The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-29
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1t did not take the house long yes
~crday to get down to business and
clean up Ito calendar. During the
three and half hours that II was In
session 1t passed the last OF the three
important pieces Of legislation advo-
Gated by the Virginia Good Roads as
ISOLATION and eighteen other bills and
advanced the remainder Of those on
it, calendar--six In number-to their
thisd reading and engrossment
Among other measures passed yes
terday were the following:
House. Bill No. Is. which provides
for the recordation Of titles to motor
vehicles and declaring the theft of
same to be felony and prescribing
penalties therefor.
House Bill No. IL, to raise revenue
for the support Of the state govern
ment and public free schools and to
House Bill NO. 80. to hx the salary
Of the assistant attorney-general OF
Virginia.
House Bill No. 50, to appropriate
1000 to the state board Of health
to enable It to carry on extension
work In cooperation with the fedora!
government.
House Bill No, 50. to appropriate,
the sum OF $9.646.5S for the control
"
House Bill No II. to pay the actual
travelling expenses and hotel bills OF
circuit Judges while holding courts
III all the counties In their circuit ex-
cept in the counties In which the
judges reside In the county seats.
House Hlll No. ~, to Aprevent
trusts. combinations and nonopolies
inimical to the public welfare.
House Bill No. 40, to compensate
commissioners OF revenue for addi-
tional services made necessary by
reason of the special session of the
legislature.
House Bill No. 80. to appropriate
. sum sufflcient to pay bonus OF ten
per cent TO all state employees at the
seat of government. based on the az
gregate amount OF salaries or wages
drawn, or to be drawn, by them
from March 1. 1918, to February IS.
1920.
House Bill No. IS. defining storage
ana cold storage warehouses ana
regulating the storage Of food
Speaker Houston raped the body
70 order II 11.16 o'clock following
which invocation was pronounced Oy
Raw ~. Finley Gibson. pastor O
DeIsEats n. Lindsay Gordon. who
- D4en called the watch dor ~ tns
treasury, opposed House Bills Mos. sS
ana ~, Appfopriating $4,000 TO the
state board OF health and the sum OF
eA.EAE.ka tor the control Of venerai
6iaenaes, because he was mot IN favor
of spending any Of the states money
except for roads.
Twelve local and uncontested bills
were passed en- bloc.
The vote on House Bill No. - In
ereastng the salary of the assistant
attornsy-general from $2,5o0 TO So
500 was 81 to- 3, the result being re-
ceived with applause.
Delegate Stubs, OF Matthews, In
advocating passage OF the bill, hoped
that It would be the pleasure OF the
general assembly two years hence not
only 10 again increase the salary OF
the. assistant attorney-general. but to
elevate him to . higher position. -
Delegate Gordon declared that
House Btll No. 30. appropriatiny slo.-
600 to the State board Of health, was
net An emergency measure and hoped
Ii would be the pleasure Of the house
ID lay II over until the next regular
session.
Delegate Oslin argued that the
proposition was identical with the
rood roads matter In that the APP
preparation was to match federal AID.
Dele3atA Clement. OF Pittsylvania.
disagrGe1 with the delegate from
Louisa that m emergency did not OK
III. Health, he said, IL OF more I'M
portanco even than that OF roads or
schools. In this view he Was seconded
81 DELEGATE Henley. who declared