election to be held therefor, the question of the establishment of a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Windsor, and in the event of a majority of those voting at said election vote for said dispensary, then further to provide for the establishment and conduct of the same, and to prohibit thereafter, within said voting precinct, or within one mile of its limits, the sale, barter or exchange of intoxicating liquors, by all persons, firms or corporations, except as provided herein.

No. 161, House bill to authorize the supervisors of Caroline county to grant permission for a monument to the Confederate soldiers of said county to be erected in the courthouse square of said county, and to make an appropriation thereto.

No. 162, House bill to authorize the board of supervisors of Caroline county to levy an additional capitation tax of one dollar per annum to be applied in aid of public schools in said county, or for such other county purposes as they shall determine.

No. 163, House bill to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Nelson county to appropriate and contribute money for the purpose of aiding in the erection of a monument to the Confederate soldiers of said county.

No. 164, House bill to amend and re-enact section 3706 of the Code.

No. 165, House bill for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in the county of Buckingham, and to levy a capitation tax in connection therewith.

No. 166, House bill to create a road board for the county of Fanquier, and to provide for the working of the roads of said county.

No. 167, House bill to amend and re-enact sections 1375, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1390 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, as amended by an act approved December 31, 1903, and sections 1376, 1377, 1384, 1386 and 1388, as amended, in relation to ferries and bridges.

No. 168, House bill to empower the Pullman Company, its agents, conductors, or employees, or any other company, its agents, conductors and employees, operating in this State, the business of such company being to operate sleeping, dining, palace and compartment cars, on the railroads in this State; to reject and refuse admittance to any and all persons to enter into and to ride in such sleeping, dining, palace and compartment cars; when in the discretion of such companies, its agents, conductors and employees, it may be necessary and advisable to do so.

No. 169, House bill to provide a road law for Russell county, Virginia, and to repeal chapter 237, Acts of Assembly, extra session, 1902-23-24, of said act.

The following House bills were read at length a third time and passed:

No. 67, House bill to prohibit the enticing away, hiring or having

in employment laborers of another during their contract term of service, and to provide public punishment and the recovery of private damages therefor-yeas, 58; nays, 24.

The vote as required by the Constitution was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Barnes, Boaz, Bridgforth, Bruce, Bryant, Cardwell, Caton, Churchman, Crawford, Daniel, Dickinson, Duke, Early, Edmondson, Everett, Garrett, Graves, Gray, Green, Gunn, Howle, Hunley, Kelley, Lambeth, Latane, H. E. Lee, R. E. Lee, Jr., J. M. Lewis, W. H. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, McNeil, Mitchell, Moncure, Moss, Ould, Owen, Pannill, Person, Powell, Robson, Scott, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Sterrett, Stubbs, Thornhill, Turpin, Walker, Watson, Willeroy, Withers, and Wood-58.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Banks, Beatie, Bowman, Brooks, Clark, Coleman, Cox, Griffith, Heermans, Hoffman, Hoge, Lacy, Powers, Robson, Rogers, Rosenegk, Royall, Spessard, Stewart, Thomason, Thomson, and Wallace-24.

No. 64, House bill to provide for the extension of the corporate limits of cities and towns-yeas, 65; nays, 17.

The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Barnes, Beatie, Boaz, Bowman, Bridgforth, Brooks, Bruce, Bryant, Cardwell, Caton, Churchman, Coleman, Cox, Crawford, Daniel, Dickinson, Edmondson, Everett, Garrett, Graves, Gray, Green, Gregory, Gunn, Hoffman, Hoge, Howle, Hunley, Kelley, Lacy, Lambeth, Latane, J. M. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, Lyell, McNeil, Moncure, Moss, Owen, Phillips, Powell, Robson, Rogers, Royall, Sayers, Scott, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Spessard, Stewart, Stubbs, Thomason, Thomson, Turpin, Walker, Wallace, Watson, Willeroy, Withers, and Wood-65.

NAYS-Messrs. Baker, Banks, Clarke, Duke, Griffith, Harrison, R. E. Lee, Jr., W. H. Lewis, Mays, Mitchell, Ould, Owens, Pannill, Person, Powers, Rosenegk, and Sterrett-17.

Motions severally made to reconsider the votes by which Nos. 64 and 67 House bills were passed, were rejected.

The hour of 12:30 o'clock P. M. having arrived

No. 94, House bill to provide for the settlement, registration, transfer and assurance of titles to land, and to establish courts of land registration, with jurisdiction for said purposes.

Special order.

Having been printed, was read at length a second time.

Pending the further consideration of the bill, the House, on motion of Mr. DUKE, adjourned.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1904.

On motion of Mr. SNEAD, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

A communication was received from the Senate, by their Clerk, as follows:

In Senate, February 25, 1904.

The Senate has passed House bills entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors of Prince William county to issue bonds and appropriate the proceeds thereof to the establishment of a State. normal school for girls in said county, No. 70; an act to amend and re-enact section 24a of the charter of the city of Richmond, as prescribed by an act approved February 20, 1886, entitled "an act giving authority to the city of Richmond to improve and control roads to the Reservoir and Soldiers' Home," so as to give authority to the city of Richmond to improve and control a road running east from the corporate limits along P street to Thirty-fourth street extended, thence northwardly along Thirty-fourth street extended to Oakwood avenue, thence along Oakwood avenue to Oakwood Cemetery, and to amend section 105 of the charter of the city of Richmond providing for the election of a police justice, as prescribed in an act approved July 11, 1870, amending certain sections of the city charter, so as to fix the term of office of said police justice at four years, No. 118.

They have passed, with amendments, House bills entitled an act construing the term "railroad" and the term "railway" to mean the same thing in law, No. 43; an act to authorize Brookland school district, of Henrico county, to borrow $5,000 and issue bonds therefor, to be used for paying for a school-house at Dumbarton, in said county, and to do other building, No. 48.

They have agreed to Senate joint resolution relating to selecting text-books for use in the public free schools.

They have passed Senate bills entitled an act to extend the time of all city officers where said officers are appointed by city councils of said cities, which have two branches of councils, as is now required by the Constitution, and to provide for the election of their successors, No. 21; an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to authorize the Governor to grant conditional pardon to persons confined in the penitentiary upon recommendation of the board of directors of said institution," approved March 3, 1898, as approved by an act approved February 3, 1900, as amended by an act approved May 1, 1903, No. 68; an act to amend and re-enact sections 249, 253, 254, 255, 258, 259 and 260 of the Code of Virginia, and an act amendatory thereof, approved January 2, 1904, in rela

tion to the duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and board. of directors of the State Library and concerning the State and certain other libraries, No. 73; an act to establish a general road fund for the permanent improvement of the roads and the bridges of Dinwiddie county; to create a road board for Dinwiddie county, and to prescribe its powers and duties; and to provide for the ap pointment of a county superintendent of roads and to regulate his duties, No. 90; an act in relation to fish ladders on the Rapidan river between the counties of Culpeper, Orange and Madison, No. 107; an act to amend and re-enact section 2462 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 23, 1894, relating to the sale of goods and chattels in certain cases, No. 116; an act to amend and re-enact section 62 of chapter 8 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by act approved December 8, 1902, No. 157; an act to amend and re-enact section 25 of an act entitled "an act to raise revenue for support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions, as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution," approved April 16, 1903, No. 163; an act making it a misdemeanor to desert without just cause or wilfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances, and to provide a penalty therefor, No. 113.

In which they request the concurrence of the House of Delegates.

Senate joint resolution relating to selecting text-books, referred to the Committee on Schools and Colleges.

Nos. 43 and 48, House bills were, on motions severally made, placed on the calendar.

Nos. 113 and 116, Senate bills were referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice.

No. 157, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

No. 107, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on Chesapeake and its Tributaries,

No. 90, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation.

No. 73, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on Library. No. 163, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on General Laws.

No. 21, Senate bill was referred to the Committee for Counties, Cities and Towns.

No. 68, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on Asylums and Prisons.

The following House bills, having been considered by the com

mittee in session, were reported from the Committee on General Laws:

No. 170, House bill "to amend and re-enact section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public holidays, approved February 28, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act to amend section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public holidays, approved February 5, 1896, as amended and reenacted by an act to amend section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public holidays, approved February 19, 1896.

No. 171, House bill "to prescribe the number of hours that shall constitute a day's work for all persons employed by or on behalf of the State of Virginia, or any city, town or county therein, or employed by any contractor performing work within the State of Virginia, for the State, or for such city, town or county, except in certain cases.

No. 172, House bill to require the commissioners of the revenue of the respective counties of this State to perform certain duties. Having been considered by the committee in session, were reported from the Committee on Agriculture and Mining.

No. 173, House bill to protect certain fish in the bays, creeks, inlets and streams tributary to the Potomac river, in the State of Virginia.

Having been considered by the committee in session, was reported from the Committee on Chesapeake and its Tributaries.

No. 174, House bill to establish and maintain a system of efficient district high schools, and to appropriate money therefor.

Having been considered by the committee in session, was reported from the Committee on Schools and Colleges.

House bill in relation to the assessment for taxation of the rolling stock of railway corporations heretofore recommitted to the Committee for Courts of Justice.

Having been considered by the committee in session, was reported back with the opinion that the same is unconstitutional.

The bill was recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation.

House bill to empower the council of the city of Danville to borrow $50,000 on temporary loan in addition to the amount now allowed by the city charter.

Having been considered by the Special Joint Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation, was returned to the House with the following report:

The Special Joint Committee on Special, Private and Local Legis