The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24
DRY BILL AMENDMENTS
GIVE LAW NEW TEETH
Proposed Changes Offered by senator
Mapp. Which Legislature Is EN-
pected to Adopt Promptly.
SENATE AMENDS CODE
Omission of Word Laundry" From
Revisers' Report Repaired--No uai-
nations for Various State Boards
Are Sent by Governor.

Senator Mapp, of the committee on
moral and social welfare. has present
ed to the senate thu amendments to
the present prohibition BILL This bill
has been reported but there are
great number of amendments report
ed. including some important changes.
Among the features OF the bill Is
that which will regulate the sale OF
certain patent medicines, which will
have to be discontinued by the. deal
ers or they will have to go out of
business. The druggists will not be
required TO pay q special license for
tons, but the preparations will be
only such as have passed muster be-
fore the federal authorities.
There was q provision imposing a
light tax on the dispensers OF soft
drinks. a business which has increased
amazingly In the last few months, but
this has been removed. These peo-
pie will be under close surveillance at
all times. and once they shall have
been detected In dispensing anything
that savors of malt they will feel the
heavy hand OF the law. But the
changes made mostly add to the ef-
fectivenes of the liquor division Of
the bill and broaden the powers of the
to prevent any interference with the
officers of the law when they seek to
arrest man. or men who mag be
suspected of carrying liquor or hay
ing II in their possession.
These weak points in the law have
been cured. and those who may take
a chance at getting by win be sur
prised to ind just how much further
the new law goes than did the old
one.
The measure has been made the
special order and win follow imme-
diately after the conclusion OF the
special orders now on the senate cal
endar The bill will not be reached
before Tuesday. Once under way, the
bill will receive close attention. and as
the legislature is favorable towards
Senator Mapp and the prohibition
cause, there is little reason TO doubt
that they win approve the bill after
he has explained fully the provisions.
Contrary to general belief. there was
voiced opposition In the senate to the
bill to impose tax OF 3 cents FOR the
benefit of the fund to fight tubercuio-
ais. That opposition did not come
with any purpose TO defeat the pur-
pose of the war that Ia proposed to be
waged, but solely on the adyisabiiity
or issuing bonds to raise the FUNDS
There were several speakers who
urged the adoption OF the measure,
which came from the finance commit
tee with unanimous report. soma
tor Buchanan. of Smyth, In opposing
the special tax, said that he did so re-
luctantiy. but that he felt constrained
80 to do. He was informed that there
had already been q provision for In
creasing that fund for the fifighting OF
tuberculosis to $4,000. II the tax
were imposed, 1t meant that more
money would be used for that one
purpose than the federal aid to the
road fund aggregated. The schools
wanted money, the roads wanted
money. The proposition was to give
10 cents to each of them and then to
add cents to the tuberculosis eund.
He declared that he was opposed to
the principle In the matter. The SEN
ate debated the matter for an hour
and half and then adjourned TO Mon
day at 10 o'clock
The senate disposed of a single bill,
that amending the code in regard to
the hours OF labor for women. BY
an error OF some sort, the code revis-
ers had stricken out the word ''laun-
dry" from the code and had placed
the word and" In such positions that
1t was believed possible they could
have been employed In factories for
longer than ten hours. Senator Can
non discovered this and introduced a
bill which restores the law as II lie to-
day, and which will have the effect
of displacing the code provision on
that subject. The senate gave a
unanimous vote in favor of tho bill.
Governor Davis sent to the senate
the following nominations. which will
have to be confirmed within the next
few days:
Members of the board of. visitors
Of the University OF Virginia for the
full term of four years--John Stewart
Bryan. of Richmond; Goodrich Hat
ton. OF Portsmouth: Alex. r. Robert
son, OF Staunton n. Dalton billiard.
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