The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
House Passes -Four Bills
and Senate One on
Eighth Day.
BILL is OFFERED
TO TAX MINERALS
Tonnage Tax Makes Appearance
in House-Judge Williams
Questions Value of School
Examiners Contingent
Expense Bill First to
Pass House.

Pass House.
If the General Assembly keeps up
its present pace it will apparently
demonstrate before the end of the ses-
sion that it is entirely unnecessary to
extend the time for meeting to ninety
days. since it may run out OF some
thing to do before the regular sixty
days expire. One bill has already been
passed in the Senate and four in the
House. three of the latter having gone
the full round of Legislative routine.
through cominittecs and various read
ings. Yet only eight days OF the ses-
sion have expired.
The Senate yesterday took UP out
Of its order and passed an emergency
bill allowing the city OF Newport News
10 provide payment for the clerk OF
it's Hastings Court. This measure will
now 20 to the House.
y bill. declared to be an emergency,
was put through the same course In
the contingent expenses of the House
of Delegates. 1t was explained that
unless this bill were acted upon at
once the members might run through
with their pocket money and be COM
PEELED TO send home for more. With
this admonition in their cars. the dele
gates voted unanimously for the meas
ure without having it read or printed.
Bills Go Through
House bills Nos. 2. 8 and 4, which
have Travelled the regular course, were
read the third time and passed
Opposition led by Mr.. Taiaferro, OF
Orange, developed to the bill allowing
until certain date for veterinary sur
seons to show the standing of their
practice. But the final vote resulted:
60 yeas, Is nays
The other two bills which went
through were TO extend tho time for
the collection of certain taxes and
TO fix the co,npensatios of real estate
assessors. The latter was the meas
ure over which theye was a fight on
TUESDAY. and which was. so amended
as to destroy its original intent.
May Abolish School Examiners.
Investigation of the uses to which
district school examiners are put is TO
be made by the House Committee on
Schools and Colleges. i resolution to
this effect was offered yesterday by
Mr.. Williams, OF Giles, and adopted.
Judge williams said that the impress
sion seemed to be that this office
should be abolished as useless ey-
pense. In this view. he said. with the
light before him, he concurred The
resolution was carried. and Will be
considered in public hearing before
the committee next Thursday
The joint resolution recommending
the College of William and Mary to
the Carnegie Foundation was passed
by both houses.
Several bills,were passed on their sec
ond reading in either branch, and We're
ordered to be engrossed. One of these
was the House bill which will allow
an early vote in Manchester on the
question of. consolidation It will be
put upon its final passage to day.
In the Senate. among the bills
passed on second reading was that
to allow husband and wife to testify
against each other In cases involving
non-support. and that relative to the
claim OF the Mount Vernon Avenue
Association.
The senatorial members Of the Joint
Committee on Combinations reported
favorably on the appointment OF Judge
r. r.. Prents to the State Corpora ton
Commission.
with the Committees.
Committees did a good deal OF work.
In the House the Throckmorton bill
providing indeterminate sentences for
criminals was reported from the Com
mittee on Courts of Justice.
Health matters We're before the
House Committee on General Laws.
The bills clothing the State Board Of
Health with additional powers wera
considered, but were referred to SUBJ
committee DR.. Williams, the State
Health Commissioner, and Dir. w. M.
Smith. the chairman Of the legislative
committee Of the board, appeared for
the bills. Judge Martin Williams, a
member OF the committee, thought too
much power was given in the meas
ures to the Health Board.
The proposition OF Mr.. Wissler, OF
Smyth, to have Republican represent
tationgon special boards of directors Of
State hospitals for the insane, was he
and Prisons, but was apparently rath-
er unfavorably considered. No action
was taken.
Several hearings were set for the
future. These are: Tuesday January
l.25. before the House Committee on
Counties. Cities and Towns bill to
put water power companies under con-
troll OF the State Corporation Commits
sion: Thursday. January 81, 10 A. NJ,
before the Senate Committee on Public
IsInstitutions and Education, the Strode
bill to establish a State college for
women; Saturday. January 30. p. NJ,
before the House Committee on Gem
oral Laws, the proposed child labor
| bil1. The two House committees refer
red to above will meet In the courtroom
OF the state Corporation Commission.
wants TonnaEe 'Tax.
Among the new bills introduced yes
\ terday, the one which will arouse the
most violent nntaEonlsm Is the meas
lure proposed BY y. B. Powers. .Jr.. OF
Caroline, Imposing tonnage tax on
minerals at the mouth Of the mine
This sort of bill comes up before The
/ lGeneral Assembly at every session, hut
has always heretofore been defeated
lit proposes to tax minerals at the rate
of ST on each 500 OF fair valuation.
N Next In point Of a row-prod,tcer Id
n{bil offered by Mr., ] enninss. Of Lynch.
burg. prohibiting any person from Ii,
any way putting into. the streams. oi
1.-THE State any substance which IS nox.
ious to human, huns animal or @fsh lie by
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