be paid out of the general printing fund of the State as other public printing costs are paid. One hundred copies to be sent to each member of the General Assembly.

The resolution was agreed to.

Ordered that MR. SNEAD inform the Senate.

All other business having been suspended, the SPEAKER in the presence of the House, signed the following bills, which had been passed by both houses and duly enrolled, the titles of said bills having been publicly read.

No. 21. House bill to amend and re-enact section 2414 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act approved March 27, 1922, relating to treasurers' lists of uncollectible taxes and delinquents, relating to the county of Princess Anne.

No. 29. House bill to authorize the board of supervisors of York county to lay an additional levy of forty cents on the one hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of all property subject to local taxation for school purposes in Nelson district of said county; and to authorize the said board to forego or refrain from laying a road levy in the said district for any year the board may deem advisable.

No. 30. House bill to authorize the board of supervisors of Pittsylvania county, Virginia, to borrow money, not in excess of $200,000.00, and to issue its bonds therefor, the proceeds to be applied in funding and discharging valid outstanding indebtedness of said county incurred by the school board of said county, and to provide for payment of interest thereon and principal thereof at maturity. No. 47. House bill to incorporate the town of Boone Mill, in the county of Franklin, Virginia.

No. 4. Senate bill to authorize the Virginia State Penitentiary Board to cancel the indebtedness of the Mt. Pisgah Methodist Episcopal Church of Midlothian, Virginia, to the industrial department of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

No. 13. Senate bill to provide for the relief of volunteer firemen killed or injured while engaged in fighting fires or in going to or returning therefrom, in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William counties and the city of Alexandria.

No. 18. Senate bill to amend the tax bill, as heretofore amended, by adding thereto two new sections to be numbered and known as section 44% and section 44%, in relation to inheritance and transfer taxes.

No. 19. Senate bill to authorize the town of Wakefield, in the county of Sussex, to acquire, construct or establish a system of water works for the said town, and to borrow a sum of money not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00), and to issue the bonds of the town therefor, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or establishing such system of water works, and for the purpose of establishing, laying out and constructing a system of sewers for the said town, providing for the payment of interest on the said bonds and for the redemption of the same, and for an election to be held for the purpose of deciding upon the question of such bond issue.

No. 26. Senate bill authorizing the boards of supervisors of the counties of Amelia, Dinwiddie, Chesterfield, Nottoway and Powhatan to make appropriations for the expenses of the judge of the 4th judicial circuit.

On motion of MRS. BOOKER, the House adjourned.

THOS. W. OZLIN,

JOHN W. WILLIAMS,

Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Clerk of the House of Delegates.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927

On motion of MR. WATTS, the reading of the journal was dispensed with.

THE SPEAKER and Clerk signed the journal as provided by rule 3. A communication from the Senate by their Clerk was read as follows;

In Senate, April 9, 1927.

The Senate has concurred in amendments in accordance with the recommendations of the Governor to House bill entitled an act, House bill to authorize the military board of the Commonwealth to exchange by conveyance a certain part of the property belonging to the Commonwealth of Virginia in Princess Anne county, known as the State Rifle Range, for certain other real estate in Princess Anne county, Virginia, adjoining the present rifle range and lying between said range and the Atlantic ocean, and the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) in addition thereto, upon such conditions as the State military board may deem advisable; to authorize the military board to use the said sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) for the erection of target ranges and other improvements on the property to be thus acquired by the Commonwealth; to confer upon the said military board the power of eminent domain with the right to condemn the title to all land, roads, streets, rights of way, easements and beach front necessary for the use of the present State Rifle Range, and in connection with the land herein authorized to be acquired for such use; to ratify certain acts of the military board heretofore taken in connection with the exchange herein authorized; and to repeal chapter 311 of the Acts of 1926, approved March 24, 1926, No. 13. They have passed Hosue bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to provide increased Confederate pensions, approved March 13, 1926, No. 70. They have agreed to amendments proposed by the House of Delegates to Senate bill entitled an act validating the recordation of mechanics' liens in mechanics, books, and in clerk's office of hustings court, part two, of city of Richmond, No. 60.

THE SPEAKER appointed MESSRS. BOWLES and JEFFREYS, the committee on the part of the House in relation to motor vehicle question.

All other business having been suspended, the SPEAKER, in the presence of the House, signed the following bills, which had been passed by both houses, and duly enrolled, the title of said bills having been publicly read.

No. 8. House bill to amend an act entitled an act to create the city of Hopewell, in the county of Prince George; to provide temporary and permanent officers for its organization and management and to authorize the assessment and collection of revenue necessary for the permanent improvement and government of said city, approved February 26, 1916, being chapter 65 of the Acts of 1916, page 89, so as to confer upon said city of Hopewell the right and power to develop, govern and maintain a port and harbor for said city; to construct all necessary or proper facilities and port terminals, and to define the rights, powers and duties of any dock commission created by said city for the exercise of such powers.

No. 15. House bill to authorize the county school board of Elizabeth City county to borrow the sum of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00) for school purposes and to issue bonds therefor, and providing for taxes to pay said bonds.

No. 16. House bill to provide for the appointment of a commission to survey the educational system of Virginia and to prescribe the powers and duties of said commission; also to make certain appropriations to carry the provisions of this act into effect.

No. 17. House bill to authorize the county school board of Buckingham county, Virginia, to issue and sell its school bonds in the amount of sixty thousand ($60,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of retiring outstanding indebtedness incurred for school purposes; to provide for the collection of a tax for the payment of said bonds; to validate the proceedings heretofore had and the indebtedness to be retired; and declaring an emergency.

No. 18. House bill to authorize an issue of school bonds of Charlotte county and the levy of taxes to pay the principal and interest thereof, and to repeal chapter 447 of the Acts of 1926.

No. 19. House bill to provide for the uses of the old hall of the House of Delegates and the old Senate Chamber in the State Capitol building, and for the renovation, re-wiring and general repair of the Senate Chamber and Hall of the House of Delegates and their respective offices.

No. 20. House bill to amend and re-enact section 2726 of the Code of Virginia as amended, by an act approved March 25, 1926, which said section is in chapter 109 of the said Code, on the subject of boards of supervisors, especially relating to the counties of Russell and Alleghany.

No. 22. House bill to regulate the grading and marking of apples in closed packages; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration to establish and promulgate official standard grades for apples and rules and regulations governing the marking of the same; to provide for the inspection of apples; the appointment of inspectors

and their compensation; to prohibit violations of this act and to prescribe penalties therefor.

No. 23. House bill to amend and re-enact section 3293 of the Code of Virginia regulating the taking of clams.

No. 24. House bill to amend and re-enact section 3242 of the Code of Virginia in relation to oyster ground.

No. 25. House bill to amend and re-enact section 3224 of the Code of Virginia in relation to oyster ground.

No. 26. House bill to amend and re-enact sections 3281, 3282, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3286, 3287 and 3289 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to oysters and clams.

No. 27. House bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the protection of foxes or other fur-bearing or hair-bearing animals, in Amelia, Nottoway, Lunenburg, Brunswick, Charlotte, Franklin, Tazewell and Washington counties, and to provide punishment for the violation thereof, approved March 24, 1926.

No. 28. House bill to prohibit the killing, catching, or taking of fish from the waters of Alleghany magisterial district of Montgomery county, except by angling with hook and line or with one set of grab hooks attached to line and rod.

No. 31. House bill to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act authorizing and empowering the board of supervisors of any two or more counties in this State, or the board of supervisors of any one or more of the counties in this State and the council or councils of any one or more of the several cities in this State, to establish a home for the care and maintenance of the poor; to authorize the sale and conveyance of certain real and personal property belonging to such cities and counties as may adopt the provisions of this act; to authorize the authorities of such counties and cities to purchase farms of suitable size, fertility and location; to authorize such authorities to erect suitable buildings to be called district homes, to which all of the counties and cities composing such district must send its poor, and care for same; providing for the appointment of boards of control, superintendents, physicians and necessary employees; and to abolish county and city poor houses in the several counties and cities which adopt the provisions of this act, approved March 14, 1918.

No. 32. House bill to permit angling with hook and line in the waters of Smyth river and its tributaries in the counties of Franklin, Henry and Patrick for all fish during any time of the year.

No. 33. House bill making it unlawful for any person to permit dogs to run at large in Orange and Madison, Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Fauquier, Westmoreland and Louisa counties during the months of May, June and July of each year.

No. 34. House bill to authorize the council of the city of South Norfolk to issue and to sell bonds of the city of South Norfolk in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; to use the proceeds for the erection of a municipal building; and to provide for the levy of a tax to pay interest on said bonds and to retire the same as they mature.

No. 35. House bill to authorize the council of the city of South Norfolk to issue and to sell bonds of the city of South Norfolk in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to use the proceeds for the construction of streets, sidewalks and alleys in said city; and, to provide for the levy of a tax to pay interest on said bonds and to retire the same as they mature.

No. 36. House bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Tazewell county, approved February 27, 1926.

No. 37. House bill to amend and re-enact sections 2, 10 and 12 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Windsor, in the county of Isle of Wight, approved March 15, 1902, section 12 of which as heretofore amended.

No. 38. House bill to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act of the General Assembly, entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Winchester, approved April 2, 1874, as amended by an act approved April 30, 1874, as amended by an act approved February 26, 1896, as amended in section 9 and section 11 thereof, by an act approved March 5, 1900, as amended in section 9 thereof, by an act approved March 9, 1910, as amended by an act approved March 21, 1923.

No. 40. House bill to amend and re-enact sections five and six of an act approved March 12, 1908, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Branchville, Southampton county, Virginia, section six of which was amended by an act approved March 14, 1912.

No. 41. House bill to provide for the appointment of a commission to investigate and survey the sea food industry of Virginia, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the said commission; also to make certain appropriations to carry this act into effect.

No. 42. House bill to amend and re-enact section 5111 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 6, 1926, relating to divorces.

No. 43. House bill to provide for the building and improvement of public roads in the county of Surry, and for the appointment of district road managers in said county; and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the building and improvement of public roads in the county of Surry, and prescribing the powers and duties of road boards in the several magisterial districts of said county, approved February 9, 1916; and further to repeal an act entitled an act requiring each local road board in the county of Surry to publish annually detailed statements showing the receipts and expenditures of public money for highway construction and maintenance, in its respective magisterial districts, and providing a penalty for failure, approved March 24, 1926.

No. 46. House bill to provide that motor vehicle registration and number plates or a number plate issued for a succeeding license year may be used on and after December fifteenth of the year preceding the beginning of such license year, and motor vehicle registration and number plates or a number plate issued for a preceding