The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-31
Here and There
in the Legislature

The House Finance Committee OK
poets TO be able to report the gem
| eral appropriation bill by February
20. While this will not be so early as
the date at which the Senate has re-
qucsted a report from its committee, It
thing heretofore accomplished In this
line. 1t has been the rule that the
piil be reported about the Beginning
OF the last week. printed, and taken up
OF the day before adjournment. It
then goes to conference and is passed
within the last few minutes of tn. scs-
sion.
There has been great complaint of
this, practice. on the ground that the
bodies do not know what is in tho
Jill when 1t comes from the confer
the hnal passage. and sole power is
thus given 10 Hc conrcrees
Colonel a. NJ. Bowman. chairman OF
the House Finance Committee. pro-
sented the appropriation bill yesterday
and had IT referred. II liz merely a
tentative draft. containing the essen
tiai salaries and former annuit!es, and
eliminating improvements and better
mcnts at institutions. He hopes to
have the measure reported in time
TO let the people know what is in It
before the final vote comes.
priation for the expenses OF the Vir-
ginia Education Commission
Before reporting the anti gambling
bill yesterday morning. the House
Committee on General Laws cut down
the penalty for violation from twelve
months Imprisonment to sixty days.
reduced the fine from a maximum of
$1,000 TO one of $500. and eliminated
the words bet or wager" This would
played for money. but would apply
10 them to the value of cent There
will be another fight when the meas
ure comes III again.
An attempt 10 abolish n liduor dis
pensary by legislative enactment is
being made by Mr.. Adams. OF Char
lotto. and Mr.. Love, OF Lunenburg. al
though IL is not located In either
county. The institution in question Is
the Leigh District Dispensary: 10.
Gated at Meherrln, Prince Edward
would repeal the act under which the
dispcnsary was established.
from Prince " Edward, viii liz" oppose %@'p tSe
bill, and hardly knows what to think
OF the proposal coming from members
from other counties. He said yestcr-
day to reporter for The Times Dis
patch:
81 believe in the principles of tenn
perancc, and do not use liquor in any
with local dispensarics which have
iheen established by the majority vote
OF the people in the locality affected.
\ petition to abolish disrcnsnry
IS located. and not from other counties.
The abolition OF Il dispensary docs not
abolish whiSkoy--it merely takes the
trade in liquor from one place and con-
rcntratcS IL in large cities or cncour-
ages the jug trade and blind tigers"
Another dispcnsary proposition
comes from Williamsburg. Or. II. L.
stephenson introduced in the House
yesterday a bill allowing a vote OF tho
people on the question. a dispensary
to follow if the vote Is favorable. y
similar bill was before the last Legis-
lature. but failed because of strong
opposition.
Stiil another measure contemplates
q dispcnsary in Frederick the
city Council having approved 1t. The
bill was introduced yesterday by Sen
ntor Moncurc
Carrying ont the recommendations
OF Or. George !! DENNY, recently
ties and Corrections. w. s. Ivcy yes>
terday offered a kili in the House
abolishinS county pcnrhouses and
making one In each magistcrial dis
trict, Economy and reform are the
inns.
a hill reported yesterday morning by
tho House Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns, with Aubrey G.
Weaver as lta pntr0n. would rc1uire
best SERVICE: TO CALF, :NIA.
Quoted without change. Bcrth 81 wash
Sunaet Route COZ f. Main 81