The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-17
LEGISLATURE
Held Brief Sessions Out OF Respect
20 Senator lie Cato House Action
On Carnybeil


e. thr Death oi senator Grorye " L.
'hto The X mate Mas I'm ~sion only hf
O.. % minutes ort aiinuruR until noon
on Monday N,--r- NnlAcr lNler mud
Sears were appointed committee To AT
tend the uncra. g d. lcOat,.
l'r ictatu. IS booty Wa> taken Ga OLD
iuiut over thc e. ~ a. lt X Friday nitcr.
noon and were tNhen e. ths homc ui DR.
T. N0pp az NrangeN ill.. from which
place thc burial took place Saturday al
t,ruoon. The burial Was in the Eli-
copal Cemetery.
The house "a tOuttd he Joint rcs ,lu inns
on t'e tamphcll matter as amended hv
the SHnAV without debate aud without
dl>scntiug vote senate bill 10 Kermit
cities al tn GOO population and over a.
make contr| buttons 90 charitahlrlusiitu
iions was adopted alter striking out rel
creucc 90 population The hiu rriatin,.
20 chNrteiiug of corporations was pass
Ell without material amendment. aud a
substitute WAS adopted for the measure
{" break the Baylor oyster survey rhr
substitute pro,i les for "a ilint commits
SION to visit che territory aud report Z,
the Lsgi-latur,
Mr.. Nhcathead offered bin in the
House to vest the lee uf AN streets ari
alleys lali off in any city cor town in said
city or town unless expressly RESERVED or
conveyed with the title OF ihccou' iguuus
lots
House biil 6o. pro, iliug q general stool,
law. was taken up and r me- amendments
were offered Mr. West made brief
speech against the hill which hc charuc-
teriEed A. class legislation
MIR West III dci 20 Mr. Mathews Of
Accomac. who offered suitable rrsoluti ,n-
upon the death of Ur Genrge " lcgatc.
late senator from that county. aud a-
further mars oj respect the House a--
lonrned alter the chair hai announced
the appointment OF Nessrs Nathrvs
Nottingham aud iluulry al. Acommitt,.
on the part OF the House To attend ia.
funeral
Sow TREAS ,NDi,- >N1 nr GrIsEtfn
The following interesting hill ha, been
onrrrd 10 the House 10y Nessrs INtI
Banks HeermaEs. Lawson aud e. 4
ha>tr. signed 20 relieve county treas
urers the gi-lature being inhibited
under TIE new clstitufion from paS-iu,-
private relief bills ou any subject.
Whereas. there are numerous count,
treasures holding tax tickets for which
they have accounted 70 the state AMI
counties for the years l>Y~. l~gu AMI
1900.
therefore,. Pee il enacted hv the G.n
D.
treasnrers be- and ara hereby. allow,.i
one year from thc passage off this a. j..
hich 20 dl-train. levy for. aui collect
any uncoll,ctel taxes and l-yies for ia,
said years 81 l~H~. 500 ard 1900 in
their hands not ret0ra. Delinquent or
in-olNent ami Tor which they have ae
counted % the state and counties for.
''i. \t""o. -E NhNNuoN> wmrriNe ru~r
WfL
Col Newhou~e. of Culpeper. had con
templatei introducing the whippiur po.t
tH' AT this session of,h. Legislature but
aiter careful ,~,nVa~- of the House a.
% tAe Instability of doing 80. has con
c.1iel not On. The Colonel says the i'm
pr'S-ion seems 20 prevail that such a hil
wnu'i De- construed boy the color-d reO
pie ol Cd" state a. AHMED "a. them mt a-
scent number OF them have been dir
isauchi-ei and an Ter the Jim Crow h,u
prevented from ridiug I'm cars with the
whites 10 would De- unwise To havs far.
tier legislation which wouh be- con
strrei as only inteIded to punish them
hat the law would bee a good one he
does not doubt
DOCS A. PERSONAL PROPERTY
Delegate Powers. of Caroline has in.
troiuc-d biil in the gislature pro
N!ding that dogs upon W hich thcr.luire!
LICENSE tax has been paid shall hl come
personal property. and shall be the sui
lerts Of larceny and trespass
miI To AMEND rHE LAM. eRAnurl.,
ACT
The Senate was not ia session Satur-
day. having ali purnei out Of respect In
the memory of the lat member from Ac.
comac county. Dr q ". I.e Cato.
The House hell "A iritf session. The
most striking thing done in that body
was the Offering Ola complete report If
me WORK done by the Finance Commit
tees OF the two Houses lt xasmaSe bv
MIR Boaz chairman Of the House Com.
mittee, and was gratifying in that II
showed that all the work assigned the
JOINT committees had been disposed Of
ana was now ready To be given TO a com
mittee on iiaal revision and adjustment.
IMMENSE TRACT or rAND INVOLVED.
\ bill recently offered In the House by
Mr. Cariwell, OF Hanover 10 amend the
Land Grabbers' act j. one that il fuli
OF interest IL comes up Wednesday az
/ @ clock in the Commit tee for Courts Of
Justice and viii he fought out there first
Behind 1t l. good story e. " Tebeau.
OF Norfolk, made application under the
buchanan county, standing IN the name
oi Frederick Peterson But il said 10
have been the property Of the late Gen.
Benjamin +. Butler. who was afraid TO
take the title back in the 7O's, when pur
chased by him
Ii Is alleged that Tebpau has made an
agreement with the Hooking Valley Rail-
road Company to dispose of his deed IN
der the " Land Grabhers' act, getting
SlJO,OOO out OF which he is TO nav 500
600 taxes and costs IL il Claimed that
the lives IT Law less and Jefiries. attor-
neys Tor Iebeau were threatened in Buch
anan county. Capt Card well has offer
cd a bill providing that where application
i made for land under the "Land. Grab
bers act, where 30, 900 acres or more is
Involved, the application may be made
through the Circuit Court of the City Of
Richmond
Commissions hive heeD goruarJaa 60