Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-03
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE. :


The Governor transmitted to the Sem
ate yesterday a communication from
Secretary Of War Root relating to Sc
curing complete rosters of the Confeder-
ate soldiers, in which effort the State oil
Virginia is asked to assist in every
possible way. Upon motion the letter oil
Secretary Root was filed, with the re-
quest of the executive for suitable action
to give the aid desired.
The only important action taken in the
Senate was the concurrence in the Honse
resolution for an adjournment from May
10 until November 10 and the appoint
ment Of committee of revision and final
adjustment. The Senate amended the
resolution 80 that the committee shall
consist OF three members from each body
In the Senate Mr.. McIlwaine reported
several bills which had been acted upon
by the committee for courts of justice;
Senate bill to require clerks of Circuit
Court Of counties and corporations or
Hastings Courts of cities TO send TO the
secretary of the Commonwealth certified
lists of county, district, and city officers,
and to provide penalty for failure to do
so, without amendment.
Senate bill to amend section 3799 OF
the code in relation to violation Of the
Sabbath and punishment therefor, with
amendment
House bill to amend an act entitled an
act to provide for the garnishment of and
levy of execution on wages and salaries
of the State officials, clerks and en-
ployes.
Bills passed we're :
House bill to amend sections Nos.
1446 and 1851 of the code in relation to
the board of visitors of the University Of
Virginia.
House bill to authorize and appoint a
special joint committee of the House and
Senate to investigate leasing out barren
area of Baylor survey.
The following bills were offered and
referred:
To regulate the sale of opium and
other drugs in the State.
To prohibit the sale of opium or CO.
caine or any of their derivatives by drug
gists except upon the prescription Of
practicing physicians.
The bill providing for President of
the Universityof Virginia was concur
red in by the Senate.
HOUSE.
As stated in the Gazette the James
town Exposition appropriation bill won
in the House by vote of So to 80.
When the general revenue bill came
up on report from the finance COM
mittee, rejecting all the amendments of
the Senate committee, Mr.. Boaz moved
the adoption of the report. Mr.. Davis
moved that so much of the committees
report be adopted as did not relate to the
Mann liquor amendment. He also moved
that this part of the report be rejected by
the House, and that the Mann bill be
adopted by the House. He asked that the
matter go by, but before this he spoke
for the principles of the bill, which he
said he believed was demanded by the
people, who had overwhelmed the legis-
lature with petitions.
Mr.. Davis was replied to by Mr..
Folkes, who declared that the House
should proceed on the old conservative
lines. The House voted to pass by un-
til Monday after Mr.. Davis had stated
that a substitute for the Mann bill was
being prepared.
The House agreed to the Senate
to the bill creating the
office of commissioner of State hospitals,
and defining his powers and duties, and
the conduct of these institu-
tons. The bill leaves the salaries of
the State hospital superintendent as
fixed by the House originally, which are
as follows; Eastern, 1900; Western,
80, 250; Central, 81, 500; Southwest
ern, 81, 800.
The Edmondson good roads measure,
which was amended so as to embrace
some of the features of the Lassiter-
Murrell bill, was ordered to its engross-
ment.
One of the most interesting and inn
pOrtant bills engrossed by the House
was that by Mr.. Cation, of Alexandria,
for the protection of wholesale mer-
chants against the fraudulent sale in
bulk OF stocks of goods purchased by
retail merchants.
A number of bills were reported
,mong them being one to create a
department. of insurance and to amend
he law in relation to the conduct of the
insurance business in Virginia.
The following bills we're offered and
referred
To compel fduciaries to settle.
To provide for the protection of fish
N Virginia.
MORE TROUBLE AT MINES.
A dispatch from Scranton, Pa, says
hat trouble has already been experienced