The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
XP0SlTION
IS A W INNER
jamestown Bill Passed by the
Senate Yesterday.
}TWENTY-TWovOT FORT
fMr. KeezelI Makes Strong Effort TO
Defeat II Game Law Passed by the
Householder Legislative
Matters.
TWENTY-FIVE VOTES FORT

z DAY passed the SENATE OF NlTEiHlA ny u
vote of % to II. and, having already
passed the House of Delegates, 1t now
requires only the approval OF the Gov
ernor to make the bill law. AS Is very
generally known, the measure carries
conditional appropriation OF saDo,U0l
payable in 1904 and 1905. after satisfac-
tory evidence that the company has
raised $1,000 before the first quarter
OF the appropriation Is available. and an
additional $4,000 before the remainder
can be claimed.
The passage OF tho bill was accom-
plIshed after debate of nearly an hour
and half. Twenty-one votes were re-
quired, so that tho vote actually cast left
n margin Of one more than actually ne
cessary. Senators Cogbill and Watkins,
OF whose attitude there was some doubt,
both lined up for the bill. Senator George
Wayne Anderson, vino was favorable to
the bill. was detained by illness and was
mot paired Those Senators voting for
hthe bill were Messrs. BarKsdalc. Bryant,
Clayton. Cogbll. Cromwell Dinwidde.
tIonohoe. Garrett Halsey, Hobbs, Lyle,
Mann. Massie, Mc1waine. Moon. opie,
/. Sale, Sears. shackclford, Stands. Tyler
and Watkins.
j q w ElSEE NOI&LJNtlDEN1.
The advocates Of the bill did not feel
the entire and serene confidence they
Bumed. and felt fully assured only after
Mr. Tyler had been recorded as the
Gcnty-frst affirmative vote. Then SEN
ator Watkins voted aye. and this made
q the assurance doubly sure. The long
fight was ended and only the stern adj
monition OF Northumberland VIII
lard before tho vote was announced re-
~ tnts
theless found eloquent though silent. ex-
preston In the faces OF the friends Of the
exposition project AS soon as the vote
n had been announced and the formal mo-
ton to reconsider voted down, the great
crowd which had listened attentivcly to
the debate and followed closely the roll
call, made n rush for the door, and in the
rotunda outside the satisfaction OF the
Jamestown advocates found It's unre-
trained expression.
large delegation OF prominent Nor
ok citizens was present. including the
PRESIDENT OF the exposition company, Gem
fral Fftzhugh Lee, who occupied n seat
ut the end of the center aisle, Just in
front of the presidents chair.
TEXT OF THE BILL
Here Is tho full text of the bill as
,assed. with the exception OF the pream.
ilc. which merely sets forth the fact
hat an exposition Is to be held in 1907
70 commemorate the three hundredth
anniversary OF the jamestown settle
ment:
4; Pc It ,! enacted by the General As
fSe ,nsrsd OF bxgnia T da the sum Of two
same IS hereby. appropriated out OF any
fnnds noW 20, or hereafter in the treasury
appropriated.
h na,d p Fri hereby made shall
EISDOSifiOn Comma " nv ho O..
rants e The the Auditor Of PsSlie AZ
SID dollars shall be paid to said COM
my on Or after the first day Of March:
s's gears uhs o h ea f1hr OF ths
ynsent session Of the General Assem-
provided that IT,. before the payment n1en
a,l be made there shall have been
I'D into the treasury of said exposition
inbred nhntl and aftS thousand dollars on
ccount. of subscriptions to the capital
took Of said Company. and the remain
no hundred and fifty thousand. shall be
aid on or after March first nineteen
rom the expiration Of this present SEES
Ion Of the General Assembly, As 31r ROY
said company there shall have been paid
into the treasury Of said company IN
eas ahe d sn q add3iona making
"a i've hundred thousand dollars in all. on
K account. of subscriptlons to the capital
,dtor of Public Accounts shall draw or
deliver any warrant to the said oom,,
there shall be filed in his office a ccrti-
fed copy Of n resolution of the lcXecu-
tive Committee Of the Jamestown G; Expos,
ton Comnany, and the nffidaYits OF the
president. secretary and treasurer, GER
flying that, the respective sums herein re =
required to be paid have been duly paid
40 herein prescribed: provided, further,
that IL from any cause the exposition
isnot held or Is abamdoned theh r. so 10 m hae
received i BY said Jamestown Exposition
Company shall be refunded into the treas s,a.;
that the acceptance Of any portion Of
this approximation shall Gonst't tut, con- CON
tract VIII ss ad 10 so
and shall impose upon said company q
liability to the State for the refundlng
So rceived, II such exposition is not
held. or is abandoned. j., their
ahter Wh wsre Lieutenant Governor willard
called the Senate to order. There was
no prayer. and the Senate plunged INTO
It's y weTk T,ine. from rom the Committee for
Courts of Justice, repoftea s, SeNe'u' p''''
as recorded in yee ester Ee Sommittee ON
Roais and Internal Navigation. reported
adversely the h PROPOSING p re 70 e fa delvery
of goods transmitted over Its lines ana
Mr, WickhaW, for the Committ sana On
I1nance, reported favorably the seh}ao re
bilIappropriating $500 for the remo oval OF
Tia remains of tn, wife and dausn n'don on
Prtsident James Monroe from Louuou''
cniniv 10 Hollywood Cemetery.
liso for the same committee the "a aoa use
bii appropriating $500 to meet the I ea-
pi,ses Of the Committee on t'lnal Re-
Mr. opie, for the Committee q. Of Gouno
Ess cities and Towns. reported the House
hi authorizing the city Of Williamsburg
Ia Issue bonds.
Mr. Clayton, for the speciai Commiis!,ee
+ lion, reported the following. which were
referred to the proper standing COM
INTo Authorize the town of Hampton, to
borrow $4,000 and issue bonds THEREFOR
TO provide a new charter for tho CITY
/ TO keep in, repair the public roads OF
10 authorize the county OF Madison to
.issme hond1 for puhlIc mproYements. -