Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23
Here and There
in the Legislature

Senator q. Walter Mapp. of Acco-
mae. who has been delayed in report
ing for the present session. by illness.
has written to Il friend in the l.esis-
lature that he will leave for Rich
mond tonight. and that he expects to
he on hand In the Senate for Tuesdays
session. Mr. Mapp has been made
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Moral and Social Welfare.
Delegate Gordon. Of Louisa. is the
patron OF Il resolution providing foi
amendments to the Constitution maxi
ing judges elective by the people. Tho
amendment applies alike 10 the SUI
preme Court of Appeals. Circuit Court
and city courts.
Chairman Stephenson. OF the House
Committee for Courts of Justice. an
nounccd yesterday that his committee
viii hold u special meeting nj o'clock
Tuesday night to hear supporters and
opponents Of the Torrcns land regis
tration bill. The hearing will take
place in the hall of the House of Dele
gates.
In order to accommodate members
who are spending the Weekend at
home, the House will not meet to-mor-
row until lo O'Clock noon. The usual
meeting hour is 10 o'clock. The rule
will he suspended only for tomorrow.
Delegate HudgIns, or Mecklenburg.
introduced a bill yesterday Imposing
tax Of $50 for each wagon employed
upon itineraut vendors OF medicines,
nostrums or toilet articles. The license
Is 10 lie in lieu of all other taxes.
Among visitors to the Legislature
the past week have been James r..
Bolts. city collector of Roanoke. and
candidate for tho office of State Treas
urer: James A. McFall. chief of the
Roanoke fire department and MIR.
Graves. of Roanoke. All three returned
to their home yesterday.
4 hill introduced yesterday BY Dele
gate Jones, of Richmond. empowers the
board of directors of the State Peni-
Tertiary to employ n chaplain to min
lister to the moral and religious needs
of the prisoners. He is to be paid out
Of the maintenance fund OF the instI-
tuition.
Delegates Fuller and Hobson. Of
Richmond. introduced a bill yesterday
which provides an appropriation OF
$4,000 for premiums to be offered In
the name OF the state for horticultural.
agricultural live stock and poultry
exhibits ut the Virginia State Fair. \
$4,000 allotment is to he made for the
fair of 1916. and a similar allotment
for the fair OF 1917.
The bill provides for the appointment
Of committee of five to determine
the amount and the character of the
premiums. The committee Is TO he
composed of the Governor and four
others 10 be appointed by him--two
from the state Board OF Agriculture
and two from the board OF directors OF
the Virginia state Fair Association.
Senator Thorntons bills. making ii
discretionary with the trial judge
whether an eX-convict once or twice
before confined in the penitentiary
shall serve additional time on subse-
uucnt convictions. will proba bly, be
disposed of some time this week. Both
OF them have been advanced to the
third reading. and are fourth and fifth
on the calendar
man who has been once before con-
victcd OF Il felony and sentenced to the
pcnitcntiary must be given an addi-
tional five years term on the second
convictions: after that, the Judge is
required 10 send him up for life. Sen
ator Thorntons bills leave the mat
ter entirely in the discretion or the
court. They were introduced at tho