Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-27
ATON INSURANCE
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Measure Now Goes to The Senate
for Final Action Vote
NEED MORE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
II IS Expected That the Upper
House viii Create at Least Five
New Distric's-CIosing Of tho Pc.
iomac 10 oystcrmcn Will DC op.
posed III Virginia.


kItIl N)ND. VA. Feb. 2G.-~Cun-
trary Ia expectation. The debate ON
til" Cation insurance hill was cut
short at The very beginning of it
this afternoon. The House voted To
dispense with the constitutional
readings, and the bill was passed
10y vote of ~ ayes to &c noes
1t provides that insurance com.
rauicS shall invest the surplus aris
ns from business in the State in
Virginia State. city or county bonds
It is strrnuously opposed by the in
suralicc. people.
The swift action on the bill came
as a surprise.
The measure now goes To the Sen
ate for action. Some surprise WAS
was expressed AT the ease with
which the bill went through 4
long debate was anticipated
!. a. 3.;jetafe+ Jddiclal. Circuits Wanted.
Il il liEcfy tliSt Tie Senate hi
creating -four new judicial circuits
in the State will undergo material
amendments in the House. and that
This branch of the Legislature will
add still another circuit.
sub. committee of the iiouS,.
committee ON courts Of Justice con,
sidcrcd The matter today and insirucf.
ed one Of it's members. Delegate
Early. 10 draft II new bill to cmbody
its ideas
This bin will suggest Il circuit
composed OF the counties OF Abe
marie. Greene and Madison-Iudgc
Whites; another. composed of the
counties of Rockingham and Page:
third, composed of Culpcpcr. Or.
angr. Louisa and Gouchlaud.
The Twcnty.niuth Circuit, accord.
ius tn The subcommittee plan. will
will he composed of Amherst. Mel.
son. buckingham aud Fluvanna.
The circuit to he composed OF
Portsmouth. Princess Anne aud isle
of Wight will not he intcrfcrcd with
by the House committee If it offers
the contemplated amendments
Potomac to Remain Open.
Delegate Mason, the member of
the House from King George, is in re-.
ceipt of the following telegram from
&. A. l.Oockcrman, one OF the Mary.
land Legislators who recently came
to Richmond to confer with the Old
dominion SOlons about joint oyster
Legislation: Bill introduced ycstcr.
day by Senator Linthcum closing
waters in Maryland against drcdg-
ing FOR purpose of getting your pco-
pie IN close Potomac. Don't re-
gard it. Hold committee agains,
close Of Potomac"
Delegate Mason assures his Mary
land friend by letter that the Vir
gnia Legislature will not close the
Potomac if he can help it.
To Investigate v. P. I.
Tho House this afternoon, without
dissenting vote. adopted Delegate
Thornhilrs resolution calling for an
Investigation of the Virginia Poly.
tcchnic Institute haZing affair.
The resolution Is tho outcome of
certain charges made against the fac
ulty and visitors of the school by
cx-Judgc George l.. Christian of this
city
If The Senate concurs In the rcsolu.
iion a joint committee OF five will
conduct the investigation.
V. M. !. Not Overlooked.
The V. NJ. l. will also come under
the scrutiny Of legislative invcsti-
cation committee.
In the House today Delegate Swift,
of Spotsylvania, introduced a joint
resolution looking to the invcstiga-
'ion Of the Virginia Military lnsti.
tuie during vacation by tho Genera
Assembly. The resolution was adopt