The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-20


bill. the passage Of many other i'm
portAnt measures. including one to
prohibit gambling of any sort in the
State Of Virginia, and ono to prevent
the shipment or sale Of liquor to un-
lawful per3 ms. such &s school boys at
the University of Virginia, v. M. l.,
Washington and Lee and other col
ieges, and the introduction OF inumer-
able bills, WIS the work OF the first
early morning session Of the house OF
delegates.
10 o'clock this morning, two hours
earlier than usual and will continue to
meet at this hour In order to dispose
Of the now congcsted calender. Few
debates were heard on the floor yester-
day and the house has settled down to
work and the rest OF tho session will
be taken up with important legisla-
ton.
Tho house began Its early session
with q prayer by Rev. George w.
Kemper. Of the Hanover Avenue
Christian church. In response to a
resolution adopted Tuesday. Superin-
made an itemized statement of school
expenditures during last ten years.
Mr.. Gum. OF the city of Richmond,
in order TO expedite legislation, intro
duced resolution providing that all
tax bills on the calendar, except
special tax bills which take effect at
once. should lie carried over for con-
sideration by the tax commission.
These bills will be brought before the
special session il the resolution is
adopted. On request Of the patron. II
was referred to the finance committee
to be considered with the question OF
to 1t~n1 xsyny ~h d
before that body.
House bill No. II. by Messrs. Cox
and Milstead. which passed the houEe
early in the session, was referred back
to the lower branch with amendment.
The bill provided for the use OF certain
safety appliances in factories. The
bill provided that outside doors 20
factories should swing outwardiy 30
as to give easy egress in case of fire.
The senate amended the bill so that
sliding doors may also be used as out
side doors. The house concurred In
the senate amendment by q vote u
e5 to 0. Several other bills were re-
ferred back with slight amendments.
and the patron each time accepted
the senate's changes and the house
concurred.
The house bills on their third read
ting were then taken up. and several
important bills, including the meas
ure prohibiting gambling, and another
prohibiting shipping OF ardent spirits
to students
Rolling Stock Bill Passes.
At 1880 o'clock, the special order
tax bill. providing for the assessment
of the rolling stock OF railroads by the
State corporation commission and the
distribution of this assessment to the
counties. cities and towns through
which the railroads operate. accord
ing to the value OF the railroad PROP
erty in said counties. cities and towns,
and will be taxed at local rate. was
passed by vote OF - to ~.
Yeas--Adams, Baker. Barley. Bir-
re1l. Bonifant. Branscomb, Brewer.
Brown, Browning. Buck. Cawthorn,
Chapman, Clement, Crockett, Daniel.
John Orr: Daniel ]. William: Dodson.
Duke. Easley. Ferebec. Flanagan.
Franklin. Grant, Grasty, Gum. Har-
rison. Hartley. Harvey. Heflin Horner.
Houston. HUI. johnson. Jordan. Kent,
Lard. Leedy, Lewis, Lincoln. Looney.
Love. Lowry. Malbon. Massie. Meetxe.
Milstead. Nelson. holland. Oliver.
Owen. Page. Pennington. Philpott.
Pitts. Powell, Powers. Rev. Rolston.
Smith. Francis W.: Smith, Harry b.:
spatig. Spessard. Steck. Stephenson.
stubhs- Taylor. Terrell. Tiffany. Wal
white. williams. winston--Yeas. IS.
Nays--chalkley. Cousins. Hobson.
Miller. M!lstead, Montague. Price,
Reed, Robertson. Stearnes., Toney.
Willis. woodward, Mr.. speaker--Nays.
II.
House bin No. So. known as the
Montague banking bill. was then taken
up. on its second reading. This bill
IL to establish a bureau OF banking
to provide for the Incorporation. con-
troll and examination Of banks. and
FOR the regulation and supervision Of
he banking business in the State OF
virginia. Innumerable amendments
nooded the clerks desk and more than
an hour was Consumed In reading
them. -------
Judge Williams interrupted. declar-
ing that although he had gwen due
consideration to the bin. but thought
It would be clearer II the amendments
were printed and the whole matter
carried over until to-day. Mr.. Monta-
que accepted this suggestion graceful
", declaring that he wanted the house
10 have everything clear. The other
bills set for special order were car
cied over until today without action.
The house referred back to the
calender and the passage OF bills on
their third reading was continued.
A bin by Mr.. Gregory. providing Tor
the reimbursement OF James F. Bone
we'll. Of the county Of Warwick. whose
oyster beds were destroyed by the
commission of fisheries. brought out
warm debate.
The measure was fought on the
rrounds that IL was establishing a