The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-01
I. LIQUOR.
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No Tail Sentence orSSui1day Sell
cts, According to the House l153' a.
Amendment.
AS ITO SALE ITO \ STUDENTS 1 j; |: Y s
|SBarkeepe Given BF't ci left it8 1aFt;t.
d o,,bt-Vote Oh the Torrci1ss
Land Bill for To-day. is.

Land Bill for To-day.
Roth Senate and House Of Delegates
held double sessions yesterday, with n
rather small attendance of members ~
both bodies and with substitute presto
Ing officers in both, Mr.. Ryan being ~
and MI. Willard absent from the city,
THE House concluded the debate on ne
bill putting into effect in this state the
1Torrens system Of land registration, q ara 70
further consideration of tho matter was
passed by until 1890 r. NJ. I to day, 5Wilei
the vote on the bill Will DC ma; had ~
The Iouse passed three bills In r e.
ton TO tho liquor traffic One strikes
out the tnll punishment. for Sunday sell
iii.g: another gives ninety lays Tor ~
idispostion OF, stock by dealers IN. dis
5tricts which vote for no license. and the Z Y
third allows the bar-keel,er. charged Wlti,
selling to students to plead that ne nag y
whom he sold was a student. These DIS
now 70 to the Senate, where their pas
sage Is very doubtful. 3,
Tho Senate passed eight or ten bills.'
most Of them Semitic bills, and concluded
the consideration Of the calendnr, ad-
vancing the bills thereon BY reading.
The bills passed were uncontested. The
Governor transmitted to the Senate the
nomination Of James IS. Doherty to sue
coed himself as comm soner OF labor,
for a term OF two years Another com
.munication from the Executive trans
mitted a report OF the State Board OF
IHealthns to the prevalence OF consump-,
ton and the expediency OF estanllsninE
sanatoria for the treatment OF tubercu-
1losis PATIENTS. Several bills were made
special orders for to-day and Thursday.
Seventeen. or eighteen now bills were
offered and refcrred. None Of these Is OF;
special interest or Importance. ,5
i. II. 5t X. The Senate.
Tho Senate of Virginia again held two
sessions yesterday, The first continuing
for. two hours and tho second a llttle
less than an hour. Several matters were
disposed of at the earlier session, despite
tho small attendance, due to the slck.
ness of senator's and the absence OF
others on tour with the COMMITTEE for,
Education and Public Institutions.
IA Senator Barksdale called the body,tol
order In the absence of Lieutenant-GoY-f
error Willard who had been called 70
Washington. Rev. Russell Cecil Offered;
prayer.
nicated the reappointment Of James 3:
Doherty as commissioner of labor for,
two years, from March list. 1904.
House bill 90, to amend the Code IN
relation to providing for bureau OF
labor and industrial statistics, was taken
IN. and provoked considerable opposition.
The purpose Of the bill was to empower
the commissioner Of labor to bring. to the
attention Of the courts and attorneys
for the Common wealth violation of the
laws In relation to labor The opposi-
ton was based on the claim that the in
formation collected by tho commissioners
would be secret, and that it was not fair
to a defendant not to be faced by ms
accusers The bill was rejected-11 to -
THE CROW BILL KILLED.
The House bill to amend section SA
of the Code, and providing for q bounty
on scalps of crows, developed the fact
that this bird has friends on the floor
of the Senate. AS result OF the oppo-
sltion to the bill it was passed by III
definitely, which means that IT Is dead.
On motion Of Mr.. Walker. the Senate
bill to prohibit non-residents becoming
stockholders in companies organized to
catch fish and oysters In the waters OF
this State. was made a special order for
1916 P. NJ. to-day. The bill proposes
merely to re-enact the old law. but there
ia some opposition to 1t on the part OF
Senator Keezell ana others, who doubt
the wisdom of the policy of excluding
nonresident capitalists from particlpat-
inE in the development Of the State.
Tho special order for 1890 o'clock to-
day is tho Anderson bill. to appropriate
$3.50 for the erection Of a heat. light
and power plant for the State buildings
in the Capitol Square. This will be takel:
up If the earlier special order is dis
posed Of,
CONSERVATIVES IN VIRGINIA.
A communication from the Governor
was transmitted to- the Senate embody-
Ing n report by the State Board of Health,
rs to the need Of and feasibility OF pro-
tvlding special treatment for consump-
$tives. The bill. which is q long, typewrit-
ten document, was ordered printed. 1t Is
Z a report ir. some detail on the subject
z by Or. P9ulus A. Irving, secretary OF the
State Board Of Health .53.
The bill from the House to amend sec
5tion of a special road law for Grayson
county was taken up, and provoked con-
siderable discussion of a political nature.
The bill proposed to transfer to the
boards Of supervisors, instead OF circuit
Judges, the appointment OF road over
secrs. Mr.. Greear Mr., J. N. Hartman
and others advocated the bill, ard Mr..
Fulton opposed It. After some discussion
the bill was passed by a
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
These Senate bills were passed.
To amend section 6n3 OF the Code IN relation
TO tho collection OF taxes. l..0 81 .5I
To amend section 1872 of the Code In relation
to opening and adtourninE a court, or for IT.
pointed or to which IT adjourned. 1. 't
To authorize the councils and supervisors tt
prevent transportation by railroad companies
lagos and other points not having adequat,
police protection. seashore mountain and sum
mer resorts being excepted ".