Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-18
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

fayorably reported to the Senate yester-
day by Senator Wickham, chairman OF
the finance committee. The bill will
come up on the calendar Monday, and 1t
is the plan to make it special order for
next Thursday The other part OF the
finance report was also interesting, the
total sum recommended to be approprl-
ated reaching $3.50, 900. Five thousand
dollars was recommended for the State
Female Normal School. Fifty thousand
dollars was also recommended for the
new penitentiary building, but in pre-
senting the report Chairman Wickbam
took occasion to deprecate the custom OF
exceeding appropriations. He called at
tention to the original appropriation OF
$3.50, 600, and criticised the penitentiary
commission for changing the plans so as
to make an extra $50, 900 necessary.
The finance committee reported favor
ably bill appropriating $4,000 for a
pest crop commission. Adverse reports
were made on the bill appropriating
$40, 600 for the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute; appropriating s75, 900 to the
State Female Normal School, the fire
mems relief bill, and the bill to pension
disabled teachers.
Senator Halsey secured the passage
of his amendment to the dog law, de-
signed to protect fine dogs in cities by
listing them as personal property. His
bill allowing Lynchburg to secure right
of way through Amherst county for a
gravity system of water supply, to cost
800, 900, was also passed.
Mr.. McIlwain, from the committee on
courts of justice aud roads and interna-
tional navigation, yesterday presented
in the Senate the report of the COM
mittees on the corporation commission.
The bill as originally presented has been
amended in many particulars. The
amounts were not read, nor was the
measure explained. 1t is formidable
looking document, making considerably
more than 100 pages. 1t was placed
on the calendar.
HOUSE.
The House had long discussion over
the Bland amendment to the osteopath
bill, which provides for exempting the
Christian Scientists from examination
before the medical board. Mr.. Duke
spoke at length in favor of the bill, and
Mr.. Newhouse and others replied. No
result was reached and the matter went
over until Monday.
BY agreement between advocates and
opposers of a tonnage tax, all bills relat-
ing to this subject were dropped, with
the understanding that compromise
plan of securing additional revenue from
the same source will be adopted.
Mr.. Owens introduceda bill providing
for an appropriation of $50, 900 for the
Farmville Female Normal School.
The Anderson bill to provide for the
appointment by the governor of a judge
to take the place of a judge in a city
who is sick or otherwise incapacitated,
passed the Senate yesterday. The bill
places city judges on a par in the matter
with county judges as the law now
exists. Heretofore judges sitting for a
city Judge did so by courtesy and with
out pay. Two of Richmond's judges
are now sick and have to depend on the
courtesy of their brother judges.
Both houses of the General Assembly
adjourned at the close of the session, not
to meet again until Monday. The pur-
pose of the adjournment for one day was
to allow the members to attend the
launching of the cruiser West Virginia
at Newport News today. Stout protests
were made in the House against the loss
of a day when there was so much to do
and so little time left, but the motion
was carried in each body by safe ma
jority.
There is little doubt that the Camp
bell case will be reported to the Senate
by the committee next week, and that
the matter will be promptly disposed of
by that body. 1t is understood that a
majority of the committee are opposed to
the attitude taken by CampbelPs friends
and that they disagree with the legal
contention of Mr.. McIlwaine as to pro-
cedure. 1t is claimed that Campbell has
only II votes in the Senate, and that his
removal will be as positive and emphatic
as it was in the House.
There is a possibility, however, that
Judge Campbell, may not be removed
from office by the general assembly, and
may yet serve out his term, which ex-
pires January 81 next. The Senate COM
mittee on courts of justice, to which was
referred the joint resolution of removal,
met yesterday afternoon and spent two
hours in discussingit. Their conclusion
was that the House, in not stating the
causes for removal in the resolution, had
made fatal mistake and that if concur
red in by the Senate the action would
not be upheld by the courts. The COM
mittee will meet again on Thursday to
work ont some plan OF procedure.