The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-01
HOUSE

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In accordance with the new rule the
House met at II o'clock.
Mr.. Page presented the report OF the
Special Joint Committee on the Rich
mand, fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad charter. II stated that the
committee had agreed on bill which
would authorize the merger. while
safeguarding the interest of both the
state and the company. 1t was FUR
her stated that the committee had
been led to believe that If the bill were
passed 1t would result in the surrender
of the old charter and reincorpora-
ton. 1t was recommended that stay
OF Six months be enacted on the Cooke
amendment on the Sunday train bill,
TO give the road time to perfect its
plans On motion of Mr.. Williams, OF
Giles. the report was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Baker. 900 copies
OF the state banking bill as amended
were ordered to be printed.
Bills Are Passed.
ed.
To amend the game laws of sussex
and Greenesville counties. Patrons.
Messrs. Spatig and Yarrell.
To prohibit the granting Of charters
to banks Of less than $4,000 capital
stock. Patron. Mr.. Wingo.
A new road law for Sussex county.
Patrons Messrs. Yarrell and West Of
Nansemond
To require common carriers to accent
mileage coupons on
trains instead of exchanging them TO,
at uSo rrt
clause was first stricken out. Patron,
Mr.. Yarrell
Two companion bills amending the
road laws Of Rockingham county. Pa
tron. Mr.. Good
To amend the law in relation TO
liens on crops for advances to farmers.
Patron. Mr.. Stebbins.
Next came the bill requiring rail-
roads to post notices of delayed trains.
Mr.. Cox moved to dismiss the bill as
he thought the present law sufficient.
Mr. Throckmorton explained that the
provisions are extended to stations
which have telephone as we'll as to
hose which have telegraph service.
1t further requires roads to STATE the
time when the train leave stations
hirty minutes run away. so thai the
passenger might figure out the delay
instead OF taking the statement Of thu
railroad company.
Hardship ON nonds.
Mr.. Williams. Of Giles. thought this
was putting an impossibility on rail-
roads. With the consent of the patron,
Mr.. Powers, the bill was passed by for
amendment.
Tho House then passed bill provra-
ing for the issue OF bonds for the erec-
lon OF two iron bridges acros. New
River in Giles county, and another
amending the road law of Giles county.
Patron of both, Mr.. Williams of Giles.
The Grigsby bill was then passed by
vote of As to 81. 1t is to compel dem
in surgery before practicing Mr. PEN
dleton moved to pass by motion to
reconsider. saying that he thought 1t
a bad bill Mr.. Bird (aIr. Cox in the
hair). opposed the motion. and the
House stood by the Speaker A mo-
ion TO reconsider was lost
The hour of 1870 having arrived,
the time set for consideration of the
Byrd liquor bill. the House went into
committee OF the whole. with AIr
Williams Of Giles. in the chair.
Byrd Bill Up.
Speaker Byrd susgested that The
bill be taken UP section by section
lie said that ii was not a radica!
measure nor was ii wide divergence.
from the existing law. The Commit
tee on Counties. Cities and Towns had
considered IL in conjunction with the
Holt bill. which has passed the SEN
ate. and had reported it with amend
ments. 1t had then. he said, gone to
the Committee on Finance, which had
made no changes as regards the fl
nancial feature, but which had put on
amendments in policy. These he did
not, for the most part, approve OF.
The first section was read, defining
liquors. In his bill as introduced,
Speaker Byrd had struck ont the
clause in the present law excmpting
beverages containing less than 2 Ia
per cent. alcohol. This was the near
beer section. This provision had been
put back in the bill by the Committee
on Finance.
Now" said the Sneaker. nobody
wants near-beer; nob,I.y ever did wan,
near beer; nobody ever asked for
near-heer; nobody ever Will want
near-beer. l hope the Committee of
the Whole will agree to cut it out .
Mr. Cox offered an amendment add
ing the words and all other intoNi-
eating liquors of any character what
soever." The bill, said Mr.. Cox, was
here as a temperance measure. and
he wanted to make it complete. In
reply to question, he said it would
eliminate the sale of cider If that bev
erage would b toxicate. Mr.. Lion
asked If he would accept pure cider
Mr.. Cox said that whether or not pure
cider would intoNicate was subject
for discussion. Mr.. Lion said that if
cider were old enough and one drank
enough of it. it would intoxicute. Re-
vertins to his declaration that this
was a temperance measure, Mr.. Bow
man said that it was a revenue meas
ure.
beware of Cox.
Mr.. Byrd apparently could not see
any particular objection at the mo-
ment to the Cox amendment, but said
that inasmuch as the member from
Richmond had voted against the Byrd
bin of two years ago, and would vote
against this one. he would observe
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