The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-11
Would Have General Assem-
bly, to Remain Week Longer
Consider Revenue Measures
TAX RENTER BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Senate Passes Merchants Tax
Bill After Reducing Figures
to Same Now Prevailing.
State Tax Board to Name
Examiners

Inc last Gay out one OF the SoA-
ere Assembly of 19i6--unless the
resolution introduced in the House
late yesterday by Mr.. Browning. OF
Orange, that the session be extended
for one week, members serving with
out pay and handling only revenue
bills. 10 adopted by both branches to-
day--was a long. firing. nerve-racking
day. 1t was day OF much talk and
more work In both branches. 1t was
day filled with discussion, In which
speakers worked under ten-minute
limit, and the speed with which the
two branches worked under the high
pressure showed they fully realize the
big Job they have ahead of them to
clean up the sessions business before
the expiring hour. midnight tonight.
Measures relating to and affecting
the finances of the Commonwealth
were worked on to the exclusion OF
practically everything else Efforts
made to bring up other matters were
without reward, except in the case in
the House last night, when the Nor
folk and Portsmouth delegates were
permitted. by. unanimous consent, to
introduce the last prohibition bin Of
the session. This 10 designed to place
Norfolk, city and county, and Ports
mouth. Suffolk ana the County OF
Nottoway IN the list Of drug store ak
emptions provided by the Mapp pro-
hibition bill. which Governor. Stuart
signed yesterday afternoon.
no Eacct Conimissioner.
The signing Of this bill means that
today. possibly at noon. will elect q
prohibition commissioner, for which
place Rev. J. Sidney Peters was nomi-
mated In the joint caucus OF Thursday
night. The caucus having nominated
keeping the actual selection Of this
commissioner from the door Of the
General Assembly and preventing the
Republican members from expressing
their choice Of candidates, the twenty
one members of the minority party
| viii, II was said yesterday, refuse te
vote. having themselves recorded
simply as present"
In the Senate there were taken ur
and passed in a block nearly seventy
House bills. In the House there were
passed seventeen Senate bills In q
block. There were thirty nine Senate
bills on the House calendar on third
reading. but all but the number pass
ed were passed by under the single
objection rule. These were taken ur
later In the day and last night and a
number of them were passed. Numer-
GUS other measures were passed singty
after debate.
Revenue bills had the call and
strenuous efforts were made In both
branches to have these bills passed
There remain few for today Among
them II the general appropriations bill
which the Senate took up last night
and on which II was working when ad-
journment was taken just before mid
- - - IA.
bill should be passed early today. and
ii will probably be among the first
taken up BY the House this morning
Hundred Thousand Added.
As the appropriations bill stands
in the Senate II carries more than
t16,000.000 for the next two years
100000 having been added by the
| Senate sifftac the measure passed the
House several days ago.
Among the bills passed were: In the
House-already passed by the Sem
ate:
The direct inheritance tax BILL with
an amendment making the minimum
amount Of inheritance to be taxed,
$4,000, instead of 5000 as passed
| in the Senate: to allow first-class
cities to pension policemen and fire.
men: creating the once of public
defender In cities Of more than $4,000
populattOns allowing cities OF more
than 100. 900 population to change
their forms Of government: estab-
fishing an art Communication: RENTING
omitted taxes. locally Mt the aver
/ are OF $1.40 before 1912. and State al
! 4, rate OF thirty-five cents ) before
1903: placing appointment of exami-
ners OF record in the hands of the
state Tax Board. instead Of in the
circuit cous II. and reducing the fees
| OF the examiners: providing for .
~0mmissien oil nefIiciency and econo-
/ my OF State and local governments;
increasing tho franchise tax on steam
rdiiways from III 1-S 10 / Ia pei
cent and tho House bill which goes
to the Sennte. TO enlarge tho powers
lof he State Advisory Board on Tax.
| alton and changing tina name OF that
body to state Tax Board.
In tho Senate already passed By
the House: &.
The willis bili. preventing the sale
lin Virginia Of the stock OF wildcat
mining. development. oil and othe,
ilset-rich- quick concerns; the Jones
| hill, to place the nag Of The United
states on all schooihouses: the Hob.
son bill. permitting traveling man Ind
lofhers compelled by their bNslnssa 4