The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-24
ELEGArE MAssIE has present.
y ed bill for the establishment

! Gu d Dill LUZ IIic eSldDltSliilSuI
of q standing committee OF the
General Assembly. to be known.
as the Committee on State Re-
lations, to be constituted by the Speak
Ell of the House Of Delegates and two
members of the House. to be appointed
by him, and the president of the Senate
and ono Senator, appointed by him.
whose duty 1t shall be, during the ses-
sions and vacations OF the General
Assembly. to investigate. devise and
promote the best means and measures
for the conservation of the rights and
interests of - and. other States, esq
pecially in the matter of State regl-l
lation and control of corporations,
trusts and monopolies. The committee
Is charged with the duty to obtain In
formation In regard to legislation OF
other States on the subject OF corpora
lions. and In other matters In which
the interests of the States and their
relations to each other are involved. 1t
Is authorized to employ clerk or
lstenograpier at O salary, but the
amount is not fixed by the bill
The members Of the committee,
when actually engaged in work as q
committee. shall receive the same COM
pensation and mileage as members OF
the General Assembly. A report OF its
action and work must be submitted to
t the next General Assembly with
recommendations. Copy OF the act Is
to be transmitted at once by the secre-
tary Of the Commonwealth tc the
Legislatures Of the different States as
| q request for the appointment Of q
similar committee on State relations
by the Legislatures Of the other States.
Senator Ward. in Senate bill No. 400.
KIT \
powers heretofore delegated by statute
or now exercised and enjoyed by the
4 Councils OF the cities of the State, the
! Council Of every city shall have au-
thority to pass such ordinances as Ia
may deem best to punish by fine and
Imprisonment In Jail, or either. the fol-
/ lowing offenses. when committed With
; in the jurisdictional limits Of the said
Il city, viz: assault and battery, receiving
stolen goods, gambling. carrying con-
cealed weapons, vagrancy within the
definition OF existing State statutes,
and trespassers upon property situated
within the said city. The act is not
to be construed to repeal any OF tho
5'existing powers OF the Council Of any
4 city
Messrs. Page and THRIFT, in House
& $50 NV. = -, Ntuctk luxe 70 dpQllSn Ine
fee system in regard to attorneys for
{ the Commonwealth and to substitute
{ salaries payable out OF the public
j; treasury The fees now allowed by
Ilaw to these officers shall be collected
as part OF the costs from the de-
Ifcndant and put into the State treas.
ury The respective amounts which
: ICommonwealtht In the cities and coun-
: ties of the State are as follows: The
oountle s-Accomac. s32o; Albemarle,
$a7Q. Alexandria,, $3.50; Allegheny, 5000;
Amelia. $3.50; Amherst. s250 Appomat-
ton, $500; Augusta, $40; bath, $500;
i Bedford, s36o: Bland, $780, Botetourt
$500. Brunswicls, sa20: Buchanan, 5000
oline, $500; Carroll, 5000; Charles City
s100; Charlotte, $50; Ghestepfleld,g s9sb
Clarke, $500 Craig, 500: Culpeper,# s3O0;
: Cumberland, sa00i Dickinson, 5000
Dlnwtddte. 5000; Elizaheth City. $500;
Essex, 5000; Fairfax. s22o; Fauquier
Saso;8 Floyd, sS0Oi Flnvanna. s2o0
Franklin, $3.50; Frederick, $3.50; Giles
2 Grayson, $500; Greene. sl2o; Greenes-
willie, 5000: Halifax. IA Dos Hanover, 3220
Henrleo, 5000; Henry. $500 HI land
t SlQ0iJI Isle Of Wight, $500 James C1tN
3 500; King and Queen, faoo Islng
Geerge' 81 90 King WI lam taoo g Z
Gastsr ;l5o Lee $500 t .ssa sasa
: $50 /; atieWa. Il 90 Y NJ eek lanhuYR, "a o.
Mtddlesex, $lao; Montgomery, $500
]. Nansemond, SaAO; Nelson, 200: New
Iient, sl2l. Norfolk, 500 Il; Nor nap
. ten, Sl5ot NorthNmh land slQA; Nat,
Y toWay,3 $20Qi Orange, y 80 Page, saaQ
Patrick 5000; rittsylYanla 5000: Pow,
Prince George, 800; PRINCESS Anae
Sloois PriRce WI lam, a2Qo F'n.lasskhi
Saoo Kappa llapnoo ls, Y 1885, htchTnpla
Y 1iNQi Roanoke, saQ0; Rock brld So, "a Qg
rockingham, 1850 Rll ssel y. Scott
1850. Shenandoah. 1900; slaytl,, SAL 4
southnmpton, $500; SpotsylyaRla, tE0
rragaMall 1900, wv rra,1 I'll IN. w "a wv hi