Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-01-17
THE LEeIsLATURE.


name Judges of the Supreme Court OF
Appeals. The roll had been called, out
the result had not been announced when
il was found that there was a connlct
with the constitution. The law IS that
the judges have to 60 into oftce the req
ruary following their election. The
schedule of the constitution says lney
shall 60 into Office February /, 1917.
Before the result could be announced
the error was discovered, and the matter
was passed by till after February !. II
the election bad taken place yesterday the
Judges would have lost one year OF the
term, for which they were originally
elected.
SENATE.
Senator Thomas has offered resou-
ton calling for an Investigation OF a
discrepancy Of one hundred and iorty-
eight millions between the value OF the
railroads OF the State aud the assesS-
ment placed b. the State Corporation
Commission.
Mr.. Sims introduced Joint resolution
proposing AN amendment to the constl-
tuition If Virginia. The resolution pro-
poses to amend sections 20, Fl and " OF
Article H. of the constitution by strik-
ing out the requirement Of a prepayment
of poll taxes as a prerequisite to qualih-
cation To register and vote.
Senator Thomas, of Lynchburg, arose
TO question of personal privilege, say
ing that bis bill, offered few days ago,
making an appropriation of $500, 600 to
schools had been ,ampered with and
changed different from the orginal APP
pearing in the printed bill. He asked
an investigation. The original copy OF
the bill showed that someone had added
10 pencil at the bottom "This bill
shall be in force from its passage" The
matter was referred to the committee on
bills and printing for investigation.
Among the bills introduced were To
provide for the employment OF prisoners
confined in the jails of the counties and
towns of the STATE upon the public roads.
Inc TtldllDu
other allowances.
To amend an act TO make husband aud
wife competent witnesses for or against
each other in certain civil and criminal
cases.
HOUSE.
A food of bills was introduced in the
House, among them the following:
To amend the code so as to authorize
receivers of the estates of married wo-
men who are minors to execute bonds
before the clerks of courts.
TO provide for the appointment OF
guardians and curators by courts and
clerks thereof
Prescribing time within which errone-
Gus assessment Of lands can be corrected.
To protect landlords against removal
OF crops by tenants until rents and adj
vances are satisfied, and to provide
penalty therefor.
To exempt Confederate soldiers from
the payment OF capitation taxes.
To prohibit the selling or furnishing
or of having in ones possession for the
purpose of selling or furnishing black
jacks, brass or metal knucks and like
weapons, and prescribing penalties
therefore.
To amend code to prohibit the load
ing and running of freight cars and
freight trains on Sunday and running
locomotives without trains, and TO pro-
vide penalties for violating the law.
To establish 'Old Home Week" in
Virginia, 10 authorize its observance by
cities aud towns AMI empower the cities
and towns to appropriate none! for the
observance of the same. The date
specified is the calender week beginning
with the last Sunday in July in each
year.
To reduce the Ninth and Sixteenth
judicial circuits of Virginia by taking
from the Ninth circuit the county of
RappahannOck aud TO create new judi
cial circuit composed OF Rappahannock,
Fauquier and Loudoun, to be known as
the Twenty-ffth circ1it.
TO provide for the redemption of un-
used tickets. issued or sold by public
service corporations.
To prevent the evil of minors under
sixteen years of age using tobacco and
having certain deadly weapons.
Senator Patteson has prepared an amend
ment to the constitution, which provides for
separation of the taxes paid for publio schools
by negroes and whites, aud the payment Of
such taxes, for the support of public schools
in proportion to the payments made by whites
end blacks. He says this will give all white
schools full term Of nine months, and the
negro schools from two TO four months with
an increase of 80 per cent. in the ply oil white
teachers without an increase Of taxation.
A bill is to be offered in the Senate, prob
ably by Senator st. Clair, redistricting the
western portion Of the State. The bill pro-
yides that Charlotte county shall be included
in the Fourth district; Halifax in the Fifth;
Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Wytbe, Allegheny
Bath, Bristol, BotetOurt and Craig in the
Sixth. Lynchburg and Campbell county are
to 90 to the Tenth district
An effort will be made at this session Of the
Legislature 10 procure a colony for the States
epileptics, who are now treated with the in
sane in the various Virginia institutions.