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

SENATE
The Senate, apparently, has had enough
OF general bills for the present for i pat
in the day Saturday acting on local
mea, ures and putting through Dumber
of III use bills which we're uncontested.
A good inroad was made npon the cal
endar.
The Senate agreed to the proposition
TO have replica MAIDS Of the Hondon
statute OF George Washington for pre-
seutation to the republic Of France. This
is 40 act of courtesy, becsuse the great
sculptor was o citizen of France.
NomiustioDs 20 ndmeroua Offices made
By Governor Mann we're confirmed BY
the upper body in executive ssssioD.
Favorable report, we're rsceiv.i on
the House bill providing tax on
dentists, and on the bill to establish
juvenile conrtL
Among the bills passed wer, he TO-
lowing:
To project agriculture by regulating
the sale and putty of agricultural line;
to provide q method of submitting 10
the people for their vote proposed amend
ments to the constitution; to provide q
new not thod OF assessing sud collecting
the license taxes from private telephone
lines; to FIX the time for the payment OF
license taxes TO the auditor; to provide
for the condem nation by cities and
towns of abandoned turying grounds; to
require the state treasurer 10 charge of
his books checks Eve years old; to pro
vide for the superintendent Of school
funds when school districts are situated
In more than one county; to authorize
boards OF supervisors to make coptratt'
With water companies to lay liues OF
water pipe along the turnpike roads and
public roads; to disslloW cities end
towns to levy tax on incomes; TO au.
!horiz, cities 10 create harbors within
certain limits.
HOUSE.
The House advanced the governors
bill to consolidate the States sgricultu
raj interests TO Its epsrcssment. The bill
as engrossed WAS q substitute offered by
Messrs. Page aud Adams for the original
measure, but 1t practically Incorporates
the ideas outlined In the special message
sent to the legislature by Gov. Mann.
What turned out to be 80 apparent
arrangement to divide the surplus In the
Department OF Agriculture among the
employees was scoched by Judge VIII
lIsms. The bill fixing the salaries wsS
engrossed on Thursday, but Judge Will
liam fled q motion to reconsider
and got the passage Of resolution ask
ing for a statement as to salaries. This
showed that the salary Of every employe,
save the commissioner OF agriculture,
was to have been increased. L. appeared
that there Is surplus Of about 50, 900 to
the credit of this department, and nearly
ha'f of that Was to be divided among the
mfn 10 the department.
The House passed the bill providing
for motion to take the place OF declsra-
lions In cases OF tort. II was recognized
by both sides to the debate that radical
change was thus enacted, but those for
the bill coutended that 1t would prove OF
inestlmsbe advantage to litigauts, while
perhaps IL ju'ing corporations who ere
able to employ counsel to End holes 10
declarations. Although other members
protested sgainst changing the system
IS established for 600 years, merely for
probsble unworksble sentiment, the
appeal of those who favored the bill was
successful, and the msiorlty for 1t Was
large.
The bill to establish juvenile court
In the larger cites Of the state was re-
ported favorably by the House commit
toe on courts.
The House passed the bill increasing
the penalty for carrying conceded weap-
ons. The bi proposes to make the min
imun amount fine Of $40 instead of
$40. 1t also provides a maxium ,aii SEN
tence of six months with = fac Of 5000.
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 OIL currency and
commerce sn1 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 win summon a jury
from outsidethe 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 midi
night and sent the document 20 the pr IN,
ter 1t apportions the revenue of the |
State lof the next two years and carries
a total of appropriations of approx
mately SI2 200, 900.