The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barnes, Beatie, Bird, Bowman, Bridgforth, Bruce, Bryant, Churchman, Clarke, Collier, Cox, Crawford, Daniel, Dickinson, Edmondson, Gray, Green, Gregory, Gunn, Harrison, Howle, Jennings, Lacy, Lambeth, Latane, R. E. Lee, Jr., J, M. Lewis, W. H. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, Mitchell, Moncure, Moss, Owen, Owens, Parker, Person, Powell, Rew, Rosenegk, Royall, Sayers, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Stearnes, Sterrett, Stewart, Stubbs, Thomason, Thomson, Thornhill, Turpin, Walker, Wallace, Watson, Willeroy, Withers, and Wood-63. NAYS-None. Mr. DUKE moved to amend by adding after line 289-Medical College of Virginia—but said appropriation is given on condition that no free scholarship shall be given. Which was rejected. Mr. PERSON moved to strike out lines 288 and 289-Medical College of Virginia. Which was rejected. Mr. WITHERS moved to amend lines 288 and 289-Medical College of Virginia. Which was rejected. Mr. JENNINGS moved to amend lines 288 and 289-Medical College of Virginia-by adding at end of line 289, that this college obligate itself to give free tuition to at least thirty Virginia students annually. Which was rejected. The hour of 2 o'clock P. M. having arrived, the chair was vacated. EVENING SESSION. The hour of 3:30 having arrived, the SPEAKER resumed the chair. Mr. WITHERS moved to amend salary to bailiff to Corporation Commission by striking out "$900" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,200." Which was agreed to-yeas, 56; nays, 5. The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barnes, Beatie, Bird, Boaz, Bowman, Bruce, Bryant, Cardwell, Caton, Churchman, Crawford, Daniel, Dickinson, Everett, Garrett, Gray, Green, Gregory, Gunn, Harrison, Hoffman, Howle, Jordan, Lacy, Lambeth, R. E. Lee, Jr., W. H. Lewis, H. C. Lowry, M. K. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, McNeil, Moncure, Owens, Parker, Person, Powell, Rew, Robson, Royall, Sayers, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Stearnes, Stewart, Stubbs, Thornhill, Walker, Wallace, Willeroy, Withers, and Wood-56. NAYS-Messrs. Duke, Jennings, Spessard, Thomson, and Turpin-5. Mr. LEE of Fairfax moved to reconsider the vote by which the House rejected the amendment proposed by Mr. GUNN, in reference to the salary of the guards at the penitentiary. Which was rejected. Mr. LACY moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment proposed by Mr. ANDERSON, in reference to the salary of the clerk to the Attorney-General, was rejected. Which motion was agreed to. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. ANDERSON, was put and decided in the affirmative-yeas, 56; nays, 3. The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barnes, Bird, Boaz, Bowman, Bruce, Bryant, Cardwell, Caton, Cox, Daniel, Dickinson, Duke, Everett, Gray, Gregory, Gunn, Harrison, Hoffman, Howle, Lacy, Lambeth, R. E. Lee, Jr., W. H. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, McNeil, Mitchell, Moncure, Owens, Parker, Person, Rew, Rogers, Royall, Sayers, Scott, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Spessard, Stearnes, Sterrett, Stewart, Stubbs, Thomason, Thomson, Thornhill, Turpin, Wallace, Willeroy, and Wood-56. NAYS-Messrs. Jennings, Powell, and Robson-3. Mr. TURPIN moved to amend the salaries of the clerks at the penitentiary by striking out the provisions of the bill in regard thereto and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,000." Which was agreed to-yeas, 53; nays, 2. The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barnes, Boaz, Bowman, Bruce, Bryant, Caton, Collier, Cox, Crawford, Daniel, Dickinson, Duke, Edmondson, Everett, Garrett, Gray, Gregory, Harrison, Hoffman, Howle, Lacy, Lambeth, R. E. Lee, Jr., W. H. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, McNeil, Mitchell, Moncure, Owens, Parker, Person, Robson, Sayers, Scott, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Spessard, Stearnes, Stewart, Stubbs, Thomason, Thomson, Thornhill, Turpin, Wallace, and Wood—53. NAYS-Messrs. M. K. Lowry and Powers-2. Mr. CHURCHMAN moved to amend military contingent fund by adding at end of the following, "provided, however, whenever the city or county to which the military were sent, shall have paid 25 per cent. of the sum needed, then in that event this appropriation shall be available for the balance of such sum." Which was rejected. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed. The bill being presently engrossed, the question being "shall the bill pass ?" was put and decided in the affirmative-yeas, 68; nays, 2. The vote required by the Constitution was recorded as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Baker, Barnes, Beatie, Boaz, Bowman, Bridgforth, Bruce, Cardwell, Caton, Churchman, Coleman, Collier, Cox, Crawford, Daniel, Dickinson, Duke, Edmondson, Everett, Garrett, Gray, Gregory, Gunn, Howle, Hunley, Jennings, Jordan, Lacy, Lambeth, Latane, R. E. Lee, Jr., J. M. Lewis, W. H. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, McNeil, Mitchell, Moncure Ould, Owens, Parker, Rew, Rogers, Royall, Sayers, Scott, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Spessard, Stearnes, Sterrett, Stewart, Stubbs, Thomason, Thomson, Thornhill, Turpin, Walker, Wallace, Willeroy, Withers, and Wood-68. NAYS-Messrs. Pannill and Robson-2. Mr. Boaz moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, which was rejected. The following Senate bills were read at length a second time: No. 7, Senate bill appropriating the sum of $250,000 for the enlargement, restoration and repair of the State Capitol building, providing for the supervision of the expenditure thereof, and repealing so much of an act approved April 2, 1902, as appropriates $100,000 for restoring and repairing said building, etc. No. 21, Senate bill to extend the time of all city officers where said officers are appointed by city councils of said cities which have two branches of council as is now required by the Constitution, and to provide for the election of their successors. No. 35, Senate bill to prevent the unauthorized use of the name or picture of any person for the purpose of trade or for advertising purposes. No. 163, Senate bill 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. 14, Senate bill to amend and re-enact sections 2903 and 2904 of the Code of Virginia of 1887. No. 116, Senate bill 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. 175, Senate bill to amend and re-enact sections 3340 and 3341 of Code of Virginia, so as to allow contents of any paper which has been filed in any county, circuit or corporation court, or in the clerk's office, to be proved before a commissioner; and to authorize the judges of circuit and corporation courts to make such orders in vacation as may be necessary to secure to persons seeking to prove the contents of any will, deed or other paper which has been filed in the clerks' offices of said courts, or of the county courts, or recorded in any book therein, and which is lost or illegible, the benefits thereof. On motion of Mr. JENNINGS, the House adjourned. THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1904. On motion of Mr. SNEAD, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with. A communication from the Senate, by their Clerk, was read as follows: In Senate, March 2, 1904. The Senate has passed House bills entitled an act to authorize the erection of a bronze statue of Governor William Smith on the Capitol Square, in the city of Richmond, No. 109; an act to amend and re-enact section 847 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact sections 826, 831, 832, 834, 835, 836, 838, 840, 841, 846, 847, 849 and 850, and to repeal section 839 of the Code," approved December 31, 1903, No. 26. They have passed, with a substitute for bill and title, House bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 906 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal section 907 of the Code of Virginia, concerning property levied on or distrained by an officer, No. 112. They have passed Senate bills entitled an act to amend charter of the town of LaCrosse, Mecklenburg county, Virginia, No. 223; an act to provide offices and rooms for the use of the Department of Education and Public Instruction, for the Supreme Court of Appeals, and to appropriate the sum of $1,440, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the rental thereof, and to prescribe the method of such payment, No. 235; an act to prohibit any person not a resident of this State becoming a stockholder in any corporation chartered under the laws of this State, for the purpose of taking, catching or planting oysters therein, or for the purpose of catching fish with a pound net, purse net, fyke or weir, in any of the waters of this State, or for the purpose of taking or catching any fish in the waters of this State, for the purpose of converting the same into oil, manure or fertilizer, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act, No. 62; an act to amend and re-enact 'section 3768 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 26, 1898, which is chapter 513 of the Acts, 1897-1898, No. 103; an act to amend and re-enact sections 2599, 2600, 2601 and 2602, as amended by an act approved January 2, 1904, providing for the appointment of guardians by the circuit and corporation courts and the judges thereof, No. 102; an act to establish a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Ridgeway, in the county of Henry, Virginia, and to prohibit the sale, barter or exchange of such liquors in said town, except as provided by this act, No. 173; an act to provide for the payment of pensioners under the pension act of April 2, 1902, whose claims were not approved and filed in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts prior to September 1, 1903, No. 188; an act to amend and re-enact section 444 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 10, 1903, entitled "an act to amend and re-enact chapter 23 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the assessment of lands and lots," No. 169; an act to amend and re-enact section 4036 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 15, 1904, No. 155. In which they request the concurrence of the House of Delegates. No. 112, House bill was, on motion of Mr. PowELL, placed on the calendar. No. 62, Senate bill was referred to the Committee on Chesapeake and its Tributaries. Nos. 235, 188 and 169, Senate bills were referred to the Committee on Finance. Nos. 223 and 173, Senate bills were referred to the Committee for Counties, Cities and Towns. Nos. 103, 102 and 155, Senate bills were referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice. The following Senate bills, having been considered by the committee in session, were reported from the Committee on Finance: No. 125, Senate bill to provide for the appointment of the Auditing Committee provided for in section 68 of the Constitution, and imposing upon them additional duties in investigating the methods of accounting employed in the State and its sub-divisions of officers, whose duty it is to collect and disburse the public revenue. No. 241, Senate bill to provide for the payment out of the State treasury of the sum of $66,604.56 for the completion of certain buildings of the State penitentiary, provided for by an act approved April 2, 1902, said sum being the balance of the appropriation of $180,000 made by the said act. No. 96, Senate bill to provide for lists of all persons who have paid their State poll-taxes, and for posting the same, and for providing compensation therefor. Reported with amendment. No. 73, Senate bill "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 relation to the |