Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-03
The Legislature.

Inc Legislature
Senator Machen, of Alexandria, has
offered an amendment to the consti-
tuition providing for sessions of ninety
days for the general assembly,
Senator Patterson has offered bill
to require a stamp of one cent on all
checks of fifty dollars and over, the
fund to go to the support Of depend
ent Confederate veterans.
The House Committee on Courts of
Justice has favOrably reported the bill
providing that all hangings in the
State shall take place within the en-
closure of the penitentiary.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to abolish the office of
register of land office and transfer all
books, records and papers to office of
Secretary of Commonwealth.
The Rev crab bill, which prohibits
the catching of crabs from November
to March, and which has already
passed the house, has been favorably
reported from the senate committee
on fish and game.
Delegate Byrd has introduced a
resolution in the house asking for in
vestigation by committee in recess
of the price of school books in Vir-
ginia as TO whether they are not eX-
orbitant. The committee are to be
paid 81 day and $3.50 is appropriated
for expenses.
The resolution asking for special
Joint committee to investigate the
conditions responsible for the rapid
depletion of edible fish in the waters
of the Commonwealth was amended
SO as to provide that the investigation
be placed in the hands of the recently
created board of fisheries.
The State board of fisheries named
by Governor Swanson will be about as
follows: W. Mcdonald Lee, of Ian
caster, chairman; S. wilkins Math-
eWs, of AccOmac. secretary; George
B. Keezel, of Rockingham; Bland
MasSie, of Nelson, and probably Henry
NJ Taylor, of Hanover. Free Lance.
The bill to establish the Virginia
State school for colored deaf and blind
children was passed by the House
Wednesday afternoon. The bill came
up out of order, on motion of MIR.
Houston, the patron, after some dis
cussiOn. Mr.. Gwathmey opposed the
bill. Mr.. TaliafeTo spoke for it, and
it passed by the vote of IS TO s.
The House of Delegates Wednesday
passed the Williams bill to prevent
the combination of fire insurance
companies to make rates. The meas
ure is about Identical with the Whar-
ton law, which some years ago practi-
cally put out of operation in Virginia
the Southeastern Tariff association,
and which was afterwards repealed.
The two oyster bills, regulating the
culling and dredging of oysters in the
waters of the Chesapeake and its
tributaries and Maryland and Virginia,
will be passed by the Legislature some
time this week. There will be no Op-
position, as the bills are the produc-
tons of the Joint committee repre-
Senting the Legislatures of the two
States. The Maryland Legislature is
to adopt identical bills this
week. One effect of the contemplated
legislation will be to drive the oyster
pirates out of business. The new law,
when it goes into operation, will leave
them no harbOr of refuge after depre-
datiOns in either State.
The Sundry Amendment bill, sup
to the Mann Liquor laws
emerged from the Committee on FL
nance Monday considerably changed
and was placed on the calendar, bear
ing, as to a majority of its remaining
features, an adverse report. The pro-
vision regulating social clubs was re-
ferred to a special subcommittee COM
posed of Senators Thomas, Sale and
Shackelford, for further consideration.
The item placing distilleries within
the police jurisdiction of towns was
stricken out. The principal amend
ments retained in the bill as reported
are those increasing the licenses and
jail sentences for violations
of the law. The cider bills proposed
by Judge Mann were favorably re-
ported and are now on the calendar.
Colonel A. NJ. Bowman, chairman
of the House Finance Committee,
reported supplemental bill
making appropriations for the next
two years, over and above those car
ried in the regular measure already
passed by the house. The bill carries
a total sum of $4,000, the largest
item being 100000 for State buildings
and entertainment at the jamestown
next year. The next
heaviest is S85, 900 for the University
of Virginia, but only one-half Of this
shall be paid out of the treasury dur
ing the first fiscal year. The same is
true of other appropriations made to
institutions in the State.
The bill includes an AUTHORIZATION of