The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08

been paAsrd, senator Iobbs's safety
liflatcl, hill ,vaa reached Senator Hobbs
again apt,ealed to tho Senate to corr
siderStlie BIZ on IT'S merits. HIS speech
and th ouigsiiii tie n. Senators offered many
mii1endments in spirit of levity, the
Senator from prince George believed
t e neea , Was artsE soaa e day te
Senate refused to advanced the bill.
out Or I Tie : Fourth, and putting It in
the Fifth Judicial Circuit, was ngain
and hs senS Was ps sns and and
erode opposing, and senator I4assiter
defending the measure.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was. marked
ny much confusion,, and AZ times the
Wa took on IKE a 80 carer ,vere
tho Senators to get their measures e;
through. At tile passage Of each bill.
practically every senator was on us
nna cries Of fro r nnnv 1irections
Lucky was the man recognized, FOR
nany OF the members left the Capitol
at the end of the evening Will, pet
measures on the calendar that cannot
The only bill which caused any dc.
pate was House bill No: lao. introduced
BY Delegates Evans and Lewis. and re-
'as s 70 the recordatl ION =, OF o aeeds.
measure. and Senator Sale opposed It,.
senator Sale did not believe III making
failure to record deeds nisdemeano:'.
senator -, a, Saunders said sometmIng should
Knew OF many cases where the great
est trouble and even lawsuits had
G dsa Of failure to pr9pFe,rly record
scr. and others discussed the subject
at length. The bill was finally defeated
by large majority
The remainder of the afternoon was
one one continual roll call; AS soon as one
bill was passed another was put nf.!I
All went through without protest. ns
they were almost entirely OF local
tho House with amendments. The I'M
changes were agreed to. and
committees were asked for|
Oh others.
Night session.
Upon recovering at night the Sen
ate took up the calendar and passed
several measures before the; report OF.
the Conference Committee on the ap-.l
propriation bill was reached. None
of the bills caused debate. and they
were passed as soon as the roll could
be called upon the constitutional
readings and passage. Tho scene was
4
ternoon session, Senator's making every
effort possible to receive recognition and
get their bills through.
The conference report was presented
by Senatov Keezel shortly after .
o'clock. and 1T took over an hour to
go over It.
a new amendment attached to the |
bin In the committee room required the
OF the Legislature to be- in !
actual attendance after March 25tn In
order. to receive their mileage.
Another important amendment APP
propriated $4,000 for the establish !
ment of two normal schools. one to |
be located at Harrisonburg and the |
other at fredericksburg, the former
city to receive $4,000. and the latter
$4,000. which shall not be available
before February Is. 1909. The sum of
$4,000 is appropriated In ar amend
ment added in the committee room for |
tho establishment of a State Board of |
Health. This is done to conform to
the bill recently passed to that effect.
lit Negro Exhibit.
An increase of $4,000 is given to
tho State Library. which is an increase
Of 100000 over the bill as It went down
from-tl,o Senate, The clause giyingt
s1i ,oo0-ta tina Negro Industrial and De-
1enapany was entirely climb
rated fromethessbiiI by thegconmittee.l
Senator. Lassitsr -snt his increase of |
100000 fof thaeroa ds, which the Senate
voted deyNn. This makes the total for
rcads5in addition to- convictroad force,