Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-02-27
The Legislature.


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The senate yesterday took up the
house resolution which provides for an
extension of the session OF the general
assembly from sixty to ninety days.
The amendment to the constitution is
demanded on the ground that sixty-day
terms arc inadequate 10 the transaction
Of the business OF the State.
The resolution was agreed 10 and will
be certified to the next general assem-
bly,, and If approved by that body will
be submitted to the voters of the State
for their approval, and II ratified ty
them sessions after 1910 will begiu in
January and will last for ninety days.
The senate also took up the house
resolution which seeks to amend the
constitution relative to the manner and
requirement 10 the reading OF bills on
three separate days and compelling
numerous roll calls. The second rtso-
luton will take the same course as
that Of the one touching the niuety-dsy
session. The resolution was concurred
ia by the senate
The senate rejected resolution re-
questing Virginis's representative In
Congress to advocate return to each
State not exceeding $1,000, moneys
collected from internal revenue, said
fund to be used for pensioning soldiers
aud iremen who may be disabled In the
discharge Of their duties.
House bill 81 to authorize any rail-
road, with the consent of the corpora
ton commission, to contract, purchase
or take a lease Of any railroad not ex-
ceeding twenty-five miles in length,
which will furnish cutoff or connect
ing line for the more efficient and ecc-
nomical transportation of traffic, was
taken up.
The bill had passed the house, and the
senate committee reported the bill with
the recommendation that it do not pass.
The matter went over.
The Senate took up the Byrd liquor
bill which came up as the special order,
and the offering of amendments vas at
once begun.
Senator Echols, Of Stanton, moved
TO reconsider the vote by which the
amendment OF yesterday was adopted and
which allowed maximum Of 7 ID per
cent. OF alcohol in apple cider. The
motion WIS adopted.
An agreement was reached which
placed the maximum of alcohol at 6 per
cent. in cider.
An amendment was offered placing a
tax Of $l5 on persons who buy and sell
cider, but releases makers OF cider from
apples grown on their premises from
any tax. The amendment was agreed to.
The bill was under discussion when
the Senate adjourned.
The House bill No. 81, which pur-
ports to authorize any railroad company,
with the consent of the State Railroad
Commission to construct, purchase or
take lease Of any railroad not exceed
ing twenty-five miles In length, which
will furnish cutoff or connecting line
for the more efficient and economical
transportation of traffic came up. II
was admitted by Senator Hart, who has
charge of the bill, that the Norfolk and
Western WAS alone interested 10 the
measure, and that it was introduced for
the purpose of enabling it to 60 ahead
with its new line. The matter went
over.
HOUSE.
The appropriations bill came up in the
House for consideration, and was going
through the process of consideration
when the body arose. The patron Of
the bill, MIR. Bowman, chairman Of the
committee on finance, explained the
various items as they we're read BY the
clerk.
The House passed the tax commission
bill, which now goes to the Senate. II
provides for legislative commission to
investigate tax conditions in the State
during vacation, and TO report findings
and recommendations to the next Gene
raj Assembly.
Bills were passed:
To repesl an act to provide for the
appointment Of police justice or police
justices in the counties having popula-
ton OF so, 900 or over.
Providing for the appropriation OF the
sum of 1000 for the purpose of pur-
chasing a marble bust of the late Gen.
n