Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

discharged from tho further considera-
ton OF the bills In the order named.
and that they be numbered from 1902
to ia. both inclusive.
Your committee has tentatively fol-
4 lowed this system OF numbering In the
4 printing OF these bills. and recommends
that they all be treated as emergency
measures and that In order to save
time. and place the bills before the
House for consideration. motions be
! made to dispense with the cOnstitu-
! tional requirements for the further
, printing and the readings of the bills
on three separate calendar days.
| Your committee recommends that the
committee of the House OF Delegates
which Is now considering No. 20 SEN
ate bill, In relation To the apportion-
d! ment and disbursement OF the state
school funds. should Immediately report
the same and that the same should be
| passed with the following amendments:
| 'On page 2, line II. after the word
| property strike out the words "scgre-
gated for State taxation only
/ 'On page .. line 81. after the word
upon Insert the words person and
These amendments are recommends
ell so AZ 10 make the Senate bill con-
form to House Bil No s.
| Your committee recommends that
the committee of the House OF Dele
! gates which Is now considering No. IL
Senate bill amending section 1906 OF
the Code should Immediately report the
same. and that the same should be
passed with the following amendment:
strike out on page 4, line 60. after
the word Virginia. all including the
word TO wit down to and including
the word property in line -.
WOULD NOT INTERFERE
This amendment is recommended be-
cause the construction Of section 1876 OF
the Constitution Of Virginia is pending
before the courts, aud 1t is not desir-
able for the General Assembly TO inter-
fere in the judicial Interpretation Of
this section.
NO. - JIouae bill is now pending in
the House OF Delegates Senate
amendments of formal nature. Your
committee recommends that the Senate
amendments be concurred In.
Nos. 81 and SIS House bills arc pro-
vided for b. Nos. 20 and Il Senate bills.
and II iS not necessary therefore that
they be further considered
For the further information OF the
General Assembly. Your committee has
had printed report OF a sub commit
tee touching the distribution OF the roll
Ing stock OF electric railways and also
another report OF a subcommittee on
amendments suggested in connection
with Nos. 90 and Il Senate bills and
the amendments to the road and school
laws
The report Is signed by all the mem
beEs of the Joint COMMITTEES: Senators
I g Harding Walker, w a. Garrett b.
J.. buchanan. George Latham Fletcher.
James T.. Cannon. John Paul and John
I X. Saunders. Speaker Edwin +. Cox and
delegates Walter r. oliver. Aubrey g.
Weaver. Martin. Williams. Hugh A.
White, j. y. Stubs and r. l.. Brewer, Jr.
CONFUSION As TO HOUR
FINED FON ASSEMBLING
At tho noon hour on motion OF Judge
Williams. the chair was vacated until 4
O'Clock. Judge Williams explained that
his reason for asking for the vacation
or tn" chair al that hour WAS the con-
fusion du" 10 a misunderstanding OF
the hour fo- reaasrmblinG. lie had noted
mat mem ers had been struggling in
since 10 o'clock in the morning, when
the House began business Many OF the
members had remained away until noon
under tho m!sapprchension.
I'M Montague. of Richmond. sup
ported tn" motion OF Judge Williams.
Mr.. Montague directed attention TO tho
TACT that the tax bills prepared by the
Joint Committee had no, been exam
ined by the members OF the House IT
nave been struggling TO get some in
formation concerning them" he said.
Many OF us have not had an opportu :
nifty 70 discover what they arc. had
TO ask a page 10 supply me with copies
OF the bills this morning"
Speaker Cox explained that copies OF
the bills had been placed during the
morning on the desks OF all members
except the desks that were locked. The
pages can get the bills now for any.
member who desires copies for his llc'
said the Speaker.
Delegates Were struggling IN nj noon
unaware OF the fact that the House had
been In session two hours and that a
number OF the tax bills had been in
PRODUCED and advanced well on their
way toward passage.
HOUSE CONSIDERS
GONERNOR'S AMENDMENTS
Two Of the tax bills returned by the
Governor to the General Assembly for
corrections occupied the attention OF
tho House of Delegates At the night
session. The first OF these was the bill
introduced by Kin Montague. OF Rich
mcnd, designed for the relief of stock
holders OF dcfunct banks. institutions
that have passed into the hands of
receivers
Mr. Montague. explaining the pro-
visions of the measure and the Cover
nors technical objections. said the OBJ
1ect OF tho bill WAS merely to relieve
stockholders of such banks OF obvious
" unfair TAXATION TO which under the
present law they will be scubjected
The bin provides that when a bank
Is inSolvent, and its affairs In the hands
or a receiver. II shall bc exempt from
tax on the stock. which is already q
loss on the holders hands. He argued
against proposed amendments to the
bill.
MONTAGUE OPPOSES
GOVERNORS SUGGESTIONS
with the amendments suggested" he
said. my bill will be emasculated Its
purpose Will he frustrated ! have en-
deavored to do what ] considered fair
and reasonable for the stockholders of
such banks. My bill deals with the
relationship of the stakeholder TO the
dcfunct bank. The amendments suE-