Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-15
ltBBsI HAS DULL SESSION
SREAK Err HAS DIFFICULTY
IN ASSEMBl NG QUORUM
'TsNSnty-ouc Local nn.N Gncostcutcd
s;fe 81 Dtllx Passed len M,Ne-WnntS
IS EISSs79 Pcddicrs' Inv Am,Nldcd.

SIS Diver branch of the GEncras As
! fa tssxily transacted some littlts business
SNnaferflay in spite of itself. Sdhed-
Ssuied; to begin its deliberations ne 10
#otciook, i, was thirty minutes later
;Sbefore the Speaker could proceed lie
cause OF tho fact that quorum MAS
1 mot epresent.,. :,
SunoAs Friday in order 10 assure AZ
ehrsy adjournment. SO that those oG
sktlieTsout- of-town members who desired
tFstol .sot to their homes for the week
81 crrE might do SO.
81 little more than onc-haif of the en-
tire membership, exclusive of some
" few who still arc confined 10 their
ssh6tpls and rooms IN tiehmcnd on , nc.
sSilIsl- remained over for the session yes
y terIay. The others lett for their
V Homes Immediately following adjourn
Whon the Speakers ssvel ti,
Z promptly on the stroke of 10 but
twenty of the even 100 deiegates
Z arms was dispatched, forthwith TO the
corridors and committee rooms to see
1.-THE could rustic. up a quorum.
n s., Tnrdy ones Aprcar.
5 SYWithin o few minutes thereafter
+ taHdI members began trickling into
Inrfures had passed before more, than
ftitS members, which is necessary to
4 constitute Il quorum, were III tnciE
When finally a quorum was mus
tered; the Speaker with earnestneSs
them To to remain ,n,i IN io ,mer
nIent, III order that some few local
aud unc0ntested. bills might be passed
n and others cnEroSSed To tnelr Iniru
and final reading.
y aan4Shour, adjournment being taken UNI
TIL noon tomorrow. To expedite mat
tiers, and in order to release restless
members, twenty-one local and uncon,
tested bills were blocked and passed.
s sbSssunanimous vote.
49, Three Bills introduced.
Only three bills were iniroducea , IN
E0nse Hadden o ns city
\ would permit wholesalers In gasoline,
Kerosene or other petroleum products
Isl retail their wares without being
1 subjected to the law governing ped
dlers and taxed accordingly.
s4ssl The bill STIMULATES that merchants
4 dealing in the commodities mentioned
land who maintain one or more places
q Ein>,the State for the sale OF the pro-
satiucts, may sell and deliver such with
oGt. the prerequisite Of taking out q
3 peddlcr's license. provided they do not
ii SEA- and deliver direct to consumers;
.Iained that it now frequently is
~ the case that wholesale house deilV.
= eriaE gasoline is proceeded against
N&uRder the law against peddlins With
Hfott Il peddler's license.
Tux Trading stamps
III delegates Haddon anu Iay!or are
ioint patrons of bill introduced IN
sSrhc House yesterday dealing with the
81 IraQing stamps and premium COUPON
system OF conducting business. The
4 measure provides thrt merchants and
8 dealers. other than manufacturers, who
Use this plan for stimulating trade
sinlist pay an annual license tax of ST.
+ 500. and that manufacturers using the
N pfin must pay license tax OF SSo
'r}rls tax would be devoted TO the sup
- port OF the public free schools. Tn,
y blil provides 4 penalty OF from 500 &c
l,o0u, or Imprisonment in all not ek'
ceeding six months.
is The House Committee on Moral ant
! II Social Welfare. by u unanimous vote
n vest ertiay reported faTorably the Can
non senate bill amending the Mapi
prohibition law. The measure Will III
u ION the Saucr Extract Company, o
q Richmond. To denature wine'to between
st and IL per, cent for use by then
q !n.pseplring extracts. The bill has tn
q suSport of senator Mapp. The dena
hitting is TO be done under. the supcrEi
81 sal4o a. tile State Department of Pro
Z; Its1,iiion.