Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-15
.F|FTY-F|vE MEASURES
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
or the Great Mass OF BILLS Given
Approval Most Arc
Local
ALMHOUsEs ARE PROVIDED FoI.
Norfolk County Bond Issue and For
ciEn Corporation Relief Among
Things Approved by Chief Exccu-
tiyc-NIany Local Game Laws.

Governor Davis yesterday signed
large number of bills passed by tho
General Assembly. The majority OF
them. however, were purely local In
character.
Among the bills meeting with execu-
tive approval was House bill 6s. pro-
viding for the establishment OF homes
for the poor by the joint agreement
Of the Boards of Supervisors Of two
or more counties, or by "a similar agree
ment with city councils. Provision is
also made for tho purchase Of suitable
property for the location OF these
homes and for tho care and main
/ tcnancc Of the poor. The act further
authorizes the adoption cf county and
city poor houses in such counties and
cities that adopt it.
Several bills were signed which pro-
vided for the protection of deer and
other game in various counties which
have been seriously affected by their
( rapid determination.
Bills signed by the Governor arc as
follows:
House bill 32s-An act TO authorize
and empower Boards Of Supervisors to
remit certain classes Of local taxes
upon certain steam railways operating
at loss.
Senate joint resolution-A resolution
to designate floral emblem for the
state of Virginia.
Senate bill 3ll-An act 10 incorporate
the town OF Dungannon.
Senate bill 3l5--An act to authorize
the submission to the legal voters of
The city of Winchester. the question Of
a bond issue.
CONFIRMING PURCHASES
MADE ny GOVERNOR STUART
Senate bill 3i6-An act to ratify and
confirm certain acts OF Henry c. Stuart,
former Governor of Virginia. in reia-
ton to the securing OF options in the
name OF the State OF Virginia. on GER
tain lands to be used for military pur-
poses.
Senate bill 261-An act ccding to the
United states exclusive Jurisdiction
over certain lands acquired for public
/ purposes within the State.
House Joint rcsolu:ion-A resolution
/ proposing amendment to section lS6 of
I the Constitution.
Senate joint rcsolut!on-A resolution
I proposing an amendment 10 section 1876
OF article IX OF the Constitution.
House bin ilS-An act to authorize
the appointment of one additional
( commissioner in chancery for the Cir
cult Court Of the County of Pittsyl-
vania.
House bill Il4-An act TO authorize
the Board OF Supervisors OF Charlotte
/ County TO provide annual allowance
+ House bill 4oo-An act to prohibit
the killing OF deer for a period Of three
years, and Of elk for a period of five
years in the Counties of Botetourt.
/ fland. Allegheny. Giles. Montgomery.
Franklin, Rockingham, Wythe and
Patrick.
House bill iol-An act to regulate the
hunting. shooting. sale of squirrels
Ia the county of RappahannQck
/ House bill 293-An act to authorize
u n IL of
( Of Park5lcy In the County OF Acconac.
/ to borrow money and issue bonds for
the purchase. construction. repair and
Improvement OF the water and light
ing systems OF said town.
House bill 23S-!An act for the pro-
lection of gray squirrels in the County
of Loudoun.
RATIFlING ELIZABETH CITY
COUNTY BONDS FOR ROADS
House bill 3e0-An act to validate,
ratify. approve and confirm certain
bonds 10 be issued By the County of
Elizabeth City, authorizing the issue
and providing for the redemption
thereof and for the ordering and hold
ing OF an election.
Senate bill 309-An act to amend and
re-cnact section OF an act to provide
for the construction of the corporate
limits of cities and towns"
House bill 29G--An act 10 relieve !
Dy the payment
to him OF certain warrants which he
paid off in 1877, 1873 and 1879. but
which have not been repaid TO him.
House bill 33i--An act TO prohibit
the issuing of bonds for permanent
road or bridge Improvement. under an
election held in 1916 for this purpose,
in Lunenburg County, for Pleasant
Grove Magisterial District Of said
county.
House bill 3sS--.\n act in relation to
killing and trapping muskrats in the
County of King George.
House bill ?l2-An act to amend an
act TO incorporate the town of Crewc. !
House bill 364-An act TO validate
the recordation Of certain maps ana
plats rs recorded in the Counties OF
Amherst. Campbell ana Halifax. and
authorize the use of plat books in tn"
clerks Offices thereof.
House bill 25l-An act TO provide
a cottage at Catowba Sanatorium for
tuberculouS teachers.
PROVIDING FOR BRIDGES
IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY !
House bill 43l-An act 10 provide for +!
the building of bridges in the Cran- /
~ OF Isle of Wight. and to authorize
the Board Of Supervisors to borrow
money by the issuing of bonds.
House hill 217--An act 20 provide
for the commitment by any court hav-
ing jurisdiction OF such persons con-
victed therein of misdemeanor or
the violation of city ordinance to
any county or city farm; to provide
for the commitment by the several
courts and police justices of this State
of juveniles that might be committed
under, the terms of an act approved
March 81, to any county or city farm !
House bill S50-An act TO amend an
act TO make it larceny to receive money
or other thing of value with intent
10 injurc or defraud. from any per-
son engaged in the cultivation of the !
soil. under contract OF employment
for personal service.
House bill GS---tn act authorizing and
empowering the Board of Supervisors
of any TWO or more counties In this |
state. or the Board OF Supervisors of
any one ~ more Of tho counties in
this state and the Council or Councils
of any ono or more Of the sevcra;
cities IN this STATE to establish home
for the care and maintenance Of th..
poor.
House bill a42-An act to proh,bi.
the hunting, shooting or tronnipr n,