Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-19
BUDGET BILL Is
PASSED BY HOUSE
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viding that no person catching soft
crabs with dip nets shall be required
to pay a license tax or inspectors fee;
bill to prohibit the erection and con-
| tinuation OF devices and signs in the
form OF a railway crossing sign on or
near any of the public roads OF this
State; bill TO appropriate $4,000 20 the
State Farm to meet a deficit for the
fiscal year ending February IS. 1915;
ILL to pay court stenoSrapher in
| Williamsburg for transcribinG a GER
tain record; bill relating to the road
and toll gates in Amherst County.
Also passed was the House bill pro-
viding that the words "or designated
by the Governor as desirable to be
observed as 4 holiday because Of con-
ditions incident to state OF war"
should be inserted in the act declaring
what holidays operated on business
transactions; Senate bill relating
to filing answers in suits for the sale OF
infants interest in real estate; bill
apDropriatinS $4,000 for the purchase
of the Davis House in which to house
certain departments of State which now
occupy the building:
WILL, ELIMINATE LOCAL
BOARDS OF lax REVIEW
Among the bills ordered enSrossed
OIL the third reading was the Robert
son-Conrad bill proposed by the State
Tax Board for the purpose OF clim
hating the local Boards OF Review from
the State taxation scheme. The bill
provoked considerable discussion.
Senator West desired the bill committed
to the Finance Committee and argued
that it should never have been sent to
the Courts Of Justice Committee. Those
who opposed the recommitmcnt were
Senator's Robertson. STROBE and Davis.
who said the boards had been failure
and had cost the State $4,000 more
than they had produced, and Senator
Andrews. who also argued that the
Finance Committee was too over
burdencd without the consideration OF
additional bills carrying no appropria
ton. Senator West contended that the
boards had not been a failure, but had
placed on the property books more than
100000 taxable values.
Another bill ordered cnErosscd was
the one permitting women to practice
law. The bill was reported out OF the
Committee on Courts OF Justice, com
posed OF lawyers entirely by unan
nous vote; but rs it was passing be-
yond the amendable stage senator
Andrews moved 10 pass by. On Ques-
ton from Senator Buchanan as TO his
rca son. the Senator replied: Il am
10th TO see that day come in Virginia
when the courts in the state are thrown
open TO admit the practice OF law By
women" Senator Robertson also OPP
posed the motion to pass by and the
bill on vote was ordered cngrossed.
SEVERAL. SPECIAL ORDERS
ARE SET FOR TODAY
! The Addison-Strodc bill proposing a
levy Of 8 cents on all taxable values to
provide for the care. treatment and in
structon OF persons having tubercu
| losis, and to extend the work OF the
| State Board Of Health was made n
special order for to day at 1885 o'clock
The workmen's compensation act is Il
special order to-day for l245 o'clock; .
and the STROBE bill proposing coeduca-
; ton at William and Mary College is a
special order for 1870 O'Clock.
! with reference 10 the William and
Mary bill Senator Strobe said that the
bill was entirely distinct from those
bills relating to collegiate education of
women at the University OF NirG nia,
! and likewise separate from the Strobe
bill proposing graduate and profess
sional education OF women AT the uni
/ versity, and that il was not right that
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