The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-12
HERE AND THERE
IN THE LEGISLATURE


tices OF the peace In Honrico county
/ 70 render Judgment AT the courthouse.
| Mr. Throckmorton has presented bill
| making the strip Of ground IN this
| city on which the court building Is
| situated part OF all four maglstcrinl
| districts.
! Further. the Henrico member would
! amend the law allowing the super
| risors to require the planting OF shrub-
| pcry, so as TO make the property
owners trim said growth
The limit OF wages which may be
Sarnishcej would be raised to ,75 a
month instead Of $50. IL a bill offered
by Mr. Moncure, OF Alexandria, he
comes law. But nc would reduce the
maximum 10 So in case OF claims for
rent or labor or necessarics o: life.
Meetings Will be had this morning
OF the House Conr.ttecs on Finance
ana on Roads and Internal NnyiEatIon
| FINANCE will report tho usual hill APP
propr!atinE the money to nav Tho
necessary AMI incidental expenses Of
| the General Assembly. Committees
! arc getting to work early this year
chairman Jennings. OF the House
committee on Counties. Cities and
| towns. said yesterday that he would
| cdll u special meeting at ans time al
the reamest of. tho Richmond dclnro.
ton. to consider the proposed charter
changes II II is not asked, the matter
| can come UP at the regular meeting OF
'he committee on Tuesday morning.
Mr., Cox, o. Richmond, offered a hill
| yesterday in tho House taking away
the fees Of the Sheriff Of the city, az
1 itlchmond and paying that onlccr n
salary of $1,000 year. and giving hin,
four DEPUTIES al $1,000 each per vear
striking bill offered by Mr. Cav
would require clerks OF courts TO 70.
iusc TO issue marriage licenses TO pcr-
! sont under the influence Of liouor Or
drugs, or to an INDECENT. an lnbecile
an Inmate of an insane asylum or Of
| an institution for INDECENT persons
an appeal is provided from the de-
cison Of :hc clerk
Both Mr.. Bell, OF CuIpcper. and Mr..
Weaver, OF Clarke Introduces hIis
Yesterday approprut!ng $4,000 to pay
me pensions deducted from the lists
! Tor 1911 because Of the lnsuficiencv OF
appropriation
ne y-Itison- stephenson Har-
wood bill for co-ordinate State coll
lege Tor women at or near the Uni
'etsitS or Virginia Is along the lines
OF the strobe bill Of the last session
II contcmplates the use Of the uni
varsity professors as teachers and
would merely establish the schoo, at
this tlinc. appropria lions to come later
F, ~ Is pelieVcd by the patrons that en-
dowmcnts would follow, perhaps In
sufficient volume to pay for the neces
Sary buildings.
All fees VIII be abolished and all
county and city officers placed in
salary basis. IL a bill Is passed pro-
/ posed by f'aul Eargamin. Of Bedford
Together with Duval Radford. of the
same county, Mr.. Barsamin would PEN
sion all Confederates who served for
more than four months. These two
members also introduced a bill pro-
viding for lime grinding by convict
labor.
Si%ty-thrcc bills went into the legis-
laiiNe grind In the House yesterday
Evidently the advice OF Speaker Eyrd
at Wednesday nights dinner was
needed.
measure ratifyins the sixteenth
amendment to the Constitution of tho
United Stutos, providing for Federal
income tax was introduced by Mr..
| Bell. and went 10 tho. Committee on
| Federal Relations.
Mr.. Bell again put in his bill pro-
! viding that four years must elapse be-
, tween the time OF holding local option
elections. instead of two years, as at
present.
Another Of his measures would have
Corporation Commissioners elected by
| u vote OF the people.
Captain John y. Curtis offered his
bill of last session, to prohibit tho
| catching of fish inside Cape Henry to
be made Into oil or Fertilizer This
is aimed at tho mcnlladen industry,
which Captain Curtis thinks Is de-
structive OF food fish and tends to in
crease their cost to the consumer,
D. D. Tailey and w A. Crenshaw
ask the Legislature to pay them s332
| for extra work in making the Rich