s anIv"uel,
IN ,ne,e Two pa Vi ~uiafs, "hS oIAe.Su
b to engIOssn.tn.. ;. Il,
Tie senate spent consldera blo' time lx-
ing lie t.c..i.a IT <.t~u.. Soa. - ~. = az u
1ourusd Lerole competing tEe. pil!. 20
which mary amendments were otie'ea' otie
tile SeIla.e: ',s, l'... !.
TIE serate. was .ca,led 70. order. at ~
a. Al. ny OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES "ii.su'
W..l,& bout .twent.-iiSe taeha>o. p!e-et't'
There was no prayer.
= \ no,ri,,uLlca,lo.. from the fiouse "
t,.,.pu, ,es unnou. .ced Tie passage ot sev-
i -, a. n the l.1Oruan Dill
10 break the Baylor. su'yey. fn.s meas
IRE was ordered prnte., and w.ll not ne
taken up by. tie committee forft tlsn and
G me until Tuesday.
Among the u,nc.s bills communicated
by IL, tIouse was Senate bill 400, II re-
la;ion to the public debt, passed by tte
ljuuse VIA amend nc:.t. The amendment
was agreed to by the Senate. It being
mC.1iy in the Inc OF perfectins the
phraseolcgy Of the BILL.
TIE first special order on the calendar
was passed. by, ard the Senate took up
the second the committee substitute TOR
TIE Bruce ELL to prohibit the sale or
giving away Of wines and aren't spirits
The bill was discussed for, some time
by the S.nate. and clubs cane In for a
general assault The first clause OF the
m aasu,A under fire was What 10 known
as the Saackelford amt ndnent, reouls'
Ing clvhs VIII ch d srcnsc liquor to pay
Ina regular bar-room license. This was
Intended for. by several senators as, The
only way Ia curb the creation Of musll-
Per onnel Of some OF these alleged ssrial
clrbs, and arguing for the bar room H.
cerse to tie put u2on, them.
Mr., Mcllwaine, Of Petersburg. came e
4 Tia rescpe OF the bon, fide cluss, &C.
ri :, ing that not all were EVIL, aud that
on the contrary. many of them we G
mae upr of gentlemen Of the hlghe
standing, They desired buffet In con.
q nee ton with the club, though In many
&c ses not more Than twenty-five pei
cent, OF the members patronize the ar
4 was an injustice, he conten ed to re.
ouire them to pay a regular saloon IL
ccnse, !,
When the amendment WIS voted on i
was lot, and Instead, the ssn'te Inserted
"a proyis on ''thlt the said tax to be paid
hy ono club shall not exceed tie
aim of three hundred and fifty dollars.
TINS YVES aiopted
JUDGE MUST ENDORSE,
Tho only other change mads In the CON,
n't,ee bin WAS the Insertion of a ? ovl-
ston In the last clalse In lega,d 10 So
ri | clubs to be chartered hereafter. n, d
tha method Of obtaining such clarte y
mSaThlll reported by the committee re,
nu,.ed that any aprltcat on for a clul
chnlter hereafter slall state In It's nppli,
eaton whether or not IT desires to dis
pense ] liquors and In that event The
3uoge Of the court shall addition te
the certificate required by section Q O
an act concerning corporal. ons certify t
the Corporation Commission that IN hi
s,75 Continued on sssond Fasc'} "a,