The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08

power OF the Legislature TO enact It."
The act creating the Bureau Of In
suranoe and the decision of the Court Of
Appeals sustaining the onstitutionality
OF the act were mentioned and general
reference was mad to legislation for bet
ter roads and to- enable supervisors OF
counties having special road laws to
adopt the special laws Eof other counties,
and to the act specify ing the manner in
which school districts may borrow money
to build school houses. which will lessen
the number OF local bills at the next
session. 4i 3s sf l2 u 81. IN "a
II The temperance people secured the pas.
sage OF two acts. one hich provides that
apple cider shall not contain more than
seven and one half per cent. alcohol, and
the, other provides that the possession Of
atUnted States internal revenue license
for the sale OF liquor shall constitute
prima facie evidence aof such sale and
Sputs on Il the s{ accused the AZ burden Of
for sellingsliquor. NJ IA
amends the old law affecting negotiable
paper, BY providing that instead Of the
death OF the drawer OF a. check revok-
ing the check. IT shail Il be payable for
two weeks after the drawers !, death
4 umPy law.
3s ,"'',rhe only act passed by the last Leg
isature which could be construed as be-
ing unfrendlys to the farmer was that
known to be AFFLICTED with actinomycoses.
without telling the IN purchaser OF the
afiiction. he courts s. are saved the duty
|aof,.intterprn ting the statute itseI which
the ten thousa nd dollars which wa
appropriated to the Board and Commits
sioner' Of griculture and linn grafton for
Into the state more than the three much
advertised VI Englishmens who have been
sent to Albemarle county said Judge
8Phlegar. n" comp ton will have been
made for the 3inconyenience of pronounce
sak .e''nomyo0ses Sand probably losing
Judge Phlegar thong \, a measure of
great importa y was d the Joint aresolu--]
vidlng fora submiftingt,an amen dment to-
the Constitution whereby the Lee islature
may sit ninety days ono. y billy except to
meet mergencies toSb eofered after sixty
days from the ginning OF the session
Judge Phlegarl did not know this reso-
luton had been adopted, MS 1t did mot
apRsa5 Aets bbd bh but
nenesq Dotn G dae
the decision Eof Mr.. Hams clerk OF
the House, and Speaker Cardwell mot to
print Joint resolutions In the Acts.
ffsC CONSIDERABLE time was devOted a to a
review Z 81 \ !. Important measures which
failed to- !becomes laws, and Judge Phlegar
concluded by declaring that the work OF
the lie gislature this year was, as a whole,
, nba
little was expended Eextravagantly;
schools were well cared for. B salaries 4 Of
the officers at the Capitol of the judges
of the Court OF Appeals and ,sof some
ali 1p
but few OF them beyond the increased
cost OF living. AZ saiS,
Some Lessons. r
III Lessons ito be learned from the session
he thought were that some less cum-l
adopt ed: q that. Virginia Is growing much
faster than was anticipated by the late
Constitutional Conventions. that there Is
Ia tendency. even inslawmakers to under
mine for5t temporary purposes: that re-
spect for authority on which the con
tinuance of governnlent IS epends; that
there is a disposition abroad in the land
to me :. acts OF o. tnose IN au-
n1ittees OF the last Legislature indicate,
to examine thoroughly and to 81 report
conseryatively and truly what was ascer-3
ia Aimed. s5f n "a .5
Mr.. Jackson's Paper.
Aht 's f nton JACKSON az son
inEton city bar reaa paper 81 tine
9S ns Wss e e 5sat Sa's
s ssttnS up st vrpRais
went into all the. details Z, Of the act
theVcroatio; Of the new statefasl e pure
Mr. trs JaeKson s' did not cenflno r himself,
WIrsin,a the
creation Of the state Of West Virginia
earliest uiit IL times. when.in 1909 BY the SEQ
on q the London yNortS
Virginia 1'i Y which took on the, names Of
New, England and New Netherlands,
From what was left Marylan "a was
formed \ In 1892 Carolina IN 1853 $50 and
osS Ha1n IS thus parted With enough e :;
her territory to create an empire" sa 9ltl
MI, Jackson, In the very year IN when
the Constitution OF tne "a aunltea Stattes
for t HEIR rat!hcation. Virginia still over:
shadowing all the States in prestige and
bower, because of her vast domains by
generosity that was born o. greatnesis =
eedsd tho Northwest te'F''ofS e ne
= 9 81 course, however, the paper dealt
chiefly With the secession OF West Ylr-
}gIna, which, NJ JACKSON uec9a le'' sN t'
MI : Mr. Jackson declared that the war was
the occasion and not the caase q sep
in 4 way to suggest two govern
m IIsn,t and even prior to the declaration
OF Independence the King had approved
daiia, Which Included nearly alllof West,
IN l7 49, nr scheme azy s ST.
81 sv,y tu which Was to Include the pres
ent territory Of West Virginia praoti,;
eally, with portions Of Maryland and
Thrty Years before the South seeded
SWebster' had declared that i the South
seeded the separation would leave Viz.
Sgiria discovered, inasHuch as the western
g fsnt 81 the State was the atural ally
NORTH rather than the South on
3crentest care and evidenced that he had
Given It the closest study, and seyerRl
la wysrn pronounced It to pc the ahlest
onifribution to this old controversy they
ha n vet hear Cl, ~