Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-16
AT RICHMOND
LEGISLATION
House Proceedings

nraver was offered by Rev. William
{ Golden, pastor of Westminster
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Following the
reading of Senate communications
and reports, of House committees,
Clerk Williams read an invitation to
the members to attend the Made-in-
Richmond Exhibit, and on motion of
Delegate Fuller, of Richmond, the
invitation was accepted for Monday
night.
A resolution was offered for the
placing of an electric voting machine
in the House of Delegates to be
tried out by the General Assembly of
1924. Floor Leader Willis said that
the time had come when the Legisla-
ture of Virginia must have sessions of
ninety days or adopt mechanical
voting device. The cost of the con-
trivance is $4,000. The proposition
was left on the clerks desk for the
members to examine.
House Bill. No. %, prohibiting the
sale of deer in Virginia was passed:
vote 70 to 2.
House Bill, No. IS, authorizing the
State Board of Education to extend
contracts for school books for a per-
iod of one year, was passed; vote
SO to /.
Senate Bills. No. 4. No. 80, No. Sc,
No 124 and No. ) were read for the
second time and advanced to third
reading.
House Bills, No. 35. to regulate the
use of lights on vehicles in opera
ton or at rest on public highways,
was dismissed from the calendar af-
ter practically eighty-five OF the
counties of the State asked to be eX-
cmpted from its provisions.
House Bill, No. 40, relative to the
time for penalty for nonpayment Of
taxes, was amended to place the PEN
atty date on December 20, instead
of December l, thus giving more time
for farmers to get in their crop mon
ey and meet their obligations was adj
vanced to en9rosSment.
House Bill, No. IS, making it a
misdemeanor to publish the name or
photograph of any maid, woman or
woman-child upon whom a criminal
mitted, was amended to include who
soever publishes, or causes to be sold
or circulated, or causes to be publish
ed, the name, etc, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. punishable by q
fine of not more than $1,000 or inl-
prisonment for not more than three
years, was advanced to engrossment.
The debate was extended, Delegate
Norris, of Lancaster, speakyqS on the
Constitutional features OF the bill,
which measure he declared would be
unconstitutional.
The House adjourned at 2:l0 O'clock
to meet this morning at II o'clock.
Senate Proceedings
For the second time in two days,
the State Senate yesterday declined
to vote to raise the compensation of
the General Assembly, beginning with
the next session. The vote which
killed the bill was substantially that
of the preceding day, the result being
% to Is.
Senator James Z. Cannon, Of Rich
mond. patron Of the measure, strong-
ly defended it. The question came up
on Il motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill had been defeated on
Tuesday. The motion prevailed on
the understanding that Senator W.
4. Garrett, chairman of the Finance
Committee. had an amendment to Of
fer. His amendments, placing the per
diem for members of the Legisla-
turc at $40 day, of 50 lower than
the original bill and 50 higher than
the present rate, was carried. Sen
ator Garrett. however, was among
those voting against the increase on
the bill being put on its passage. :.
With a number Of patrons a bill,
providing for a bond issue of ST.
100000 for roads, will be introduced
in the Senate this morning by Gen
eral C. c. Vaughan, Jr., of Franklin.
The bill is practically the same as
that now in committee in the House
and has the Endorsement Of the Eir-
ginia Good Roads Association:
The bill provides for the issuance
of the bonds, the money to be cx-
pended by the State Highway Com
mission over period of the next two
fiscal years. 1t differs from the House
F.; bill only in regard to the sinking
fund provision.