The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-07
SENATE PROCEEDINGS

| ginia State Library.
| SENATE PROCEEDINGS
+ w hen a message was received from
! the House saying that body refused
! to concur In Senate amendments to
! the Byrd-Featherston primary bill.
| Mr.. Holt moved that the Senate in
sist that the amendments be con-
| CURED in. The motion was carried.
A conference committee was appoint
| ed, with Messrs. Holt, Rison and
| Echols as members.
! x joint House resolution to nave
! each body consider only the other =
I bills after Thursday was passed by
! for a day Mr.. Holt objected. be-
cause. he thought. the Legislative re-
! dtstricting bill might be affected un-
der the resolution, Amendments We're
offered exempting local bills and spe-
| cial orders. but no vote was taken.
! Mr.. Holt asked to bring up a bill
| to prescribe the effect as evidence to
| be given to deeds recorded prior to
the year 1865. Although the request
met with objection, the bill was call
! ed up and passed.
Mr.. Royal declared the bill would
work great hardship In Tazewell coun-
! ty. where the courthouse has been
| burned three times. He said the bill
| was drawn to meet local conditions In
| the eastern part OF the State. but
/ would have a had effect in the west.
where titles are not SO clear.
Mr.. Walker. chairman of the Courts
of Justice Committee. which reported
the bill fnvorably said he was sure
\, 6S6 in ,. ava
If the bill was passed. He went into
a technical exposition OF the measure
Mr.. Mapp said 1T was highly i'm
| portant to fix titles to real estate. He
agreed with Mr.. Walker that presen,
statutes do not reach the case.
The patron of the measure" he
said, is willing to allow the senator
from Tazewel to amend the bill be-
fore the House committee exemptins
his county. II II can he done"
Mr.. Holt communicated the bill to
the House Immediately after 1t was
passed
A bill to authorize Buckingham
county to borrow money for road I'M
provement was called up by Mr.. Gayle
and passed. Mr.. Featherston de-
clared local bills should be passed BY
because of the congested condition
OF the calendar. He thought bills
| of Importance should be considered
first
a House bill to amend the fishing
and grabbing laws was taken up and
| passed.
Although great opposition TO the
bin developed before the Senate Com
mittee on General Laws where
amendments were added, nobody OPP
posed the ten-hour labor law wheL
called up by Mr.. Folkes. Commit
tee amendments strike out laundrie.
and make the ten-hour law apply to
mercantile establish ments on all days
except Saturdays.
A House bill to provide for re-
pairs to roads in Washington county
was passed with amendments and
sent to the House tor concurrence.
Mr.. Carrot succeeded In bringing
no the lime grinding bill. which wal
set for a special order at l o'clock
He asked that a special order he dts
! charged so the bib could be taken NJ
Immediately. Messrs. Smith and Far.
mer spoke against the bill for ar
hour and a half. A vote was no,
reached.
Mr.. Smith objected to taking the
bill up with a special order following
in ten minutes. He declared the
majority was using steam roller meth.
dds.
1T il not the purpose" he said, "oi
the men who are opposing this bill to
j claim. these who advocate II are no,
sincere. Everybody knows burned lime
is advantageous for farming. but even
then we must know how to use II
| Press dispatches have led farmers ia
believe they are going to get lime
when in reality they are getting
ground limestone.
I'VE object to this bill because II
lis a violation of the Bill OF Rights
/ 1t is class legislation. The State may
not enter into any works Of internal
improvement except the building oil
| roads. Up to a certain time all States
were engaged in works OF public inn
| provement That Ia the cause of the
heavy State debt now hanging over
our head. This was seen in the con-
stitutional convention. and was pro-
| vided for, The title Of the bill Is
| mislea ding
Under the Constitution we find
that the State may not engage In any
work of internal Improvement except
| for the direct purpose OF road Inn
| provement. This Nil IL misleading.
Although II has been declared it Il
| to employ convicts, there IL no such
! purpose In the bill.
1T is unconstitutional for another
! reason-''
Here Mr.. Smith was interrupted by
| the president Of the Senate. who
called for the game bill, Get for !
| o'clock. Mr.. Garrett asked that the
special order be passed by for thirty
minutes 50 consideration OF the time
bill could be finished. Mr.. Moncurs.
patron OF the game bill. objected 70
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