Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-14
THE HOUSE

The House of Delegates convened
promptly at noon. Speaker Edwin =.
Cox presiding. Following an invoca-
ton by Rev James y. Fair. d. d., of
Westminster Presbyterian Church, the
call for the extraordinary session was
read by Clerk John w. Williams The
two new members of tho body. E. r.
Fuller and Joel Crawford were invited
TO the Speakers dest and presented
10 the House. The oath OF Office was
administered to them by Clerk VII
Hans.
The roll call followed showing
ninety-one Of the JOG members present
Most or the absentecs arrived later
in the day. a telegram was receiv ed
by the Speaker from Delegate Adams
conveying the information that he was
! detained by the serious Illness Of his
wife. and would arrive in few days
GOVERNOR NOTIFIED
AND MESSAGE RECEIVED
Delegate ]. n. Stubbs OF Gloucester,
was designated by the Speaker to noti-
! ~ the Senate that the House was
organized and ready 10 proceed with
business. simultaneously Senator
| Saxon w. Holt brought n like MESA ge
from the Senate to the House. Speaker
Cox named the following committee, 10
act with a like committee from the
senate, notifying the Governor that the
General Assembly had been formally
convened: Mcssrs Baker. Clement,
Grant, Horner, Land. Spatig and H. c.
Weaver The committee retired, re-
turning in few minutes with the
information that Governor stuart would
communicate Immediately with tho leg
islat!ve body. Five minutes later Alex
ander Forward. the Governors secre-
tary, appeared, bearing the message.
AIR Speaker" he said. the Cover
nor directs me to deliver this mes
sage" and suiting the action to the
words, he delivered the document to
tho clerk and retired. The message
was read by Clerk Williams, the mem
bers listening attentivcly to the end.
DELEGATE FULLER GETS
IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
Speaker Cox named Delegate Fuller
| as member of the Currency and Com
mcrcc, General Laws, and Counties
cities and Towns Committees to sue
coed the late Mr.. Toncy. Delegate
Crawford was named on the Claims
Public Property, and Agriculture and
Mining Committees to succeed the late
Mr.. Hartley.
y resolution of coincidence and sym
patty TO United States Senator Thomas
s. Martin, whose wife died recently,
was offered by Delegate ID. II. Pitts,
adopted, and ordered spread on the
records.
Then came the resolution from the
Joint Committee on Rules, prohibiting
except by the consent of both houses
the introduction of any bills except
those affecting the tax laws, which was
adopted by n vote practically unani-
nous.
on motion OF Judge Martin W. Will
liams a joint resolution requiring the
Finance Committees OF the House and
Senate TO meet daily for the purpose
OF giving public hearings on tax meas
urcs was taken up and adopted
TIME LIMIT LEFT TO
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
Before the vote was taken Mr.. Mon
taSue directed attention to the fact
that no time limit was set on the hear
ings Hugh y. White explained that
the time to be allowed each measure
was left to the discretion of the Joint
committee.
Il don't think the joint committee
will act otherwise than with proper
discretion" he said. but the House
IN any event. has the power to dis
charge its committee whenever il sees
lit. so there is nothing to apprehend on
that score ! hope the committee will
be promptly discharged if there is any
inclination to extend the time unrea
sonably"
Resolutions of respect to the memory