The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31

him n wide reputation among attor-
ncys throughout this country.
Innururatton ExcrcIkes

inauguration Exercises.
Resolutions offered by Judge Martin
Williams. providing for Joint ses-
sion OF the senate and House OF Dele
gates on Monday AT IL o'clock to wit
ness tho taking OF the oaths of office
by Governor Elect Horny c. Stuart
and Observation-Disclosures j. Taylor
| Ellyson, wcre adopted. Judge Will
liams communicated tho paper to tho
Senate, and shortly afterwards Sena-
tor Harman notified the House that the
Senate had concurred In the resolu-
| lions for the inauguration ceremonies.
At the request of Mr. Huff, bill to
amend tho charter of tho city OF Bris-
tol was rccomm:tted to the Committee
on Counties. Cities and Towns, somo
parties from the Southwest desiring
| to be heard.
House bill No. II, amending tho act
In regard to the purity and methods
OF sale of commercial fertilizers. was
! recommitted to the Committee on AEri-
culture and Mining by request.
Want Hull Ventilated.
Resolutions directing tho clerk OF
the House of Delegates with the adj
wee of tho Speaker, to install some
method of ventilation In the chamber
OF tho House of Delegates. and to
charge the cost to the contingent fund,
were adopted unanimously. Notwith-
standing the fact that tho House
chamber is in the new wing of the
capitol, and supposed to he supplied
with modern vcntiIating system, and
tlat smoking is not permitted either
during the session or for an hour be-
forehand, the hall is regarded as close
and unsantary to an unusual degree,
members having been forced to leave
the hall during debates because of the
foul air.
House bill No. 10. to prevent the cx-
pcnditure of State money by State in
stitutions in sending members OF their
boards or other persons to Richmond
to lobby for appropriations. was pass
cd by a vote of "a to Il, after a spirit
cd debate. The bill came up on its third
reading and passage. Mr.. Browning,
OF Orange, asked that the vote by
which it was passed 10 its third read
ing be reconsidered, in order that he
might offer amendments, which In tho
course of the discussion, he admitted
would cut the heart out of the bill
His motion was rejected. and the bill
was passed. the noes being NIcssrs
Browning, Field, Flanagan Franklin
Grasty, Houston, Lincoln. Miller, Mon
tague, Owen. Taylor, Willis, Winston
and Speaker Cox
Members on Sfntc Bonrds.
The bill was offered by Mr.. White
and reported favorably by the Com
mittee on Finance. Mr.. White stated
that the next step in this reform would
be measure to prohibit members of
the General Assembly from serving on
the boards of State institutions He
meant no reflection on any one. nc
said, but members of such boards when
sitting on Appropriations or Finance
committees in the General Assembly.
90 not view the needs Of other insti-
iutions with entire impartialty The
Dill provides that the officers OF no
university, college. school. asylum or
other institution or board maintained
IN part or in whole by the State shall
spend or appropriate any money for
ine purpose of sending any member
OF the board or official of the institu-
tion or other person, to the General
assembly or any committee thereof.
ior the purpose of advocating In anv
way any appropriation for any insti-
tuition Provision is made that when
the General Assembly desires informa-
ton, 1t may request any institution or
BOARD TO send one member 10 give tho
Information desired.
Annual Payment OF Licenses.
without objection. tho House passed,
Dill oHerci by Mir. Reed, of Ports
mouth reported from the Committee
on finance, to amend the act in re
gard TO The method of applying for and
obtaining state licenses. providing for
annual instead of quarterly payments
In certain cases.
Alter prolonged debate, the House
passed the Brewer bill to establish a
state hoard of Pardons, to define its
duties and powers. and to fix it's com
pcnsation and provide the manner of
It's appointment
y Senate bill to carry forward tho
u"eNpehdeu balance OF $19.954.2i for
the Virginia monument at Cettvsb,,r,
heretofore appropriated, was passed 70
us thifd reading. III the midst OF :,
debate over a House bill amending, the
act IN re.ation to the powers and duties
OF the state Highway Commissioner
the House adjourned