Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-03
G|LP|N BILL IS SET
AS SPECIAL ORDER
Lengthy Debate Is Forecast in
Effort to Abolish DR..
Peters Office.
WDoWN is SOUGHT,
Culpeper Delegate Asks Evil
deace of Activities of Pro-
hibition Inspectors.

Consideration OF the Gilpin bill bro.
VidinS for abolition of the state Pro-
hibition Department, was YESTERDAY
set as special and continuing order
for 1880 o'clock Thursday in tho
! House.
This action. which was taken on mo-
ton OF the patron OF the bill. means
| that the Ihcasuro will have prccedenra
over everything else on the date set
| Tor hearing and, inasmuch as arr,,
meht both for and against abolition OF
ihc oihce probably will be lengthy .;on
.ofwcr branch is expected to concern it
SCI, WIN little else on Thursday
ho iroifiiHition coiii,, commissioner Peters viii
inc General Assembly OF automohjIes
@ anu iluor confscated by his depart
ment and OF prosecutions of vioiators
ol tne Mapp law resulting from the :ic-
| ttNiticS OF his agents and deputies. ~
l resolution offered in the House yest
,TrdaE ey Major Gibson. of Culpe per, Eis
aTEoptcd. The measure. in the lanEuase
81 9t those in the lower branch who have
discussed this lntest development in
me ,Ii mgnt against the Prohibition De.
down." - snow
C""hSchted Cars Valued nj $4,000.
The last annual report OF the Prohi
oiM1m nII,,, c9mmissioner, ,n covering the year
value of contiscated autoniobiIes ut
Si0'09o. mes, aggregating S1a5.-
S1f'.'e' lnciuding coniiscated liquor sold,
ALSO are shown in the report
The resolution introduced nv Mates
ninson calls upon the Prohibition Com
missioner IN, to show what part hie de-
conitscaton of vehicles sold and uha =
sum was realized from the sale of
@ sueh vehicles through the efforts 81
county, city and town authorities 80,
The report further shows 10000 Esl-
IONS or ardent,spirits con!iscated. The
,iesGn esfa,d resolution n. would require Com
Assembly what part OF the iiouor yas
seized wholly by officers OF the Proh.e
b,'iom bw fni,,i ipem9artment. what part wholly.
action. - 'ostttiS ~
Information ns to Ftne..
nc also viii be requested to inform
the i,naaN', lawmakers what part of the fines
agents and inspectors, what part frn,n
the energies of local officers and what
part as !, result OF joint action.
The resolution also would determine
me number or cases In which the at
torneys OF the Prohibition Department.
vsEis'eq Wj,h thc in tnS prosecution together
tcIuittnls resulting from such prose-
;, The commissioner is requested to
earliest convenience. Tho resolution
Moral and Social Welfare.
Much OF tho ground that was covered
measure was held. January "a. is eNE
pected to be thrcshed over when tho
bill 1,no comes 7, up for debate Thursday.
The HOUSE Committee on Moral and
Social Welfare. with one dissenting
vote, has reported out the bill with ths
recomme ion that It do not pass.
Mayo c. Brown, OF I.ynchburg. ia
chairman of the committees. 6ther
members ot the committee are Stcp!- :
nnson, Williams, Buntin, Joyce. Oziir.
prince, McNutt Bolton, GatewooI
wilkins CARRIER and Robinson.
Joyce Opposes Report.
Delegate Joyce, OF Patrick, declined
TO lend his name to the recommendo :
tion that the measure do not pass and,
IN =, the event that he rises to speak
when the question is brought to the
Tore Thursday, he is expected 70 argue
Tor abolition OF the department
IT the recommendation of the othe~
members OF the committee means any
thins. they are expected to appear IN
,hNocacy Of retention OF the Prohibit
Among those who will oppose them
are Delegates Gilpin. OF Clarke, who
framed tho bin calling for abolition o
the department.; r. Lindsay Gordon. OF
Louisa; l.. Y. Buford, OF Erunswicle:
Thomas Lomax Hunter, OF Kine.
George. and Albert o. Boschcn, OF
Richmond.