The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23


the House adjourn at o'clock 1t do
so to meet again at 10 o'clock on Mon
day morning, and that 1t 10 recorded
oil tho House Journal that adjourn
mcnt was taken out of respect for the
memory Of George Washington The
motion was adopted,
When the calendar was reached, three
important bills were taken up and
Board Of Fisheries.
The first was the bill amending an
act creating the Board OF Fisheries.
1t changes the name OF the board to
the Commission OF Fisheries, and APP
and equipment.
Delegate Bowman is the patron, and
the bill corresponds to the one offered
IN the upper branch by Senator Sale.
Mr.. Bowman was also patron OF the
ncxt bill taken up--the measure witch
puts license tax of $35 on pilots
Delegate Brewer offered an amend
nent raising the tax to $50 and Mr..
sutherland came forward with sub
stitute. Increasing the amount 800.
AFTER voting down Mr.. suthcrland's
proposition. the House passed the bill
ms amended by Mr.. Brewer
., t't, 10 81 ,n''W TAX, and VIII bring Into |
the state treasury annually about |
$1,000.
Redintrlcting Bill.
The Spessard- Chitwood redistrictfng
pil was taken UP and passed. after an
ame ndment offered by Delegate PEN
uie'on. putting Floyd county back in
e"1 run Distrlct. had been defeated
rev members were present. and al
~ al
by not having a sufficient number IN
attendance to pass them under the
constitutional requirements Al these
times the cloakrooms were searched
and any members found smoking were
run out and made to vote. At on.
time a member. who wished n hill
passed by. even went so far as to CALL
down from the gallery to fellow
member to have him make the motion.
The bill which caused the longest
debate Of the day was the Monta que
demurrer measure. A motion to pass
by was made. but Mr.. Montague OBJ
Tested. and the motion was lost.
Delegate Cox. OF Richmond, spoke
against the bill, saying that he did
not believe in such radical change
IN the rules OF pleading, and giving
fuily his reasons for believing that
the measure should not be passed.
Mr.. Montague, the patron, said that
IN calling on the Legislature to pass
the. Bill. he was not asking II to do
anything unwise. He then went fully
Into the provision of the measure. Mr..
Montague made strong speech, and
was listened to with the greatest in
terest by the members.
Dill Defeated.
Delegates Page, Sutherland and
Thrift all spoke at length against the
measure, and the discussion was end
ed by Mr.. Montague The bill was de-
feated 40 to 20. Following is the re-
corded vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Barrett, Bell
Brewer, Clarke, Cooke. Curlett, Ed
wards, Featherston. Hall, Janney, Jett,
bins, Stubs, Throckmorton, Wilcox
g.
Nays-Messrs. Baker. A. NJ. Bowman
B. B. Bowman. Clement. Cornett. Cox,
Craig, VIM. B. Daniel, Dunn, Eller.
Good. Deskin Green. Griffith, Hunt.
Chas. A. Johnston. Lewis. F. NJ Love,
srkham. Willard, Myers. E. w. Owens,
Page, Pendleton, Powell, Read, Rev,
Robinson. snead. Spessard. stratton,
Stuart, Surratt, Sutherland, Sylvester,
Taliaferro, Thrift. Tyler. Walker.
weaver, whitehead. wilkins, Martin
Williams, Wissler.-43.
TWO bills on third reading were dis
missed at the request of the patrons.
Mr. Craig is the patron of one, which
regulates the qualification of voters in
special and local option elections. The
other was Mr.. Wingo's bill providing
for suitable buildings for safekeeping
of convicts at the State Penitentiary.
Mr.. Wingo said that the bill carried
a large appropriation, and as s10,0OOl
had already been set aside for new
guard houses. he would withdraw his
measure. He afterward consented to
withdraw the motion to withdraw, and
the bill. therefore. remains on the
calendar.
After advancing a number OF bills |
on the calendar the Senate adjourned.
Senate Bills Passed.
To amend and re-enact an act en-
titled. IAN act for working and keep
ing in repair the public roads in Nor
folk county" approved February Is,
1890
To authorize the Board of Super
visors of Warwick county to appro-
pirate county funds to erect monu-
ment to the Confederate soldiers of
said county.
Bill for the retirement of bonds held
by ST. Paul's Endowment Fund, In
corporated, and providing for the issu-