The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-02
HOUSE. DISCUSSES
REVENUE MEASURES
Deyotcs Day TO Measures Special
Taxes for Schools, Roads, Tu-
bcrcui8sis. and 50-45 Bill.
PASS SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX
Committee ON Social and Moral Wei
fare rFavorably Report Movie Gem
sorship Blk-AIl-Day Battle Over
Old Ground Stubbornly Fought

The house of delegates yesterday
devoted practically the entire day to
discussion of the various revenue
raising bills providing for a direct
tax for schools, roads, tuberculosis.
the West 50-45 bill, and shortly after
r. NJ. passed the house bill levying
n separate tax of five cents for addl-
tional support of schools.
The motion picture censorship blu
passed by the house was favorably
reported by the committee on social
and moral welfare.
The friends of additional appro-
priations for the new state highway
system made an all-day battle en-
deavoring to couple a. special five
cent levy for roads with the Ave cent
school levy.
The chair was vacated while the
house went into informal conference
to determine whether a f1ve-cent tax
for roads should be Immediately re-
ported and considered Jointly with
the school tax bill. This was voted
down by the informal conference.
In the afternoon session a suostt-
tute bill was offered placing levy
OF FIVE cents each for schools ana
roads, which was defeated SO to 81.
On the question of the passage OF
the Brewer Pitts. bill tsr g. 1ve-cent
levy for schools. the house passed the
bill by a vote of s6 to 81.
The senate compromise bill levying
a direct tax Of ten cents, four Tor
roads, and three each for schools and
tuberculosis will come up in the
house.
The debate in the house, while in
teresting and at times very earnest,
covered practically the same ground
as when the Brewer-Pitts bill was
considered on the previous day.
Delegate Reed. OF Portsmouth,
tried to have an amaQdment adopted
providing for a uniform sta tax OF
so cents on intansibles, forty OF
which would be available for schools.
Mr., Reed chained this would increase
. the states revenues.
Mr., Reed made a convincing argu-
ment in favor OF his plan. and cited
facts. figures. and reports TO prove
his contention
Those speaking in favor of the
Brewer Pitts bill and opposed to the
fave-cent road tax proposition were
chairman Brewer. and Delegates
Pitts. J. NJ Stuhbs, II. a. Anderson
and Ozliu.
The militant good roads advocates
were Willis. Norris. Boschen, DR.
Martin. Hunter. Henley. Davis and
AV. A. Anderson. all of whom also
favored The levy for schools. Dele
gate Sheckelford was opposed to both
the school and road tax
Tie vote ON the passage OF the
f1ye-cent levy bill follows:
Ayes~R. \. Anderson, W. "a An
La T4a1 TIE RnnG-
Roschent Bowies. Brewer. j. Sinclair
Brown, Buck. Burhman, Burke, car
ter. Chase. Cherry. Clement, Cooke,
rornett. Deans. Dickerson. Dodson,
F,lam. Evans F'itzhugh, Flanagan
Forester Fuller. Gilpin, Claiming
w Han. wilbur c. Hall, Hartman.
HENLEY. Hobbs, Horton. Hudgins,
1seane Hundley. p, 7, Hundiey. Hun
ter. Jones Mann. McNutt. MeetIe'
Miller. holland. \Omps, ozlln. Fence
PITTS. Reyland. Ramsey. Redo. RaI-
ston. Charles r. smith Harry Is
Smith. snead. sproul James
stubbs, Taylor. Tiffany Villa ms,
Willis. winston. Wright, Houston. %,
Nayes-~J. Galloway Brown, Car
rtneton. Cato. Conway. Crockett. Da'-
Wis, billiard, EasIey. Gillian. Gl'mer'
Martin. Murray. MusRrave. Shackel-
ford. Shumate. Snow, Slant, stephen
son stuart. Turner, Walton II.
t'he vote on the Norris substitute
providing five cents for road ana nFe
cents for schools,
Ayes-w. A. Anderson. Bailey. sa-
Aer. Bond Boschen, Garner, Chase
Conway. Davis. billiard. Evans, flts-
hugh. Forrester. Gilpin, Charming W.
Hall. Henley. Hudgins. Deane Hund-
gev. Hunter, Martin. MeetZe. Miller
Norris, Omps, Ramsey, Reed. Rus
sell, H. B. Smith, snow. Sproul' stah''
yyilliems. Willis, Houston. "a
Nays-R A. Anderson, Bowies'
brewer, ]. Galloway Brown. }, Sin-
clair Brown. Buck, Buhrman, Burke
Darlington. Cato, Cherry. Clement
cooke. Cornett, Crockett, Deans
Ddckerson. Dodson. Easley. Elan
FLANAGAN. Fuller. Gillian. Giimer,
Wilbur c. Hall. Hartman. Horton, T
j. Hundley. Jones, Mann. McNutt'
Murray. Muagrave. holland, oziin
Pence. Price, Ragiand, Roiston'
s-hackeiford, Shumate, Charles r,
smith. Snead. Stephenson, Stuart
lanes N Stubs. Taylor. Tiffany
.yrurner. Walton. winston, Wright. aS
Conference on Davis Building Bill.
The house refused to recede from
,ts amendment to the senate bill for
+ha purchase of the Davis building
.ronerty BY which the appropriation
was reduced ten thousand dollars, ano
tha senate non -concurring. confer
ence committee was appointed on mo
ton Of Hail. of Loudon.