The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-11
MILLS POINTS OUT
IT'S ADVANTAGES
Designed to Aid Citizens
in Preparing for the
Ballot.
/, TO EXAMINE ALL
STATE ACCOUNTS
Smith is Elected Prohibi-
ton Commissioner and
Four Judges Are Re-
elected.

St~~e~NSs
The senate made A new record yes
te-dAv in the matter of passing meas
ures that had come over from the
house Only those bills could be con-
sidered, Of course. or the senate pilis
with house amendments. That was me
procedure. The members were in lio-
nral mood and when the work was
taken in hand there were ninety-two
bills on the calendar which were re sdy
to he dumped into the hopper and to
be ground out as completed Legislation.
The bills were for The most part of
IA local characterize build bridge
over Bear wallow Creek or-to improve
the road from Balyhack To Hat Creek.
The senate decided to make short wore
of these. and with one roll call after
the reading of the bills by title, they
we're grouped, punched and blocked and
passed---and one roll call sufficed. This
makes 1t easy TO see that the work Of
the session at the last hours Will not
be marked with the scenes that have
attended In the past. when the mem
hers answered to their names In sort
CT pcrfunctory way, and by Saturday
afternoon the chances are that the
decks viii he cleared and that there
will he nothing but the formal motion
10 adjourn
Elections Held.
Al lis o'clock the senate and this
house proceeded with the Joint order
the election OF judges of the courts:
panviiie. Charlottesville, Alexandria.
Richmond. and prohibition commits
soner.
Harry u. Smith. of Cuipeper, was
chosen az the successor to DR.. Peters
al nd the judges succeeded themselves:
rHznVtfIR.
Dabney Charlottesville: Louis G. Bar
Icy. Alexandria, and David CrcckeIt
Richardson. Richmond That con-
sumed nearly an hour, and the c&ndi-
dates received every vote cast
The house bill requiring the force
from the office OF the state accountant
to examine at least once in two years
the books and records OF every officer
in the cities and counties who handle
state funds provoked lot Of discus
sion senasns Andrews at first oppnssd
the bill, but after several speeches
showing the need for the undertaking
and for the protection Of the state
treasury he announced that he had
heard enough and he voted for tho
hiIi--Senators Leedy and oliver cast
ing the negative votes.
Rexister the vsters.
TIE house bill providing for the
E8LApflSktuG1k CtkiCc " fJsVVo III
hnbtants a central registration bureau.
to be kept open every day In the year
that other city departments are open
for the transaction Of business, and are
10 register the names OF voters who
appear. to issue transfers and to reg
lister transfers that are presented. the
books to be kept there for the pur-
pose from every ward and precinct.
was called UP. Senator Mills cham
f1in m and N his rnnttnn
the same was passed.
Governor Davis, chairman of the
state tax board. sent to the legislature
a message from the state tax board
calling attention to the proposition
TO reduce the taxes on bonds, etc,
and pointing out that ii the senate
and the house agreed to the bill max
ing the tax forty-five cents instead OF
eighty cents. as Is now the case, the
state will have Its resources and rev.
enues crippled to the extent of $780,
000--the schools, roads and tubercu-
tosis being tho greatest sufferers. The
message was the result Of the dcliber-
atoms Of the state tax board. Taxes
are being levied on all sorts of things
to produce the funds to run the state
government, and this exemption at
this time il not popular In many di-
rections.
RENEW PILOT FIGHT
With the poasibles defeat OF the
Pilot bill In the house, the supporters
of that measure resorted to new tao
tics Under the rule the house could
not consider later than yesterday and
in order to carry on the tight 1t was
necessary to suspend or revoke the
rule under which the two bodies was
operating. The house did rescind that
resolution and send 1t over TO the SEN
ate. and when It had been read II
was referred to the committee on
rule.
Senator Mapp tried to have Ii given
Immediate consideration, but Senator
Dunn insisted that It be sent to the
committee on rules, and q roll call
was necessary. The motion OF Senator
Gum was carried by vote OF 20 to I
The committee on rules Is expected to
take up the matter at an early date
and to make report.
Due to the presence OF many per-
sons on the floor of the senate the
members were compelled to invoke
the rules This meant that all ex-
cept the members had to leave. and
for ten minutes there was q stream
OF men and women from the. senate
4 1ppr. Soon thA.S GrpNd ~ .thA ellak
room began 70 appear on the door and
the cf1cers hsd trouble enforcing or
Ter % that members could hear what
Vas going on And.to listen to the dis
rusaion Of the bills that were being
sonsidered.
REFUSES 10 CHANGE RULE.
The senate 1t the afternoon session
heard the report Of the committee on
tsiea ~ the matter OF concnrring In
me reQuest Of me house f0r 4 oiia nee
e pAM the pilot bill and to have the
SCoAtiaasd a .RaSS rwo.1