Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-25
The Legislature.
SENATE

SENATE
The Senate yesterday refused to seDd
the S;rode state vide prohibition bill to
he 6rance committee. The motion was
made Dy Senator Strobe to tas! the sensi-
ment So 10 Ehttler the measure would
b. killed In committee or be fought cut
on its mer,e, H. himselt voted againat
t2e mo.io6.
Automobiles occupied most Of the
time in the Sanste. a great mssy amend.
inert t, were oftsTtd and discussed, bu. no
vote was reached. Oae change sgreed
10, however, wss that the receipts from
this tax are 10 60 into the general road
funds of The state for the improvement
of public HIGHWAYS, instesd CT into the
state treasury. No effort was made to
change tle rates of taxation On auto
cars.
The Senate pssse The House bill, do
mating part OF the soldiers home
grounds for uss as q site for toe Confed-
crate "ba,tle abbey" 1t nov gees to the
governor.
The Senate passed number o. local
bills, cleaning up It's calendar In q way
that showed 1t means business. 1t held
two sessions, feature which the House
has not as yet seen fit to adopt.
The following ollls then finally passed
the Sensts: The Thornton bill ID pro-
vide tor compromise, settlement and re-
lease of state and county taxea and leVles
10 certain cases and to,provide remedy
in land grant cases; the Hcuse bill al
lowing a judge TO appoint in vscstlon
land assessors; the bill to refund to the
Home for Needy Confederate Women
ts1es illegally psid upon It's property;
the Hartman bill validating ackuoW-
Judgments 10 dseds made BY interested
nu,tees.
A letter from Senator Bailey, OF Texas,
accepting the invitation 70 address the
general assembly next Tuesday night on
the income tax amendment wss read.
The conference report as 10 the bill
relating to state deposlt.rlss was adopted.
A message sas received from the GOV
erDor nominating James D. Dohsrty as
commissioner of labor.
The chair was vscated at 2:l0. AT
$3.50 it YES resumed, and 100 Senate
bills were sect ID their second reading,
clearing the calendar OF frst-readlng bills
entirely
THenty bills we're than passed finally
b. the Senate, most Of hem bsing iocal
measures relating to slnge city or
county.
HoUsE.
One OF tina in porssnt bills which get
by tue House without Objection was that
eating board other than the suorsm,
Cour! t. examine applicants Tor the prsc-
ice CT Law.
Delegate GrlgsbT made sensational
charge when hi, bill Wss reached to make
he town Of Berrysille separate election
dItt:ict. a letter was read, saying il
vas believed that The bill was an effort
% reopen the liquor question that tbs
vets might call 80 election, should BeE-
rsville be allowed to vote b. Itself,
eliminating The yo.s of the people outside
the town In the same magisterisl district,
Mr.. Grigsby made the assertion that bile
bill was being fought By Lieutenant Of
DR.. James Cannon, jr., Of the AntiEaloon
League, because be (Grlgsby) hsd refused
to suoscrbe TO certain doctrines. He
appealed to the Houae 10 Sustain him.
BE vas pheld.
The Htuse finance committae sent be
Senate Insurance bill to the House With
the Recommendation that II be adopted
With sn amendment which provides that
the life insurance companies must pay q
tax OF per cent of their gross receipts.
This item of the bill was originally !!
per cent.
The Honse passed no lesa than ll5
oils Oh their second reading, all than
being local or minor measures taken up
under special rule.
The bill for the revision oil The code
was dismissed from the calende, on mo-
ton of it's patron, Mr.. Wiiliams. When
the bill on the same subject proposed By
the Virginia Bar Association waa reach
ed, IT mt the same fate at the hands Of
it's pairop, Mr.. Page,
The bill prohibiting actors from max
log personal references u people 10 the
audience was dismissed by motion Of
Mr.. Stssrneu, the father of the measure.
Among the billie advanced which are
important or which have been in the
public eye are the following: LeVyiog
tax on mercantile sgsncias; levying
tax on Insurance brokers; reqairiog en-
ployers to provide seat, for female EN-.
ployes; to authorize boards OF upervsors
10 appropriate money for agricultural
school; 10 define and classify induatIlal
LEX benef. companies a1d ASSOCIATIONS;
b autho,i4, boards of 2sryisors to pass
laws for the protection of public roads
or bridges. An amsndGea! Was added
forbiddiDg tas board CT supervisors CT
any county to prescribe the width OF any
tire U 1less by. vet; OF the people; to pro.
hibit the practice of fortune telling,
elsllVoSance or palmist:y. Amended
30 as t, exempt those who practise from
religious belief and who ere members OF
such recognized relIglo.a organization.
Requiring railroads to post notiesa OF
delayed trains.
To prohibit the staoli:hment OF 'o'l
gates on roads constructsi in Whole or
iu part By state aid.
To sllow reduction OF fou, days
month 10 the time Of jail conVcss on
~ lie roads for good behavior.
To allow as few as six people to attend
eleotrocu.ious.
To prohibit mayors of cities Who re-
ceive ralaries from collecting fees fCr
Iss,IInu uaryants mr. typinp cases