The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-27
Big Majority for States
Entrance Into Manu-
featuring Field.
ROLLING STOCK
In CONFERENCE
Will Decide as to Electric Rail
ways-Sixty-One Bills Passed
in House-Senate Defeats
Measure Regarding Treas
urers Deposits in Local
Banks.

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pact and as determined as that which
passed the Jordan enabling act. the
| advoc1tcs OF the lime grinding bill
| passed their measure yesterday in the
House OF Delegates BY vote of IS TO
i 10. For TWO years the State Farmers
! institute ana other organizations have
! been york ng up sentiment among the
! a. r'cultural classes 10 have the State
! establish plants for tho grinding OF
limestone and oyster shells. TO be sold
for the purpose OF improving the
| farms. and 10 be operated as Tar as
| possible by convict labor.
| There are 10 DC Two plants. one in
the mountains, TO grind limestone. and
the other at the seashore. 10 grind
/ oyster shells. The total Investment,
lis to be $4,000. The Governor. the
Superintendent, OF the state Peniten-
tlary anu the Commissioner Of AE-:
culture viii constitute the Convict
Lime Board" TO have charge OF he
| manufacture ana sale Of the product.
1t is TO BE- sold at COST. all expenses
beng ;a.:en into consideration. incluu-
! ms depreciation.
The organized forces behind the
Lana substitute for the original bill
voted down every amendment not
| previously agreed upon between them
| sc.Tcs, even one which was intended To
prevent the spending OF more money
/ than authorized in the appropriation,
and the one maxi the state liable
tor damages TO employees of the plant.
/ Vote In DetnfI.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-.Adatns. Anderson. Baker. of
Chesterfield. Bell, Bowman, Brown. Of
Danv;i!c. Buck. Burt Chalkley Chris
tian. Clarke, Coleman. OF Spotsylvania:
} Dreamer, Daniel, Earman, Evans. Ew-
ing. Fitzhugh. Flanagan, Gillian,
Grant, Harvey, Harweod, Houston,
Howerton. lvSy. Kinscy. Land. Love.
Martin. Massic Meetze. Miistead, Moore.
Aioseley. Mustard, Norris. Old, Oliver.
Page. Radford, Rakes. Richardson.
Roberts. o. Mecklenburg; Roberts. of
! Washington; Robertson. Rolston, Row,
rutherford, smith, Stephenson. Of
Bath. Stephenson. OF James City;
7 Stratton. Tebb. Tate. Taylor. Temple
ton. Terrell. Throckmorton, Tiffany.
ut2. Walton. Weaver. Webb. White, of
/ Albemarle, Willeroy, Williams and
;, Wise-6s.
Noes-Borden. Browning. Cox. Cur
It's. komper. Spessard. Watts, White.
OF Rockbr!dge; wiEsler and the
1 speaker-lo.
| Pair-Mr. Balm with Mr.. Lunsford
Consider Rolling Stock Tax.
/ The House or Delegates refused to
concur in the Senate amendments TO
SNoNh At.N DiiIg anu tIt mat
ter went to conference committee.
composed of Mcssrs. Holt, Hart and
i kchols for the Senate. and Messrs, VII
liams. Throckmorton and Watts for the
House The objection was not 10 the
basis OF division OF this revenue. but
arose. as explained in The imesDis-
patch OF Saturday, over the exemption
Of street railways" from the distribu-
ton of taxes 1t was question as to
whether or not this applies 10 electric
railways running into the country. In
conference, 1t Is expected, the word
I. electric" will be substituted for the
word street"
No fewer than sixty-two House bills
were finally passed by the House yes
terday, all save the lime grinding bill
being acted upon in the afternoon ses-
sion of two hours and nifty minutes.
! These were for the most part uncon-
tested. since one objection served to
pass bill BY. Naturally. most OF them
were local. but some are of general I'M
: portance. In addition. the House pass
ed twelve Senate bills and agreed to
the Senate amendments in i've House
| bills.
Work Disposed or
| The oldest Inhabitants cannot re-
member a day under the new Consti-
tuition when SO many measures were
disposed OF. The roll calls at the af-
ternoon session were rapid and the
count equally SO, three clerks co-operat-
/ ing. so that there was not the alightest
l delay. This relieves the calendar to a
very great extent.
The Senate also spent o busy after
noon, advancing half d hundred bills
and passing about dozen. Some con-
tested matters occupied Its attention in
tho morning.
The bill providing for a department
OF mines was passed by the Senate.
and Immediately communicated by Sem
ator Wendenburg to the House, whose
Committee on Agriculture and Mining
Will have special meeting this morn
ing at 9 o'clock to consider It.
A bill proposing that when local
treasurers deposit public funds In a
designated bank, they shall not be liza
BILE, in case OF the failure OF the deposi
tory, wac dcfoated In the Senate by a
vote Of 10 to Is, but motion to recon
slider WAS passed by, and 1t may come
up again.
Another contest was had over tho
taking OF insurance cases to tho United
States courts, and debate was not con-
cluded whom tho morning session end
1 ed.
Taxes and Primaries To-Dny.
Important matters will be consld-
cred in the two houses to-day. The
ptiAh bAis 40 u opoSAot otoSi al LILO
Senate, and 1t Is believed that body
| will pass 1t. although the amendments
! may be such az will be dlstasteful to
Its patrons. In the House the Byrd
1 Tax Commission bill. As amended by
the Finance Committee, Will come up
ut o'clock, and 1t Is expected that 1t
Will be disposed of in one way OF the
| other.
The morning fight In the House was
over attempted changes In the outlines
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