Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-03
The Legislature.
SENATE

SENATE
The SeuGta spent yesterday discussing
! the amendments to the Fletcher tax
equalization bill Senator Tucker sug-
gested sort of combination of the Flet.
cher aad King bills oy which tax COM
| mission should be formed at once and
take hold of the 1910 real estste assess.
men!, as we'll as the permanent tax
system. Senator Sims presented an
amendment which would tone down the
| penaiz.5g OF the Fischer dill SO TO
r:aI estate assessors 4ho fail to properly
appraise property valuations.
No action Rss taken on any OF these
propositions.
Bills we're introduced, providing for
preparation of q scientific plan for o
system of taxation By the State Cor
! poratIon Commission. To amend sd
act approved March +, 1890, In rsla'
! ton to regulating the hours of la5ot 10
| factories where females and children are
employed under fourteen years of eg:
as operators. To amend section 2lu5
of chapter &c of the cole in rela-
ton to unlawful fishing. To amend
60 act requiring the several county
and districts schools boards to
| maze and publish snnually stats
| men. OF receipts and disbursements.
to amcnd sectioa 2l0S of chapter sc of
the code relating to public free schools for
connties and to the literary d;provid-
ing for the election OF circuit judges by the
people; TO promote prompt transportation
and delivery hy express companies, and to
impose forfeiture for failure to promp:-
~ transport and deliver within req
sonshle time after the psymen, OF .en-
der OF la.ful tolls or charges, or for de.
handing and receiving more than law.
full tolls and providing for collections OF
said penalty; to prohibit any person,
pers0Ds, firm or corporation from buy.
ing or acquiring control OF quantity of
meat or grsip, flour o, cornmesl, butter,
eggs, poultry or fruit and storing such
articles and removing them from the
market for The purpose of selling them
in the futura at an advanced price; to
provide, with certain conditions, site
for the erection of Confederate me
mortal iostiiute on portion of the land
in the weateru section of thu city OF
Richmond; to provide the indexing o!
deeds and other records In ledgerized
general index bookS; to amend snd re.
enact section III of chapter 9 of an set
concerning corootationS, which became
Law wishou. the governors signature
May 81, 1909.
HOUSE.
Local option against state option ana
Iyzed and discussed un;i Fundamentals
principles we're reached, was thrashed
ont yesterday On the Acor OF the House.
The question under debate did not con-
Germ the sale OF liquor. The issue was
whether community should be allowed
to settle an important matter for itself
OF whether the state should interfere
upon the hypothesis that the peopla OF
the whole commonwealth might uIti-
mately BIO affected. The local optionists
Eon by vote of II to Is.
The bill under consideration VAS Sen.
ate bill No. l, amending the road Laws
of Augusta county. For the second
time daring the p:eSsnt session Speaker
Byrd took the floor and led the fight for
local self.goverlment, coming ont victo.
r;tus. The principal speech on the
O Ter side was made by Mr.. Taliais,ro.
This was the only bill passed By the
House, but 20 Houae bills vent through
on their second reading and we're or
dered engYossed. This Wss done under
a special rule designsd 10 advance local
and uncoutosted bills 90 the calendar.
There wss opposition to tho Throcs-
morton bill providing indateTminste sen
tence for criminals. II wss sant to the
committee on courts Of Justice Tor opinion
es TO ito consi!ntioDaii!y.
The House amended !le s;eas;e 7eso
luton fixing tts iste Tor The iutroduc-
| ton OF new bills By making it February
Is instead of February &c. The Seunte
rejected the amendment, wharenpoa the
Honse requested that it be ssu! 10 COD.
ference.
leqairy as to Why the superintendent
of state hospitals for the insane arc pnid
varying salaries will be made by the
House committee on finance zndef in
Buy 3tious contained IN resolution Of
fsrsd By Nj, Williams. of Giles, AID
adopted.
The bill requiring railroads snd troll
ley companies TO grade land for roads
aloag their rogdbeds when they have
taken Fu1lic roads was reported favor
ably from the COMMITTEES Oh roads add
sateEns! navigation.
Bills were introduced: TO hs7e sap.
arats establishments for the white GRIM
iDal insane at Marion and for the co.,
ored Of The same class ct Petersburg; for
the erection Of ststue of S!oneTsll
Jackson IN Capitol square, at cost OF
$75, 600; TO ameDd sa act 10 a1thCTiz3
the governor to appoint board OF con-
mi5aiouers fer the promotion of the uui-
f0rmity of Legislation ia the United
S!stes; to require ell public officers,
whose salaries ata paid in whole or 10
part in fees, to keep fec book aod to
report annually the aggregate amount OF
fees aud other alossuces received By
them; bill to provide for The special
and separate ressseEsmsut Of all mineral
lauds and of all minerals and mineral
waters under the surface of the land,
aud 10 fix the taxes aud levies on such
assessments; to amend section 1927 Of
the code In relation TO payment of fees to
officers out o. the treasury In criminal
cases; to requisite The listing of incomes
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