Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-21
Legislature.
SENATE,
members


Senator McAlexander yesterday intro
duced bill which doubles the license tax
Oh firms handling and selling pistol car
tidges. 1t is made q misdemesnor to
sell pistol cartridges unless license tax
of $50 is paid for the privilege.
Senator Chase, republican, offered a
resolution repeating the poll tax pro-
vision, making straight manhood sui
frsge and requiring each political party
to print its own election tickets.
The Senate passed bill providing for
working all five.yesr convicts on The
public highway. This carries all who
are sentenced for five years or less 10 The
road force.
Senator Strobe, introduced bill to
amend the pure-election laws by grant
ing immunity to witnesses who testify
in cases Of alleged fraud; also bill
which imposes a penalty of $25 against
express companies If they shsll refuse to
receive, transport or deliver any articles
delivered or offered for shipment.
Se1alor Walker introduced a bill
amen ding the law requiring steamboat
companies and owners Of whsrves to pro-
vide separate aocorodations to whites
snd blscks. The bill relieves wharf
owners from keeping such reception
rooms open between O'Clock in the
morning and sunset at such points as
may provide accommodation for the
public.
A joint resolution was introduced in
the Senate looking to the segregation Of
the property of public service coTpors-
tions for purpo ses Of State taxes, and
the aggregation of all other kinds of prop
erly for purposes of local taxation.
Senator Holt offered bill which
makes it felony for any person to write,
send, procure or in any way be concern
ed in the wiring or sending of commu-
nications which threaten to do bodily
harm or injury 10 any person o. any rel
alive Of any person 10 this State, or who
shall send such letter communication or
threat from this State to any person in
any other Stale, territory or foreign
country.
Bills we're passed To amend sn
act entitled an act to authorize the
court in which he is tried 10 sentence
certain prisoners to hard labor on the
public roads instead of confinement in
the penitentiary for the commission Of
felony, approved February 27, 1906.
To amend an act relating TO the d.
vision of school districts aud sub-dis-
tricts, 90 as to prov ide for such division
for the government and administration
of such sub-districtt; for additional
school tax therein; for appointment Of
school directors, providing for their term
of Office, powers; duties for adoption Of
this act by the counties of the State and
for relief from such adoption, approved
March Is, 1906.
A bill amending the present law as to
the license tax of physicians, surgeons
and dentists wss offered by Mr. Hall.
1t amends the existing law aud pro-
vides that every physician, surgeon or
dentist who has been licensed for less
than five years shall pay $40, and all
who have been licensed and prscIiced
FIVE years or more shall pay $l5, but
in cities and towns of 5000 inhabitants
or more the tax shall be $25, provided
that no physician, surgeon or dentist
shall be required to pay more thin $40
whose receipts srs less than $500 per
snnum. Every physician, surgeon or
dentist shall he licensed by the commits
sioner Of the revenue for the district or
city wherein such physician, surgeon
or dentist has his regular and principal
cffice, and the same shall entitle him to
practice anywhere within this State
without the payment of any other State
license tax. Anyone pursuing a regu-
lar course ia dentistry shall have the
right and be permitted TO act as an as
sistant to q dentist regularly licensed
under this section, and shall not be re-
quired to procure any license nor pay
any licened tax therefor.
Mr.. Brewer offered a resolution that
1--WE petition our representatives. in Con-
gress to use their influence 10 securing the
repeal of the general bankruptcy act now
in force, believing that it has accom-
plished the purpose for which it was
enacted, and that many evils will result
from its continuance in force"
The house passed the following bills:
A bill to amend an act to authorize
the several school boards Of the school
districts in this State TO borrow money
belonging to the literary fund for Ger.
tain purposes, and to authorize tie
loans of said funds for each district.
Martin Williams, Of Giles, is patron Of
the amendment.
Gan act to amend the section Of the
code relative to the duties OF The clerks
of the senate and house Of delegates. "
Speaker Byrd is patron, and the amend
ment is in increasing the salaries Of en-
ployes of the two houses.
Those Confederate veterans now re-
ceiving $15 a year as spension from the
State will in future, If the favorable re-
port of the House fnancs commi lice is
accepted, receive s24 per annum.