Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-07
The Legislature.
SENATE

SENATE
The Senate, apparently, has had enough
of general billa for the present for 1t pat
10 the dsy Saturday acting on local
mea, u,es and putting through plumber
of Hue bills which were uncoD tested.
A good inroad vas made rpon The cal
endar.
The Ssnate agreed to the proposition
to have replies made of the Hondon
statute of George Washington for pre-
seutatiou to the republic of France. This
ia az act of courtesy, because the great
sculptor was a citizen of France.
NomiDstiona 20 numeroua Offices made
BIZ Governor Mann were confirmed by
the upper body in executive ssssioD.
Favorable reports we're received on
the House bill providing tax on
dentislg, and on the bill to establish
juvenile courts.
Among the bills passed wer, he TO-
lowing:
To project agriculture by regulating
the sale and purity of agricultural lime;
to provide a method of submitting TO
The people for their vote proposed amend
ments to the constitution; to provide o
new not thod of assessing snd collecting
the license taxes from private telephone
lines; to fix the time for the payment OF
license taxes to the auditor; t, provide
for the conden nation By cities and
towns of abandoned turying grounds; to
require the state treasurer to charge of
his books checks FIVE years old; to pro
vide for the apportionment OF school
funds when school districts are situated
In more than one county; to authorize
boards OF supervisors to make coDtratt'
with water companies to lay liues OF
water pipe along the turnpike roads snd
public roads; to dissllow cities snd
towns to levy tax on incomes; to al.
!horizs cities 10 create harbors within
ce! ain linitS.
HOUSE.
The House advanced the governors
bill to consolidate the States agricultu-
raj interests to its eDsrossment. The bill
as engrossed was a substitute offered by
Messrs. Page and Adams for the original
measure, but 1t practically, incorporates
the ideas outlined In ths special message
aent to The Legislature by Gov. Mann.
What turned out to be an apparent
arrangement to divide the surplus In the
Department of Agriculture among the
employees vas scotched by Judge VIII
liams. The bill fixing tha salaries wss
engrossed on Thursday, bu; Jujga Will
liam filed q motion to reconsider
and got the passage of resolution ask
ing for statement az to salaries. This
showed that the salary of every employe,
save the commissioner OF agriculture,
was to have been increased. Il appeared
that there is surplus Of about 50, 600 to
the credit OF this department, and nearly
half of that was to be divided among the
men in the department.
The House passed the bill providing
for motion to take the place of declara.
lions In cases of tort. 1t was recognized
by both sides to the debate that q radical
change was thus enacted, but those for
the bill contended that 1t would prove OF
inestimable advantage to lItigauts, while
perhaps irju'ing corporations who sre
able to employ counsel to End holes 10
declarations. Although other members
pIotasted sgaiust changing the system
as established for GOO years, merely for
probable unavoidable sentiment, the
appeal OF those who favored the bill vas
successful, and the msiority Tor 1t was
lsrse.
The bill to establish juvenile court
In the larger cites of the state was re-
ported favorably by the House commit
tse on courts.
The House passed the bill increasing
the penalty for carrying conceded weap-
ons. The hi proposes TO make the min
imun amount fine Of $40 instead Of
$40. 1t also provides a maxium Jail SEN
The bill which Came from the Senate
imposing lax on soda fountains was
reported from the committee on f.
nance.
The bill governing the sale of goods
and codifying all laws relating to trans
fers of personal property came from the
committee for courts of justice.
The joint resolutions regarding the
Virginia Pilots association, was report
ed from the committee OH currency and
commerce and agreed to by the House.
1t sets forth the valued work done by
the pilots of this State, especially in
there aid to the work of quarantine
officers.
a bill allowing the Judge to decide
whether or not he wiz summon a jury
from outsiJe'the city in cases of dam
age suits against the municipal corpor
alton was reported favorably from com
mittee On general laws.
The House committee on finance,
sitting in executive SESSION, completed
its work on the general appropriation
bill Saturday night shortly after mid,
night and sent the docurr. sat 20 the pin,
ter 1t apportlons the revenue of the
State iof the neSt two years and carries
a total of appropriations of approx
mately 81, 900, 900.