The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-03
HIGHER LICENSE
F0H L|QUOH men
Senator Passes Bill Materially
Increasing Revenue from
this Sourse.
MAIL ORDER DEALERS
TO PAY SPECIAL TAX
Tipped Branch Votes Unanimously
for the Measure Which VIII
Bring in $3.50, 900 or
More.

q vote to y the S@iiaVs Thurs
hay passed the Holt bill prevtdi.lg
For q material increase in the reve-
hnes Of the State by ieyying q higher
license on trafiicers In spirituous and
ntoxtcating liquors. The bill also
provides a penalty for drinking
ARDENT spirits on railroad trains. II
- passed In the House 4Se.e8
W $4,000 wiil be added to the
Bates revenue.
This bill is one of the first offered
~ q member of a subcommittee of
ne Senate Finance Committee who
k4vo gone into new fields 10 raise
money with which to fight off n
PtAte deficit.
Mr.. Holt's bill creates a new class
e dealers. mail order men. IL in
reases the wholesale license from
460 to $I,250; the retail license
rom $3.50 to $3.50, with a clause
Prohibiting shipments by such deal
rs; Hxes $1,000. as the license to
" paid by the mail order men who
nay conduct a retail business: in
reases the malt manufacturing
license from $3.50 TO $3.50 with
privilege to make shipments. increas-
hg the distiilers' license 100 per
Isn't. and increasing the license on
ectifiers from $3.50 TO $3.50, with
privilege to make shipments.
4afe bill was amended so as To be-
orne effective from the day of Its
AxSage. Senator Holt declared In
se Senate that the measure equally
distributes the burden among liquor
ealexu.
The sr.easure WAS rushed through
om It's first reading TO its passage by
HAHndHfous vote Of those present
lfhtn half an hour, because OF It's
nEortancc.
Bits were introduced to enable the
uAltfied voters in Houston to vote
a this establishment of "A dIspensary
pr the sale of liquors there An
ther liquor bill was offered deal
Al With The Town OF Winchester
PAINTING or refusing franchise for
nc manufacture OF ardent spirits
here.
The House passed a number of
Zeal billie, and several committee
esisnments We're made
The Day I'm the senate
With prayer offered h, the Rev. DR..
forsyth. pastor Ut ST. faurs Episeo-
N church. the session OF the Senate
Fas opened at the usual hour Thurs
senator Hartman reported IL bill
aking railroads responsible for
image caused by fircs started ley
- - ffaxfH ~.
engines.
Senator Rison. fer the Committee
nsPubilc Institutions and Education.
portcd the Strobe Svoman's State
1llcEc bin with a recommendation
ut IL be not passed. This recon
endation Sounds the dcathkneli OF
% bill and THIS years Legislature
III take no action on IL. The COM
tttec held q spirited session on the
II before the Senate convened. The
Il provides Tor the establishment OF
9 coIleEc at or near tho University.
Virginia. but not for co-ctiucatfon.
lElatprs kcexcii. Thornton and Lin
In favored q .co-educationai instl-
tton nj Charlottesville. Other
cntors objected to tho bill because
would eventually draw heavily
pom tho State treasury for nainte-
enco. Tho vote Of tho committee
- I 10 Z with tho uaderxta ndins
~ Recommendation for side
aSkizE the bill 10 made in the
kntc
The coi.mittec passed by Senator
AvnsIs joint resolution calling for
Investigation OF the Virginia POLY
tllH:c lns,!tu.c.
Senator Ris,n favorabiy reported
y bill making the epiicptic colony
sAnherst. a separate institution, In
I'D OF q part Of tile Western State
bepital.
On motion Of Senator Echols the
nate concurred with the House In
y amendmenta madc ID Senasc biil
providing for tn. lcv,1ng o; q
Tor the maintenance oil ronda and
shNnys in ssugussn county.
tscnsidHr Appropriation.
joint rcaclutisn setting Fob. e
tAes day for taking up and con-
2r1ntE the appropriation bills of
Gsncrai Assembly. was offered
eNtAtoi Fslkos. who .mid the
ntatu.c's l'ina:cc Committee
Nld than hae~ h,,d one month aud
- days r. .F-fr to get down 10
s:rca ~. ,liscs opposed TIE
Mothod nl .sidcring thcna i'm
lftaat bills during the dying hours
The General Assembly.
sxnasnr kcezcl was asked by Mr..
- II he regarded this a too
sly day. Tho senator from Rock
klsaisS snid that II Mr.. Folkes could
him when the number of bills In
dhced for increasing the revenues