The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-09
THE SENATE
Long live and flourish the jitney

IIoHe ave ana uOuFlBH tue JIiIiNys
That is what the Senate did yester-
day. when the bill to impose a State
license tax OF $40 flat on these We
hicles was defeated by q vote of 10
to / 4.
To begin with the bill had been so
amended that no man who had seen
the original would have recognized
the patched. matched, altered, revised
and corrected affair, which was final
ly submitted to a vote.
Senator Buchanan and Senator
Rison advocated the measure, making
arguments for the necessity for re-
compense Of the State treasury for
losses sustained by common carriers,
which pay on their gross earnings.
Senator Trinkie and Senator Wen
denburg made speeches In opposition
to the bill, and then the matter was
submitted to Il recorded vote, which
resulted;
Ayes-Andrews, Bowers. Buchanan.
CorbItt, Early. Garrett, Gayle. Cool
rick, Holt, Lacy R1son, Royal, Thorn
ton and West-l4.
Noes-Addison, Allen, Barham.
| Cannon, Conrad. Davis, Downing
/ Drewry. Goodloe. Gravatt. Gum. Hen
! ing, Jordan, Robertson. Strobe. Trinkle
Walker. Webb, Wenden burg-1s.
Anti-Tsp Iaws.
The Senate Committee for General
| I avs yesterday made a favorable re-
| port on the House bill. which makss
| il. unlawful for any patron Of hotel
barber shop. cafe. restaurant or any
! public place to give any reward. tip
ronpensatton or gift TO any servant
porter. waiter. cashier. attendant OF
employe for any service rendered OF
| performed.
The bill has already passed the
House.
Five Minute Speeches.
On motion OF Senator Strobe, OF
| Amherst. tho Senate adopted motion
TO limit all speeches on all bills 10
five minutes by each senator, except
/ that the patron Of measure or the
tehairrnan OF a. committee reporting q
bin should be exempt from the oper'
alton OF the law.
Safety OF williamsburg.
/ There will be no repetition OF the
early disorders at Hopewell at VIII
liamshrrg, Senator Holt yesterday
nroposed measures which xest the an
Ithorities with ample authority to
name police, provide prisons name
magistrates and 10 do any and every
thing that may be necessary to prevent
the sotourn Of undesirable" or fo'
any violation of the laws of the city
OF Williamsburg or the state OF Viz
rtnta. The Senate took Cognizanee oi
the emergency and passed the bills
They were sent over to the House foi
| concurrence.
Direct Inheritance Tax.
The Addison bill placing direc
| inheritance tax on all persons In thu
| state came up as a special order IL
the Senate yesterday afternoon. ant
Senator Addison made a brief explana
ton as to what was sought. He said
that on all estates of $1,000 and over
which were inherited would have &c
nav tax OF per cent up to $4,000
from that figure to $250,o0o the tas
! wotid be two per cent; from s23o.oOe
| TO 1000. 900 the tax would be three
per cent, and over that gum 1t would
/ he four per cent.
Senator Mapp offered an amend
/ ment which stipulated that the
/ money thus received should go to the
primary and grammar schools OF the
state, and this was agreed to. and
| the bin az amended was then passed
| The hill repeating the diypensary
| In the town OF Farmville was reached
| as a special order, Senator Allen ask
| ing that the reading OF the measure
khe dispensed with and that II be put
| on Its passage. This was done and
the measure passed by the following
| recorded vote:
| Yeas--Addison, Allen, Andrews,
! Parham, Bowers, Buchanan. Byrd.
! Conrad, Corbitt Davis Early. Gayle,
| Goodloe. Gum, Hening, Jefrreys,
| Jordan, lacy. Mapp, Rinshart, Rison.
| Robertson Royal, Saunders. Strobe.
! Thornton. Walker. webb, west--2s.
Limit Revenues OF Examiners Of
Record.
10 a1E nc the
fee amendment BILL affecting only ex-
aminers OF record, was taken up just
before adjournment The bill was
amen ied because the original pro-
position did not reach them, in the
belief Of lawyers, and he wanted TO
limit their incomes He placed the
maximum for them at $4,000. but be-
! fore there could be vote on the pro-
! position the amendment to make the
maximum 81 900 was accepted by
him,
As amended the bill was then
/ passed. 1t still has TO receive the en-
4 1orsprnent Of the House of Delegates