The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-11
sa,otl, Houses 81 the Genera AS
scn,bly Held Sessions = Last asst
I sing Till Midnight.
iTEL PHONE Bill J. 4. Is. IS DEAD e L
Sunday Liquor Selling lB;iillll; Up
But Passed by Many Mca--5
sures Were Passed.

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n work. each holding Three sessi ons---nooti,8
afternoon and night-and neither adj H
1ournng urtil after midnight this morn
Ink, ri was 1905 "A. M. when tho Senate
adjourned until III A. NJ. to-day. and 4
Just two minutes later Wien the House
L adjourned until 10 a. " NJ. IL
IT T,ie House, q tier. Al splrlted debn to, In
which M Niessrs. Duke nrd Churchmant
\ were the chief participants, Dismissed
II tlie bill requiring telephones to connect
The same BOD ngatti passed BY the X con On.
Misunderstanding bill and the hopes
on tlic3f passagc OF sthnt measure grew
"a DINNER. S Y M
,l,ho Griffith joint resolution in relation
e To the Shepherd tlefalcatioEj,2 and uii-8
iIorizing The attorney-general TO pro-
coed to recover funds, was passed by
a3 10th houses. H e N ~ lA4s f
Tie feature #of the Senate session was
4 tile debate In the afternoon on the bill
i5f5 u strike out tho jail punishment feature
J of tho law against Sunday selling 81 OF
liquors After considerable discusston.8
tie question was cal lied on the notion 70
Indefinitely postpone, and the motion
81 failed. $12 TO- III rho bill was displnecds
on the calendar and was passed by,
without further, action. #g8
Mr.. Cromwell made n re cord By offer
4 Ing and rushing through to passage IN
8@ the Senate last night bill proposing
rs 10 change the name Of Tanners Creek
d To- Northern; Branch OF Elizabeth River
I The Senate passed. tho Sale Joint reso-5
In relation to tho Lewis and Clark
1txposition. 1t again refused to take up
tho oyster bill. 5.55
" Both houses passed a large number OF
local and private bills. or. uncontesteds
measured. and communicated them
Agreement has been reached by both
~ 1.,y Tn, SseS
1rdny night. x /. S
}#$ The Senate. 8
The sassion Of the Senate H;as marked
by so much confusion on the floor at
times that the FLieutenant-G Governor was
II kept busy rapping for order, and firmly
Insisted that the Senate could not and
would not attempt to transact business
until order was restored.
The attendance WAS tho largest OF the
present session. every member. with the
M exception OF Mr.. J. n. Hartman, OF Taze-
we'll b being In his seat at some time
during tho day. Senator Pattcson. OF
Buckingham, was in his seat for the first
time for several weeks. and was warmly
congratulated on his recovery from sert-4
GUS Illness and his rsturn to the Sem
4Ete. so 81 ss 5st ~.
4xfter n nun Der OK bills had been COM
1,;unicatcd from the. House and re ferred
~ 10 committees. and when the Senate had
agreed to House amendments to several
lills,8the Senate took Up House bill 1885,
W. tt authorize the state Corporation Com
mission to recall assessment is made and
rot to further assess building and loan
associations and companies and Mr.sAn- Z
derson, Of Richmond. explained the bill
and urged Its passage 4; iS55 al 8i5S
I3 Mr.. Thomas, OF Campbell made an ar
$s Et.ment against the bill. strongly antag-a
cnizing the measure. The BILL after some
further discussion, was rejected by the
close vote OIL to 1S.
Mr. Chrrchman communicated the pas
sage by the House OF a joint resolution
providing for adjournment Saturday
night and for the cessation OF business
after 6 P. NJ. Saturday. Mr. Mc1lwaine
amended the resolution by adding the
II words: And that8no bill shall be passed
8 by either tho House OF Delegates OF the
Senate nftcr12 o'clock noon OF Saturday.
March a. 1904" The resolution as thus
amended was adopted by the Senate and
went back to the House for con n!lrrcncc
s iii the amendment. q 8 33 IN
~ DEBTS DUE THE STATE.
g AR. Thomas, Of Campbell. offered and
the Senate adopted the following resolu-i
ton: s5tl ,.i AZ
BE 1t resolved b. the Senate, That the
/ auditor Of public accounts BIO and is
I'D hereby requested to furnish this body
Ss at the beginning Of the next sessi on Il he
following iinformntion: l5s
95 First-7An ieinIzed list OF all debts due the
Il State which are regarded az 2non,collectble;
s,e Which a.
SgThird-rrhe names Of a1l officers WHO are
9s5l Mr.. Mann. or Nottoway, offered a res
SBolutlon. which was adopted proposing to
suspend rule 80 of the Senate, which re-
auires that House bills shall remain ,in-
A4 der control DC the Senat for two days.
n
Mr.. Thomas. OF Campbell, offered n
resolution which he said he would not
Gspress, andGdld not desire to have Acte ed
on at tits time. hut which was intended
q to servo notice that he would propoBe
n to take 1t up and act on tttat II the be-
4 ginning of tho next session. The rcsolu-
III; ton has reference to tho appropriation
5&of public Imoneya e institutions not ,st
owned by3sEthc State. and is specially
Bnlmed at the College of William and
ii Mary. which 1t is proposed to make the
college transfer to the State or IN sliel,
thereof to cut 1t off from State financial
aid. Tho resolution lii full reads as fol-
lows; X. Az e st Il
#iss Whereas the granting Of aid or making ap,
hnd controlled BY the State md Its subdlyis.
ions, Is In con, ravention Of the sound govern,
ade By 1Ass
schools other than those owned and 'eontrollsd
BY 81 me- state and ~ sapa'yls0As 'nere'oFs
Resolved by the Senate, Tho House concur-
priatleR 10 William, and Mary College ana THE
q siS pe Inter tGIess % G
under act q February %. $780,. by which tlie
State indirectly pays to these schools and coll
leges nearly seyenty,hye thousand dollars pei
8i annum. Il sis ssB az -5- n aS8l4.5s
#IIrhe adoption by the House Of tho Grlf-
nth Joint resolution In relation to the
Shepherd defalcation and action by the
Attorney-GeneralAby direction OF the Coy
IF ernor, to recover funds embezzled from
& the State was communicated TO the
~ Senate and consideration OF the resolu-
iion was passed by, ssfs n
s53 APPROPRIATION BILL.
f3i Mr.. Wlckham laid before the Senate
& the conference report on tho general ap,
precipitation bill and briefly explained
# The same to the Senate. Indeed. the only
Commandments from which the Senate re
Y ceded were the following: