Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
EDUCATION BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE.
Provides for Compulsory Attend
ance Of All Children Between
Eight and Twelve.
FOR ANOTHER LIME PLANT
Senate Passes Drastic Bill Regu-
lating Operations Of Com
mission Merchants.

Practically without debate. the 1Ious"
of Delegates Yesterday passed the VIII
Hams compulsory education bill. tho
dill providing for the establishment OF
an additional limc-crindug plant II.
TldoWatcr Virginia, and the Price
ltundl"y bill. making tho unauthor-
ized use Of automobiles n misdemcau nor.
punishable bs- inc or imprisonment.
for concurrence.
that the education bill bc passed ~
until to-day on the ground that thern
WAS not Il fun attendance OF tho
House. and that ii was advisable 10
give every member an opportunity ot
voting on 50 important measure II
the hill were passed by. he said. he
would intcrposc no further obstacle in
the way Of bringing the bill TO u final
vote
Advocates Of the bill, however. de-
clined 10 entertain the suggestion.
bcicratc Wulton's motion To- pass by
was defeated by an overwhelming ma
jority. and the bill itself passed by q
vote Of 80 to % The measure requires
parents or guardians TO send To school
!llitcratc children between the ages OF
physically and mentally sound and
who live within two miles OF a school
at least until they can read and write
LNIE-GRINDING BILL.
PASSES HOUSE. CO TO =
Delegate Epcs, of Nottoway. opposed
the passage Of the lime grinding bill
holding that In this day OF prcc;trious
revenues and increased puhlic-s school
needs there was no justification for the
expenditure of 225 900 OF an additional
plant. His motion to pass tho bill by
was dccisivcIy defeated Half a dozen
members replied To the argument. OF
the member from Nottoway. The bill
WAS passed by a vote OF G7 TO >
Under the stimulus of the join, re:o-
{ luton adopted by both houses which
Will require unanimous consent for the
Introduction OF general bills after Fri
dag, the House developed a crop Of
bills which, while small compared with
the volume OF earlier days, included
several of the most far-reachng meas
urcs that have been offered the pres
/ cnt session
! Delegate Edwards. OF Carroll sent
to the desk = hi!! which provides for
submitting 10 the voters Of the State
tho question OF calling a Constitutional
Convention for the purpose ot revising
! and aH"nd!n" the present ConStitu-
I tion. The bin provides for an cleo
tion TO hc hcli on the Tuesday sue
ceedinG the first Monday in November
| Of lai. and FOR The certincation Of the
result by tho Governor to the General
+ Assembly OF 1918.
ia \ER OFFERED BILL FOR
REMOVAL OF GIRLS HOME
! mendations with respect 20 the V'ir-
Cinia Home and Industrial School for
Girls. Delegate w w Baker. chair
man OF the House Finance Committee.
| introduced a bill providing for the
abolition OF the home i'll Chesterfield
/ County. for the immediate sale OF .he
/ land and improvements and Cor the
/ transfer of the inmates 10 tho care
and custody of tile State Epiicptic
Colony in Amherst County
/ The bill directs the Governor an,
. board OF directors of tho Virginia HON.
and Industrial school to sell the oo6-
acre tract and buildings, but not TO
accept less than $4,000. II is under
stood that an offer Of this amount has
already been made for the property.
The bill provides an additional aDpro-
priation OF $4,000 to the Epilcptic
Colony. 10 he used in providing the
additions and improvements tina; will
be mado necessary by the transfer OF
tho girls now cared for in the Chester
field County institution and others who
| will he committed in tho future
DIRECToNS SAID To n,'''a
SUGGESTED MERGER
y majority of tho present board nf
directors OF the Virginia Home and
JnI II &. .rst Nh -.
irrevocahly opposed TO the plan out
lined in the hill. or 10 the merger Of
the home with any other state institu-
ton. These. IL is expected. will make
q determined fight against the enact
mcnt OF the Baker bill into law
The House vas in the mids; Of a
general debate on the game hill wien
il adjourned 1t o'clock. The con
Sidcration Of this important measure
will be resumed This morning with
Delegate Willis. OF Roanoke. one Of tho
! patrons. leader OF The forces favorins
it's passage.
With two dissenting votes. the SEN
ate yesterday passed the bin providing
for the registration of commission
! merchants and empowering the Stat,
Commissioner OF Agriculture and In
! migration to revoke their licenses fo,
! violations of the law. Senator's Can
! non and Wcndcnburg voted in the mega
tive.
:, COMMISSION-aIERCUANT BILI.
HAS DRASTIC PROVISIONS
AS originally drawn. commission mer.
chants throughout the state protested
against numerous provisions of the
bill and stormcd the Capitol in full
! force Ia register their objections with
In mi
was reached, however, between the
! warning parties, and the measure, ms
/ II now stands, meets the approval OF
! many who opposed the original dra II
! Section 5 of the bill empowers the
commissioner to decline to grant q
certificate or revoke certificate al.
ready granted where he is satisfied OF
the existence Of any Of the following
| causes:
| Where a money Judgment has beer
f! entered AGAINST a commits sion mcrrhant