Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-07
AT RICHMOND
LEGISLATION
Senate

Public hearings on the bill trans
ferrlng enforcement of the State
prohibition laws to the Office of the
! Acknowledgement of Virginia, and
providing an annual appropriation of
100000 for carrying on the work,
will be held tomorrow afternoon be-
fore the joint committee on Moral
Social and Child Welfare The hear
ings will be held in the Senate cham
Der, starting at 3 O'Clock.
The bill, known as Senate bill No.
1l2, came before the committee yes
terday afternoon, but consideration
was deferred in order that Attorney
General John r. Sanders might be
present to give his views. AS he is
the official most concerned if the bill
becomes law, his attitude will have
considerable weight on the joint COM
mittee in reaching its conclusions.
After a lengthy hearing, the
"b!anket BILL" designed to give to
women all rights now enjoyed by
men under the State statutes, was
referred to subcommittee of three
yesterday afternoon by the Courts of
Justice Committee of the Senate.
Members of the subcommittee are
Senators Mapp, Leedy and Goolrick.
The full committee reported favor
ably on the Senate bill comforting on
women the right to select their own
domicile for voting purposes. This
is one of the provisions covered by the
blanket BILL
Members of the agricultural con-
ference of which Senator J. Brad
Beverley is chairman, have been call
ed to meet tonight at o'clock in the
assembly hall at Murphy's Hotel. The
meeting will consider House bill No
9S and Senate bills, Nos. II, 81, 144-4S
223, 224, and 159, ali dealing with
matters of interest to the farming in
tereStS.
The Roads Committee of the SEN
ate last night voted against voting
out the Hassinger bill. which would
force the Norfolk and Western Rail
way Company to stop its through
trains at county seats having 1000
or more population.
House
An unusual demonstration was
staged in the House of Delegates yes
terday, when Delegate R. 0. Norris,
Jr., of Lancaster, who on Friday be-
came benedict, arose to ask Harris
Hart question relative to the COM
pulsory education bill.
Arising to ask the question, Mr..
Norris was greeted with loud and
prolonged applause, during which he
smiled, and smiled and smiled, in or
der to stop the applause, and, turn
ing to Mr.. Hart Delegate Norris
said: Mr.. Hart, | have such repu-
tation as public speaker than | am
always applauded before | utter Il
word"
Delegate Groome, of Hampton, said
he desired to ask the gentleman
from Lancaster just when he became
so deeply interested in the question
of compulsory education.
The best way to obtain reduc-
ton in State expenditures is to cut
down the amount Of money available
for the expenditures.
That is the philosophy on which
Richard E. Byrd, of Winchester.
former Speaker Of the House of Del
egates, based his plea yesterday for
complete segregation of real estate
and tangible property taxes to the
cities, towns and counties. And that
was his suggestion when a member
of the Finance Committee of the
House, before which Mr.. Byrd's tax
proposal was being discussed, asked
how the State could be reimbursed
for the money it would lose by the
elimination of the % per cent tax
on real estate and tangible property.
Both he and former Senator John
Buchanan, another speaker for the
bill, advised allowing the State to do
without the money.