Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-15
BAKER DOG LAW IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Weakened by Amendment AL
lowing Licensed Dogs at
Large in Daytime.
MATHEWS FOR REDISTRICTING
Wants Fairer Representation
for Cities in General
Assembly.
MATHEWS FOR REDISTRICTIN(

! So amended as to permit licensed
daylight hours. the Baker dog bill.
steered by Floor Leader Willis. passed
the House Of Delegates yesterday. 6s
to %.
/ The vote came after lengthy srGu-
ment, for which the bars were let down
when Mr.. Willis moved to reconsider
the vote by which the bill passed to the
| final reading SO that Delegate Gilmer
could offer an amendment. Mr.. Gilmer
! ella lined that he had been prevented
! from speaking on the previous day. He
characterized the measure as d high
/ handed effort by city representatives
! TO protect the game of the State for
! the personal pleasure of city people.
The profession that 1t was designed
to preserve the sheep industry. he said.
was a mere bait to get the country
delegates support. He, :Iajor Ander-
son and Delegate Evans wanted the
law made optional with the supervisors
of the several counties. DR.. Peter Win
ston replied that he thought the matter
of local option had been pretty thor
oughly settled in Virginia by the pro-
! hibition election.
ALLOWS DOGS AT LARGE
IN THE DAYTIME
Donald Slant, of Bristol, proposed
the amendment to permit dogs to run
at large unmuzzled in the daytime.
holding that their deprcdations upon
sheep occurred mostly at night This,
with an amendment by MIR. Shackle-
I ford to prevent any part of fees col
lectcd for dog licenses to profit county
officials, was adopted.
! During argument on the bill Speaker
Houston vacated the chair TO permit
| DIR. J. G. Fcrncyhough. State Eeteri-
marian, to tell of the loss TO the State
from hydrophobia spread by dogs.
Vote on the bill stood as follows:
| tycs-Adams. r. A. Anderson, Bailey.
Baker. Beattie Boschen. J. c. Brown,
Buck, Buhrman, Caring ton, Garter,
| Cato. Chase. Cherry. Clement Com
minis, Cornett, Crockett. billiard, Dod-
son. EasIey. Fitzhush, Flanagan. For
ester. Fuller Gillian. Gilmcr. Good
win. w. c. Hall, Harvey. Henley. Hobbs
! Hudgins, Dcane Hundey. p. j. Humid
ley. Hunter. Jones. Mann. Marshall
Martin. Mectzc, Miller. Murray. Noland.
Omps. Owen, Ozln. Pence. Pitts. Price
! Ragland. Reed, Rolston, Russell, Shac-
kleford. Shumatc. c. T.. Smith, H. b.
~ Stubbs Taylor. Turner. Walton
Williams. Willis. Winston. Wright.
Nays-W. \. Anderson, Bond, Bowles
Brewer. J. S. Brown. Burke. Garner.
Conway Davis. Deans, Dickcrson. Elam
Evans. GApin, C. W. Hall. Hartman.
Horton, McNutt, Musgravc. Ramsey.
! Rev, Sncad. Snow, X. II. Stubbs, Hous-
ton.
Not votins-Cook. Gordon. Norris.
Smoot. Stuart. Tiffany.
MATHEWS INTRODUCES
REDISTRIBUTING BILL
Senator Mathews has introduced a
bill calling for the redistricting Of the
State. SO as to give to t.. se-cral
cities. counties and senatorial districts
more equal representation in the
General Assembly. Under the Drovi-
sions of the Constitution the redistrict-
Ing should have been done in 1912, since
that document as revised in 1902 states
that reapportionmen: may be made
in 1906. and shall be made in the year
1912. and every tenth year thereafter"
Under the present apportionmcnt IL is
held that the cities are seriously dis
crimnated against and are denied
many representatives.
BETTER BUSINESS METHODS
IN TREASURERS' OFFICES
The Governors recommendations. de-
signed to institute better business
methods in county treasurers' Offices
defeated by the House as they were
embodied in Senate bill number ., are
again before the Assembly. Wilbur
Hall and Senator Buchanan simultan-
eously introduced similar bills in House
and Senate. The new measure would
carry an appropriation Of about $1,000
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