Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-12
SOLONS WOULD KNOCK
OUT GENTLE FOOTBALL
Fire Insurance Pools Too Come in
for Regulation by The State
Legislature.
SHOWER OF BILLS PRESENTED
Members Of Senate Take 4 Holiday
But in the Other House Raft Of
Proposed Laws Are introduced
Delegate Barrett Puts in Few
Measures For Consideration.
isrecial 10 tho Daily Press,

Especial 10 tho Daily Press.J
RICHMOND. VA. Jan. 1.-the
members of tho Senate took Holt
day today hui not so the solons oi
the House OF Delegates. These gen.
tlemen. although they sat only about
IN hour. introduced a peck or so"
OF bills. many Of which carry-or rath-
er cali for-big appropriations.
If all OF them pass. the States H.
nanccs will he sucked as dry as u
lemon. Several of Tho bills related
TO appropriations for the public
schools; one calls for $4,000 fcr much
needed improvements in the. Capitol
Square and others suggest various
and divers things calculated 10 benc.
fit the good people OF the Old Domir-
ion
Half Hundred Reserved.
As something like forty or fifty
bills flooded Clerk Williams desk be-
fore the sixty minutes work was over.
it may easily he seen that practically
every conceivable variety Of leSisla-
lion was suggested. |1-T- 80
DR.. r S. Powell OF Brunswick,
wishes 10 foster tho welfare and safe
~ of the people. and to uphold the
dignity of the Commonwealth by
prohibiting tho game OF football" in
the Old Dominion. His bill, which WAS
referred to the Committee on Schools
and Colleges. amidst roar OF laugh,
rer, provides that all persons who III.
sist IN lndulgiEg in this deadly recrea.
ton shall pay fine ranging from $50
TO $500.
insurance Bill Comes Up.
a proposed measure Of much more
practical importance was bill intro.
duced by Judge Martin Williams, of
Giles which bears the title, ITO pre-
vent fire insurance companies asso-
Citations. partnerships. etc. doing bust
ness In this State. or The agents there
of. from entering into combinations to
make or control rates for fire insur-
ance and providing punishment for
violations OF this act
This bill, which. it is sail IS tho
old Wharton law redivivus provides
that the managers or agents Of the
concerns in question shall flle with
the Auditor an affidavit declaring thlt
The respective fire insurance concerns
have entered into no combination or
trust for the purpose of preventing
competition in this State. The pen
atty for false aiIidovils ranges from
300 to $1,000
1t has been known all along that
war on the insurance companies would
be renewed at this session of the
Legislature, and Judge Williams bin
probably throws down the gauntlet.
and means the first step in battle
that will be exceedingly interesting:
Delegates Arrive Early.
Buttonholing and persuasive argu-
ments preceded the session today in
the old, sweet way. The deegatcs
came early TO the capitol. 4 quorum
could have been picked up in the
building any time after eleven o'clock
Cosy corner conferences were in pro-
gress for more than an hNlr in every
part of the capitol.
Delegate Lions resolution. adopted
at yesterdays session of the house
which excludes many of those former
ly admitted to the floor, is coming in
for good deal of criticism. A dc
mand for more liberal regulations will
follow the enforcement of tho rosolu-
ton.
Outsiders Are Barred Out.
Colonel Newhonsc, first doorkeeper,
called attention to the resolution ut
the opening OF today's session. The
speaker instructed him to enforce it.
which he did reluctantly. While the
newspaper mon were not held I'D at
the door the resolution really excludes
them.
The proceedings today were opened