Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-22
Hall, Of Loudoun, for Creation Of
Commission for Collec-
tive Buying.
DELEGATES DEBATE BILLS
Pass BY Williams Compulsory
Education Bill After Much
Discussion.

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Of such commission would be 20 en-
p'oy purchasing agent through whom
all purchases for state institutions and
oficcs would be made, and 70 provide
for standa rdization Of furniture and
material used. in order that the? Nigh:
be bought in bulk and at minimum
prices.
While this bill is not based directly
upon rccomrl enda,ions recently made
10 tho Assembly b. the Commission on
Efficiency and Economy, II is designed
10 carry out the idea of collective buy
ing suggested b. that commission. The
new commission would be formed OF
The Governor, as chief executive, and
tho heads or the different institutions
20 be served All purchases for the
state, except for construction OF build :
( inEs highways and bridges. would be
made through tho commission.
Mr.. Hall states that the bill is drafted
+ from similar laws now in effect in Wis
/ consin and Ohio, where the idea works
splcndidly. lie says the bill includes
tho bcs. points OF the laws of the two
States. and that it's adoption viii re-
.u'' in placing the government OF Nir-
I c.ria upon much soundcr business
/ aSis. Ills theory is that. sinco pus-
cha"!nE agents have proven profitable
TO the larger private enterprises. one
would naturally be helpful 10 the
state
The bill does not mention the amoIn:
Of salary 10 be allowed tho purchasing 3
agent.
ADAMS WANTS Federal. AID
FOR VOCATIONAL. SCHOOLS
Another important bill presented u
the House ot Delegates yesterday is
( mat b. Delegate Adams. providing tor
y.-Einia's acceptance Of the provisions
Of the Smith-iiuEhes act. This is de-
signed to allow Inc schools OF the state
10 participate in the Federal fund Gre
a,ed for vocational training. About
100000 would come TO the state
through this measure.
Yesterdays session OF the House
saw the first argument since the pro-
hibition amendmcnt was disposed OF
in the first week OF the term. Tha
resu!, was that only two Of twenty
seven bills on the calendar passed
readings. These were House bills
and 10. on their second reading. The
/ first is ono by Delegate billiard. 70
relieve vehicles OF tolls when carrying
( pupils 10 and from schools. Tho other
by Delegate Evans, is to extend tho
prohibition law clause refusing whisky
/ license to drug stores and hotels to
certain counties in which licenses have
/ been granted.
I The first argument arose over House
Z bill c. by Delegates Williams and
Ramsey. II proposed an amendment
10 the present compulsory school at
tendance law, which some of the dele
gates considered too drastic. After
I considerable discussion. in which Lind
scy Gordon and others opposed its pas
sage, il was passed by. but not until
Mr.. Williams had paid his respects
TO the attitude OF the State toward its
schools. According TO him, the public
schools are treated as public uuis-
. anccS."
FlTZHUGH'S BILL. HELD ItP
RY EVANS AMENDMENT
william Buili;t FithuShs bill to
prevent tubcrculars from teaching ia
: the public schools got by the second
reading for a time. but was recalled
and passed by for the time being. An
aI.,e endment by Delegate Elam that
physical examination fees be limited
TO $50 and paid by the State was the
cause Of the recal! l; was feared that
the amendment would let down the
bars to physicians who might care to
! take advantage OF the State. and tina;
they would examine everybody in
/ sight
The bill! by Delegates Walton and
/ Russell, designed to permit the ciec-
ton OF school trustees also occasi ioncd
debate. II was passed by. so was
! Delegate Chase's bill for the granting
OF amnesty to enlisted mon against
! whom the State might have bills for
! fines and costs.
At this point i; developed that
printed copies OF the remaining bills
on the calendar had not been dcliv-
! cred TO the delegates. so the body :ld-
iourncd 10 meet AT noon to-day
ANTIsLACI<ER hill
- 70 III: HEDRAt"IED
y somewhat sensational fgh; on ;ht
part, Of labor organizations was sprung
on the Mapp antislack bin ycs.crda;
afternoon in tho Senate chamber whtr
the Committees Oh General Laws held
Il joint meeting to report on bills
referred to them. II. 7. Colvin, repre-
scnting the Richmond Central Trades
and Labor Couiicil and the Virginia
Federation OF Labor; J. G. Duk., rep
resentinS the Trades and Labor Ccum-
ell also. and Mr.. Cash, on the part ot
the brotherhood of Railway Traiumen
spoke for an hour or more. These me,
contcndcd that the bill, aimed 7rimaril,
at urskilicd idlcrs. would in the in
ternrctation OF the average justice oi
the peace, include every artisan or me.
chanic OF skilled laborcr whatsoeve.
if caught out of - job.
At the suggestion of Senator Marp
the patron of the Bill. and Delegate
Cherry. the bill was rc-rcfcrred to 4
subcommittee. composed OF members oi
the two Committees on General Lava
10 be rcdrafted so as to operate spccir.
ically on the classes at whom il was
aimed. Senator Mapp admitted that
the hill might ir the future plague
labor. though there was no such in
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