The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-23

JAMESTOWN IN SUSPENSE
House Agrees to Extension Of
~ Charter, Bit Senate Fails
to Have a Quorum.

u recess from Wednesday, December %,
1909, until Tuesday, December 20, 1903.
THE House had passed the resolution tho
day before The Senate. though opposed
TO Tho proposition, and on record as ia
yorlns adjournment sine die, were finally
forced to come to the terms proposed
by the JHuusc, and reluctantly agreed to
the Joint resolution.
The final day In both houses was ' ul-
productive Of substantial results. The
House. after considerable debate, agreed
To tho resolution extending for SIX
months the period within which the
jamestown Exposition Company \ may
raise the million dollars agreed upon az
condition OF the availability OF the
s20O.00O appropriation made BY the state.
When the bill reached the Senate, now
ever, 1t encountered opposition and be-
forc a vote could be had on the Dues
tiol, OF dlschargIng a committee from
consideration OF the bill In order that 1t
might be taken up cngrossed and pass
ed, 4 quorum was broken and the SEN
ate adjourned after refusing to order
call of the body With sixteen votes
necessary to pass the bill, there were
but fourteen for It and five AGAINST =,
two fewer than q quorum. The fate or
I IA bill is very doubtful at present. It
vii! certainly pass the Senate Il a quo
rum can be gotten together before
Docomber 3lst.
,rhe discovery having been made that
nm. act approved December 18TH Vesteo
the circuit clerk with sole power, 70
issue marriage licenses IN U the coun,
ties and that many have been 1ssuco
nays a statute validating these Issues
Of license and the marriages thereunder;
Senator Campbell offered such bill ana
Il yas passed by the Senate without op-
,er1ion. Before tho House could act on
the bill, however, a quorum faileo, ana ana
ali marriages in the counties !, SINCE De-
cember IL, 1908, are still Invalid, techn ll
cally at least 49,, ,,a
rree,nr votes OF the two houses on
ninsndments to the general road law ana
cnnfe1ecs were named, but they ola not
report to their respective bodies before s'l'I.
adjournment came to prevent.
The House.
nj. 1Jo,sc was called to order at moor,
nv Sneaker Ryan. and prayer was otIe eIe {,
by Rev. P. B. Price, OF the t,f resi- ~
Church ..,,o,,,, !, - -.
luton. which being favored by Mess ISIS !,
Ncwhouse Duke and Whitehead ss was
passed by temporarily:
@,Whereas.. the House adopteo . 4resoimT
w Ssque its members W.! be enabled to
draw their per diem TOT Wy! o ~! t''ss u &c
whereas said action was h1nn af ahis
BODY to require the State 70 pay loi
services not performed; therefore
Resolved, by the House, louise, the ,s se nbIy
t teRe eu r'n Recess aAd from oeieeK n. q
wed December 2si. until Il
o'clock A, ~, on Wednesday, December.
'D. Two companion bills, offered by MI.
Boaz, designed to allow outgoing county
treasurers to collect pastdue taxes, were ei,
lecommitted on motion OF Mr.. CardWell.
The chair ANNOUNCED the a az pol, en-
Green conferees on the part OF the House.
on the disagreement over the Edn'ohasol'
Sir Nr. Cumming offered a Bill, \, designed Is
to preserve and extend the charter - q q
the jamestown Exposition Gompa ahS UNI NJ!
9y ls c1 a ase b he asssa ga On
the further consideration Of the pill. He
said that s760,00D OF the sloo0,0oo. upon
which the legislative appropriatlon was
Mr. Cumming made a brlof speech ~
SUPPORT OF his motion to discharge, and
It Was Mas adopted-ayes ~. noes Q.
st NJ. Hfs as aRssnt his w eoeague
went over and brought him IN by main
force, and Mr.. Whitehead designated him
as present and not voting. he was r..
corded In the negative, and thus the
hand.
THE RECORDED VOTE.
The recorded vote on the question was
Baker R }; Eoi,. Charles E;,
Eal0n fa Gan'ssa aravey. Green, Harman
s tassfAa1 neake' Why II Lee. Lews. Hon,
5E SS! osean msS 6%ens p SsS
HsSH EsysGss ss 49,: SSssS s;sf'a and
Wooodard-42.
t.hurchnan, Duke, Edmondson, Lowry,
Qusenberry aud Mr., speaker-9 i,
The constitutional reading Of the BIZ!
was vos 4 Ike o Wss pascal aG
The usual resolution. provi.dlns, extra = r.
and chief page, was offered by MI. Wal
Mi MI Gu cumMlns, on behalf Of tho members
John ". Williams with a beautiful sill
sey SsT sss9 S osm% M y % xsny
RESPONDED in a most fitting manner
The Senate.
| Tho Senate convened at noon yesterday
again with quorum and Indeed q bet
| tor attendance OF senators than the day
Thr f,rst business before the Senate was
| the communication Of the House joint
resolution proposing recess OF the Cen
eral Assembly from December I'D to
Lecember 29th,
The attempt to secure concurrence on
| the part OF the Senate met with lively
opposition, as expected, but the motion
finally prevailed, and the recess is. there
| tore, agreed upon,
III, HhackelfoI was first III the field
with a nation. 1t being to SO amend tho
House Joint resolution us to provide for
( adjournment sine die Oh December 23d,
| Mr.. Ople, of Augusta, opposed the mo-
ton to adjourn sine die. and favored con;
cllrreDce. believing that the House would
not agree to the shackelford amendment.
Mr.. ISeezell, OF Rocking haln, likewise
favored concurrence IN the House reso-
lut.on as did Mr. Chapman.
The 6hac elford amendment was voted
down, z ayes to IL noes.
MIR, Rivsrcomb, OF Allegheny, then Of
Tered aa an amendment to the joint
Issolu,ion that the General I, Assembly
tRke q recess from December ESQ, 1909, tn
January Isl, 1901 He spnke with ylgor IN
support o.. his appointment and others ,er
i would caya the Stata q considerable sum