Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-22
The Legislature.
SENATE

SENATE
tbs Senate yesterday pissed withtu.
trouble the House bill imposing fran
chise lax based on the gross receipts OF
wa.sr, heating, lighting and gas CON-
paaiea. However, there WAS opposition
to tie bill increasing the lax on tx
press companies becau1e 10 tax Is not
high enough.
Senator Jos. W. Bailey, OF Texas,
wss yesterday Invited to make an sd.
dress before the legislau,s on March
1ss on the subjsc. Of the income tax
proposed By the United States govern
ment.
a favorably report wes received on
the bills to further amend the law re-
gardiug municipal contracts in which
city counciImsn are interested; tt per-
NIT elections on the liquor q1es lion in
Shenandoah and Frederick.
HOUSE.
1t was ssft, ID In the III ouse yesterday
tina. it was probable that The Myers bill
will be next referred t, the committee
on finance. Inssmuch as this measure,
should it be passed, and should the
people u 1der 1t call an election and vote
to abolish the saloons, wCu' involve q
loss to ths-ttst, Of something like $780,.
900, With sn additional loss to the cities
and counties of perhaps $500. 600, 1t Is
likely that the commi t,e which controls
taxation and appropriation would like to
consider 1t in view of the taxes 1t is ex.
pected 10 levy and the money which 1t is
asked to expand.
The House t1ok hold of one piece OF
liquor legislation, When 1t ordered to IT.
third reading the bill prescribing fou
year tarm between local option elections,
instead OF two years, as 1t present. An
amendment was added 30 that 1t applies
only to those cities and towns which
vote in the future.
The HOUSE changed the pharmacy
law so as to require the State Board
OF Pharmacy 10 allow any physician in
county districts to sell drugs TO his
patieLt'.
Batlledore aud shutt'e eock ia sppar-
emily being played b.tween tae two
bodies on the bill adding sundry banks
to The list of designated state depos:-
tories. The House added some banks
and also reduced the amount OF bond to
be given. To this the Senate demurred
and refused to agree. Members stated
openly on the floor of the House that
there a;e too many such tanks now
and TIA! they hopel enough ame.d.
mems would he added to kill thu meas.
ure.
Among the bills coming from CON-
mit.ees was that providing for q stat ,
boiler inspector, reported from the M
NIT ee on general laws with a r.c,m'
mendation that it ~ not pa g,
The Senate bill fixing the rates for e.
curing charters Of domestic corporations
vas passed.
The H luse bill was passed providing
for the examiratio OF books OF land 90
sess.rs BY clerks and fixing their ccm
peusa lon therefor,
S,nst)r S!rode's rolling stock bill is
probably dead. AT er hours of DEBATE,
which was regarded by somebody as i'm
poltsnt enough to justify being taken
doHn In shorthand, the Senate commit
tee on reads ISIS. evening decided by
vote of s 10 6, to report the bill uufaVor-
ably. This bill ia really the Cation bill
of the last Legislature, In nearly the
same form,
In joint session last mig bit, held be.
hind closed doors, the Senate snd House
committees on finance did the prslim!-
nary work on the general appropriation
bill. A subc ommistes was appointed,
composed of members OF both bodies,
whose duty 1t is 10 examine the auditors
balances, ace what Treasurer HsrmRa
has On hand, formulate sta ement Of ae
fixed charges which n ust be paid, and
then to report to the full committees as
to the siz, OF the pile which the slate
will have as spending money for the next
tHo years.
Among the Hills rspoltsd faVorably
yesterday by The Ssus,e COMMITTEE on
0 u,ts of ia ,tics were the Sale SODIUM.
VI Day" u, the Earwood hotel bill
and the Sale commission form of gov
eminent bill.
S!renn:u, end somewhat pointed at
lines vas the opposition Waged to the
proposed increased taxes on insurance
companies before the II u'e committee
~ 6oanoe yesterday morning. Uacom-
pIlmentary references 10 the Senate,
shlch has already passed the bill, and to
t, finance committee were made.