Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-26
RICHMOND CHARTER
BILL IS ADVANCED
Meets No Opposition, and Is Or
dcrcd to It's En-
groSsrnent.
RELOCATE REFORMATORIES
House Approves Bill to Purchase
Farm in Powhatan as New
Home for Laurel School.

/ Among the nearly 100 bills advanced
| yesterday TO cnsrossmcnt by the House
I OF Delegates were those for the Rich
mond charter change. V. r. l. bond is
sue. purchase OF lands In powhatan ad-
joining the State Farm in Goochland
and limitation OF collection OF taxes
due for more than three years prior
I TO ascertairmcnt. No voice was raised
against tho Richmond charter bill. but
( the Y. J.. /. measure ELECTED spirited
/ opposition from Lindsay Gordon. John
/ w. stephenson and others who felt that
! 1t vas raid upon the treasury. The
I farm purchase bill and the tax meas
/ urc were also slightly opposed.
! Tho revised Code, with Senate
amendments. was adopted by the House
over tho protest OF Mr.. Gordon and O.
6. Davis. Mcssrs. Willis. Stephenson
Gilnlcr and Easicy spoke fer the
amendments. The vote stood 80 10 %
hftcr much facctious banter the
House finally adopted the bill designed
to make the dogwood blossom the
ilora, emblem OF the Old Dominion
George 4. Bowlcs. in Difference 20
John T. Cherry. the cheerful Delegate
from Norfolk. who was so anxious that
tho women be pleased in the matter.
suggested that the cherry blossom be
substituted for tho doSwood Dr. Rols-
ton. however. suggested as this had
bccn = dog" Legislature. II would be
appropriate 10 stick 10 tho dogwood
sHACKLEIORD INSURANCE
H!LI. iS PASSED BY
because the House Yesterday began
working under the rule which ucrrits
any five ohicctors 20 block comsidcra-
;ou of hill, man. OF tho moro i'm
rortan, and . large number Of minor
bills were passed by. Among them
was the Shackictord insurance hill
which has The support Of many mem
berS OF the body. This measure is de-
signed to place fire insurance rate
regulation in the hands Of tho insur-
ancc commissioner. but will not inter.
fcre with the rates as compiled By the
Insurance rating bureaus except where
they arc considered unjust. Even then
the companies have right cf appeal to
the Corporation Commission and the
Supreme Court Of Appeals when they
feel that tho insurance commissioner
has no: treated them fairly.
Robert -. Norris. who had bin de-
signed 10 abolish rating bureaus alto.
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Ni"hi DRIVE LEGITIMATE
'"NtERNS OUT OF STATE
MIR. Brown defended his position
with the statement that the bill con
tained clauses that might result in
driving legitimate concerns out of
business lie had no desire. nc cv
planned to nrotcct those lcccbcs u.ho
swoop down uron prosperous farming
communities anil wax tat on the sale
CT worthless securities 10 glllible conn.
try folks.
William Built; F;tzhuch suffered O.,
two counts by the ru,e of five Ms
bill to prevent ,ubercular ne-sons
teaching in public schools and tina;
10 amend the automobile law were
passed pE. ON the hrst ofcnsc the
ee"'lc'''' from NachlponSo said moth
MS "u' "hch 'he same treatment was
"rcoroeo Tue secohu measure, he arose
~ '"e OCCASION ana pronounced the
p'o'o'"'"5 a" outrage but TINS did
"ot s'op ''' o"""r" harch or the
's'''ous oo'ec'ors' "ho' Whenever
'"ci ""S " e,a nee 10 postpone action.
|o"''ii"cu ~ c"'"'e In Win inc motions
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'"e WOE h"'cn compensation matter.
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