The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10

plained Mr.. Gregory apologized, and
both he and the Speaker won the ap-
plause OF the House.
Mr., Land secured tho advancement
on the calendar of his bill giving Ger
tain powers to supervisors OF counties.
intended to give larger measure OF
home rule. and at the same time re-
iseve tho General Assembly from tho
burden OF passing IN enormous num-
Der OF local bills.
rorr-ns Land Rcgi.trntio
Mr., Adams secured favorable con-
sld.ta,ion for his bill for instituting
q new system OF land registration
known as the Torrens system. Tho
BIZ VAS advanced TO an early place
on the calendar. and viii almost Ger
,ainly be reached on It's fnal passage
~ II stands II applies to only such
the new methods OF land registration
but tn patrons believe that onc. given
long unt'i the entire State. abnndons
tho present Anticipated and insecure
method Of registering land titles.
vorable action on the n iii bin in relation
70 the Virginia Home and Industrial
school for Girls in Chesterfield coun-
veyance OF the real and personal prop
erty or the institution to the State,
that the state assume control, opera
tion and management. assume the
existing indebtedness not to exceed
$1,000: that there shall DO named q
board of trustees appointed by the
the Institution at its present location.
Or scll the property md reinvest the
funds In home for girls at some
other location. MIR Gordon opposed
the bill II was tho entering wedge,
he believed. to movement TO have
the State care for all unfortunate wo-
men. and while the home now has only
about thirty Inmates. he believed IN u
few years tho State would be called
on To caro- for many hundreds.
Home for Girls.
Mr. Gregory took the ground that
the State has no higher duty to per
form than to take care OF such out
casts. AS to the protest or the. neigh
way by which the institution could be
moved was for the State to take It
oyer. sell the property and reinyest
amptpn. offered an amendment. pro-
viding that the Institution should he
removed within ono year. which was
passed to Its third reading.
About 1870 O'Clock Mr.. Penn!ns ton
called up House bill 513. to regulate
State or between points within tho
state. known as the antijuG law. He
explained that II merely put Virginia
provisions Of the Federal Webb Ken
yon law. in regard to Interstate ship
mcnts Of liquor. which Is OF no effect
pass legislation making It available.
Has Little Hops OF Its Passage.
\ nave very llttle nope, said Mr.
Pennington, that this bin Will ever be
reached on it's lnal passage. as the
calendar already contains more bills
than can be passed. ! will not take up
time, therefore, to discuss IL now. III
we can reach IL. we can thrash IL out
on Its final passage"
The nrst call of hands developed tho
fact that there was not quorum
voting. When Speaker Cox insisted
that members should vote, the result
stood: ayes. az; noes, %. and ms IL re-
quircd a two-thrds vote to take the
bin UP out of It's order. the motion
vote the bill was carried to Its en-
grossment. 81 to l9, ms follows:
AyeS-Messrs. Adams. Branscomb
Brown, Cawthorn. Chalkley, Crockett
Dalton, Duke, Earman. Fcrehee. Frank
lin. Grasty. Gordon. Harrison, Hartley
Hun, Johnson, Jordan. Kent, kinsey,
Meetze. Miller. holland, Norris. Page,