The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

guagc Patron, Mr.. Johnson. of RUS
sell.
No. 81. excmpting registered practic-
ing Pharmacists from Jury service.
Patron. Mr.. Moncure. OF Alexandria.
NO 3S. to suspend sentence and to
allow ball In certain cases. Patron,
Mr.. White
No. 30, to give notice of thirty days
on motion to correct mistakes in land
matters. Patron, Mr.. Stephenson, OF
Bath.
No. AZ. to require the assessed value
OF a banks real estate to bo deducted
from It's assets
Mos. a., As, d6, ~ and As. all bills
allowing different magisterial districts
in Norfolk county to borrow money
for school purposes. Patrons Mr.. Ow-
ems and Mr.. Sylvester.
Punish Election Frauds.
No. 40. making election frauds fell
ones. Patron. Mr.. Keyser.
No. so. amending the road law Of
Culpeper county. Patron. Mr.. Bell
No. 81. repeating an, act declaring
Cowpasture River n public highway.
Patron, Mr.. Stephenson. of Bath.
No. 80, allowing courts to appoint
land assessors In Vacation. Patron, Mr..
Good.
No. 81, requiring lands omitted from
books to be replaced thereon. Patron.
Mr.. Spessard, BY request.
No. 80, appropriating S2,s45 to pay
a deficit on the construction of the
Swanson building at the Virginia
School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Patrons Mr.. Templetor and Mr.. Kem-
per.
No. 5s, the usual bills allowing the
funding OF the old public debt
No. 81. to provide that books of
entry and survey shall be kept in
clerks' Offices or other safe places.
Patron, Mr.. Stephenson, of Bath.
No. SIS. to make venire facias and
! returns on game matters of public rec
| ord. Patron. Mr.. White.
Most OF these measures went through
without objection. However, there
were explanations and arguments or
some points.
Drunknrds in Dry Towns.
Mr.. Oliver. of Fairfax, wanted tc
add inebriates to those persons to b
| looked into by the state Board OF
Charities. Mr.. Williams, of Giles. in
CURED who he meant to define as Inc
| briates. Mr.. Oliver said he lived IL
what is supposed to DC dry town
and that, as is always the case IL
such communities, there were a large
{, number of confirmed drunkards. III
| said he desired statistics on this sub
J ject Ills amendment was lost.
on the bill exemptins Pharmacist
from jury service, Mr.. Yarrell. o.
f, Greenesville. asked who are exemp
now from such service. Mr.. Page. O.
| Hanover, said: Everybody excepting
| Pharmacists" Mr. Oliver said tina
pharmacists are exempt now while OF
duty. and that the present law works
a hardship in cases where there are
| but two men. one OF whom might have
| to work continuously while the othe1
was on a jury
| Quite a controversy arose from thu
| bill regarding the Cowpasture River
| In 1922 the Legislature declared thi!
| stream a public highway. and thu
present bill is to repeal that action
| Mr. Page, OF Hanover, objected to thu
bill and asked for further time. 81
| that parties might be heard. The pa
iron. Mr.. Stephenson. of Bath, said HI
hoped Mr.. Page would be frank enough
to say that he represents q few fisher
/ men who want to fish from other PEG
pies land. Any one, he said. can ge
permission to fish, but the owners OBJ
/ ject to people fishing without asking
permission.
II Rights of People.
In an eloquent reply Mr.. Page sait
that he represented all the people o
Il Virginia and that the Commonwealth
should not vote away its invested
rights. However. the majority wa
against him. and his motion to pass b.
was voted down and the bill ordered
to its engrossment.
i Referring to the bill appropria,tni
money to pay a deficit to the Deaf ant
!. mind school Mr. Rowman of Roanoke
said that he had been serving on TIL
Finance Committee for ten years, am
that from his observation this schoo
is one of the most economically admin
istered of the States institutions.
4 The bill requiring surveyors record
to be kept in clerks Offices or othe
safe places caused good deal OF talk
However, it finally passed Its secon
reading without amendment.
At 2:ll the House adjourned.