The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-20

BY making it 2,Ooo. this being agreed
TO. The bill was engrossed.
Then. on motion OF MIR. Throcl1mor-
ton. the House went back 10 the ten
hour Bill, and changed 1t so as to CON
form in it's exceptions TO the child
labor proposition by making both apply
only in towns OF more than 1000 popu-
lation.
The bin exempting certain kinds of
slot machines from license tax was
reconsidered and amended by Mr..
White so as to make tho exception in
clude natural waters sold at i cent
glass
Salaries of Judges.
MI. Coleman withdrew his objection
made on Saturday. to the bill increas-
Ing the salaries of judges OF the SUI
preme Court OF Appeals to $4,000 q
year. He had been under misappre-
hension. he said. and had since found
that 1t would not apply until the be-
EinninG OF the next new term. He
moved TO take the measure up out OF
its order.
Judge Williams opposed the repeated
motions to call up Bills in this matter
The motion to take up was lost. 80 to
As.
The calendar being reached, thore
came up first the motion entered sew
eral days ago by Mr.. Throckmorton to
reconsider the vote by which the bill
lengtheninS the hours OF labor of State
employees was ordered TO It's cngross.
aIcnt. The bill makes the hours TO
o'clock. except on Saturdays. when they
are 9 to 2. Mr.. Throckmorton moved
90 make the hour noon on Saturdays.
Mr.. Stephenson, of Bpth,. said the
present hours are unfair to the people
who pay the taxes. and asked the
House not TO reconsider. The Throck-
morton motion was lost, The bill was
put on Its passage and passed. 81 to :.
Governors Messages.
Secretary Ben owen brought Il mes
cage from the Governor containing the
report OF tho commission which pre-
serted bronze cast OF the IIoudon
statue of Washington to the republic
of France. and suggested that 1t DO
printed as containing much material
and illustrations OF historical import
ance.
lie also returned. without action. tho
joint resolution proposing amendments
to the Constitution so to permit
city treasurers and commissioners OF
the revenue TO succeed themselves.
Next came the motion entered last
week by Mr.. Oliver to reconsider the
vote by which House bill No. Ill was
ordered TO be engrosscd. This bill
regulates and defines the liability OF
common carriers for Inquiries to their
employees from negligence
Mr.. Oliver said the bill as IL stands
would apply to stage lines ana such
minor operations. and he wanted to
amend 1t.
Mr.. Montague opposed this, as did
Mr.. White. who said II was intended
TO give to tho people of Virginia the
same rights granted in Interstate
matters by Congress in a bill now de-
clared constitutional.
At this point. the hour of 2 o'clock
having arrived. the chair was vacated
until o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
When tho chair was resumed at
O'Clock, Mr.. Weaver secured the door
on tho White bill This measure pro-
vides that no employe who may be
injured or killed shall be held to have
been guilty of contrlbutory negligence
in any case where the viola ton by
the common carrier OF any statute en-
acted for the safety of employees con-
tributed to the injury or death OF such
employee.
The bill. said Mr. Weaver. applied
only to steam railroads. At the morn
ing session Mr.. Montague had opposed
reconsideration OF the vote for the
purpose OF offering an amendment to
include street railways. because such
concerns had not been heard. This
looked fair, hut he had since been in
formed that another bill OF tho same
sort was on tho calendar applying to
street railways. and that tho com