Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-05
Virginia Legislature.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Mr.. Machen, in the Senate, yesterday
introduced bill with view of decreas-
ing the numbered lynchings in Virginia.
AS is well known one of the objections
raised to formal trials in such cases Is
the ordeal to which the woman who ]:
the victim is submitted on the witness
stand. Mr.. Machen's bill provides that
her evidence may be taken in private and
the testimony read TO the jury, and shall
be accepted with all the force given tc
oral testimony.
Mr. Mann, in the Senate, and Mr.
Owen, in the House, introduced bil
to appropriate 100000 for additional
buildings for the Female Normal School
at Farmville, and to increase the annual
appropriation from $25. 900 TO $50, 600
Mr.. Mann introduced bill to prohlb'
il the holding of a dispensary election
within two years of a similar previous
election.
Mr.. Bowman, in the Senate, and Mr..
Coleman, in the House, introduced a bill
making it the death penalty, or confne'
ment from to Is years, for harborinf
or aiding any fugitive guilty of criminal
assault The bill is the outgrO with OF the
Roanoke assault case.
Other bills offered were as follows:
To provide for the establishment and
enlargement of librariesin public school;
Of the rural districts
To provide for lists OF all persons who
have paid their State poll tax and for
posting the same, and for providing
compensation therefor.
Providing for an intermediate grade Of
instruction in public free schools.
The House engrossed the bill re-
quiring county supervisors to make pub
lie their receipts and expenditures, after
amending it so as to require statement
after each meeting to be posted at court
houses and voting places and published
in one or more newspapers.
The Gravely bill to allow each house
holder one dog tax free was killed by an
amendment after lengthy fight. The
vote was 81 to SO. The question may
come up again.
HOUSE.
In view of the number of Liquor men
being put out of business through the
working of the Mann law and the es-
adjustment of dispensaries, Mr.. Ro-
sengk introduced bill in the House yes
terday TO annul all licenses from the date
the liquor business stops and allow the
liquor seller rebate for the unexpired
time, and also allow him 80 days in
which to wind up his business and sell
his stock.
The Edmonston road bill passed
the House by vote of IS to 10,
and, it is believed, will be adopted
by the Senate. Mr.. Churchman,
who has opposed the bill from the
beginning, made bitter speech against
it, in which he objected to circuit
judges being made road bosses. The
bill does not interfere with counties
which now have special road laws, but
it is made the duty of circuit judges, on
petition of any fifty citizens, to put any
portion of the law desired into effect.
Mr.. Garrett introduced bill providing
for an appropriation of 5000, 900 annu-
ally for the permanent improvement OF
roads and streets. This is to be entirely
Independent Of the general road law,
and is applying to State usage what
Congressman Brownlow seeks to do ma
tionally.
Mr.. Willeroy introduced a bill to re-
quire every male resident over 16 to pay
q tax of fixed number of days of labor
per annum, to be expended on working
public roads.
DR.. Powell, of Brunswick, proposes
that the State go into the bond retire
ment business on a somewhat extensive
scale.
In the House today he presented a
bill which is designed to wi pc out by
purchases from month to month, bonds
aggregating $500, 500.
Other bills offered were:
To appropriate 5000, 900 annually to
be used in permanent improvement of
roads and streets.
To prohibit fishing with pound net
and other fixed devices on the ocean side
of Accomac and Northampton counties.
TO exempt from taxation as many as
five foxhounds to be used in hunting to
prevent the ravages of foxes and minks.
Repeating an act to amend section 81
of the charter of Newport News.
The House committee on counties,
cities and towns decided to report favor
ably the Anderson bill allowing circuit
Judges 10 control the annexation of terri
tory to towns or cities, with an amend
ment by which ~ per cent Of the reve-
nue. of the annexed territory shall be
used for its benefit for five years.
A favorable report was presented on
the bill drafted by Senator Daniel, look
ing to securing a complete record of Vir-
ginia troops that took part in the civil
war, and also on the measure to enforce
the law against the sale of adulterated
food.