The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-12
INTRODUCE ALMOST
HUNDRED BILLS.
AssEMnLY,s SECOND DAYS SESSION
BRIEF nut VERY
BUSY.
TO PROBE LAND FRAUDS
UNUSUAL HEAL ESTATE SITUATION
IN BUCHANAN SUBJECT or
lNvEsTi0ATrON--R
BARLEY's DOUBTS.
Rilis--bills--bills,

Bilis--bilis--bills.
That about describes the work of
the General Assembly yesterday.
The Senate was In session thirty
five minutes and the House ten min
uIes i0nger.
And during that time the members
who had been considering and pre-
I.avlng new laws for many months
opening up their batteries and bonn
tarded the clerks with bills RICH. and
left. In the House sixty three bills
were introduced and twenty eight IN
the Senate.
Bills for free text books: for a ie
galized primary. to prohibit gambling,
to refuse licenses to marry to drunk
en- people. habitual drunkards, and In
digent inmates of State institutions:
to prevent the practice of hypnotism:
ana for scores of other purposes came
piI,ng in and the committees, when
they begin holding their meetings.
viii have plenty Of grist to work On.
In the House.
When the House of Delegates was
called TO order yesterday morning the
reading of the Journal was dispensed
with and the body got down to bust
Less at once.
Clerk Williams announced the fos.
IoNink members u LIS CiGItCdt ctntA.
George o. Gre enc, OF Clifton Forge,
assistant clerk; George Lindsay.
Portsmouth. journal clerk; II. h.
owen. Richmond, reading clerk: II. T.
Garnett, Stafford. enrolling clerk; John
T. Loving Pulaski. w. Sam Burnley,
Albemarle; w. J. Liiliston. Accomac:
+. o, Love, Lunenburg: II. l. Gather.
Frederick, and p. +. Tuck, Ha- flax.
committee clerks.
The first bill to come from q COM
miftee came back from the coInit-
tee on special, private and local leg
islntisn. 1t authorizes any city. town
or county to use the waters OF Lake
Drummond, and to acquire by pur-
chase, condemnation or otherwise SUI
ficient lands on the shore OF thu said
lake for this purpose.
Mr.. Williams, Of Giles. introduced
resolution asking the House to APP
propriate a small sum for the pur-
pose Of investigating the curious SIT
Iuation In Buchanan county whereby
several hundred thousand acres moro
OF land IL reported from that county
than the surveys actually show. Mr..
Williams explained that many thoue-
and acres of land granted by the
State scores Of years ago had re-
Iverted to 1t, having been forfeited
for taxes; that later patents had L.
sued thereon. but that outside spec
ulators had made bogus deeds for
Thousands Of acres Of lands which did
mot exist. and such deeds had been
duly recorded. being on their face
bona fide transactions. Mr.. Williams
desired that the situation be invssti-
gated. IN order that Information be
gotten on which . remedial statute
might be predicated covering the
abuses which have been uncovered.
The Finance Committee will act
Resolve Judge Barley's DoubtA
A communication was read from
the Governor transmitting q COM
munication from Judge Barley. OF the
Corporation Court OF Alexandria. On
account Of certain work the judge
had done as q special commissioner
Tor the Federal government, he fear
ed that some assault might be made
at some time upon the legality OF his
acts as judge, on the ground that he
had vacated his Office by accepting
what might be termed an ONCE un-
der the Federal government. In or
der that there might be no question
as TO the legality Of the judges title
to his sofiice, Judge Barley was placed
in nomination and duly elected to
| fill out his own expired term. Mr..
Moncure, OF AlexandriR, explaining
the situation to the House.
With the gallery packed by the
ladies' OF the Equal Suffrage League.
Mr. NJ ontague.-~ of Richmond, intro
duced the two joint resolutions to
amend the Constitution Of Virginia
in such manner as to give women
the right to vote on the same terms
with men.
The resolutions were referred to
the Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
The message OF the Governor dis
cussing and Transmitting the report
OF the State Tax Commission was
then read. at the conclusion OF which
five hundred copies were ordered
printed.
The House then adjourned.