By MESSRS. MCCOTTER, HICKS of Campbell and SNELL: A bill to amend and re-enact section 2410 of the Code of Virginia. To the Committee on General Laws: By MR. FULLER: A bill to amend and re-enact sections 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1593 and 1595, and to repeal section 1591 of the Code of Virginia. By MR. DOTSON: A bill to amend and re-enact section 1641 of the Code of Virginia. To the Committee on Labor and the Poor: By MESSRS. MCCOTTER, HADDON and PAGE: A bill to protect the lives and health and morals of women and minor workers, and to establish a minimum wage commission and define its powers and duties, and to provide for the fixing of minimum wages for such workers, and to provide penalties for the violation of this act; also making an appropriation to carry into effect its provisions. To the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation: By MR. RICHARDS: A bill to amend and re-enact sections 3, 5 and 6 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for State money aid, in addition to convict labor, for the improvement of public roads, approved February 25, 1908, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 25, 1910, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 29, 1916, approved March 27, 1918, as amended by an act approved September 9, 1919. By MR. GIBSON: A bill to regulate license fees and the operation of motor vehicles to be used in public transportation of freight or passengers for hire, operating over the State, State aid, and county improved roads in the State of Virginia, to provide for the disposition of such fees and for the penalties for the violation of this act. By MR. McCOTTER: A bill to regulate the use of lights on vehicles in operation or at rest on the public highways. By MR. WILLIS: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3958 of the Code. By MR. WILLIS: A bill to require persons traveling on a public highway in any motor vehicle to stop before crossing railroad tracks at grade, and providing penalties. To the Committee on Schools and Colleges: By MR. WILLIAMS: A bill to provide for the compulsory education of children between the ages of seven and sixteen years, and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide (in certain cases) for the compulsory attendaice of children between the ages of eight and twelve years upon the public schools of Virginia and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide (in certain cases) for the compulsory attendance of children between the ages of eight and twelve years upon the public schools of Virginia, and providing penalties for failure, and designating the manner of collecting such penalties, approved March 14, 1908, approved March 27, 1918. To the Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation: By MR. GORDON: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3192 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2105 of the Code of Virginia in relation to fish ladders, as amended by an act approved March 5, 1900, approved March 16, 1918, as relates to Louisa county. By MR. MCCALEB: A bill to amend and re-enact sections 10, 22, 23, 56 and 65 of an act approved April 2, 1902, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, and to repeal all other acts with reference thereto. By MR. STINSON: A bill to prohibit horse-swapping within ten miles of an association held by Regular Baptist, Missionary Baptist, or Primitive Baptist churches. By MESSRS. SMITH of Norfolk county and WooDs: A bill to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to create for the county of Norfolk a commission of roads and bridges, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission, and thereby to provide for controlling, constructing and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges within said county, and for acquiring, establishing, altering and vacating roads and bridges therein; and to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 18, 1890, as amended by acts approved February 26, 1908, and March 14, 1910, respectively, and also to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 1, 1894, approved February 1, 1915, as amended by an act approved March 19, 1920. By MR. GIBSON: A bill to authorize the State Highway Commissioner to sell and convey houses and lands appurtenant thereto, formerly used as tollhouses, on Road No. 6, in the State highway system, in Frederick county, Virginia, between Winchester by way of Gore to the West Virginia line, formerly known as Northwestern Turnpike road. By MR. STINSON: A bill for the protection of fish in Buchanan county. By MR. ADAMS: A bill making an appropriation to the county school board of Halifax county to be used in employing teachers for the Cuban tribe of Indians in said county. On motion of MR. TURNER, the House adjourned. JOHN W. WILLIAMS, RICHARD L. BREWER, JR., Speaker of the House of Delegates. Clerk of the House of Delegates. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922. Prayer by Rev. W. W. Weeks, D. D., of Grace Street Baptist church, Richmond, Va. On motion of MR. ANDERSON, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with. THE SPEAKER and Clerk signed the Journal as provided by Rule 3. THE SPEAKER laid before the House the following communica tion: COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, HON. RICHARD L. BREWER, JR., Speaker, House of Delegates, DEAR COLONEL BREWER: I am directed by the board of directors of The Penitentiary to extend, through you, a cordial invitation to the members of the House of Delegates and their friends to visit The Penitentiary on Thursday afternoon, January 19, 1922, at three o'clock. It will be greatly appreciated by the board of directors and management of The Penitentiary if you would bring this to the attention of the House of Delegates. Respectfully, LEROY HODGES, President, No. 1. Senate joint resolution providing for an investigation of the State highway department, was, on motion of MR. OZLIN, referred to the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation. MR. SMITHEY offered the following resolution: Be it resolved by the House of Delegates (the Senate concurring), That a committee of nine, five from the House of Delegates, and four from the Senate, be forthwith appointed by THE SPEAKER of the House of Delegates and the PRESIDENT of the Senate, respectively, which said committee shall investigate and report to the General Assembly what offices, boards, and commissions of the State, if any, can be merged with other offices, boards and commissions, or can be safely abolished, without detriment to the efficiency of any department of the State government and whether any officers, or members of boards or commissions are drawing pay from the State out of proportion to the just value of their services, or not commensurate with the decrease in the cost of living or the deflation of capital. Be it further resolved, That the said committee shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or before the first day of February, 1922, and shall prepare and introduce in the House of Delegates and the Senate bills and amendments to the State Constitution designed to carry its recommendations into effect; which was agreed to. Ordered that MR. SMITHEY carry the resolution to the Senate and request their concurrence. MR. PRICE offered the following resolution: Resolved by the House of Delegates (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly shall proceed this day at 12:30 o'clock P. M. to the election of a Commissioner of Insurance for the term of four years, beginning February 1, 1922; a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge E. W. Saunders; judges for the first, fifth, ninth, thirteenth, seventeenth and twenty-first judicial circuits for the respective terms of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922; a judge of the seventh judicial circuit to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Hughes Dillard; a judge of the corporation court of the city of Danville to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Edward Walton Brown; a judge of the corporation court of the city of Alexandria to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Lewis C. Barley; a judge of the court of law and chancery of the city of Roanoke to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Edward W. Robertson; a judge of the law and chancery court of the city of Norfolk to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge William B. Martin; civil justices for the cities of Norfolk and Richmond for the respective terms of six years, beginning March 1, 1922. And that in the execution of the joint order for the election of State officers and judges, nominations shall be made for the whole number in the order hereinbefore named and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, when the rolls shall be called for each in the order named and when the rolls shall have been called for the whole number, the presiding officer of each house shall appoint a committee of two, which, together, shall constitute a joint committee to count the joint vote in each case and report the results to their respective houses; which was agreed to. Ordered that MR. PRICE carry the resolution to the Senate and request their concurrence. A message was received from the Senate by MR. GUNN, who informed the House that the Senate had agreed to the resolution. The hour of 12:30 o'clock P. M. having arrived, ordered that MR. OZLIN inform the Senate that the House is ready on its part to proceed to the execution of the joint resolution. A message was received from the Senate by MR. HOLT, who informed the House that the Senate was ready on its part to proceed to the execution of the joint resolution. MR. HORSLEY nominated Joseph Button for Commissioner of Insurance for the term of four years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. SMITHEY Nominated Jesse F. West for judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Edward W. Saunders. MR. SMITH of Norfolk county nominated Charles W. Coleman for judge of the first judicial circuit for the term of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. BONDURANT nominated George J. Hundley for judge of the fifth judicial circuit for the term of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. WOODVILLE nominated Alexander T. Browning for judge of the ninth judicial circuit for the term of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. BAGBY nominated Claggett B. Jones for judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit for the term of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. FORD nominated F. B. Whiting for judge of the seventeenthjudicial circuit for the term of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. GRAHAM nominated A. A. Campbell for judge of the twentyfirst judicial circuit for the term of eight years, beginning February 1, 1922. MR. RAMSEY nominated J. Turner Clement for judge of the seventh judicial circuit, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Hughes Dillard. MR. ANDERSON nominated Daniel Price Withers for judge of the corporation court of the city of Danville, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Edward Walton Brown. MR. SMITH of Alexandria nominated Robinson Moncure for judge of the corporation court of the city of Alexandria, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Lewis C. Barley. MR. WILLIS nominated Roy B. Smith for judge of the court of law and chancery of the city of Roanoke, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Edward W. Robertson. MR. PAGE nominated Richard McIlwaine for judge of the law and chancery court of the city of Norfolk, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge William B. Martin. MR. PAGE nominated James U. Goode for civil justice of the city of Norfolk for the term of six years, beginning March 1, 1922. MR. BRIGHT nominated W. Crump Tucker for civil justice of the city of Richmond for the term of six years, beginning March 1. 1922. Ordered that MR. OZLIN inform the Senate that the following nominations had been made by the House: Commissioner of Insurance-Joseph Button. |