Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-17
TOS|T EIGHT MONTHS
BLY, BE IN SESSION THAT LONG.
FROM NOVEMBER IL TO JUNE |
rhe session May Extend Far INTO
june OF Even July. Owing to the
Great Amount of Legislation to
BE Enacted.
BE Enacted.

How long will the Legislature. which,
-o-vcnes November 18th. site That is
,hc question on which the members of
The session will have ample business
to engage its attention for at least I've
months. and some anticipate that it
may sit even longer.
There is no limit OF time fixed upon
this first session under the new consti-
futon, for the reason that it will be
necessary to hold long session to enact
The legislation necessary to supplement
the new organic law. This was recog-
nlzed by the convention itself. Just how
long il viii require to do the work de-
votcins upon the body is matter Of
conjecture with experience in the past
g. the cnly Guide.
SPEAKER RYAN'S VIEW.
Speaker John T. Ryan. who attended
the horse show. stated to a reporter for
tllc Dispatch that in his opinion the
LEGISLATURE would complete its work in.
five months or six months at the least
He said he had been informed that many
members of the General Assembly had
been AMI were now at work in the vaca-
tici: preparing for the work of the ses-
sicn and he believed that their la bors
would result in reducing the length OF the
session and greatly simplifying its Work.
lie was not inclined TO the view tf1at
there was any nece~y for wholes> -
code revision saving It would only be
necessary to ma c such chances as need
ID 10 conform the tatutes to the chan-eS
II the organic law. and he did not think
these would be sufficient to prolong tie
session hevond the five months. He
4 admitted that if the Legislature under
took TO make an entire new code II
-nE-ht take longer.
Senator lie Cato. who was in the city
recently. expressed the view that there
would he Il long session. not less than
six months and probably longer. 1In
based his he7ief upon his examination OF
tho work that world be necessary FOR the
committee of which he was a member
IN rect the requirements and changes
IN tie constitution. DR. lie Cato is not,
hopeful Of the completion of the work
under six months. and he rather incli,les
10 tl1c view l2st it will exceed that Gnra-
ton
During the recent summer session
Judge W. II. Mann. chairman Of one Of
III. important Senate committees. OK
pressed the opinion tiat it WE'D take
three months t. draw She statutes recrs-
sarv to make -Te portion of tho Gods I'M
dor the supervision Of his committee cot
form to the new organic law. lie de-
clare+I that he would not undertake to
draw them in less time.
TO SIT EIGHT MONTHS.
Altogether the indications are that the
session will last from the middle Of No
venber until the first of June. at least.
and 1t may extend to July 1st or later
Meanwhile, the repairs to the CAPITOL
must await the adjournment of The Cen
eral Assembly. 1t is even probable that
the work already done in the prepara-
ton and approval of plans for the reno
walton of the building may be for nausnt.
for the members of the House are gener-
ally disappointed that the plans make no
provision for the enlargement of the hall
occupied by the more numerous body.
This is the greatest need Of the many
involved in the reconstruction Of the his
toric old building.