The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-19

TT the bill offered by Senator Strobe.
of Amherst, yesterday becomes 4
law the University of Virginia will
have sin It's midst" a Virginia State
college for women. The idea Is not to
have coeducational institution at
Charlottesville, but to have separate
branch of the university set apart for
women. They are to have no classes
in common with the men. but are to be
taught by the same faculty The idea
carried out at Newcomb College. the.
feminine auxiliary Of Tulane. and Rad
cliffe, the woman's college at Harvard,
is the idea which IS sought, to large
extent, to be carried out by this bill.
Virginia has now no State school that
gives real higher education to wo-
men, and In view Of the expensiveness
OF sending a girl to the private insti-
tutfons SENATOR Strode's bill may meet
crying educational need.
The Committee on Courts of Justice
OF the House held it's first meeting yes
terday morning. The Byrd bill rela-
tive to pandering was sent to a sub
committee.
Mr.. johnson. the member Of the
House from Russell, appeared before
the committee in favor OF his bill pro-
e. IL
gar language regarding a chaste
female. Members of the committee
| thought it ought also to be made to
apply to women who SANDER men, to
which Mr.. Johnson said he had no OBJ
| lection.
The Increase OF the jurisdiction of
a Justice in an attachment case from
$50 to 500 was also favored BY Mr
Russell. This would make the limit
| the same as in all other legal proceed
ings. -,
a bill BY Mr.. Lion. of Prince VIII
liam, allowing Circuit Courts jurlsdic-
| ton in cases OF no-fence laws, was
made the subject of rather warm
speech by former Speaker Cardweil'
of Hanover, who was in the commit
tee room. Mr.. Cardwell said that the
proposition of allowing a man to use
his neighbours farm as common
seemed retrogession to the dark ages.
If man owns 1000 acres of land, he
said, he must fence against one negro's
steer. Mr.. Lion contended for local
self-Government. The committee con-
sidered this bill In executive session.
The House Finance Committee will
have public hearing for all State
institutions and departments which de-
I sire to be represented in the hall of
the House OF Delegates next Monday
night at S o'clock. This probably
means that most of the pleas made re-
Gently before the Senate Finance Conl-
mittee will be gone over again.
Mr.. Keyser, OF Roanoke, presented
companion bills. One gives his city
the right to take census at once.
When this is done, which is intended to
be contaminated during the present
session OF the Legislature. and II Roa-
nolIe Is shown to have moro than So,-
900 Inhabitants. as required by the Con-
stitution. the other bin is to be cftec-
.tice giving that city a Law and Chan
Gerry Court.
A persons having one-sixteenth me-
gro blood Is to be deemed a negro. In
bill offered by Mr.. White, of Rock
bridge. Further. persons having one-@
fourth indian blood and no negro blood
are to DO deemed Indians.
Tn considering sundry bills allowing
Boards OF Supervisors Of counties to
appropriate money forsthe erection OF
monuments to the Confederate dead.
tho Joint Committee on Special. Prl-
vate and Local Legislation has ruled
that these matters can be reached by