The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-06

ueQ VoIeTB OF tHe SAID town. ana TO
authorize the said council Of the said
town to call special election for the
submission of same TO the voters OF
said town.
To repeal an act entitled an act
providing for working public roads
IN Prince Edward county, approved
March the Sd and March 4th, 1895
March and March 4, 1896
To empower the council of the
town of GAINESVILLE, in the county of
Mecklenburg, to Issue and sell bonds
for the purpose of establishing and
maintaining a water system, and for
establishing and maintaining a sewer
age system, In said town. provided
that the question of such bond issue,
for the purposes named, be first sub
mitted to the qualified voters of said
town and to authorize such council
to call special election for the SUBJ
mission Of the same to the voters
thereof.
To authorize Cumberland county.
from time to time, as necessary. to
borrow money and issue bonds for a
sum not exceeding $4,000 for the
purpose of uniting in the building of
roads in the county of Cumberland
upon the State money aid plan, ap-
proved March IA. 1912.
10 Af1enQ SeCtipH oHDl Oh lHe E0us
of Virginia, In relation to injuring
of land in a town not incorporated.
how punished.
To amend and re-enact section 526
of the code Of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, In relation TO the jurisdic-
ton and powers of the school board
in cities, and to the clerks of said
board and extending its provisions to
towns, constituting separate school
districts.
To provide for closing certain
streets or parts of streets IN the city
OF Norfolk. Virginia.
To provide for the volume ad
mission Of insane persons In the State
hospitals or other State Institutions
for the insane, and for their trans
portation and maintenance and treat
ment while in such hospitals or in
stitutions, and their discharge from
such hospitals or institutions.
To amend and re-enact section 27s
of the code as amended and re-enact-
ed by an act approved March 13,
1912.
To support a commission, which
shall prepare and execute q proper
plan for the celebration at one or
more points in this State of the one
Of Client and of unbroken peace and
amity among the English speaking
people.
Requiring the Supreme Court NJ
Appeals to state facts and give rea-
sons for its decisions.
To amend and re-enact section AZ
Of the code of Virginia concerning
the renewal of lost bonds or certif-
Gates.
To provide for celebration Of CEN.
fury of peace among the English
speaking peoples
To submit to the qualified electors
of the city of Charlottesville as to
the abolition of the Corporation court
of said city as provided IN section SO
OF the constitution OF Virginia
To amend and re-enact an act ap-
proved February IL, 1894, as amend
ed by an act approved March Is.
1905, Incorporating the town of Tap
pahannock, in the county of Essex.
Afternoon Session.
When the senate convened at 4
O'Clock the matter of reading the
newspaper comments was taken up,
and the reading. was about to begin
when Mr.. Saunders moved that the
senate dispense with the reading OF
the papers. Messrs. Echols, Holt and
N1Edsatl wanted the papers Teau, put
they were passed by
Begin the Reading.
When the senate reassembied the
order was to read the papers seat to
the clerks desk by Senator Gravatt.
Clerk Hanger braced himself for an
ordeal for the clipping were enough
to make the average editor SILVER be-
fore he began to handle the assert
ment-
John Garland Pollard was chosen
president of the Progressive Democra-
tic league
The senators began TO litter, to
laugh. then To shont. and wound up
in a roar
THE clerk has the wrong clip
ping" said Senator Gravatt, rising and
joining in tho laughter. 1t was sus-
pended for time, and before it could
be resumed the senate directed that
the reading he discontinued
Senator Gravatt later explained that
he had gotten the clipping in the
wrong envelope and had no idea that
the one which was being read had
gotten into the wrong package. No
one appeared TO enjoy the joke more
heartily at the idea that anything
savoring of election frauds had gotten
into the same package with the Iro-
gressives,
Senate Votes a Tie
The senate then took up the
Featherston amendment dealing with
the matter OF Furnishing any person
who may tamper with any box. bal
lot. book, tally sheet. memorandum,
or make any change. erasure or sub
stitution In any part of any para
phernalia. He shall be fined not less
than $500 nor more than 81 900 and