The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-24


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4 O. nScopr Dennaees-
4 Senator Conrad ofrsrsd a new
amedmeut which win be fAr-reachin1
and viii bear heavily on ali persons
who may engage In the sale OF LIQUOR
1t provides that sufferers from tn5urI
Of any sort by reason Of q persof
having become intoxicated. can re-
cover actual damages by reason o.
I such sale. The amendment reads: i
4 Section 74--fcvery wife, child, par
ent. guardian or employer or othsl
J, person who shall be injured In pcrsof
or property or means OK support %
any intoxicated person In consequence
: OF his intoxication. habitual or other'
wise, such wife. child. parent. guard
ian or employe shall have right o.
action, In his or her own name, aGains
any person who shall. by selling, bar
tering or giving away Intoxicating
!! liquors, have caused the intoxication 81
such person for all damages actually
sustained, az well as for exemplary
damages; and a married woman sh&l
have the right to bring suits, prose.
cute and control the same, and thu
amount recovered the same ~ II uii'
II married; and all damages recovered
by minor under this act shall b
! paid either to such minor or his o.
\ her parent. guardian or next friend
as the court shall direct; and all suit
for damages under this section shall
|, of this State having jurisdiction there
Of.
! There was little discussion Of THU
: provision. but the vote was closel
than any other taken during the day
the record showing the following:
Yeas--Addison, Allen. Andrews
s. Bowers. Byrd. Conrad. Corbitt. Gayle
Gum. Jeffreys, Jordan. Lacy. Mapp
: Rinehart, Robertson, STROBE. Thorn
Nays - Barham, Cannon. Davis
Downing. Drewry, Early. Garrett
Goodloe, Hening, Holt, Royal
Saunders, Walker. Webb, Wendenburl
lis.
The Sinews OF War.
Senator Mapp then proposed thu
following amendment for carrying ths
!. bill into effect, saying that the amount
was less than a great many OF the
D wild reports sent out from this cit,
= had forecast. These wild guesses had
8 always been against the prohobitioT
. idea. The commissioner, said Senator
. Mapp, would get no fees OF any sort
Q all the fines being covered into tht
. State treasury. He did not believe
4 that the enforcement of the Law
would cost the State a dollar. The
. amendment was as follows:
For the purpose Of carrying thii
, act into effect there Is hereby appro'
} priated out of any money in the treas
| ury Of Virginia not otherwise appro
! priated, for the year ending February
Al rs, 1917. the sum Of $4,000 and fol
, the year ending February 2S. 1913
any unexpended balance on hand
March /, 1917, of the appropriation
Of $4,000 for the year ending Feb
: ruary rs, 1917, and the further sun
of s25, 1000"
The financial end OF the bill wa
agreed to without any division, tn
Senate voting aye without dissent.
Then Senator Gum again proposed
!. his bill regarding the sale and manu-
faeture of soft drinks, and wa
again defeated.
I Senator Royal moved to strike GU
the entire section 8, relating to drut
: stores, but that was rejected.
Senator Cannon offered an amend
, ment providing for conforming TIN
law to the provisions of the Fedora
: Jaw regarding the liquor now in bond
} ed warehouses; which had been manu-
: featured and stored prior to 1915
, and it was agreed to without division
Change Of Venue.
Senator Rieori's amendment to tn
! section with reference to the chang
of venue came up at the beginning
, the afternoon session and at the sug
eestion OF Senator Mapp was changed
so as to provide that where there i
change Of venue the cost OF carrying
witnesses for the defendant shall b
borne by the Commonwealth. In TIL
> form the amendment was adopted.
/. The amendment OF Senator Andrew
: exempting the counties and cities Q
his district and the County OF Louis
= from the operation OF the drug stor
4 provision was called up and adopted
1t was first changed SO AZ to perml
p druggists to sell alcohol for medicinal
: mechanical and pharmaceutical pur
: poses and wine for sacranentaf pun
, poses.
Senator wendenburg's amendmer
. to section IA. making It clear tina
i ardent spirits may be prescribed 10
: patients confined to their beds or !
a hospital or institution as the resul
OF alcoholism, was adopted. tn
g Senator from Richmond also offere
Q as an amendment a substitute for sec
n ton IS, which was agreed to. Thl
q reads as follows:
IF any keeper of hotel, board
: ing house. poolroom, billiardroon
Q bowling alley. store or other plac
a requiring any such license for an
: cmploye with his knowledge. consen
} connivance or acquiesence. shall keel
y store. dispense or use contrary to tn
Y provisions OF this act any arden
s spirits, in addition to the penaltie
: prescribed for the violation OF tn
: act, the license of such place shall b
!, revoked for one year for the frst Of
:, Tense, and for the second offense
q license shall be granted at the sam
a place or to the person convicted fo
period of two years.
e Fight On Penalty.
: The greater part of the afternoo
. was spent In the discussion OF pen
: allies. Mr.. Goolrick led the hght firi
: to eliminate the provision making an
Z offense under the bill a felony an
t then to reduce the penalties In man
: places. In the latter particular som
y Of the friends of the BILL joined hin
y as they felt that some of the penaltie
were more stringent than were Just
n fed.
VI Mr.. Gum moved to strike out {
d section 4 the general provision cor