The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-02

information regarding his actions. II
IL argued that after Il bank has gone
into the hands of receiver. there is
no further reason for conccalment OF
! us embarrassment, for It is a definite
and hopeless failure. It has been i'm
possible for the examiner to even say
thut he has examined n bank. under
the law, and as result he has been
blamed for failures when in reality, st
Is understood. he has saved depositors
by arrcsting officials in their career
beforo all assets are gone.
Prospects are now good that the
House Committee on General Laws will
report gume bill providing Tor u
state warden and hunters license
sentiment in the committees, it is said
/ has grown in this direction. Tho com
mittce on yesterday morning reported
| favorubly tho bill offered by S. H.
| Evans. of Caroline, allowing the APP
pointment of additional local game
wardens on the application of live free
! holders.
a bill introduced In the House yes
tcrday by aIessrs. Tiffany, Kent and
| MeetZe would exempt physicians who
are Confederate or Union veterans
from payment Of license taxes.
| A new redistrictlng bill as TO House
| districts was offered in the House yes
terday by John S. White, of Aibemar RE.
Not many changes are made, and they
are as follows:
Bedford la given one direct mem
| Der, and Franklin one, with one as a
| iloater between them: Buckingham IS
! given one by itself: Buchanan and
Dickinson, one; Wise. ono; Cumber-
land and Powhatan are put together.
while Chesterfield Is given ono mem
! ber The bill puts Essex and Middle
sex together. King and Queen and
King William together. aud Gloucester
and Mathews together. Norfolk city
Gets three members, Portsmouth one,
while Portsmouth, Princess Anne and
| NorIolk county arc put together for
one. Richmond gets six, and Roanoke
city and Floyd county are gut togeth-
CT. In addition to Roanokt's one man.
| Tho representation of Washington
county and Bristol Is reduced to one.
In consideration of the fact that
there is much talk of FREQ school books
and no statistics on the eubject. sets
forth joint resolution offered in the
| House yesterday by DR.. s. I. a. Kent,
the State Board OF Education Is III :
structcd to require teachers to report
| the total amount expended by each
|
A bill for the abolition OF county
poorhouscs and the establishment of
| congressional district institutions, was
proposed yesterday in the House by w.
y. Land and w. S. Ivey. The counties
are given representation on the boards
| OF control.
A wheel tax for the support of roads
Is proposed by T.. b. Roberts. He
would allow supervisors to charge two
wheeled vehicles 40 cents. four wheel
| cd, 40 cents; two-horsc farm wagons.
| 81: four horse farm Wagons So: auto
mobiles, SO; two-horsc vehicles con-
stanuy hauling lumber or similar
heavy commodities, s4: fourhorse We
| hicles OF the same class, So.
! bill to raise the age Of consent
for females In Virginia from fourteen
| TO sixteen years, offered by Daniel
Coleman. of Norfolk, is still being
considered. 1t is backed by religi-
GUS and social workers. In some quar-
ters the penalty is regarded as rath-
CIR heavy. and this may be amended.
| A bill to prohibit the sale or Civ
ing away OF cigarettes In Virginia TO
persons under eighteen, instead OF six
teen, as at present, was offered yes
terday in the House by John C. Utz
| Berkeley d. Adams who has bill
providing for purity of turpentine and
| paints. has many letters from manu-
fncturers all over the country. Some
what to his surprise, many of these APP
prove his BILL saying they are sick
| of frauds and receptions in the paint
| business. and want the public TO
| know what their products contain.
Discussion OF the prohibition bill
| will be concluded tonight at II
o'clock before the House Committee
on Privileges and Elections. The OPP
| position will have two hours and the
advocates of the bill one hour.
Hearings on rearranGe mont of con
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