Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-05
THELEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

A matter of considerable interest IN
the legislature yesterday was the passage
by the Senate of the Anderson bill
relative to the annexation of territory
by cities and towns. The same bill was
considered by the Senate at the last
session, and was earnestly contested.
The only amendments to the new bill
are immaterial. 1t is intended princi-
pally to meet local conditions in Rich
mond, where thickly settled areas are
in the county, and cannot be annexed
because inhabitants of these areas vote
solidly against it. The bill provides
that notice of intention to annex ter
ritory shall be ordained by councils Of
cities, then a copy posted at the court
house and copy Of the same printed
in a newspaper. Then the attorney for
the commonwealth for the city which
proposes to annex territory may move
the Circuit Court for an order to extend
the metes and bounds within certain
prescribed limits. Residents of the pro-
posed annexed district may appear by
counsel and be made parties defendant.
The Governor is to designate some other
Judge than the judge of the city to sit in
| the case.
The question of the method OF select
ing school trustees occupied some of the
time of the Senate President Willard
presided, and thirty or more members
we're in attendance.
The committee on revision reported a
bill providing for the composition of the
boards of trustees as follows: CATER
Feb. l., 1904, the attorney for the COM
monwealth, the division school superin-
tendent and qualified voter to be named
by the Judge of the circuit court. Sena-
tor Keezell proposed an amendment pro-
yiding for the division superintendent
and two voters to be named by the judge
of the circuit court. The amendment
was opposed by Senators Chapman and
Barksdale and was rejected.
Mr.. Barksdale offered an amendment
providing that the trustees should be
chosen by direct vote of the people.
After debate the Barksdale amend
ment waS rejected by vote of nine to
twenty.
An amendment was also adopted pro-
viding that no trustee should vote for
any person for the position Of teacher
who sustained the relation of wife, sis
ter or brother to such trustee, nor should
any such teacher draw any salary from
the public school fund.
Senator Harman proposed an amend
ment providing that the salary of no
teacher, Yho had taught for three terms,
should be fixed at a sum below $50 a
month.
The bill was then laid aside.
A protracted debate occurred in the
House over the Leake bill to require
grand jury investigation of all primaries
In defending the bill, which was offered
as substitute for the Folkes bill to
repeal the Barksdale law, Mr.. Folkes
declared that he knew that men would
come to the House as lawmakers in
January who were peuurers, having
sworn that they had expended no
money to secure election, and yet it
could not be established under the pre-
sent system. He declared that he
would be satisfied if the Leake bill pas
sed; but if it did not, he proposed to
push his bill to repeal the Barksdale
law. The bill was passed by until today
without action.
The House voted on the bill to increase
the salary of the auditor of public ac-
counts from SO, 900 to 81, 600, but lacked
five votes of enough to pass it. The
vote was 46 to 10. The bill requires 81
affirmative votes. On reconsideration
it will probably get the required
number.
These bills were introduced:
Amending the Barksdale pure election
law, 80 as to insert the word ''corruptly"
in relation to the spending OF money.
To amend the pension law so as to
bring all pensioners under the Cation
act
To amend the Law in relation to jury
trials of civil cases so as to allow the
plaintiff and defendant to each challenge
two jurors,
To amend the law In relation 10 the
appointment of assistant commissioners
of accounts.
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