The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-24

| and the State already owns an available |
site at this place The plan for the
| opleptts colony has been set forth In |
detail before. The bill Of Mr.. STROBE
provides that the institution shall be
| known an the Piedmont State Hospital. |
| In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Campbell,
| of Bedford, offered by request q bill |
authorizing the sale OF lots purchased
by the Commonwealth for delinquent
taxes and not redeemed within -four.
| years or more, and providing system
| for such sale. The bill In a preamble
describing the conditions making such
Legislation necessary. sets forth that at
| different periods in many sections OF
| the Commonwealth there has been more
or less speculation in city and town lots
and the lots In projected cities and towns
and that during such periods a large
| quantity of land has been sub-dlvlded
| into lots and the lots sold or offered for
sale at inflated prices. In many cases
| such lots are now of little value, and
have been practically abandoned by
| their owners and purchased by the Com
| .nonyvsalth for delinquent taxes Furth-
| ermore, many of them Will not now sell
| for n sum sufficient to pay the amount
| paid for them together with such addi-
| tional sums as would have accured from
| taxes levies and interest. IL such real
! estate had not been so purchased
| An interesting piece of gossip which Is
| going the rounds at the Capitol IS 10 the
| effect that in. the event of the passage oil
| the Cation bill creating bureau of insur-
| ance and the making of Colonel Button 4
| commissioner Mr.. j. N. Brennamhn. of
| Shenandoah, will success the Appomattox
man az clerk of the Senate. Mr.. Brenna-
| man is now reading CLERIC OF the BODY,
| and has been connected with the Leg1s-
| Ia.ure in one capacity or another for
many years
| Hon. John r. Rev, of Accomac, is de-
| sirous that his county shall not lose any
| of her representation In the House OF
Delegates In addition to an individual
| delegate. Accomac now has two foaters
in the House, one with Northampton and
| the other with Elizabeth City. Not many
DAYS ago Mr.. Houston. of the latter coun-
| ~, offered bill cutting his county and
! Northampton or from Accomac, and CIV
| ing each of the counties one member.
| Now Mr. Rev proposes another bill which
gives Accomnc two, Northampton and
| Elizabeth City one each. and makes up
| for his additional member by the fol-
| lowing changes In the southside section:
\
| berland and Amelia, one; Nottoway and
Amelia, one
The House Committee on General Laws
Yesterday afternoon reported without
| amendment the measure offered by MIR.
! Old. OF Norfolk city. decreasing the dis
| tance at which cemeteries may be main
tanned from private residences. There
| were citizens and lawyers from Peters,
burg and Norfolk opposing the bill. but
1t went through by a large majority.
/ The same body reported Mr.. Puller's
bill amending the law In relation to slot
machines, so as to permit the awarding
of cigars to the winners. The present
law permits the giving Of peanuts. candy.
chewing gum. &c, In connection with
such devices, and the only change pro-
posed Is to add cigars.
i The Capitol Rebuilding Commission
4 met last evening in Governor Montague's
office and completed their report. which
will be communicated to the two houses
OF the legislature to-day by Clerk Sam
w. Bigger. All the members were pres
ent save Mr.. Kelley, and the meeting was
harmonious.
In addition to giving complete history
, OF the work and OF It's progress from time
to time, the report will ask for an addi-
tlona appropriation of about $4,000. that
amount being due on the new light heat
and power plant The report Is quite
voiuminous and goes into great detail re-
garding the work on the building.
\
4 A joint resolution, offered in the House
by Mr.. Cation yesterday. amending the
Constitution. is of public interest.
1t proposes to so alter the organic law
of the State as to permit cities to levy
taxes for public improvements provided
the levy be not in excess of so per cent.
of the cost of such improvements. The
resolution went to the Committee for
Courts of Justice
There was Joint meeting OF the Com
/ mittee on Public Institutions of the SEN
ate and Schools and Colleges of the House
| yesterday afternoon. at which the board
of visitors OF William and Mary College
| appeared. They stated to the body their
plan for turning the college over to the
State, as outlined in The Times Dispatch
| yesterday, but no final action was taken.
Prominent Democrats in the city last
night We're Hon. Thomas N. Jones. OF
Isle of Wight; Hon. Eugene Withers. of
Danville; Mr.. George Walter Mapp. OF
Accomac; Mr.. Ohio Mears, of North
ampton, and Mr.. Armistead C. Gordon,
| of Staunton.
Mr.. Richie Sick.
Mr.. D. A. Richie. private secretary TO Cow
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