Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-14
MEDICAL MERGER FIGHT
DELAYED BY OTHER BILLS
Child Welfare Measures Are
Holding Preferred Position
in Senate Calendar.
SIX IN WAY or SPECIAL ORDER
Cannon Would Have Governor of
Virginia barred From Office for
Twelve Months After the EApirn-
tton OF Ills Term.

Child welfare measures holding n
preferred position on the calendar
Yesterday prevented the state Senate
from reaching the medical school
merger bill. Only two OF the block
we're disposed OF. leaving six still I'm
the way of the special order dealing
with the school proposition.
Forty-seven bills and one rcsolu-
lion were passed yesterday BY the
Senate. which put all except three
measures through en- bloc. Scnat g
and House bills on first and second
reading were also advanced in order
to have calendar on which to work
today.
Senator James f. Cannon. of Rich
mond. was responsible for an amend
mcnt to Senate joint resolution No
IL. which would prevent the Gov
ernor from taking any other office
during his term or FOR twelve months
thereafter. The amendment was
tackled on the original resolution
which fed Xthc date OF inauguration
on the day following the constitu-
iional converting of the General AS
sembly. instead or on February !. as
now provided.
Two Welfare Measures Pnsscd.
The two welfare measures passed
were Senate bills Nos. % and 10 The
former provides for the licensing
regulation and inspection of mater
nifty hospitals. The latter limits and
regulates the employment OF women
in factories. mercantile establish
,rents, mills and workshops after
childbirth. Both bills were contested
section by section. the three ply
'Nls In the Senate proposing many
objections the ma jority OF which
We're taken care OF by amendment on
the floor. one amendment climi-
mated section OF the first bill. which
would rcuQ!re women entering ma
tern!ty hospitals To give their cor
rect name and pedigree. An amend
ment to the other bill permits the
employment OF women prior to child
birth. the measure as drawn having
prohibited their employment for four
weeks before the event.
Senate bill No. 1873. providing for
the establishment OF recreation CEN
ters and for the teaching OF home
crafts. met with an adverse vote. In
the absence OF Senator Morgan r.
Mills. of Richmond motion ITO re-
consider was passed in order that
the patron would have an opportunity
To speak for his measure.
Increased Pay BIil Advanced.
Among the bills advanced on the
calendar was that OF Senator Can
non increasing the pay of members
of the General Assembly. The meas
ure went to its cngrossment and
tpird reading without comment.
Pills passed were House bills II.
is, 81. %. &c, "a. &c. SO, 81. 1872 l2-,
l3l. 1874, 1875 and loS. and Senate bills
lss, 3. ll?. LAG. 226. O.. 1877, Is7, 1870,
1874. 1879. 2lo. PA. 23s. 1876, l3l, l74.
1911. 1872. 1873. 1874. ee7. 22S, 242, c43.
aG2, u. and eos.
The senatorial redistrlcting bill.
first reading. is set for special and
continuing order after the child well
fare block Is finished. The medical
merger bill is holding a similar po-
#it'0n on the calendar. These bills
viii b" followed by the banket pro-
lihf;inn bill transferring the duties
If the state Prohibition Department
to The Office OF the Attorney General
and putting teeth into the enforce
ment measures. 1t is the intention
"f Ia" Senate leaders TO clear this
measure from the calendar this week
a possible