The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-27

Senate bill number ". ~ to the CIR
cult courts. Mr.. 6tephenson Of Bath,
introduced an amendment taking the
county OF Highland out Of the Nine
teeutA and placing In the Et9hte@nh
district. In order to relieve the pres
sure upon Judee Anderson. who has
now six courts. The change will give
Judge Holt district composed Of Au-
gusta. Highland and Rockbridge.
Mesers Terppleton aud Kemper. OF Au-
gusta, opposed the change as putting
more work on Judge Holt. Mr..
Stephenson declared that he had told
Judge Holt before his election that
the Highland people desired the
change to be made In the interest
OF convenient access to the Judge and
Mr.. Stephenson declared that the
the work. The House by vote OF
- to Is sdoBted tho amendment.
Defeat Change In Southwest.
The next fight came when Mr..
Charley, OF Wise, offered an amend
ment to reform the Twsoty-third.
Twenty-fourth ana Twenty-seventh
districts SO as to relieve the pressure
on Judge Skeen. His amendments
were to take Scott county out Of the
Twenty-seventh and place 1t in the
Twenty-third district. and to take
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and place II In the TwVnty-seventh
district.
Mr.. Buck. OF Washington county.
measure, and Messrs. Taylor. Of Scott.
and Grant, of Buchanan. likewise OPP
posed the changes proposed. The
House voted down the amendments OF
the gentleman from Wise by a vote
of 40 to IL. The bill was then placed
on its passage and adopted by a vote
OF 1910 l..
The House then passed the Senate
bill to authorize the ascertainfnent
and designation of the boundary tines
of real estate. Mr.. Gillian made an
attack upon the measure as unneces-
sary legislation and. after the meas
ure had been adopted by vote Of
As to II. he moved Its reconsideration.
Mr.. White declared that he concurred
in the view/ of the gentleman from
Petersburg and thoaght the measure
was III advised. Other House law
yers. Including Judge Williams. Mr..
Lumford and Mr.. White, declared that
the measure would serve to simplify
the adjustment OF disputes as 10
boundary lines, the only remedy In
connection Herewith at this time being
an action OF ejectment. which neces-
state the tracing OF title from the orig
inal grant from the Commonwealth.
Under the new law the action Is based
upon the records Immediately relevant
to the title at issue giving the courts
power to have the disputed boundaries
fixed by simple action. The House
declined to reconsider.
The House then passed Senate bill
number IA, having for its object the
making of the weights of a bushel OF
several of the agricultural products OF
the State conform to the weights al
ready adopted in number of other
States. Among several other changes
II increases the weight of a bushei of
potatoes from IS to 90 pounds.
Senate bill amending an act Ito
constitute the town of Warrenton and
surrounding territory selNrate
school district and to provide for the
opening and repairing the roads OF
Culpeper county We're then passed
with a rush.
Pass Insurance Bills.
A bunch of these bills was then
reached having to do with the conduct
OF various forms of insurance business
In the State. They were measures
which have the approval OF the Ma
tional Association of Insurance Com
misstoners and have for their object
generally the protection of the public
against unsafe 1cerns and to make
certain requirei. nts OF insurance
compaies. All ofthe bills were passed
by practically unanimous votes. One
of the measures regulated the forms of
policies OF companies insuring against
accidental bodily injury or disease.
Another of the measures provides that
liability companies shall maintain a
certain reserve ontheir policies. 4
third bill provides for reducing the ex-
pese OF iiauodafing delinquent tnsur-
ance companies.
The last bill passed before the
House proceeded at l o'clock to the
consideration OF the special order the
lime bill. wSs a Senate bill to provide
that the status OF q bank as a State
depository shall not be chan-Ad or at
feeted by a change of the name or
merger OF such bank with another
bank, or because II shall be convert
ed into a national bank.
Discuss Lime Bill.
Mr.. Evans, OF Caroline, discussed
some of the objections which had been
urged against the lime bill. Some of
the members had found their fertilizer
constituents opposed to the measure
In his county he had found the fer
tilizer handlers In favor Of the bill be-
cause 1t would create an interest In
agriculture and would eventually help
their business. One Of the lime man.
ufacturers had made the point before
the committee, said Mr.. Evans. that
the two plants proposed would not be
able to furnish a rock for each farm
in the State, He thought this prob
ably trua and declared the States en-
gagi-s In lime-grisding would not in
terfere at all with existing lime max
ing plants and would but tend to ad-
growing demand for their product. He
paid a tribute to the constitutional
lawyers on the floor OF the House who
spynoSed the blEi saf Nj shaii ssst they
should give the farmers the benefit OF
the doubt.
Viewers Amendments.
Mr. Weaver. OF Warren. declared
that II the bill PASSED In the torn II
had been presented. the Senate substi-
tute measure being before the House
as a substitute to the House bill. It
would defeats the very objects sought
There was nothing In the measure. he
declared. to keep the coneFste manu-
tacturers OF the State from consuming
the nnttre output He declared that
whether constitutional not the real
object Of the bill was to give the farm
ere OF the state opportunity to buy
other interests. He declared also that
lime cheap, and not to fIrvsse II to
under the bill ~ drawn the hy.pro-
ducts could all Be gotten by the rail
roads, He thought they should 10 to
the roads of the State. He then Of
feFad an amendment 10 provide that