The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-10
Many nfIlx passed.

priations. The bill Was passed-57
to "a.
Many Bills Passed.
The Throckmorton bill. requiring
trolley lines to grade roads by the
side Of their track when they have
taken possession OF county roads. was
passed, as was the Casey bill requiring
the payment OF salaries at least twice
O month, with certain exceptions.
This concluded the disposition OF
House bills on tn third reading. and
the special order with reference to-
revenue bills was resumed. The fol-
lowing were passed without debate:
Taxing telegraph and telephone com.
panies.
Making collateral inheritance taxes
a lien on the property.
Providing a penalty on corporations
! for falling to make returns.
Regulating the fees OF the Treasurer
of the city of Newport News. This bill
had been gotten on this list by mis-
take, but Mr.. Stearncs, of course, did
not object.
a bare constitutional majority was
secured for the bill taxing soda foun-
tains. 1t got 81 votes, Int there were
% in opposition. The tax is So on
each fountain In towns OF more thar
2 100 people. and $3.50 elsewhere, with
ltSIOa OIL ldIuldCIuIcTS IL QOeS not
!, apply to pure cider.
OIL Bill on Passage.
The oil bill came up next. Mr.. Byrd
fAfr. Cox in the chair) said that during
this session he had not asked for a
single appropriation, but had taken the
unpopular role OF getting revenue for
other people to spend. The Treasury
needs money, and the people look to
the Legislature to provide for
the support OF the government and its
institutions.
oil inspection law. The result is that
the Standard Oil Company dumps its
bad oil on these twelve States. He
had been told by a member of the
House that this company brings oil
which has been rejected in States
where inspection is had and sells, it in
Virginia He was told. further, by
Mr.. McChesney, who lives on the Vir-
ginia side of Bristol. that some peo-
pie there buy oil in Tennessee because
that State has inspection. Ii new
Corporation Commissioner. Mr.. Wing
field. sends out of the State for the
oil he uses.
lie had noticed that Mr.. Harwoo0
was taking notes of his remarks. It
was touching to him that the member
who represents Richmond. where but
little Gil Is used, was SO solicitous
for the oor man. Mr.. Harwood said
that was not his point-he would op-
pose tile bill because 1T created po-
littcal Jobs. The Speaker said that he
knew nothing about any intention to
make Jobs. Somebody would have to
do the work, as is necessary in all OF
the States methods OF taxation.
Had Expert Advice.
rs On his bill he had consulted 1iha
clerk Of the State Corporation Cons
mission and the State Chemist. He
read a letter from the latter: com.
mending the bill. Mr.. Harwood called
attention to an i~mpossibility In the
bill to which he himself had called
the. attention of the chemist, who was
therefore not SO much an expert.
The Speaker said he was not par.
%ticuiar about the test. IIeswas. no oil
expert. Eeshad an amendment to al
low the State Corporation Commission
70 establish the test after hearing 8 x
pert testimony. Tho chief argument
against the hill was that 1t would in.
crease the cost of oil to the consum-
or. similar argument would in tho
last analysis apply to all{forms OF tan.
alton. FlcaWas Informed that prices OF
Oil In SiEsncction States were about
the same asEinINtrglnia. Asletter5 from
1.-The North Carolina Commissioner OF
Agriculture said that the OIL had
shown inl%rrovenlent In lighting quall-
ties since the establishment OF In
sspection.
The nrice OF Oil In the Old North
State :had mot been advanced. Mr.,
Harwood askedait 1T had been reduced,
and inquiredbif tho Speaker knew that
the Price has been reduced everywhere
else except In North Carolina. The
Speakeradidanot know this.
Amendments were presented by thc
Speaker, as suggested by the State
Chemist and the clerk ofethe Corporal
ton Commission.
At this point the House rose Until Unit
a O'Clock.
a Debate on OIL Rill.
All through the two hours of the
AFTERNOON session tho debate on the
ollStax bill was continued, The p.in,
oipal speech was delivered by Mr.
IIarWood, tn8opposltlon.
n ssyNhonSt the House met at o'clock I
message was received from Governo,
4 MannSYetning a sectlon8of the bill pro.
yytdlng d neW$aharter for the town 81
Honaker,@i In Russell county Tho Oh,
jecttons#was that its did nat sappgea,
lwhatler or mot the Boundaries wer,