The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17

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| tore in the waters of the Commonwealth.
Giving authority to the superintendent
| ~ The nenitentiary to lease q convict
| farm .,
General laws for the designation Of
| Judges to hold court for other judges IN
| city and circuit courts and In county
courts up to the time OF operation Vi 'iie
new judiciary system
| General provisions for elections on the
question of Issuing bonds.
Firearms ,,i - isto IS.
General law regulating the sale of
firearms and toy pistols.
Appropriating 100000 conditionallS TO
The jamestown Exposition Company, ana
creating d commission therefor.
ro regulate professional nursing OF the
sick.
Providing for ball commissioners
in tbe various cities and counties OF the
state. a.,
Adoption OF joint resolution removing
Judge G. j. Campbell, Of the county
Court of Amherst. -,
Increasing the annual appropriation 70
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute from
500. 900 to $4,000. a.
HE state Female Normal School at
Isarmville from $1,000 to $4,000, and ap.
nropriatIng 5000 additional for repairs,
+ 4 nnronrjotinp $500 to the Virginia
Nnrmal ana Industrial School for me-
groes at Petersburg.
Appropriating $1,000 or SO much thereol
as may be necessary, to pay .ne
penses of the joint. committee on ll, INA.
vision and adjustment Of the statues
Tax for Pensions.
Imposing special tax Of cents on .ne
hundred dollars Of real ana PEI s sol'.
! nronerty to provide fund for the pay
,nnt ~ mansions 10 needy ex- Confederate
| soldiers. 49,
| trait statue Of Robert 70. Lee 10 oe
placed In Statuary Hall, at washington.
TO protect firms and corporations IN the
| use Of labels. trade marks, etc.
Prohibiting and Furnishing gamplins 10y
means or use OF slot machines and similar
1870. /, which the element of chance
Prohibiting the location Of pcsthousea
within ffty wards of public ROADS or
parks a,,,orces
and prescribing how DEGREES a Hle!lso e.
thoro may be dissolved or merged ili.o
DEGREES of absolute divorce. ,
Prescribing and designating public hol-
days in the State.
Putting into operation and effect the
state Corporation Commission and pro
t,,ldnc quarters for the commission IN
the City Hall.
Election Law Amendment.
Amending the Walton election law SO
as to permit the voter to designate
Judge to mark his ballot.
Amendinv the Code In relation to 'es-
timony in bribery cases.
Extending the time within winch pen
1n<,4 cd ".- u d
/! Extending&.the terms OF oihcers o.
towns and counties so as to conform to
( the Constitution.
General law prescribing the liability
of common carriers for freight on Its own
and connecting lines.
Authorizing the State Corporation Com
mission to prescribe storage, de1nurrase
and car-service charges.
General law making registrars conser-
vators oflthe peace.
TO punish minors between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-one who secure
liquor by false representation.
TO remove the remains Of the wife ana
daughter Of President James Monroe
from Oak Hill, Loudoun county to Holly
wood Cemetery and appropratinag $500
therefor
Increasing the fund for the support 4 OF
tho volunteer militia organizations from
$l3, 900 TO about $4,000 annually.
Appropriating $4,000 additional for the
construction Of cell building at the
State penitentiary.
Bills That Failed.
Among the important bills that failed
Of passage was the bill appropriating s15,-
900 to the University Of Virginia; the Ed
mondson general road law; The firemen
relief bill; the general primary law, and
various others Of greater or less moment.
Altogether, however. a mass of important
bills became laws and many more inter-
esting local bills. The dyspensary law
was so amended that the State will here
after get one-elghth Of the new proceeds
of such sales Of liquors. Several new
dispensaries were authorized, A dozen OF
more bills to authorize counties or towns
to erect Confederate monuments.
The total Of appropriations at this ses.
| sion Of the General Assembly. approx
mDtely computed, aggregate nearly hall
| million dollars. rough calculation
| places the figures at $453.0O0. In this tola
| no note Is had OF the expense of The
Campbell case. The estimate includes the
exposition appropriation of $250,0oO, an ad
ditlonal appropriation of $4,000 to tho
| penitenuary: $4,000 for monuments; 49,,
900 for schools and colleges, $4,000 fol
/ State insane hospitals; $4,000 for indiv
i dual claims Of Moran and Phillips; S..
900 for the State Board of Health; 81, O0
for the expense of the revision commit
tee; $1,000 for military in addition to thu
usual fund; $1,000 for the determination
of the San Jose scale; $4,000 for pure foot
law; SIS, 900 for the Home for Needy Con
Tolerate Women and other smaller appro
priatlOns.
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