Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-07
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.


president of the Senate, yesterday APP
pointed Messrs. Donohue, Keezel and
Shackelford on the joint committee TO
secure quarters for the Corporation Com
mission. The Speaker of the House
appointed Messrs. Jennings, Boaz and
Lion on the same committee.
The Anderson bill regulating the
granting of franchises by municipal cor
porations was passed. The bill putting
the corporation commission into operation
was also passed.
The committee on general laws,
reported the following bills to the
Senate.
Senate bill to prohibit keeping or ex-
hibiting or being concerned in interest
in keeping or exhibiting any slot
machine, or device that is operated on
the nickel-in-the-slot principle, in oper-
ating which the element of chance
enters in.
Senate bill to prohibit the sale or
giving away of dangerous toy pistols,
cannon crackers, and other fire-crackers
containing dynamite, prescribing penalty
for violation, and making vendors and
persons giving away such pistols and
crackers liable. in civil action for any
damages which may result from their
use.
Senate bill to prevent any person
from enticing, persuading, of procuring
the servants of another to leave his
employer, and prescribing penalties
and remedies for violation of this act.
House bill to amend and re-enact
sections 2, 6, and 16 of an act to es-
tablish State board of embalming; 10
provide for the better protection OF life
and health; to prevent the spread OF
contagious diseases; to regulate the
practice of embalming, and the care and
disposition OF the dead and to add
additional section Is thereto.
Senate bill to empower boards OF SUI
peryisors to declare streams OF the COM
monwealth public highways, to provide
rules and regulations for keeping the
banks and channels of the same free from
distractions, and to provide penalties
for failure to comply Herewith.
House bill to prohibit the establish
ment and location of smallpox hospital:
or pest-houses within fifty yards of any
street, public road, public park
or public cemetery in any city, town
or county of the commonwealth, OIL
to hereafter establish any such hospita
or pest-house within $50 yards of any
public road, public park or cemetery
in any county of the commonwealth.
Among the bills passed by the Senate
was the one in relation to changing bound
aries of wards in cities and providing FOL
representation in councils thereof.
Mr.. Lyle offered bill to appropriate
1925, 900 to provide the building ant
equipment needed for instruction at the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and to in
crease the annual appropriation to sale
institute from $25, 900 to $50, 900.
The House bill relating to the grant
ing of franchises by cities and town t.
the highest bidder came up as specia
order, and was ordered to its engross
ment.
The Shackelford bill, to prevent pub
fishers, authors, etc., from serving OF
the Board of Education, was passed.
HOUSE.
As stated in the Gazette yesterday thu
House adopted the Gardner annexation
bill in lieu of the Anderson bill, which
he passed the Senate. The Gardne
bill submits the question of the annexa
ton of contiguous territory to cities AM
towns to vote of the residents OF tn
territory, while the Anderson bill left
to a nonresident circuit judge. A mum
Der of amendments were offered, Du
they were all rejected save few whicl
we're designed to perfect the Gardne
bill. and the latter was ordered to it
engrossment. One of the most import
ant amendments was that by Mr.. Gard
ner, providing that the city may impos
lower rate of taxation for term
seven years than that now imposed
Mr.. Whitehead, of Norfolk, succeed
ed in having his jamestown Exposition
bill made the special order for March IL
The Jordan bill to break the Baylo
survey was made special order in tn
House for next Thursday.
Mr.. Lee offered a resolution from citl
zens' meeting at Falls Church, favorinI
the Mann bill, and other member
petitions from their constituents on tn
same line.