The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-11
and present to tho General Assembly "A
proper budget OF their financial needs.
Night Session.


Delegates continued the consideration
or House bills Oh their final passage.
House bill No. 2iS. imposing a license
tax on all persons. firms and corpora-
tons engaged in the business of haul
ing over tho public highways lumber,
cordwood. railroad ties. pilng logs
poles. ship timber or tan bark, the
road fund of the county in which tho
license Is obtained was debated Sat
length. The patron. Mr.. Gregory, de-
Tending the bill and a number OF MEM
bcrs from lumber and railroad tie soc
lions objecting. Tho bill was defeated,
~ to- 20
House bill No. co. making it INSIDE
meanor for any person to cntice. per-
suade ana procure servant or en-
ployc to unlawfully leave the services
ioi such master or employer and to
make IL Il misdemeanor for any person
TO harbor and detain in his service
with knowledge of the violation OF the
provisions of this act, any person who
has violated it was defeated 90 to %
Mr.. Gordon suggested that tho bill
might he construed 10 make tho act OF
going on a peaceful strike a criminal
offense Mr.. Horner defended the bill.
declaring that II had no such intent
Lands HIn Rejected.
BY q vote OF ~ to 20 the House re-
jcctcd the Land bill to authorize tho
supervisors Of counties to enact local
and special legislation. The bill was
regarded AS e hoine-rulc measure Civ
ing county SUPERVISORS powers similar
20 those Of the councils OF towns aud
TO relieve the General Assembly of Il
vast amount OF special and local lcGis-
lation usually passed only on the word
Of the local representative. Mr.. Ficld
opposed the bill as calculated to on
able thc>supcrvisors to build up an in
viuciblc political machine.
House bill No 81. to amend section
9i4a of the code ia relation to the re-
port Of receivers and their duties in
the location Of new roads caused a GU
riOus connection when IL appeared
that II was intcndde to cut out a ref
crcnce TO orchards. which have hereto
fore been grouped with graveyards,
yards and gardens. as exempt from in
vasion of public roads. The roll call
showed ayes. Gil: noes is; and as the
bill carried an emergency clause, TAX
ing effect from its passage and required
# four-ffths vote. 1t Was declared re-
jcctcd.
The bill was roconsidercd. the emer-
gency clause eliminated and tho bill
again put on its passage. being adopted,
ayes, 81: noes, l3.
House bill No 143, amending section
ga of tho Code, relating to the estab-
lishnent and construction of roads,
was rejected, the roll call showing.
ayes, "a: noes. 10. Having an emer
gency clause, 1t was declared rejected.
The bill was rcconsidered amended
and passed
Adopts Torrens system.
Without a word OF debate the
Adams bill providing for the optional
adoption of the Torrens system OF land
| ~ 70
and passed, ayes, So; noes, 4.
At 1925 o'clock tho House reached
House bill No. 252. providing. on the
conveyance by tho Nirgini;, Home and
Industrial School OF Its property, real
and personal. located In the County
OF Chesterfield. to the State OF Nir-
ginia, that the state will assume con-
troll operation and management OF the
home in accordance with the charter
Of the corporations; and to assume any
Indebtedness of the homo not to exceed
$500, and for the sale OF tho property
on certain conditions.
The patron, Mr.. Gum. offered verbal
amendments making the bill conform 10
the bill already adopted by the Senate,
which were adopted. An amendment
offered by Captain Baker, OF Chester
field, directing" instead OF permit
ting" the sale of the property and the
reinvestmcnt OF the proceeds in a SINH
lar institution at some other location,
was rejected
Mr.. Gordon objected TO voting away
the peoples money for this purposc.
1t seemed to him the limit of fanati-
cisrn. Mr.. Horner characterized the
bill as an effort of the promoters to
unload on the state a hornets nest
The bill was adopted. ayes, 81; noes, %.
Anti-JuE Bill Passed.
Without debate the Pennington bill
regulating the shipment of liquor into
dry territory was put on its passage
and passed. sc to 16 The bill is known
as the anti-jug law. and is designed
to restrict shipments of liquor from
license into no-licensc territory to
bona fide cash purchasers of not more
than one gallon each. The roll call was
as follows
Ayes-Bakcr. Barley. Branscomb,
Brewer. Brown. Cawthorn, Chalklcy.
Chapman, Cousins, Crockett, Dalton,
Duke, Ferebee. Grant. Grasty, Gordon
Harris. Harrison, Hcfiin. Horner. Huff,
Johnson. Kent, Kinsey, Land. Lewis,
Lincoln, Looney. Love. Lowry. Malbon.
MeetZc, Miller, Milstcad, holland, Nor
ris. Page, Pennington, Powell, Radford,
Rev, Rolston, T. w. Smith. III. Il. Smith.
Stcarnes Steck, Stephenson. Stubs.
Taylor. Terrell, Walton, Weaver, II. c.
White. Williams, Willis. Winston-56.
Nays-Birrell Bonifant, Clement,
tasley. Field, Green. Gregory. Hobson.
Hughes. Montague, Myers. Nelson. Oil
yer, Price, Toney, Speaker Cox-16
By 4 vote of 33 To 80. the House
rejected House bill No ISL. to amend
section $3.50 of the Code. providing
for punishment of husbands deserving
their wives or minor children in neces-
'sitous circumstances without just cause
objection was made to the provision
OF sentence to the public roads as eX-
ccssive.
Tt,n 1I.,~
sc 20 81. House bill No. 81, to estab-
lish Il commission to study the edu-
cational systems of Virginia and other
States and countries.
Mr.. Montague, patron of the reso-
luton, said that it had | cen introduced
at the instance of DIR. ]. 4. c. Chandler,
Superintendent of the Richmond
sch oOlS. Following the ,feachnrs, Con