Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-02-11
D0lNGS IN LEClSLATURE
Pertinent Points lr Law-making
Body That Our People Should
Know.

Know.
Says the Times-Diep atch: Two bills
seem to have died cas- deaths in com
mittee.F They Were those doubling the
tax on; steamboat companiesssan for
bidding the pollution OF streamsby fish
fertilizer factories. -
Mr.. Evans, of Middlesex, vigorously
protested against the election of COM
missioners of the revenue by the peor
pie, but, only few members, apparent
ly, agreed with him.: ~
The bill providing for the steriliza-
ton of habituak criminals and idiots
and imbeciles was reported favorably
from the committee.A -
Fish Commissioner ". Mcdonald Lee
appeared before the flo ihce committee
and made his famous, two-fninute talk,
asking for continuance ofSthe exis-
ting appropriation of s. .0O0-a year and
s., 600 a year for an en- Urgency fund.in
case OF accidents'to boats. He handed
the committee back, $751; of the
amount given him two years ago.
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The Byrd bill for rear angling the lines
of the Baylor Oyster Survey in. James
River will be heard by committees,of
both houses today Friday at a
O'Clock by the House Committee on the
Chesapeake and It's Trit utaries, and at 8
O'Clock in the evening public hearing
before the Senate Committee on Fish and
Game in the courtroom of the State
Corporation Commission. 1t is doubt
full if any matter before the General
Assembly will bring Sc many people to
Richmond as this. 1t Is expected that
the Tidewater people Iy the hundreds
will be present at these hearings
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At last after long session before
the committee on the Chesapeake and
Its Tributaries the fish, clam and crab
interests of Tidewater and the Virginia
Commission of Fisheries got together
on basis which was apparently mu-
tually satisfactory. The Rev bill pro-
viding for the codifcation of the fish
laws of the State was gone over sec
ton by section, and while ievery-,
body did not get just what he
wanted a disposition was evident to
tote fair and to make concessions in
order to get settlement. The Tide
water delegation went home feeling
very well over the situation. =
Both houses agreed on February 10
as a time limit for introducing new
bills with proyiso that tax measures
may be presented after that date.
The codification of the oyster laws
has been reported and will very likely
be passed at this session. 1t gives, the
oystermen, a guiding law to go bxs
Oyster laws heretofore haves been q
crazy quilt. Hampton Monitor. :
1t will be good news to the drumnSsrs
that after two sessions yesterday of
the House Committee on Countiesc
Cities and Towns it was decided ia re-
port the hotel bill favorably.- The
measure as finally adopted was accent
ed by the hotel men. 1t is said that
this will be the only statute on the Vir-
ginia law books which applies to com
mercial travellers. .,.
The Richmond papers say that Dem
ocratic members of the Legislatures
advocates Of Statewide prohibition.
despairing of overcoming the opposi-
ton of local optionists and Finance
committee conservatives are irving To
form coalition with the Republican
minority SO as to pass the Statewide
measure introduced by Senator Strobe.
They have asked the Republicans to
caucus on the matter. Leaders are
busy trying to prevent a split in both
parties on the liquor question. 49,
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. Wexford: A bill for relief of
deputy treasurer of the county of Ian
caster.
Senator Strobe, of Amherst, offered
Saturday his statewide prohibition
BILL, He suggested that it go to the
committee for courts of justice. but
protests were made BY Senators Sale
Echols and Keezell, who said that the
bill should go to the committee on priv
ileges and elections and it was so re-
ferred. |
By Mr.. Curtis to prohibit the catch
ing of fish to be converted into oil or
FERTILIZER west of a line from Cape Hen
ry Lighthouse, bearing south by west.
A bill has been introduced in the
House prohibiting any person HAVING
license to sell intoxicating liquors in
this State from filling orders to be de-
livered in place where the sale of
liquor is not legalized. To accomplish
this it makes the sale in such cases, to
be deemed to have taken place at the