Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-10
Legislature.
SENATE.

I
The Senate concurred in the House
resolution fxiug The hour Of 1890
o'clock for the election Of the basement
officers" and at that hour proceeded to
the election of the nominees of the eau
Gus Of Wednesday night, the candidates
receiving The full vote.
Senator Parsons, Of Grsysou, intro
duced bills to pay judges and clerks Of
election 81 per DAY, and to pay all Com
monwsal,h witnesses 81 per day and b
cents per mile for attendance. The
present law only pays so cents per day
for witnesses.
A bill requiring the State auditor to
set aside per cent. of all the receipts
into the treasury, except the school
fund, for the use Of the Stale militia,
WAS offered By Senator Sale, of Norfolk.
The per cent. so set aside is 10 oe
known IS the military fund.-" and no
other appropriations shall be made for
the support of the militia. The fund
now Sc. aside in the treasury for the
militia is one-half of l per cent. esi-
mated ct SIS. 600 annually. The effect
Of the sale bill will increase this appro-
priation four times, or $50, geo year.
Senator Lsssiler, OF Petersburg, snd
Delegate Wthers, of Suffolk, are patrons,
copj1inily, Of bill presented in the
lower House of the Legislature advocst-
ing the creation OF a tax commission and
providing for their appointment, duties
and compensation.
Senator Early offered bill in which
makes severe penalties for the msuufsc-
ture, sale, or advertising OF all articles
OF food or liquor which are misbranded,
adullera!ed or in any way appear to be
other than the exact character OF such
commodities.
Senator Early will soon offer a bill for
the merging of Greene county with the
county of Albemsr'e. He says that The
county Is a small one, that it is burdened
with county officers and government,
and that the people desire annexation.
A bill was introduced making appro-
priatic1s OF money for the benefit Of
public schools Of the 5tsts Of the pri-
mary grsmmer grade and high schools.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Read offered a resolution which
asked that the finance committee in con-
sidering all appropriations to be made
BY the Slate bear in mind the possibility
of changing the present State levy from
35 to 80 cent?.
Resuming the order of the day, the
| following officers nominated Wednesday
night were duly reelected: Colonel
Morton Msrye, auditor Of public ac-
counts; Judge Johu q. Dew, second
auditor; John w. Richardson, registrar
of the land Office. and Davis Bottom,
superintendent of public printing.
A bill vas presented for regulation
of the time aud manner in which com
mon carriers doing business in this State
shall adjust and pay just freight charges
and claims for loss or damage to freight
and claims for storage demuusge aud
car service. The bill provides that such
claims shall be adjusted within sixty
days, in cases wholly within the State,
and within ninety days in cases beyond
the State boundary, after fling of such
claims. No claims may lie made until
after the arrival of the shipment at the
point OF destination.
Failure on the part Of the carrier to
fulflI The requirements Of the proposed
bill shall subject said carrier to fne OF
$50 for each and every such bill.
A bill was introduced for the eslab-
lishment Of uni'crm system Of book
keeping and accounting, aud the cleo
ton OF Stale accountant.
Messrs. Cox, of Richmond, and O.
O'C Goolrick, of fredericksburg, pre-
scented jointly bill seeking the repeal of
the law which prevents the pafslIeling
Of the Richmon !, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac road Their bill Is similar to that
of Senator Sims, introduced on We1nes-
day.
Mr.. Cation offered bill which charges
the Bureau Of Insurance with the en-
forcement of the banking laws. The
measure provides that the Insurance
Commissioner shall keep a complete
record of the financial condition of all
banks, and shall, in person or through
his assistants, make an examination of
all banks in the State &C least twice
every year. Oh course the institutions
themselves have to supply all informa-
ton asked as we'll as make reports.
Failure means fine or imprisonment, or
both.
Mr.. Wingo, of the Richmond delegs-
ton, also has prepared a bill along
analogous lines.
Mr.. Luce, Of Goochland and Flu
wanna, offered q bill which authorizes
the supervisors of each county 10 pay 3
premium Of SIS to the owner OF each
wagon purchased after the passage OF the
bill, or the owner of each wagon, the
wheels OF which have been purchased
after the passage of the bill, provided
The tires on 81 The wheels have width
of four inches or over.
Mr.. Spesssrd, of Allegheny, offered
bill increasing the high school sppropri-
alton from 500, 600 to $50, 900, and
otherwise amending The existing law in
certain less important particulars. He
Likewise presented 3 measure amending
the pension laws so as to bring within
the class Of benefciaries persons owning
property worth not more thst $3.50. The
present statute has $500 limit.
Mr.. Throckmorton offered bill which
provides for asceriaining the amount of
delinquent tsxes sgsiust each piece of
lRad in the State. 1t requires notice to
the present owner, gives the court the
power to correct any errors which msy
be shown in the amount charged against
iha land. nrnuidas for the sale Of the