The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-19

the Business Mems Association OF
RICHMOND, an invitation to the House
to attend buiret luncheon to be
given TO-DAY from the hours of noon
TO four O'Clock.
DIR. Stephenson, of James City, ask
cd that o1V copies IT the CO. ordinate
College bin be printed, and the House
80 voted.
ON motion OF Mr., Bowman the
House set The Tax Commission bin as
a continuing order for lz:a0 o'clock,
I thursday, January rs. Mr.. Montague
tried to have tho date deferred to
the following Monday, but ms sub
stitute to that end was defeated.
Appointments Confirmed.
In accordance with a concurrent
( resolution previously adopted the Sen
ate was then ushered into the hail OF
the House of Delegates for u joint
session to vote on the confirmation Of
j, Richard Wingiield. as member OF
the State Corporation Commission
and w. ID. Saunders as dairy and
t food commissioner.
ON motion Of Senator EeathersteHe,
! of Lynchburg. both these gentlemen
were duly confirmed In their respective
I appointments by unanimous vote, at
( ter which the Joint session was dis
/ missed.
! The measure that occasoned the
/ heat OF the day" was that of MIR
! Stephenson, of Bath. which came up
on Its passage, and Is known as House
/ bill No. IA 1t provides for remedy
/ by motion after thirty daye' notice
! for any tort. which notice shall be
returned To the clerks office within
| five days after the service of the same
and after such thirty days notice the
/ motion shall ha dockettd
AS explained by Its patron the
measure is designed to do away with
/ much needless delay, especially in
| actions for damages. MIR, Peck of
/ Norfolk, expressed the belief that the
measure would unsettle the legal
situation so that lawyers would not
| know where they stood for ten years.
Mr.. Cox took the same view and ex-
! pressed the belief that, in place OF
doing away with delay 1t would cause
more delay.
WillerOy Critical.
Mr.. Willeroy, of King william.
favored the BIN. The lawyers were
too prone to follow dead and gone
precedent. Some farms 2uare In usa
nav sts used thousand years ago
He was not surprised he said, that
the railroad attorneys on the floor
of the House should oppose the meas
ure
Mr.. Cox interposed, saying that he
did not understand the gentleman
from King William to imply that any
! member or the General Assembly was
Improperly Influenced In his course
in connection with this bill by reason
of his connection with railroads. Mr..
Willeroy dsolaimed any such reilec-
tons. saying that he did not imply
that they were improperly Influenced.
During the brief colioQuy Mr.. Cox
was much in earnest and spoke with
indication of suppressed feeling.
The roll cab was taken ut the con-
clusion Of Mr., Willeroy's remarks and
resulted in the passage OF the bill
by vote of SO To 1a. The same
measure passed the House in 1910
with Mr.. Stephenson AS its patron.
but was defeated in the Senate. In the
| session OF 1905 Mr.. Montague was
the patron of the measure.
The Hsnse then adjourned with a
number of measures on the calen-
dar.
The following House bills wer.
passed yesterday,
No. 9-House bill To amend ana
/ re7enact An ACT entitled an ACT to
organize county and city boards or
! poor commissioners and requiring re-
| ports from said boards" approved
| March Ia. 1910. Patron, Mr.. Cox.
! No. l0-House bill to amend and
! re enact section lolita OF the Code Of
/ Virginia, entitled Extension OF the
! corporate limits Of cities and towns"
! authorizing the district school board Of
( any district OF ary county wherein
any part OF any district OF said county
In annexed 70 any caty and compenaa-
| tion 10 any county for any school.
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