Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-01
The Legislature.
SENATE

SENATE
The j1int resolution proposing an
amendment to tie constitution which
will 10 future years allow cit es to sdop:
commission form Of government va
sgreed 10 by the Senate yesterday. Tbs
House had previously adopted the res.
olution.
The following bills were aso pissed:
Tle bill sma }, ding the act providing q
license on moving picture shows; tbs
bill, providing tat certain federal ofic:
holders may hold municipal Offices also;
the bill. equirrg the providing Of seats
for female employees; the bill, relative to
the re.eutering CT assessed lands.
HOUSE.
The Byrd liquor bill passed the House
yesterday by vote OF 67 TO IS. This
bill is local option measure, pure and
simple. 1t is designed to strengthen the
existing Byrd liquor law, and its princi-
pal feature Ia the elimination from the
stat, of the sale of "near beer" Licenses
of all kinds are greatly increased, being
uU6t lIolhhSCos Aa0 nFC1-
age is more than doubled.
Efforts we're made in behalf Of towns
in which liquor may be sold but they
we're unaysiliug. In the present bill no
town which has fewer than 500 people
can grant licenae. There were amend
meuts to reduce this to 800, but without
result. One amendment sought to iC-
crease it to ], 1000, bnt this received very
few votes. An important amendment,
however, was tia! ining minors who
bug liquor. Hereafter these youngsters
who testify in the grand jury room
against saloon keepers msy be convicted
and fined.
The earnest Eight wsged By the cider
i5t rests vas thoroughly effectual, and
no legislation aimed a. the f,uit industry
will be in the Byrd bill. Dr.. Dunn,
member from Albemsrle, also won In
his effort to take care of The vine in
terests of bis county. Things looked
very shaky for him and for them for
time, but he stood by bis guns, and wha!
be wanted Wss incorporated In the bill ss
6Tally passed. Noue of the drastic
features of the bill az 1t vas frat intro.
dnced is n Claimed. There was no effort
to change tie existing closing hours.
OF perhaps as much or mora inter CT
than the consideration Of the Byrd bill,
vas the action OF the Houss COMMITTEES
on finance On the Myers STATE wide pro-
hibition bill, known as the enabling act.
After short executive session in the
at rnoop, TIE mint ee decided to re-
port the bill, with recommendation
that it do not pass.
Highly satisfactory WAS the report OF
be special lint comm t az which was
delegated TO examine into the merger
snd incorporation OF The Richmond,
Fredericksburg and P, tomsc and cor
rel. t ID railroads. Thereport, sgued by
The governor aud the other members OF
the committee, wss presented to both
houses. 1t said that to all appearances
the road was ready to surrender lis char.
Ter aud lis special privileges aad be rid
Of It, special tutdeus.
With the report came two billa--one
prepared by the subcommittee, allowing
the merger and reiucorporst;on OF the
road, aud the Other dslsyiog the opera.
ton OF tho Cooke amendment to the Sun
day railroad bill for six months, 10 6 re
Time for settlement of the question. 10
The Htu,e the report van unanimously
agreed to. The Senate referred the
shols matter, together Nth the bills, to
The committee on roads a1d i:t,rnsl
0avigation,
The Fl u's passed bill r'qair!rg
denlisIs 10 DO gratulles 10 medicine
'nd surgery. 1t does no! become operc-
tive for four years,
The following House bills were psasfd
To prohibit the granting of cbsrters
20 banks of less than $4,000 capital
stock.
To rfqnire common carriers to accept
interchangeable mileage coupons Oh
trains instead OF exchanging them for
tickets at stations. The emergency
clsuga wss fret stricken out.
To amend the law 10 relation to
liens on crops for sd9ances to farmers.
Nez came thu bill rfqniriug railroads
to poet nj tees OF delayed trains, which
after debate was passed by for amend
ment.