The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-03-01
The LEGISLATURE

The ThOrnhiil resolution calling loran
investigation oi the alleged hanng incl
dent at the Virginia Polytechnic lnsti-
int was adopted without reference 10 a
committee. Ii calls iOr "A board ollnquFy
consisting oi three members from the
house and two from the senate.
Delegate q. r. Swift, of Spotsylvania,
offered a similar resolution regarding a
thorough investigation OF affairs OF the
Virginia Military Institute, and 1t also
was adopted.
The resolution asking for n special
Joint committee 10 investigate the condi-
tions responsible for the rapid depletion
of edible fish in the waters of the Com
monwealth was amended SO as To pro
vide that the Investigation be placed M
the hands of the recently created board
OF fisheries.
Delegate Lane. of Mathews. delivered
briei enlogy Oh the late member from
Fauqui,r DE-. John ii. Cochran.
The two oyster bills. regulating the
culing and dredging OF OysIersin the wa
ters of the Chesapeake aud its tributaries
in MARYLAND and Virginia. will be passed
bv the Legislature some time this week.
There will be no opposition, as the bills
are the productions of the Joint commit
tee representing the legislatures oi the
two States.
Senator Machen. with a view oiSavug
all possible time in the limited period
prescribed for legislative sessions, has OF
Tered a resolution 10 amend the cOnstitu-
ton so a. to do away with the three
required readings OF bills and the roll
calls
4 bill to revoke the charter OF Belle
Haven. AccOmac county has been ouer-
I'd bv Mr.. Gunter Ii Is said To be the
elimination of iactiOnal differences that
have DESTROYED the peace of the little
Eastern Shore community, and II Is hop
ed TO either unite the contendingciuzens
or segregate them. bv a reyerson TO
county government
Senator Sims introduced a blll to
amend the charter OF the town OF Mineral
in Louisa county
The senate Finance Committee Tuesday
made an adverse report OF the Mann BILL
which seeks to- amend the liquor laws
so as TO compel clubs to get saloon
licenses aud TO be subject TO police regu-
lation. The bill will 90 on the calendar
and will be fought out on the Senate
floor. The committee stood seven 70 SIX.
The senate committee reported iavora-
bly, the bill requiring the closing oil all sa-
looms between the hours OF midnight and
; O'Clock in the mOrnging.
The sundry amendment bill, supple
mentary to the Mann liquor laws, emerg
ed from the committee considerably
changed. The item placing distillerie-
within the police jurisdiction OF towns
was stricken out. The principal amend
ments retained in the bill as reported are
those increasing licenses and imposing
iail sentences for violations OF the law.
The senate bill providing for the redls-
trictng of the judicial circuits so a. TO
increase the number TO Twenty-Five was
reported to the house.
The amendment is Is follows. Eighth
judicial circuit to embrace Greene ana
Madison. John NJ. White, Judge; ninthln
dicial circuit. Culpeper Orange, Louisa
and GOOchland. ID. \. Grlmsley, ludge;
twenty fifth circuit, Rappahannock, Eau
quier and LoTdoun, Judge to be elected:
twenty circuit, Rockingham and
Page. Judge TO be elected; twenty
circuit, Buchanan, Russell anu scott.
Judge to be elected; twenty-eighth circuit.
Isle Of Wight. Princess Anne and Ports
mouth City, Judge TO be elected; twenty
ninth circuit, Amherst, Nelson, Bucking-
ham and Fluvanna, Judge TO be elected.
Under a special order one bill was IN
troduced, Rev. j. l.. Haley being the
patron. Its object is to amend the char
ter OF the town OF Mineral, in Louise
county. The departure from the iron
clad rule against theintroduction OF bills
was made as a special courtesy to the
only member of the ministry holding a
seat in the house.
Col. Bowman. of the house finance
committee, reported a supplemental bill.
making appropriations for the next two
years The measure carries a total OF
$415, 900 appropriations. The largest
item is an appropriation oi $4,000 for
State buildings at the jamestown Expo
sition in 1907. The next heaviest Is So
800 to the University OF Virginia; 81 900
is appropriated for beautiiying the
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