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PROVIDES PROBE
OF DEPARTMENT
Contents of Resolution for Inves?
tigation of Educational
Matters.
Following; Is the text of ihe Baker
resolution, providing for an Investlga-I
ti"n of the Department <?! Public In- i
structlon, wihch was passed by the!
House and referred In the Semite to!
th< Committee on Public Institutions I
and Education:
Whereas, a number 'A representative
citizens or Chesterfield county have.:
petitioned the Omoral Assembly ol !
Virginia, through its representatives^
to request an investigation of the ortlce
?? tin Superintendent of Public Instruc?
tion, as charged ami siet forth in a writ- |
ten communication nddr-sse.i to the
numbers of the General Assembly; ami I
Whsreas, (lie usefulness and efficiency I
of the public schools In other COUnllCSH
c-f the State may HkCWlsi suffer on ac
? cunt of these ri'.Jeged violations of thi
School laws. now. therefore, be It
Resolved by the House of Delegates]
(tb? Senate concurring), That a rom-|
rdt'ee of live members of the Generali
Assembly be appointed, three |jy the I
Kpcnker of the House of Del-Kate.; and !
two by thf President of the SenoTc,
??hose duty shall be to Inqulr- and re- !
port:
!. Whnh'r the Superintendint ot!
Public Instruction has allowed the dl-i
vision superintendents in any of the
counties of the .state to alter or change
their annul reports after th?y have
been filed in hi- office as public records,
und If m, to what extent these alter-'
aklons have been allowed, and the au- I
thorlty, If any, for allowing the same.;
Wo- thor or not the Superintend- j
rnt of Public Instruction has neglected
shy of hit official duties In rignrd to
tho public schools of this State, and;
if ho. what duties h<- has so neglected.
:. Whether any property rights have
been Jeopardized or money Ion by his
failure or neglect, ?iid if so, report
the particulars of such transactions.
*. Whether the Superintendent of
Public Instruction has directed the
loan of any money from the literary
fond without (list ascertaining that the
title to the real estate was good, and If
t", report th>- same.
Whether or not. in view of the
gt.eral ? onfuslnn now existing in tnol
public school laws of this State und |
the present conduct of the same, there
Should not be a reorganization of tnd,
public school system, and* If so, report j
a plan for such reorganization.
And for >he purposes that this resolu- \
tlon be effectually carried out, t/e
committee is authorized and empowjredj
to call witnesses, examine the sumo uti
d-r oath, and require the production of
books and p.ip.-ra. The said committee
Shall adopt rules for th; conduct ot
the investigation and shall employ
necessary' stenographic assistance in
taking ovidence. AH evidence shall be
reported to the Gen-Mai Assembly; to
V tiier with the conclusions and recorn-;
m.-ndutlons of the committee.
IS
DESIRED BY HOUSE
(Continued from first page.)
quest. Thi changes contain the rej ent
Increases in State- license tax on liquor
proposed by the Speaker, and also place
restrictions about the 6alc of cider. The
latter clause is likely to arouse sonn?
opposition, since the plea will be mud?
for the fruit grower.
The contributory negligence hill got
through tho Senate Committee jn Gen-'
oral Laws yesterday afternoon with .?
favorabls report. It makes vltali
changes In the procedure of the State
Di this matter, but was amended so as
to except electric railroads un?1 lines
operated by lumber concerns.
After a stormy care>r In committee,
the Throckmorton milk Inspection bill
emerged yesterday aftsrnoon, Incom?
plete as to the composition of tho board
of appeal and with an unfavorable rec?
ommendation.
Favorable reports wers secured in
Senate committees on the hill to re?
quire the acceptance of Interchangeable
mileage coupons by railionds and to
force the provision of fnctlltl IS needed
by communities at the hands of elec?
tric railways, on action by the Slain
Corporation Commission.
HOUSE
After prayer in the House yesterday.
Captain W. \V, Baker offer d a reaolu
tion providing for an Investigation or
the Department of Public Instruction,
by a Joint comm tteo of two from the
Pcr.ate and three from the House, at
tho request of certain citizens of dies
Ground Limestone
Facts for Legislators
Do you know that the Thacber shoe
eontract-employed convicts do not
nompete with any Virginia business,
fwhereas cor.vlcts employed in grinding
limestone will come In competition
with 5,000 citizens of Virginia "who nr.
employed In burning and marketing
lime, and these 5,000 cltlr.ens are sus?
taining 25,000 others?
If It is wrong to compote with Now
England shoe Industries. Is. It not
worso to compete with your own poo?
ls*'!*- who ara tax-payera?
LEGISLATIVE COMMENT
By LEWIS H. MACHEN.
STATE-WIDE HAL 1 ED AGAIN
The motion to take up the hill pro?
posing tho prohibition referendum out
of !t? order and set It as a special
order for Wednesday failed, us was
predicted yesterday. The vote ??:
to :'??> lacked it half-doxen votes ??
being 'l'e requisite two-tlilrds major-:
Ity of those voting.
It Is not eei tain that the vole was I
:i test one, as a few voted against :
Inking up Hie measure who will vote,
for it when it comes up in du.- course; i
.\ few ulSO voted to le.lt- il Up who
win oppose Its passage. Their theory',
Is thai Ho- thing it- ii stumbling block I
10 the progress of other matters, and ?
thai the sensible plan would bi to taki
It up and dispose- of It in the 11 Oll SC. |
The announcement of the patron thai .
he would Call It up 'Very day Uli? 11 |
11 is set for hearing Indicates thai i
there is force In lh. argument. The j
? onsumptIon of time for the prelim-I
Inary skirmish and Do iol| ..all will I
I-.- considerable in tin long run.
After mukiui all necessary allow?
ances pro and eon. It can no longi r j
lie doubted, as. repeatedly slated III tills !
column, that the measure will pass
I tho House by a substantial majority.
There have been some Indications ol a
I weakening of the prohibition lines, but
I the vole yesterday Bhowcd It to be
j more apparent than real.
The Senate, however, still continues
the bulwark of the hopes of the oppo?
sition. To-day tin.- vote against the
bill there was put at 23 or 21. That
h u rota or two Short of the original
estimates. Certain contingencies may
reduce it to what the nulls regard ut
the danger line, it is generally under?
stood tnai the Senate, taken as u
whole, is none too anxious to vote on
the proposition. Th< prospects of their
??? iiit' obliged to meet the Issue, how?
ever, are growing.
it would not bo surprising If ti?.
opposition in tho House should yield lit
a few days to the Importunitlea ol
the majority and set thje bill for cOn
rideration us .?. special and continuing
order, in that event it would be pass?
ed by the House sufficiently enrls to
be reached on the Schutt calendar some
tine- before the end of tin ssion.
in the meanwhile, the friends utei
foes of th< proposition will work with
out ceasing?the furnier to make In
roads anil tin. latter to hold their lines
As the situation is now, the measure
Is doomed In the Senate. II Inroads
me mad. to the extent of. suy, threi
votes, there might be a tie, to b< ???
elded by the vote of the Lieutenant
Rovernor. Practically nobody now ex?
pects that contingency t>? arise, but,
though It Is not by any means prob
able, it I? stilt not beyond Hie range
ot possibility.
INVESTIGATIONS
The resolution which passed tlio
[House yesterday, cicUinR for an In?
vestigation of the Stale Department of
Education, ami was referred l?y the
Senate to Its committee having Juris
I diction of that subject. Indicates that
the Investigation will he undertaken.
It is greatly to be hoped that. If It Is
ordered, it will be directed to t.ii??
place after the adjournment of the
Uciieral Assembly, The commlttofl could
then proceed, at leisure and without
Interruption, to go Into the matters
Involved with a thoroughness which
would be Impoaalbb under the pres?
sure of tholr other duties. They could
r- port their Undings to the Governor,
who has power Id suspend any admin?
istrativ.' officer of the state govern-!
meat, except the Llcutenant;Governor,
during the vacation of the Legisla?
ture, if anything is ?.?.?rung, he could
tuke approprlati action and. if not,
he could make proclamation of the
fact; If corrective legislation Is found
to be necessary, the n.-?t General A?
Kemblj could take n. My the time anj
sort of Investigation could be conclud?
ed, even though begun In the near
future, It would be loo late In th
session for un> remedial legislation i
I to b' evolved.
I Legislative Investigations wora quite
Ifrequent some years ago. Thoy ?lit--I
Itracted public attention from the main I
[business of the Legislature. They with- :
'drew front Its membership a sultlctetit
I number to cripple Ibe work uf tho!
1 hotly. They aroutoal antagonisms and ;
demoralized the Legislature generally.
It Is well to avoid these things l!
possible. The main work of the Leg
IslatUre should be lo legislate; and
j whatever Impedes and distracts tho
I lawmaking body Is to that extent n <
, manifest evil. Vet there Is always a
> demand, Usually coming from both
I sides, for immediate ti'-tlon. nnd tin
I result, In times past, has been fnr
from satisfactory.
I Both houses hnvo now reached the
j stage where matters can and ought t"
Ibe considered on the floors of the two
I nouses. The calendars of both are
I congested with moasures oi great con
I eeril to the public at large and to
many communities of the State. To
I Jeopardize the prospect of considering
I them, in order to rush through an 'n
I vestlgatioh which cannot be other than
. HUperllclal, would be not less than ^
public calamity. .
trclleld county. The Chargen have been
previously published.
Speaking to his resolution, Cniita.ni
Haker said h< understood that Supei -
ihtcndent ISggleslon not only agreed I
to an Investigation, but courted one. j
.Mr. Land moved tnut the resolution
be referred to the -.mmlltc on!
Finance, us It would probably require
funds In Ite execution
.Mr. White, of ROckortdgc, thought It
should not ku to mat commute. Mr.
Smith said that lue people want at
thorough probe Into this department,
and that the Mouse should pass the
resolution.
No champion was needed t >z Mr.
Cggleslon, said Mr. Land, but the
many Investigations have always led
to exoneration and lie did not like tho
idea of their repetition.
Thinks They 11 Harm.
.Mr. Montague thought such agita?
tions frequently do more harm than
good and lead to nothing; save ex?
tensive advertising ot trilling matters.
Mr. Wiileroy thought the people de?
mand Eomtthiiitr. and Mr. Bowman
asked that the Finance Commute",
with :ls many duties, he not burdened
with a matter outside of Us province.
Toe Land motion wa lost, and the
House adopted the resolution.
On motion of Mr. Walton. It was
ordered that '.?bii copies of the bill pro?
viding for tue election of school j
trustees, by the people be printed.
The House agreed to a resolution of?
f-red by Captain J. II. \?.ssler, direct?
ing the .Superintendent ot Fubllc
Grounds and Buildings to ..nd out the
cost of ventilators In tne hall of tm.
Houae, and to report immediately.
Inane l'vuxlnu iiouils.
Mr Throckmorton ottered a resolu?
tion calling upon the Attorney-General
for un opinion as to thd legality of tho
State Issuing Si.CiOo.uuO ot short-term
bonds, beginning to mature In eleven
years ami ending in twenty years, for
the purpose of doubling pensions lor
Confederate veterans.
\ examining the proposition, Mr.
Throckmorton said that whatever la
to be done for the veterons, must be
done now. The State appropriates
JdOO.??? for this purpose each year, and
this cannot well be added to from the
treasury. Ly issuing JD0O.00O In
i bonds each year, the amount paid each
person could bo doubled. Ten years
innre, he thought, so few will be left
that tti.: State can easily care for them.
Then the $500,000 alreaay appropriat?
ed could be continued to pay off the
bonds as they mature, without lncreas
, ing taxes, so that in twenty years the
j securities would bo liquidated.
! The resolution asking; tho Attorney
! General for Information was agreed to.
Need Quarantine.
! Mr. Houston offered u resolution,
which was adopted, asking tin.- repre?
sentatives of Virginia in Congress to
secure an appropriation for an ade?
quate boarding and disinfecting plant,
so as to strengthen tho Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service in Vir?
ginia. The prevalence of cholera In
Southern Burope, the coming opening
' of the Fanainn Canal, and tin: nbroga
! tlon of State quarantine in the roads,
were given as the reasonB. Further,
Iho Virginia delegation was commend?
ed for Its support of the bill ofrered by
Senator Martin looking to this end.
Mr. Houston spoke briefly, saying the
? quarantine facilities In Virginia waters
J are Inadequate.
The. calendar being here reached, Mr.
I Smith Hceured an amendment to his
j bill regarding lielits el way to the
proposed rntlrodd to the Northern
I Neck, so an to change the name of the
' road.
Mr. Jordan then made his motion to
; take up the prohibition enabling bill
out of its order, the debuto and results
being described elsewhere In this is?
sue.
mils Arc I'assed.
Returning to the calendar aftor the
light on prohibition, the House passed
a bill to prescribe in what cases a jus?
tice of the peace shall not have Juris?
diction in a suit or warrant.
It al6o passed a bill to provide for
, tho recordatlo.il of the names of tho
I heirs of a person dying Intestate.
Six votes, about all Republican, were
I cast against the bill to appropriate $3.
500 for the payment of the deficiency
in the Installation of the timber and
j mineral exhibit of Virginia.
I Next was the Curtis bill to pay D. fo.
I Tnlley and W. A. Crenshaw for extra
?Service? rondered by them as assistant
assessors of real estate in Richmond. In
1810. It wa explulned by Captain Cur
J tie that one of the clerks appointed by
Judge Witt had died while the work
wus In progress, and that Talley and
Crenschaw hud done the extrn work
which would have been finished by the'
person ten > died. The bill wus passed,]
but bh a motion to reconsider. It was'
decided to past by until to-day. It de?
veloped that the Joint Committee on
Special, Private and Local Legislation
had expressed the opinion that tho bill
was unconstitutional, although it was
afterward leported by the Committee
on Finance.
Illll liefer* to Grime.
Next on the calendar was a bill to
amend the general game laws. Air.,
Smith, the patron, explained that It
I,was intended to permit the shooting of
(ducks at night In the counties of Ks-1
I sex. Middlesex, Lancaster, Richmond i
' and Westmoreland, |
j .Mr Watts said that the game on the
! Rappahannock belongs to nil the peo- i
pie of thi Slate, arid not to the peo-|
plq of the locality. He did not like
' the Idea of killing ducks at night. j
' Mr. Hew said the bill goes further,'
! taking from boards ol supervltors the
j right to permit the shipment of wild;
'waterfowl out of the Slats. Mr. Fit?.- j
\ huqh thought the measure would be
a hardship on the people of the F.ast- i
ern Shore.
For the bill, Mr. Norrls said the peo?
ple in his section desired It. Ducks getl
I out in the middle of thn r'.vor. which Is'
I several miles wide, during the day, and!
I do not come In near shore until night.:
Mr. Cox favored the bill, while Mr.]
j Hurt opposed It.
At last, on motion of tho patron, it]
! was passed by until to-day, and the|
I House, at 2:0J, adjourned.
SENA TE
Uesidcs passing upon their third
readings one Sonate, bill and two House
bills, the .Senate yesterday put an end
to the much discussed garntshee bill
I by sustaining the ruling of Lieutenant
Governor J. Taylor Ellysdn that the j
ell) was now beyond reconsideration.
One of tho warmest contests of the
present *es.-i<;n centred about the
legality and equity of barring a recon?
sideration of this bill; which received
a majority vote of the Senate Saturday,]
but lacked three of having the con?
stitutional sixteen voles in its favor.
The argument on both sides was full
of tine-spun technicalities, and a nuni
ber of the lawyers among th.i members I
took a hand. The session opened with
prayer bv Rev. W. Russell Bowie, rec?
tor of St. Paul's Church. Senator I
. Hobrbs Introduced a Joint resolution
I providing (or an amendment to the
. Constitution requiring half of the
. State Senators to be elected every two
i years, instead of the present law,
I which requires the election of the
j whole body qtiadrenlally.
Investigate Public Instruction.
A joint resolution was leponed from
I the House calling for the appointment
! of a joint committee to Investigate tho!
j mlice of Superintendent of Public In?
struction. The preamble of Iho reso?
lution set forth that It was Introduced
; ui the instance of citizens of Chester
, tli-ld county. Fpon motion, tho resolu
i tion was. referred to the Committee
] on Public Institutions and Education,
l Sonntor Walk ins objected to the action,
j and moved that the committee be dis?
charged from further consideration of
j the resolution, but his motion was
j voted down and the commitment stood.
The Joint House resolution me
moralizing Congress to establish a
j quarantine station at Hampton Roads
CHILDREN
INVALIDS
and the AGED
Need Sunshine
-AND
Scott's Emulsion
Next to sunshine, nothing
restores health, strength
and vitality like
Your Little Ones
Are Waiting For This
Buy it by the Box
of any dealer
Have It When
You Want It!
They love thi8 goody
that's good for them. It's
as welcome as it's inexpensive.
The pleasure of chewing it is more than
equalled by its benefit to teeth, breath, appe?
tite and digestion.
The refreshing mint leaf juice is a splendid teeth preserv?
ative. The friction of chewing brightens teeth wonder?
fully. Appetite is sharpened and digestion aided by
this flavorful jiiice.
Make your evening kiss pure with it?make your
evening welcome greater with it?tonight!
All deal ers sell it?for littU by the package,
but Usa by the box.
Look for the Spear
The Flavor Lasts!
was adopted ununlmously.
Uurnlsbce Ulli Up.
Tho garnish.-c bill down on the cal?
endar on motion to reconsider was
..?ailed by tlic clerk, rind brought Sen?
ator Wehderiburg to hia feet on a
point of order. Ilia argument waa
that the bill h;id no place on tho cal?
endar, since it never received the eon
Btitutionai number of votes nee.led for
passage. nn<l because of the further
fae( that the motion to reconsider was
made by .Senator Moncure, who. al?
though voting wl|>, the majority, waa
not n member <>f the prevailing side,
Og required by the rules.
Senator Tavonner quoted a number
of authorltleu and manuals of parlia?
mentary proceedure in support of his
claim that Senator Wcndenburg's point
of order came, loo late to be considered,
and that in order to be valid it should
have been taken at once upon the mo
lion t.i reconsider the bill, In moving
to puss by the motion to reconsider,
argued Senator Tavenncr. the oppon?
ents of tho measure tacitly admitted
the validity of .Senator Moncure'a mo?
tion, and It should therefore stand.
Senator Felkes, who fought tho
measure on the floor when It was up
on its earlier readings, here took ?
hand in the de-bate, with a scathing ar?
raignment of the methods by which
Sent'tor Tavennor sought to rescue the
IblH In question from Us merited fate.
"We had the bill beuten to n frazzle
Saturday,?" he said. "They could only
muster thirteen votes In Its favor,
when the Constitution requires six?
teen. Now tho advocates of this bill
propose to defeat the will of -the Sen?
ate by introducing the manunl of
"Czar Reed" and other authorities in
an effort to set aside the Constitution
and thi Senat) rules, both of which
are explicit on the point in question.'
The subject was further discussed by
Senator walker, who held the view
tliat the point of order should have
been raised Saturday, and that objec?
tion at tlur- late date was not justillcd.
On grounds of equity, too, he argued,
the chair could rule that the techni?
cality Elia): hot interfere with another
vote on the hill.
Chair Hille? Against lilll.
President P.ilyson, at the conclusion
of the argument; ruled that Senator
Wendenburg's point of order wus sus?
tained Tlie matter, he said, was com?
plicated, und if the Senate disagreed
with his decision it was at liberty to
reverse it. A nioiion to reverse" tho
ruling, however, was voted down, '."J
to 14.
Senator Tavenncr's toll gate bill
came up next as a special and con?
tinuing order. The patron explained
the object of the bill, und made a
lengthy argument for Its pussage. it
was designed, he said, to prohibit any
turnpike company in the Slate from
erecting more than one toll gate on
any one fivc-mllo section of road. The
measure is aimed at the Valley Turn?
pike, which, under un act of the Gen?
eral Assembly of iftio. was empowi red
to erect more ?huii this number Of loll
gales. Ills bill, he said, win put In
lorco the same law which was pi force
for seventy years when the act of 1810
amended II to its present form.
Upon Hie request of Senator ischols,
the bill was made n special order hi
I o'clock to-day. lu afford him time
to consult with colleagues In the House
On the matter of offering un amend?
ment.
Three IHM? Advanced.
The following lulls were passed on
their thir,i reading:
Senate bill to pro iblt any person or
persons from hyiiollzlng or attempting
to liyndtlze, and prohibiting any per?
son from consenting to he. hypnotised.
House bill io amend section 52C of
the Coib- ol Virginia.
House, bill- lo require the clerks of
the Supreme Court of Appeals, at Us
various places of session, to mall to
the law librarian of the University Of
Virginia copies of all printed briefs
and records filed In said court.
Adjournment was taken at '.':10.
HOUSE BILLS
The following wore presented and mfirred
under Rule S7:
To Comndttee on Finance.
By Sir flanks: A bill to repeal chapte:
W of Acts of Assembly, erasion, 1005. entitled
|U.n act t,i authorize the sale of lots purobas
i c? by tli? ConunbmvealUi for delinquent
] taxes and not redeemed within four years
or morn.
By Mr. Spsssard: A bllj to amend un act
i to provide far re method for the better as
i netsment of personal property under ihe
centred of fiduciaries And th* sATera.1 courta
i Of tne Commonwealth. a
\ By Mr. Spessard: A bil| to amend nnd re
jsnic, section S74 of the Code of .Virginia,
i lly Mr. Weaver: A bill , to amend an act
i to provide for the appolnlineni every two
years by the Governor of three commbistoii
era for tho promotion of uniformity of Ics
Ulatlon In the United Suites.
To Committee oo Grnerul I.an*.
By Mr, Uoueure; A bill for the ftsuleUvU
of bulidinK und loon associations; requiring!
n.uncial statement* to be muds to the Stale
Corporation Commission; the appointment
of leeelveri lor insolvent companies, und
:l\lnj- penalties for tni violation o( this
act.
By Messrs Clarke and Pitxhugh: A bill
to amend ?.eilen ail of the Coda et Vir?
ginia la relation to pnhllr. holidays.
To 4 oininlttco for Courts ol Justice.
By Mr. Bank*: A bill to amend tcctlou
ITJ6 of the Code of Virginia In regard to
how persons turned out or kept out o: pos
sessloa of land mny recover It.
To t uminllt<v bo Insurance und Banking.
By Mr. Smith: A bill to require any are
Insuraneu company doing ou.-ir.ess In Vir?
glnia to pay tho face of tho volley tr. caao
of :i total loss of tile building covered b>
the policy and umouni o: the damages In a
l>srtlr.! loss of the building covered by In?
surance policy. .
By Mr. Williams: a till to amend the gen
er?i tax law.
To Committee on Itouds uud Internal Navi?
gation.
By Mr. Houston: A bill to amend and re.
tnact section 11. chapter 1, of on act entitled
an aet concerning corporations
fly Mr. Houston: A bill to amend an act
to license and regulate the running of uuto
mobile?. loCi.mobllea and other vehicles und
conveyances whoso motive power la other
than animal power along and uv.,r the pub
I tic hU'htva> t of this State.
i By Meters. Anderson and Oregory: a bill
. to tcqulre county boards of supervisors to
rreet slcn board? at forks o: main publlo
, road.-.
, To ComnUttee on Prlvttegea und KleetIon*.
i By Mr. William*: A bill to amend nr.d re
enact section 14? of ehe Code ot Virginia.
1 To Committee on Schools und Colleges.
By Mr. Kent: A bill to require the state
i Bourd of education to ascertain and re
'? port the amount paid by patronc Of public
; schools for adopted school book-.
By Mr. FitshUgh: A bill to amend and
I re-enact section 1?1D Of the Code of Virginia.
j lly Messrs. Le?ve. Oliver, Bell, Byrd. Wise.
I'ltxhugh, Cox. I'.ige. ur.d Coleman, ot Rpot
jtylvania: A joint resolution proposing an
! amendment to sections 131 and 1ST. of the
j Constitution or Virginia,
Ito Committee on Countle?, Cltle? and Towns.
I Uy Mr. Chulkley: A hllj to atilnorlz.' and
{empower th.- hoards, of supervisors of coun
I ties and councils of cities and towus In the
State to appropriate money for advertising
thetr resources.
By Mr. Coleman, of Norfo'.h: A r>:ll pro?
viding the manner in which etiles and towns
of th'.r Commonwealth may obtain leave to
ereet a dam In or across a water course, und
prescribing- the procedure to t><; had In con?
nection therewith.
By Mr. Banks: A b:il providing tho man?
ner In uhlch cities and towns of this f.'oin
moowealth nioy obtain leave to ortet a dam
in or across a trater courne. and prescribing
th.- procedure to be had In ebonectlbn there?
with.
lt> Mr. Ron?: a bill t? impose n license
tax on dogt for tho protection of game,
sheep and other sleek In this -State.
By Mr. Ol Iva I : A bill to amend the Byrd
liquor law.
To Committee on .VRrlciilturo und Mining.
By Mr. Moore: A bill to amend alt act to
constitute a United Agricultural Board.
To Joint Committee on Special. Private and
i.e.ni Legislation.
lie Mr. Bain: A bill to amend an net to
incorporate the town of Brunohvlllc, South
jampton county.
J By Mr. Tute: A lull to provide (or tho
'payment of $>o to tin- Confederate Siofhorlal
; Association at I'ulatkl.
; By Messrs Buck, and Bohcrt*. of Wash?
ington; A bill to amend an act for the pro?
I tent Ion ol rlsli in Washington county.
lly Messrs. Buch, und Huberts, o: Wnsh
llncton: A hlil to amend the charier o.' tho
city tif Hi It tot.
By Mr. Lunsford; A ;.l!l to repeal an aet
I entitled nn a'-: to enable the town of Cln
|i:nHi!e. In Boteto'.irt. to mti- on the uuesttun
of llejuei license.
By Mr. Sutphln: v bll] to provide for the
abolishment of the fee ayitcm now In
opeiatlon at Mount Vernen. tho home and
tomb of Washington.
By Mr. Hvans: A bill to exempt the ooun
ty of Caroline from the operation of an act
Imposing a license tax on dog*.
SENATE BILLS
By Mr. llohlis; Joint rrso!Jtior. No. f. pro?
posing an amendment to section <! of 'the
Constitution of VlrrinU, so as u. require
I half of the State Senatort. to be ?leote.l
'every two years, a.nd providing for publish
ling eald amendment*, and certifying tho
?amo to the next General Assembly of Vlr
: gtnia Referred' to the ComnUttee. for Courts
:0f Juttlce.
J By Mr. Hnrt: ,\ hill to amend and le
onact section 2IS2 relating |o the reservation
'of title to liens on good* and ('battels sol.1
to lit void aH in creditors and purchasers un?
less in writing and recorded Boforred to
the Commit too for Courts of .Justice.
By Mr. Hart: A hill to prevent the oppres?
sion er intimidation of persona held In ous?
ted/, or utidci arivst, sad to ptovld? pun
Ishment for penons violating this act. Re?
ferred to tho Committr* for Courts of Jus?
tice.
By Mr. .Smith: A bill to lai'.ol and rc
I enact section .*> 61 nr. act entitled an net to
provide for State money old In addition to
I convict labor ;<>r tho Improvement of public
I ro.id-. Referred lo the Committee on Fi?
nance.
I By Mr. Leaner: A Ml) providing the mar.
I tier In which eitler, und towns of this Com
monwralth may obtain leave to erect a Ham
?In or aeroce a water court*, und prescrlblns
jtlie procedure lo be In-Id in connection thcrn
|wlih. Referred to fhe Committee un Coun
I ty. City and Town organization.
i By Mr. tllson: A bid to umend the charter
j of the town ?f Klba. In PlttsytvanlS county.
Referred io the Joint commltteo on Bpe
Iclul, Private und IjOCal Legislation.
Here and There
in the Legislature
ITwo of tha Harwood bills designed
to permit the State to take over the
properties of the Laurel Industrial
, School an 1 the Virginia Home and In
] dustrial School for Girls, by deed from
the societies which now have them in
j charge, wire reported favorably yes?
I terday afternoon by the Hons.- Coni
inltteu on Asylums and Prisons. Tho
'State furnishes practically the entire
' support for these Institutions as re
I forniatorlos, and it Is believed that
I th? time has come for the State to
I govern them. Rev. J. T. Mastln, acc
j retiiry of the State Hoard of Charities
and Corrections, appoarod for the
I bills.
I The amendment to the Constitution
j le.iving ihe method of eMoctlng divi
| flon school superintendents to the
t Legislature was onored In the House
I yesterday. iti patrons are Love, Hell.
! Uyrd. ritzhagh. Coleman, of Spotsyl
vanla; Oliver, Cos, Wise and I'age.
j A bill Offered 111 tlie House yester?
day by Messrs. Clarke and rilzliugh
j would make Kastor Monday a legal
i Mr. Chalkley Introduced a bill in
, :he House yas.terday allowing councils
j of citlcu and towns and supervisors of
[counties to appropriate money to ad
' vcrtlse their resource.-, not to exceed
, - per cent, of their Income.
Mr. Houston proposes b radical
I change in the tnethoii of Issuing auto
j mobile licenses in a hill presented
\ yesterday to the House lie would
I have these llconscs Issiisd by the com?
missioners of the revenue, Instead of
j by tho Secretary of the Common-.
I wealth. The latter officer would fur
, nitih number plates io the commis?
sioners, wiio would be required to uc
count for them, it Is arguod that this
would be n convenience for owners,
and tiiigii: result in Sellins more 11
censes, because it would bo to the
interest of local commissioners to look
out for them.
In a bill offered yesterday In the
House by Mr. How. the receipts: from
dog taxes would he used, in addition
to paying for sheep which are killed,
in paying bounties of :,o cents cadi
on the scalps of hawks, except spar?
row hawks, and of owls, except
Bcreeoh owl.*.
A bill to regulato building ami loan
aesooifatlont was inti educed in the
II-mis: by Mr Moncure. He would re?
quire them to make regular reports lo
the Stati Corporation Commission, und
lo publish these reports to thi news?
papers. They would he inx.-.l ;.,
year each. t)ne^ a year, nt least, tip
Stato Hank Examiner would be re
quired to inspect them
In aomawhat amended form. Mr
Smith rrlntreduced Ir. the Houfc hi
bill to require nrc Snsurance com?
panion to pay th*; face vuluo of poli?
cies In case of lo.is. save when It Is
partial.
13111? Introduced by Mossrs. Coloman
and Hanks, of Norfolk, would allow
courts to decide upon the building of
dams across waterways walch aro
navigable by cities which deshe the
streams for water supplies.
The Adams bill correcting inequali?
ties in tho pure gccd Ijjw was reported
yesterday from the House Committee
on Agriculture.
.Mr. Adams also got through this
committee, with a favorable recom
mondaiion, a bill requiring that tines
on fertiliser manufacturers, for viola?
tion ol the law. when the purchaser
of the product cannot be found, shall
go Into the treasury of tho State.
Heretofore these have been lost,
amounting to something like $-1,000 a
year. It Is almost Impossible to ilnd
tho purchaser,' since tho Inspectors
draw their .samples at random, mostly
on warehouse Itoors and at railway
stations.
! Tho .Senate Committee on General
Laws reported at its meeting yester?
day afternoon Senator Wendcnburg'a
contributor}' negligence bill. with
amendments excluding from Iis oper
atlon electric street railways and rull
ronds operated exclusively in the lojr
glng and lumbering t.uslhess. Tho
bill wag fought by corporation attor?
neys at the committed hearings on the
ground that no discrimination snoui-i
... made on this point as between pub?
lic service corporations and other com?
panies, it limits tho efficacy of the
contributory negligence theory, fre?
quently offered by corporations in
damage stilts arising from accidents
in which a degree, of blame attaches
to the Injured i> rson. Under tho pro?
visions o: the proposed law it will bo
left to the Jury to establish the de?
gree o: negligence of both company
and employe, and to award damage.-,
accordingly. Tno iir^tent law barn
recovery when it is proved that the
accident wag due to the carelessness
of tho Injured person.
Two bills introduced v,v Senator
'. 11 trmaii, one to rcgulat t chlropractice
and the oilier to prohibit the sale of !l
i horse or mule which, at the time of
!>-.ilv. Is sick or disabled, were reported
favorably yesterday afternoon by th ?
Senate Committee on General Laws.
I Senator Oravatt's Ice cream bill re
elved the indorsement of a number
of pur ? food enthusiasts at the hear
11hk before the Senate Committee on
1 General iuiws. One of tiu-uu charged
that, much of the Ice cream sold In
! Virginia I j made from condensed milk,
'and whil ? lie made no attack on Hit*
'practice, be was strongly of t'n>- opln-r
1 Ion thai m?nufnatiirors using otli<M
! than the pur.- cow product In its tin
i changed form should be uncle to use
i labels Indlcatln? that fact. The bll!
[socks in establish u standard of purity
and other regulations. It will bo dlS;
cussed f'trther on Monday.
j Delegate Stoplienson's tin t (gambling
: reached the Senate Committee on
Ginoral Laws yesterday, and will bo
?riven a hearing next Friday
The Sunato Committee on Geheral
Iaws yesterday afternoon rpnortoij
favor.i ily Sonutor Watklna's hill re
"ciliug .in act authorizing the State
Corporation Commission to close or
llscontlnuo my private dock or wharf
..it ictcd with ti public use or dasemoril
in certain eases. The act referred to
neeitne law March IG, 1910. This WttH
the bill tinder which an unsuccessful
attempt w.i.-. inutlu to close the Ulbb.
mond dock.
A bill for tho workinp; of Jali i-r..
(Continued on seventh page, i
712 E. Main Street
The $1.50 Hat Shop
For Young Men and Old
Saturday, February 1
Youths
1912