The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-17
GOVERNORS SIGNATURE
TO NUMEROUS BILLS
Many New Laws Made By Scratch OF
lief Executives Pen
Yesterday.
TROOP TRAINS Gle +. TRACKS
Committee 10 Report On State Print
ing Piant-Prosccute Pure Food
VIC 0ns --- Increase OF School
Loans.

Among the bills signed by the Gov
, ernor and which were from yesterday
made into laws of the State Is House
bill No. s23. which is a bill to amend
certain sections OF the military law
of the State giving trains bearing
troops under oroers OF the Governor
the right of way. This bill is said
to have it's origin In the recent Hope
well fire, when military had TO be
sent there by the chief executive.
A.other bill of interest Ii Senate
bill No rs, which provides for a
special Joint committee of the Legis-
lature to report on the advisability
of State printing plant for all state
books. papers and documents and
for the cities and counties. This bill
also provides for considering the pos
sible publication by the State OF
school textbooks. The report is to be
made at the next session of the Legis-
lature This bill carries with 1t am
munition for one OF the biggest lights
that will probably come up at the
next Legislature. That It will be
hotly contested is foregone conclu-
sion That 1t may be made very
practicable Is the claim of some Of its
supporters
House bill No i0S,providing that at
torneys for the Commonwealth prose-
cute violations Of the pure food law is
another step In legislation that Is
watched with interest. Though II
would seem that such a bill would
be unnecessary there were provisions
in the pure food law that made its
violations chiefly misdemeanor,
which did not call for prosecution
by attorneys for the State.
Still another bill of interest Is
House bill No. 229, increasing the
maximum loan of literary fund for
schoolhouses from $4,000 to xlb,0V0.
This will be the means of the build-
ing of better schoolhouses in many
counties. The loan is, OF course. de-
pendent on the value OF the security.
but the Legislature has the right to
limit the amount of funds to be thus
raised for school buildings.
Here are the bills approved ana
signed by the Governor. as given the
press yesterday,
Bni Approved BY Governor March
10, 1915.
House bill No 323-Amending sun
dry sections of the military law. pro-
yidinp that trains bearing military
under orders of the Governor shall
have right of way, ~''''u the Gov
ernor, as commander-in-chief, the
power to increase or decrease the
number of organic tons at pleasure,
and making changes In laws with rex
erence TO court-martial.
Senate bill No 324--Amending the
charter Of the city of Danvtlle to pro-
vide for temporary loans. ..
Senate bill NO. s85--Extending the
limit OF local school levies from nrty
cents to seventy-five cents.
SQ1--prnviGtnR TOT
admitting to bail a person who has
appealed from conviction.
House bill No. bS---Providing that
a Judgment debtor out on ball on
charge Of being about to leave state
must appear in person and answer In
terrogatories.
House bill No. a59-Providing for
unobstructed passage OF nsh TO
spawning grounds
House bill No. ss0--Providing Tor
Jurors in cities which have been in
corporated less than two years (Hope-
well situation).
House bill No. 241-Authorfxfng the
board of supervisors Of the county OF
| Albemarle to erect and maintain toll
gates
House bill No 24s-Abolishing
liquor dispensaries at Farmviile and
| Meherrin ON May l, 1919.
House Dill no. Aoo-~Ssc%NAhE q
road board for the county OF Madi-
son.
House bill No. 2s7-Amending the
| charter of the town of Chase City, In
the county of Mecklenburg.
Hhuse bill No. DISSEMINATING 70
the voters of the county OF Alie-
ghany n bond issue of 100000 Tor
road improvement.
Senate bill No. 76-Providing Tor q
special Joint committee OF the Gen
eral Assembly to report on prach-
cability OF State printing plant Tor
| printing of all state books. papers
| and documents, and Of those OF cities
and counties, and on the advtsability
of state publication OF school text
books.-Two from Senate and three
from House OF Delegates.
Senate bill No. 18o--Validatins
certificates of acknowledgements to
deeds recorded in Virginia. taken by
commissioners appointed by Cover
nor OF other States.
Senate bin No. 17s--Providing Tor
indexlng Of deeds in courts on order
of judges.
senate bill No. 2o2-Changing the
time for hoidin courts in the counties
OF Scott and Smyth.
Senate bill No. 2te-Provfding thai
school districts which support stu
dents in high schools in adjoining dis
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