The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
Will fe Passed On to House To-
morrow and Be On Calendar
Thursday
BUSY WEEK Is AHEAD
FOR BOTH BRANCHES
Matters of Finance Follow Pro-
hibition In Senate House
Has Prohibition, ( coordinate
College and Budget

For the first time since the begin
ming OF the present General Assembly
the Senate today will begin it's sessions
earlier than does the House. This
Senate. because of the lengthy con-
sideration being given the Mapp pro-
hibition bill. Will convene at 10
/ o clock. The House, as on other Mon
days, will convene at noon. The COM
| ing week will be the busiest of this
session and it is possible that before
the week is ended one OF the two
! branches, IL not both, viii have adopt
ed the wo-sessions-a-day plan.
! The prohibition bill will get through
the Senate, 1t is forecast. by Tues
day afternoon. the vote coming about
1890 O'Clock. and viii reach the
House Wednesday morning, when it
will he referred to committee. BY
Thursday morning 1t will proba bly, be
on the House calendar. 1t Is antici-
pated that 1t will not meet any snag
in the House committee.
Consideration to be given by the
House will likely cover a several days
period. but the bill should be in the
! hands OF the Governor in little more
than week from now for his sigma
ture.
lake Up Cider Clause and Penalties.
The Senate this morning will take
up the discussion OF the Mapp bill
with consideration of the amendment
proposed Saturday by Senator Early,
providing that nothing in this act
shall be construed as affecting the
present law concerning cider" Other
: amendments to be taken up today are
those OF Senator Cannon exemptinS
liquor manufactured prior to Septem-
Der 20. 1914. and now stored in bond
I, Isn4 ne tor
/ Wendenburg that the prohibition COM
missioner shall be practcing attor-
ney at the time of his appointment
! The stiffest fight. however. will
likely be on the penalties provided In
the law for its violation. This will be
/ led by Senator GoolriCk. who opened
the fight along these lines Saturday,
declaring that the penalties prescribed
are so severe that jurors will not con-
Wet as felons those whom they may
rega-d as being guilty of minor OF
lenses
The Senate. after dsposing of the
Mapp prohibition bill, measure
some sixty zone pages in length. and
the heaviest matter that has yet been
before the General Assembly, will
have to take ap other important mat
tcrs among them the appropriations
and other measures affecting the
finances OF the State. The Senate FL
/ nance Committee has threshed out a
! number of these questions, holding
during the last week almost con-
tinuous sessions.
/ Tho House will receive the prohi-
bition bill Thursday. ON Wednes-
day or Thursday it will receive the ap-
pr opriation bill. On Tuesday the CO.
ordinate college bill will come up as
a special order. with these matters
c head the House will find itself as busy
as the Senate. If IL does not, indeed,
ind itself buster.
The Appropriations Committee will
have meetings daily this week until
the bill Is completed. Much work has
already been done by the COMMITTEES
since the blank bill or skeleton on
which the measure is built up was
introduced in the House some three
] weeks ago.