Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-02-18
The Legislature.
sRNATE.

SENATE.
in the Senate yesterday Senator Par
sons introduced bill which seeks to
appropriate $725, 900 to the primary
and grammar schools Of the State.
The House joint resolution, Thich
amends the constitution and makes the
enactment of measures easier aud abol-
ishes the reading of bills three times,
Was recommitted to the commit tee on
courts OF justice.
The House resolution proposing an
amendment to section 46 of the consti-
misunderstanding the session to ninety
days-wss considered. The roll was
called on concurrence and the resolution
wss agreed to by vote OF Is to ii.
Twenty votes are necessary to pass
the resolution, and 1t Is awaiting re-
consideration, which will be- had TO-DAY.
Senator King offered resolution ex-
tending the session to midnight March
81, and requesting Governor Swanson
to convene the general assembly 10 ex-
traordinary session at noon on March
%, in order to dispose of the vast
smount Of business now on hand. The
resolution went over until today. This
will give the members two weeks oil
extra work, for which they will receive
no pay, aud the extra session would
give them $3.50 for q thirty-day session.
The Senate passed the House bill
fixing the rules of evidence 10 cases
arising under the ''unwritten law" and
permitting the introduction Of testimony
10 disproof of the alleged crlmirsl as
ssults. The bill has passed the House.
Senator Walker offered an amendment,
which was agreed to, extending the pro-
visions of the bill to that class of cases
combined 10 section 367l Of the @ DE-,
wherein the victim of the would-be
avenger is not killed, but merely cut,
stabbed, shot or otherwise MANNED.
HOUSE.
A bill aiming 10 protect the S'ale's
interest in the Richmond, Frede'icks-
burg and Potomac Railway was intro
duced by Speaker Byrd. The proposed
bill author yes the sinking furd ccmmb-
sioners Of the State TO convert the stock
aud divided obligation of the railway
company into stocks OF said company
under any new charter or amencment OF
its charter which the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac may hereafter
acquire. A second bill allows tho cor
poration the right to get out new
charter under the present constitution.
A bill providing for revision of the
Safes code, unanimously psssed.
A bill to regulate the sale Of poison
GUS drugs and narcotics was ofsred by
Mr.. Markham.
George Washington's statue will be
placed along with the statue Of Robert
Z. Lee in the national ststuary hall, 10
the Capitol in Washington. The House
by vote of 65 20 0 passed Senate bill
No. 2S2 making such provision. The
Washington slaiue will be copy OF the
famous Houdon statue, and an appro-
ptiation Of $40, 900 is made to carry out
the provisions of the act.
Mr.. Cations bill passed the House
without debate. The bill provides an
amendment to an set approved March
Z, 1908, entitled an act to author u
municipal corporations 10 issue bonds
for the redemption Of outstanding bonds.
The amendment is in that 1t provides
that new issues may be substituted for
the old, without the necessity Of putting
them up for SALE. The bill Is to fscil-
itate the refunding Of the Alexandra
city bonds.
The House passed the bill to provide
for State money aid, 10 addition TO con-
vict labor, for theiWproveueDt IT public
roads. This bill appropristes $3.50. 600.
the money to be distributed among the
counties In proportion to the amount OF
taxes they pay. No county, however,
shall be a beneficiary until it provides 8
sum for road improvement equal to that
received from the State.
The general pension bill passed uuan'
irously. The bill raises the appropri-
alton for Confederate veterans from
$S5, 5000 to $4,000, 900, and allows
widows who we're married prior to May l.,
1868, to come under its benefits. Italso
increases the pensions Of totally dis
abled veterans from t75 to 500.