Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-13
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IN The LEGISLATURE.
Outlook for New Normal School Is
Not Promising.


Richmond, Feb. 1.-THE outlook for
establishing a new normal school does
not look promising. notwithstanding the
fiattering offers of various localities and
the insistent Hobbies that have appeared
before committees in behalf of favored
towns and cities.
The Senate Committee on Finance to-
day reported without recommendation
several bills providing for location of
normal schools. If any school is secured
it will have to be fought for on the
floors of the two houses.
The Committee on Finance have re-
ported favorably the bill providing for
nor al instruction in the high schools
of the State, and recommended an APP
preparation of SIT, 900 for the first two
years to put the plan into effect. 1t is
probable that with normal instruction in
the high schools the committee did not
deem another separate institution neces-
sary.
The Senate Finance Committee today
reported the Sale bill providing an in
crease to the military fund without the
Folkes amendment. This leaves the ar
tillery companies upon the same footing
as the other military organizations in
the State, so far as a pro rata of the
fund is concerned. The Sale bill re-
quires that one and one-half per cent. OF
the State revenue, excepting the school
fund, be set aside for support of the
military-$l5, 900 of this amount to be
used in providing a rifle range. The
Folkes amendment, which was lost in
committee, fixed the proportion to go to
the three artillery companies at 81, 900
each.
The special and continuing order in
the Senate today were the joint resolu-
tons proposed by Senator Halsey
amending sections ITO and 12O of the
Constitution, so as to permit county and
city treasurer and commissioners of the
revenue, when elected by the people, to
succeed themselves. Upon motion of
Senator Halsey, the resolutions of the
same import that had been adopted and
sent over by the House were substituted
for the Senate measures, and were both
passed by large majorities.
Senator Keezell opposed the resolu-
tons, urging that the same matters had
been threshed out in the Constitutional
Convention, and that instrument should
be given a fair trial before amend
ments.
A bill to prohibit hazing in schools,
colleges and institutions of learning and
providing penalty, was introduced in
the House today by Mr.. Surratt. The
bill provides that it shall be unlawful
for any student or any others connected
with an institution of learning to in
dulge in what is commonly known as
''hazing," upon the penalty of a fine of
not less than $40 nor more than 500, or
may be confined in Jail for not less than
ten days and not more than thirty days,
or both.
The House today decided to make 1
O'Clock tomorrow as the hour for con-
sidering Senate bill No Al, and to be the
continuing order until disposed Of.
This is the much-talked-of Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac repeal
bill, and from the expressions of opinion
on the floor of the House, debate will
be short, and the measure will be dis
posed of tomorrow.
The General Assembly today, in joint
session, elected Hon. William P. Hous-
ton to be judge of the Corporation
Court, of Buena Vista. Judge Houston
had the endorsement of the Buena Vista
bar, and there was no other name pre-
sented to the General Assembly. Sena-
tor Tucker placed Judge Houston's
name before the Senate in a brief ad-
dress.