The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-03-05
QUARTER OF a MILLION TO BE
SPENT ON STATE CAPITOL.

Federal Road Law Approved Holt
Sale Redistrietins Bill Passed by
Tho Senate - Two Liquor Law
Amendments Unfavorably Re-
ported.
by the vote Of the house il WAS settled
that a splendid tirrprooi capitol building
shall take the place Of the urr sic struc
ture that now crowns the summit Of TIT
capitol square at Richmond The house
passed the senate bill making an appro
pnatiun uf $3.50. 900 for the purpose 10y
vote Of 81 To 81
The recorded vote on he hill was ~
follows:
Ayes-An3erson Baker, Barnes, Boaz
Bowman. Bruce. Cardwell. eaton Clarke
Coleman Collier, Cox. crawford, Daniel
Duke, Edmondson, Everett, Graves,
Gray. Green. Gum. Harrison, Howle,
Huney. Jennings. Jordan, Kelley. Lacy
Lambeth, Latanr, 4 h. Ire, Jr., j. NJ
Lewis. ". Ii. Lewis. Lion, Lowry. Lyell,
Mays. MOncure. Moss Owens, Person.
Read, Ros' negk. Scott, Slaughter, Black
burn smith. Snead, Spessard. Sterrett.
stewart. Stubbs, Thomson. Thomson
rhornhill, Turpin. Walker, Wallace, Wat.
son. Willproy, Withers and WOod-Gl
Nues-Adams. Bird Bridgiorth. Brooks.
Bryant. Churchman. Dickinson, Garrett
Gregory Hoffman. NIX Lowry Mitchell.
OulJ, Pannill, Powell, Powers, Rev,
Robson, Roger, Royal and Charles
Smith,.
The bill provides that work shall be
begun ~ soon a. possible alter the al.
juurnment Of the present legislature
The house adopted joint resolution
calling on Nirginia's representatives IN
Congress To support the movement to
give national aid in the permanent i'm
prOyement Of the public roads Of the "a
riOus States.
The house, on request Of Mr.. Person,
the patro9. dismissed the bill providing
Tor the sale Of the Medical College of Viz
ginia. Mr. IersOn announced that he
had not given up the fight. hut expected
20 hereafter reintroduce his bill.
The feature in the senate was the pas
sage by a vote of - to . 1.-THE Sale Holt
bill 10 re1istrict the state so az 10 put
Norfolk and Newport News in separate
districts. MIR Sears, OF Mathews. cp
posed the bill strongly, taking the
ground that # any move was made in
that direction, the whole State should
be redistrcted Mr.. Barksdale and Mr.
Sale spoke for the bill, and il was passed
by the following vote;
Ayes-Anderson Barksdale, Bryant.
Lawrence. Chapman. Cromwell, A. c.
Hartman, Hobbs, Holt, keezel. Mann.
Massie, McIlwaine. Opie, Phlegar, Pison,
Sale. ShackefOrd. 81 Clair, Ia. ener,
WICK ham-2l.
Nl-s-Byars, Fulton, Gunter MaoheD,
Sauler. Sears, Walker and Wallace-S
The senate passed bills designed to
wipe ont certain floating barroOms in
local option district, especially on the
Rsppshannock River
The senate recently passed bills sppro-
printing SlGj 600 for the Virginia Poly
,echnic Institute at Blacksburg, and
SO 600 for the State Normal School at
r'armyilr The house finance commit
tees reports reduce these amounts to
500 600 and $50 900, respectively.
The senate finance committee present.
ed reports on the three amendments to
liqu laws that have passed the house
The body recommended the passage Of
one allowing rebate on licenses to liq
uor dealers In places where the liquor
traffic is abolished. The body recon.
mends the defeat OF the bills alb lish-
ing the Jail sentence for the ssls of liquor
on Sunday and allowing liquor dealers
in districts that go dry ninety days in
which to wind up their business. The
Anti-Saloon League strenuously opposed
these bills
The senate passed the bill making
April >, the date upon which the battle
ship Virginia is to be launched, legal
holiday.
In the house Messrs Wood and Gum
offered bill appropriaiing $1,000 to
convey the militia OF Virginia to the
launching OF the war-ship Virginia, at
Newport News. April 3.
The bill to require candidates to take
an oath in advance not to spend money
ia their canyasses was defeated.
The bill to bar negroes from Pullman
cara was passed.
Favorable reports were made to tn
houee on the Holt-Sale redistricting |
bill, and the Keezell resolution declaring |
ior single system oipublic school books /