The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-21
LEGISLATURE ENDS
ITS LONG LAbORS
Session of 1914 Is Adjourned
After Formalities Are
Observed.
ALL BILLS ARE ENROLLED
Governor Puts Signature to Score
Of Measures Placed
Before Him.
ALL BILLS ARE ENROLLED

With none OF tho enthusiasm and
tumult that marked the actual end OF
the 1914 General Assembly last Satur-
| day night. the Legislature was formal
ly dissolved yesterday afternoon, with
two Senators, the Lieutenant Governor,
four Delegates and the Speaker of the
House present Since Saturday the
: General Assembly has officially been IL.
session under resolution extending
| the slNty-day session six days. There
has never been more than n bare hand
/ full of Legislators on hand, and. OF
course NO legislation has been attempt
| picd with the requirements of the
Constitution.
The Constitution requires that bills
| passed by the General Assembly shall
be enrolled and signed by the Lieu
tenant Governor and the Speaker of the
House during the session" Before
| they can be signed the bills must be
| enrolled. which requires tirrc and IL Dor
some 700 bills were rushed through
The legislature in the last three days
| oi INC active session. and in order that
! they might DO signed during the ses-
sion" the session was nominally cX-
| tended.
Two Senator's Present.
only senator Harman and Senator
Iann2n occupicd seats in tho Senate
o'clock. when the l.icutenant-G ovcrnor
called the last session OF the Senate to
I order. Senate Librarian Jctcr acted
! the bills enrolled and ready for sigma
turc. while the scrEeant-at-a arms raped
Tor quiet and Il lonesome and hungry
reporter, commit SSoned TO be in AT the
death. formed the audience
There was no roll call in tile House
when Speaker Cox called its last ses-
son. Gum and 'Toncy. of Richmond. and
Oliver of Fairfax. wcro there to make
Speaker Cox signed ali the lie enrollod
bills Il committee was sent to notify
the Senate that the House had COM
plctcd it's labora. The session of 1918
was thcrcupon adjourned. and the Gen
cral Assembly" dissolved itself into a
committee TO walt upon Governor
, Stuart.
\ number of bills received the sigma
turc OF Governor stuart yesterday. lie
Will have ten days now to sign the
10O-odd bills which were brought to his
Office Yesterday from the Assembly.
"At the request of Delegate Bonifant.
of rowhatan. patron OF the bill. the
Governor vetoed yesterday House bill
No. 50. repeating the road laws OF Pow
hatan County. The companion biz,
was signed. The vetoed bill was enact
ell under n misapprchcnsion.
bills Signed Yesterday.
Tho following bills were signed by
tho Governor yesterday:
House bill 4l+-Providing civil and
police Justice for Newport News and
House bill 4sG-Providiny election in
Charlotte Co, GGrntE on drainage Of lands.
Stafford County road law.
Senate bill 1!3-Suretv company
! bonds for employees of common car
! "icrS.
senate bir 14o-Extcnds ten hour
law TO Saturdays in stores, and pro-
hihits females working in liquor houses
senate bin 17o-Prohibl,s cities OF
less than $4,000 people from lcvying
Senate bill S5-Providing machinery
for using schoolhouses for public meet
in=s.
Senate bill 23o-Requircs milk cans
TO he stcrilzcd
senate hill 139-Pcrmits counties to
| refund bonds.
House bill 4s4-Iiow damages may
he 2sccrtaincd for road changes in
| Washington County.
House bill i5o--Iaying Wythc Coun-
/ y SLOTS for Judge Staplcs's salary
during Allen trials
, House bill 4io-Allows town OF Sing
crs Glen Ia issue bonds.
House bill d44-Allows town OF New
Market 10 high license pooirooms
o Morse bin e.: 25s5m ooa AlhSmarie
House bin 296-Allows Town Council
OF South Boston to close streets.
House bill :o7-Allows town of shcn-
House bill 30S-Pcrnits 10 cider TO
he made within mile of schoolholiscs in
l:ondoun comfy. except by grower OF
House bill al4-Protccts foxes in
l-oudoun and Fauquier. April 10 Sep
| TENDER /.
House bill +l7--Allows Supervisors of
Spotsylvania to pay ror turkeys killed
| ny dogs out of surplus in dog funI
House bill i3a-Allows Supervisors
OF Rock bridge to adopt fish law or sub
init II to people.
House bill 307-Allows fexibility In
number Of Councilmen to he elected i'm
town OF Lccsburg.
House bill 246--Appropriates $4,000
to state Board OF Charities TO investi-
batc cchlc-mindcdness.
House bill 35l--Provides for election
of United States Senators by vote of
people in accordance with amendment
10 Federal Constitution.
Woman Locked Up.
MarEnret Pool, tGenty-three Xears old