The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-23
ON
A.HOLIDAY
Both Branches Of the General
Assembly Celebrated WASH
ington's Birthday Thus.
PROTECT STATE | 1 i'!':. OFFICERS GER
Mr.. Phlcgar Offers Bill 3, to Guard
Them Against Garnishment.
Other Bills.


Both branches Of the General Assem-
BIZ yesterday devoted their sessions TO-
clearing 10 the calendar. There WAS
hardly more than a comfortable quorum
ot memt ers Of either house, and 50 moth
inr hit 5,,ncontested bills were acted on.
Tho senate passed but one bill. and or y.
dared n dozen or more others 10 their
engrossment. The House passed two
Senate bills and q dozen House bil!s, none
OF them OF especial interest or import e
ance. @ .,
The chief interest Of the session con-
sisted Is the bills offered In the two
houses 81 reported from committees. The
birthday Of Warrington was sigralized
by5 n favorable report to tho House OF
Mr.. Andersons bill to provide for the
preservation vi Of the Houdon statue Of
washington. 5,.
I'D Among the Interesting bills offered Is
one BY 5Mr. Ould, OF Campball designed
to exclude negroes from riding in Pull
man cars. n Nh
Mr. Daniel offered q bill to provide
for punishment BY whipping In cases OF
certain specified small crimes
IN the Senate, Mr.. Phlegar. offered q
bill to repeal the act Of o1-2-3-4. in re-
Ia ton to garnishment, SO as to give State
officers ard employees immunity from
garnshment. The measure was offered
as an emergency one. It was stated that
q member Of the General Assembly was
about to be, a or had been, subjected to
earnshment. ana had nothing left on
which ID live. The nhme OF the member
; in question could not3be learned. Under
the present law the Governor. Lieutenant
Governor judges Of the Supreme Court
OF Appeals, Or any other officer, Is sub
tect to garnishment
4 II, the House the app roprlation bill was
made a. special order for 80 each day
until disposed OF. The bill is a voluInl-
nous ono. ana will CONSUME considerable
time in consideration.h5 t3i;,
The Senate.
There were just twenty-three senator's
present whom President pro tempore
Wickham called the Senate to order.
Lieutenant Governor Willard had gore
TO Alexandria to attend the Washing
ton celebration. Despite the fact that
this was a State and national holiday
commemorating the bril- of tho greatest
Yirglnian. the Senate not only held a.
session, but put ins 81 fairly good& days
work Five or Fix new bills were offered
and referred 70 thee propor committees.
81 The Senate passed 81 but one lbill, and
that an unimportantttone, amending the
Code 30 as to provid q efr6tf tiis designation:
or Judges OF circuit and city courts
where the Judge is disqualified or unwill-
ing to sit. 81 2s
There was no discussion during the
session OF an hour ard a half, the only
? n f,,er coz 49, nft q n hefnH
statement by Mr. Campbell. OF Bed
+ ford, as to the grounds of his position
to the Senate bill to prohibit non-resi'
dents becoming stockholders in companies
organized to catch oysters and fish He
ldisapproved of the policy outlined by
the bill, and so stated.
BOUNTIES ON CROW SCALPS.
When the House bin in relation to
bountes on the scalps Of crows was
taken up, Mr.. Opie offered an amend
inert, proposing to insert after the word
crows the words land mosquitoes"
The sarcastic amendment IS Indicative
of the opposition to the bill by many
senators. The bill was passed by.
Tho Senate ordered to engrossment a
number OF Senate and House bills. but
passed by those whose patrons were
absent. ard likewise those against which
any opposition developed. t
\ Mr.. Hartman. OF Tazewell, asked to-
have the Committee on Public Institu-
tons discharged from consideration Of his
bill in relation to the establishment OF
system Of paroles and empowering the
penitertiary board to grant such parole
to oonvicts on certain conditions. The
committee was discharged and the bill
went on the calendar. IT
Z The same gentleman called attention
to the fact that the Senate Bill Sin rela-
ton, to public free schools imposed GER
tain duties on the division superlnten-
dents o. schools. whereas there Is no
SUCH superintendent and will not be
until two months after the session adj
1ourns. He suggested to Mi, Keezell,
patron Of the, bill, the insertion OF the
words Cor county supcrintendents." This
was done.
The Senate bill proposing an appropria-.
tlon OF $4,000 for a heat flight and power
plart for tho State buildings was made
a special order for tomorrow at 1890.
on motion OF its patron, Senator Ander.
son. i5!8 8 5s r,4
Mr.. Thomas's (senate) billgto provide a
commission to Investigate the methods of
accounting employed In tho State by its
various officers and employees was passed
by In Its patrons absence. after the
committee amendment thereto had been
read This amendment provides for
commission OF two from the Senate and
three from the House, 35,.i.
I Among thsFsenators In their seats after
brief absence was Mr.. St. Clair, Of Giles,
in whose family there has been illness,
and Mr.. Noel, Of Lee county.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
I These bills were offered by tho senators
named and took the usual course, going
to cominittees Is
BY Mr.. phlegar: To repeal an act to provide
wages and salaries OF tho State officials, clerka
hiI reads thus: IAN emergency exst, il ths
necessity to prevent an interference With the
due and orderly administration. Of the state
government, and this act shall be In force
BY Mr, Anderson: To amend section s OF
tho charter OF the city OF Richmond, so as to
make tho term of members Of the hoard OF
Aldermen four years instead OF two The
necessity ter the oct Is 70 correct an error IN
Trs mafs s sMs ),
~ N.Y. MI ST. car 70 amend II, at 81 March
repair Tie roads and bridges OF aIles county
B ny Mr. Campbell lby .request To submit
to the qualified voters of the city OF Beuns
Vista. az a special election the question of the
est blishlnon} OF o dispensqyy' t Sls ~ ss;s 81