Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-25
ONLY TWELVE. DAYS
TO COMPLETE WORK
General Assembly Has Acted
Upon Less Than Onc-H Half
Of It's Bills.
HEAVY CALENDARS TO-DAY
With Many Special Orders, Sub
stantial Progress by Lcgis-
lature Is Expected.

With only twelve days remaining in
which to complete it's work. tho Nir-
;,inia General Assembly finds itself
with considerably less than one-i,alr
OF the measures presented disposed
Of. AZ tho close OF business Saturday
afternoon the Senate calendar contain
cd fifty pages; that of tho House. forty.
And scores Of bills were still unrcDort-
cd in the hands of committees. Among
tho measures yet TO he considered arc
tho Code revisal. proposed changes in
the tax system. taxation for schools.
roads and health. cocducation work
mems compensation. insurance lcgis-
iation, game laws. appropriations. fur
ther prohibition regulations and great
raft of proposed laws OF greater and
lesser degree.
HOLIDAYS AND SHORT SESSIONS
HAVE CAUSED MANY DELAYS
While there seems TO be little hope
that all of these matters can be cleared
away in the short time remaining, both
branches of the Assembly Will to-day
begin heroic efforts to dispose Of as
many as possible. The Senate. af,c,
a week of double sessions. will proh
ABLY add 4 third TO begin after sumner
The House, too. contcmrlatcs three
sessions for the rest of term. begin
ming to-day.
WITH the large number OF bills still
IN committee il is not probable That
inc buik OF the calendars will show.
any apprcciable reduction for several
days I'm bloc voting has already be-
gun however, and whenever any large
number OF measures not opposed arc
encountered, they VIII probably be got
ten ria OF with one swoop
Close to 400 bills have bocn Intro
duccd in each branch of the Assembly,
up TO this time. Frequent holidays
ana snort sessions have DELAYED worl;
upon them. until they present n,:;ta
a formidable job for tho legislators
Last week saw the first real effor; TO
clear Them away. and much good work
was done
However. tho huik OF The work Of
clearing the calendars remains TO be
done During most OF last week the
senate worked double sessions. either
beginning Two hours earlier or else
conducting seconL session in the
afternoon, from $3.50 TO . O'Clock. The
House has been convening at II for
several weeks. and to-day begins the
n
overtime work. /; is only question of
a 'ew days now Till tho Assembly Will
oe workI12 day and night in open scs-
SION Already the Finance Committee
"t the senate and tho Appropriations,
committee OF Tho House have been
!aoor!ns over half the night in addi-
ton 10 all the DAY wor.; possible
SUI, 1t is urged that the calendars arc
less cong Gestcd than is usually The 'rosc
at this time in Il c session
In the Senate to-day there should he
considerable accomplishments. The ses
sion opens at 10 o'clock this morui,,-
Tor the purpose OF considering until
noon uncontested bills 1t has siyteeu
pages OF bills on the third reading. and
therefore, ready to be put on their
passage. OF this number MANY Of
them ere uncontestcd, while as many
more arc expected to prccip!tatc oppo
sition in various degrees There are
twenty-five pages in the calendar on
the second reading. Many of these arc
constantly objected 20 tha. they NAV
remain in the amcndatory stage. for
many reasons. Among them arc tie
bills proposing collegiate education or
women at the Cnivcrs.ty OF Virginia
and the Williams Ramsey compulsory
education bill! from t!> House.
WORK MEMS COMPENSATION ACr
FIRST on SENATE CALENDAR
With reference TO the Early co-o-d;.
nate college bill and the Strodc nm
proposing graduate and protest..
work for women at the university. :;
has been suggested that a great MANY
members of the Senate voted for ihc
William and Mary College cocGucat ton
bill as war measure. 1t is intimatcd
mat the war measure" part was to
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