The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-08
THE HOUSE

Ouring session continuing slightly
ieaa than two hours. the House OF
Delegates yesterday afternoon passed
Ave Senate bills. which now 60 TO the
Governor for his approval, and ten
Houss Bills, which go over to the
! Senate for concurrence. No bills were
advanced on the calendar. but there
are more than a score Of bills on their
third reading for consideration to-
day.
Following the call to order by
Speaker Houston, shortly after the
noon hour. Rev. Or. J j. Gravatt led
in prayer. Committee reports were
read and the House got TO work on
the calendar, after receiving a COM
gfnta Farmers Institute
This communication asked the. Gem
.eTai Assembly TO pass a bill embody-
ing the accommodations made by
representatives of Agricultural High
Schools at a recent Joint meeting Of
the Appropriation Committee OF the
House and Finance Committee Of the
Senate. The recommendation liz that
appropriations for these schools be
made $4,000 annually The appropri-
alton now 10 $4,000.
Three of the bills passed yesterday
encountered considerable opposition.
repeal pensions for Supreme Court
of Appeals judges. which passed 66 to
3; the Torrens land registration bill.
by 80 to 10, and the bill to require Pc
titions to the Supreme Court OF APP
peals 10 be presented within six
months. which was amended TO within
ninety days and which carried by
vote of ~ to Is.
The House concurrsd with the Sem
ate in the resolution to limit to Febru-
airy Is the time for introducing bills.
except by unanimous consent. unless
they be OF purely local nature or AFFECT
luton originally called for February
i5 as the last day; the Senate made
1t February 81, and the date agreed
upon, February Is 10 q compromise.
Senate bills passed are:
No. 3-TO amend an act approved
March ~, 1914. in relation to the
compensation OF supervisors.
No. 2s-To authorize the Council of
the town OF Newmarket, in Shenan-
doah County. to levy q tax on all dogs
kept in said town.
No. SOTO authorize the submits
sion 10 the legal voters OF the city of
winchester, Virginia, of the question
whether or not they will favor the is
suance by said city Of not more than
forty thousand dollars ($40, 0e0} uf
electric light bonds; and to authorize
the issuance by said city OF not more
than forty thousand dollars (s4o.ooo)
of said bonds. the proceeds whereof
shall be used for the installation by
said city of an electric lighting plant.
No. Adjoining the time in which
IL may be lawful to hunt deer in
County.
n 20 Err
re-enact section II Of an act approved
March -. 1912, and entitled an act
to provide for designation by cities
and towns OF segregation districts for
residence OF white and colored per-
sons; for the adoption of this act by
such cities and towns, and for pen.
alties' for the violations of it's terms;
and to ratify and confirm certain or
dinances relating to the segregation
of races heretofore passed by certain
cities and towns of this Common
wealth,
House bills passed;
No. lotto repeal an act entitled
an act to provide compensation for
Judges OF the Supreme Court of APP
peals of Virginia in their retirement
from the bench after service of
twelve consecutive years and after at
tanning the age of seventy years, ap-
March 4. 1914. Patrons
Messrs. Buck and Hundley.
No 102--To provide for the settle-
ment, registration, transfer and as
surance OF titles to land. and to es-
tablish courts of land registration.
with Jurisdiction for said purposes,
and to make uniform the laws OF the
State enacting the same. Patrons
Messrs. Myers, B. d. Adams. Hobson.
James III. Price. Fuller. Jones and
Browning.
N act untitled "a Act r. provide for