The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-06
THE SENATE

The Senate was called to order yes
terday at noon by President Eiiyson.
prayer being offered by the Rev. DIR.
George w. Mcdaniel. OF the First Bap-
list Church.
The Senate adopted q motion made
by Senator Cannon, Of Richmond,
whereby measures, which have been
reported from the Senate committees.
and which are now on the calendar.
were advanced. These were Senate
bills on their first and second readings.
and was made necessary because the
House has passed q large number OF
measures and they are now on the
Senate calendar. whereas the House
has few Senate measures advanced
! for consideration.
VIII Cut Oh Bills.
After February 81 there will be no
| bills In either branch Of the General
Assembly provided the House agrees
to an amendment to the resolution
sent to the Senate and which was
| acted on today The House at first
proposed to cut off bills as of February
Is. but the Senate added bit of time.
using precisely the same dates as were
employees two years ago. 1t was ex-
of financial importance or OF purely
personal character were not included
in the terms of the resolution. It-wilf
go TO the House on Monday and VIII
be considered at that time.
By the end OF the present month
! there will be meetings every night. or
at least twice a day, In order to dis
pose of the MAS Of measures that will
come from the committees a. the
end Of the session approaches.
One BIZ Is Passed. -
The Senate took up and passed
House Bill No. SS. the patron of which
was Colonel Brewer OF Suffolk. Sena-
tor West made the usual motions for
the consideration of the measure, say
ing that some of the judges of some
of the courts had made ruling re-
garding the property Of Young Men .
Christian Association that made the
enactment of the present law ne
cessity. The borrowing of money or
the sale of some property could not
be done until this amendment to the
general law was adopted The bill
was passed. as il came from tho
House.
Statement From MFR. Stearnes.
Several days ago tho Senate adopted
resolution calling on the Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction for the rea-
nual report to the Legislature. The
reply came yesterday in the shape of
a letter from Superintendent Stearnes,
in which he said the delay was due
to the fact that he had been sick for
considerable period that he had since
recovery been pressed with many du-
ties that were brought up by the as
sembling of the Legislature, and that
the writing of the matter for the re-
- AL tai m
else for the reason that he had In
| formation which he could not impart
to others and have 1t ready as quickly
as IL he waited till he himself could
prepare II. He assured the Senate that
/ the delay was unavoidable.
Licenses of Doctors.
Members of the Senate are getting
letters by the hundred from all parts
of the State urging them to vote
against the proposition TO revive the
tax on all physicians in the State. The
proposition is to make them all pay a
I fiat rate of $40. and to this there
has come a protest from practically
every doctor in the state. Many az
the doctors are making . protest, and
there are some business men and
others who are writing to the men-
| bers and telling them to vote for the
| bill.
Right along behind this protest
against being made to pay this
/ license tax by doctors. there is coming
1 the demand of the lawyers, the dem
/ lists the architects and others that
! they be exempted from the license re-
quired by law. claiming that they have
! as much right to be relieved OF the
burden as have the physicians and sur
geons.
The bill will possibly provoke night