Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-13


e Either"
| revenues. Tho House Finance Com
| nittee," he said. Saw Mt to recommend
an amendment by which the tax is re-
moved, but j think the House should
adopt the bill az II comes from tho
Senate"
Reading OF the bill was dispensed
I with by vote OF So to !, following
Judge Williams's speech
MI oliver. OF Fairfax. argued that
'hs special license tax would be hard
ship on the small country merchant.
inc state is not now getting this tax"
ne Sald. so we are not cutting OFF rev.
enne by adopting tho amendment I
am representing tho small country mcr-
chant. The larger merchants in the
city want this tax imposed They have
'h'Ir representatives here to look after
their interests"
RESTORES TAN on
RETAILERS OF TOBACCO
Mr.. Montague directed attention to
| IN" fact that the Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION or the state had endorsed the
proposition. Tho proposed license tax
- - on purchases Of $1,000 year, $40
! ON 5000 or over. and 20 cents on the
Slo0 for purchases aggrcgating 500 600
, year and over
Delegate 5. II. Love. of Lunenburg.
advocated taxing the small merchant
whether in city or country who wants
TO sell tobacco as side line And the
small merchants are very much more
! numerous in the city than in the coun-
try" he said.
Mr.. Weaver moved to pass the bill by
until March. Il don't think it is safe
| In It's present FORM" he announced
There are only about sixty members
mere and this bill will be defeated IL
put on It's passage" said Colonel Rob-
ert T. Leedv.
Captain w. NJ. Myers. Of Richmond
protested. The bill ought to be salts
factory TO the leaders on the seprego
ton side" he said They had the House
bill dismissed and accepted this Senate
| measure instead We should vote on
this bill to-day"
The Finance Committee of the House
hah me bill under consideration"
argued Mr.. White, land reported II
| back with this one amendment. And
now We are asked To let the bill go Nv"
Mr. Viewers motion to pass by was
then put and carried.
TAN Hills WILL NE
PRINTED DURING RECESS
on motion OF John w. 'ChaIkley the
House voted to have printed $500 comics
OF House bill and Senate bills 81 and
0". and directed the clerk to mail COMES
to the members at their homes
senate bill 90. in relation to contracts
ior textbooks for the free schools OF
| inc state. was then taken up out of it's
order on motion OF Delegate JuIi,r
Gum. of Henrico
Mr.. White offered two amendments
one provided that the meetings of the
state Board of Education should he
open TO the public at all times. The
other authorized changes in the text OF
BOOKS during the period of the contract
with the publishers when such chanres
should he deemed n1viSa hln .i,r,,
Tor example, he cited, "may max.
changes In some OF the books absolute
~ necessary"
Explaining the publicity proposition.
Mr. White said ne thought it only fair
10 the public that the meetings Of tho
State BOARD of Education should bc
open NO reflection upon the board +,
implied. he said, but when contracts
are being awarded think the fun pro
ceedings should be made public"
EDUCATION HOARD
MUST SIT IN PUBLIC
Major j. y. Stubs, of Gloucester
mildly protested. lie did not like The
wording OF the White amendmcnts
Mr.. Gum signified his Willingness TO
accept tho White amendments Mr.
Love argued for the passage of the hill
without the amendments, saving Ee
feared the amendments would Interfere
with the award of hook contracts ne
planned by the board for this yeor
Judge Martin Williams said: "There
Is an Impression broadcast in the State
that these gentlemen of the school
noard get together In star chamber
proceedings and transact the states
business. i don't say that this is so
but | think we ought to adopt these
amendments and remove all shadow of
DOUBT. The suggestion has been made
that NJ times 1t is necessary to go into
executive session. That may be. But
mo public certainly has n right to
know what Its Board Of I1ducotion &.
doing" Addressing Mr.. White: ."rhat
Is the idea as l understand IL. You
want the public to know what the
board does?"
EXACTLY" responded Mr.. White. AT
all times the fullest publicity"
The White amendments were odonted
40 to 4. The bill was then passed bv
a vote Of &C TO 0.
AT 5:45 o'clock. ten minutes later. n
messenger from the Senate convevcd
the information that the amendments
hiu Deeh accepted by that body.
SHARP FIGHT OVER
TORRENS LAND BILL.
The effort to secure the passage of
me Iorrens land registry bill was then
launched by Delegates Adams and
Powers. Its patrons, assisted by Cap
tain Myers. The debate disclosed that
the bill was a popular one. All of
the representatives from cities adyo-
Gated 1t. and more than dozen of the
neiesates representing counties asked
10 nave their respective counties in
ciuded In the scope Of tho BILL which
leaves tho matter OF adopting the Tor
rens system optional with localities.
Judge Gregory arose and protested
strenuousiy. He said the provisions Of
the bili were not known too majority
OF the members He argued that the