The roll was called, with the following result:

David H. Leake

The vote was recorded as follows:

78

FOR DAVID H. LEAKE-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Beatie, Bird, Boaz, Bowman, Bridgforth, Brooks, Bruce, Bryant, Cardwell, Churchman, Clark, Coleman, Collier, Cox, Daniel, Dickinson, Early, Everett, Gravely, Gray, Green, Gregory, Griffith, Gunn, Harrison, Hoffman, Hoge, Howle, Hunley, Jennings, Jordan, Kelley, Lambeth, Latane, R. E. Lee, Jr., W. H. Lewis, Lion, H. C. Lowry, M. K. Lowry, Lyell, Mays, Moss, Ould, Owen, Pannill, Parker, Person, Phillips, Powell, Read, Rew, Robson, Rogers, Rosenegk, Royall, Sayers, Scott, Slaughter, Blackburn Smith, Charles Smith, Snead, Spessard, Stearnes, Sterrett, Stewart, Thomason, Thomson, Thornhill, Turpin, Walker, Wallace, Watson, Weaver, Willeroy, Withers, and Wood-78.

The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. LAMBETH, WITHERS, and HOWLE the committee, on the part of the House, to count and report the result of the joint vote to their respective houses.

David H. Leake having received all the votes cast was declared by the SPEAKER duly elected judge of the County Court of Goochland for the unexpired term.

The following were presented and referred under Rule 37:

To the Committee on Chesapeake and its Tributaries:

By Mr. JORDAN: A bill to prohibit the taking of oysters from planting grounds in James river above a line drawn from Day's Point, in Isle of Wight county, to Deep creek, in Warwick county, and the penalty.

To the Joint Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation: By Mr. SPESSARD: A bill to amend and re-enact section 61 of an act to provide a new charter for the town of Clifton Forge, in the county of Alleghany, approved February 3, 1900.

By Mr. DICKINSON: A bill to allow the shipping and transporting of game from the county of Spotsylvania by residents of the said county and the city of Fredericksburg.

By Mr. CHURCHMAN: A bill for the relief of Geo. P. Puller.

To the Committee on Finance:

By Mr. ROYALL: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3532 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the fees of a jailor.

By Mr. LYELL: A bill to amend and re-enact section 525 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act approved February 27, 1896, as further amended by an act approved March 3, 1896, as further amended by an act approved February 27, 1898, as further amended by an act approved January 24, 1900, as further amended by an act approved March 6, 1900, and as further amended by an act approved March 15, 1902, in relation to the collection of the fees of the commissioner of the revenue.

By Mr. GUNN: A bill to amend and re-enact the first subsection of section 184 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 7, 1903.

By Mr. STEARNS: A bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact section 753 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 753 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State depositories, approved February 3, 1900, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend section 753 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to State depositories, approved March 15, 1902, and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled 'an act to amend section 753 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to State depositories," " approved April 2, 1902.

To the Committee for Courts of Justice:

By Mr. STEARNES: A bill to amend section 3287 of the Code as amended, etc., in relation to when judgment entered in office to become final.

By Mr. Cox: A bill to continue in office the commissioners in chancery of the present circuit courts until the first term of the circuit courts in their respective counties and cities established under the Constitution of the State of Virginia, adopted by the con

vention of 1901-02.

By Mr. PERSON: A bill to provide for the furnishing of the officers of both State and county, where the law affects the duties of any of said offices, and to be furnished at the time the law is in force, and no officer liable under any such act, only from the time he has been furnished with said law as provided.

To the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns:

By Mr. LEE of Fairfax: A bill to provide how cities and towns of the State may extend their corporate limits.

On motion of Mr. TURPIN, the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, January 19, 1904.

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

Mr. LACY was granted indefinite leave of absence on motion of Mr. Boaz.

The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from the Governor:

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,

RICHMOND, January 14, 1904.

To the General Assembly:

I hereby appoint, subject to your confirmation in joint session, Beverly T. Crump, Esq., of the city of Richmond, a member of the State Corporation Commission, for the term beginning the first day of February, 1904.

A. J. MONTAGUE,

Governor.

Mr. READ offered the following resolution: Whereas, it is generally agreed that the law governing pensions to our disabled soldiers and marines, being voluminous and liable to be misconstrued; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates (the Senate concurring), That a joint committee, consisting of three on the part of the House and two on the part of the Senate, be, and are hereby, appointed, with power and authority to take charge of the whole subject of pensions, and if in their judgment advisable, recommend a new statute covering this whole subject.

Which was agreed to.

The following were presented and referred under Rule 37:

To the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns:

By Mr. DANIEL: A bill to amend and re-enact section 106, chapter 9, of the Code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved May 20, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 9 of the Code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved May 20, 1903, as amended and re-enacted by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved December 18, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 9 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, in relation to election of State, county, district and city officers and the terms of their offices, and filling vacancies.

By Mr. CARDWELL: A bill to provide for the appointment of county surveyors and superintendents of the poor in cases where no valid appointments have been made under the provisions of chapter 9 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by the act approved December 18, 1903.

To the Joint Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation: By Mr. READ: A bill to legalize an election held in the corporation of Chase City, Mecklenburg county, Virginia, on the 9th day of June, 1903, for the purpose of issuing bonds of the town for macadamizing streets and other town improvements and indebtedness.

By Mr. LATANE: A bill to amend and re-enact an act approved April 4, 1903, entitled an act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Botetourt county to appropriate and contribute money for the purpose of aiding in the erection of a monument to the Confederate soldiers of said county.

By Mr. WEAVER: A bill to amend and re-enact subdivision B of section 8 of an act approved December 21, 1901, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Fries, in Grayson county, Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 29, 1902.

By Mr. CLARKE: A bill to establish a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Pulaski, in the county of Pulaski, Virginia; to prohibit all persons, firms, corporations to sell, barter or exchange such liquors in said town, and to repeal all laws in conflict with this act so far as they apply to said town.

To the Committee for Courts of Justice:

By Mr. THOMASON: A bill to amend and re-enact section 2967 of Code of 1887, in relation to attachments.

By Mr. READ: A bill to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 255, entitled an act to regulate the probate of wills, the appointment of appraisers of the estates of decedents and the appointment and qualification of personal representatives, guardians, curators, committees, by the clerks of the Circuit Court, approved May 15, 1903. By Mr. GRAY: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3500 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved the day of 190 .

To the Committee on General Laws:

By Mr. POWELL: A bill regulating the fee of the State Medical Board of Virginia.

By Mr. POWELL: A bill to allow physicians, surgeons, and dentists to practice in this State, who have stood satisfactory examinations in other States, without going before the examining boards of this State.

By Mr. EARLY: A bill to make the 19th of January a legal holiday, and be known as the Lee-Jackson Day.

By Mr. THOMASON: A bill to amend and re-enact section 1763 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 5, 1894, relating to the practice of pharmacy.

To the Committee on Finance:

By Mr. Boaz: A bill to amend and re-enact the twelfth article of section 183 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact title 8 of the Code of Virginia in relation to salaries, mileage, and other allowances, approved February 7, 1903.

By Mr. CARDWELL: A bill to appropriate the sum of $200,000.00 for the enlargement, restoration and repair of the State Capitol Building, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, and to provide for a heating plant.

To the Committee on Agriculture and Mining:

By Mr. BRIDGFORTH: A bill amending and re-enacting sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of an act entitled an act to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of commercial fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are to be sold, and fixing the penalties incurred for violation of the same, approved February 24, 1890, as amended by an act approved March 8, 1894, as amended by an act approved March 5, 1896, as amended by an act approved December 22, 1897.

To the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation:

By Mr. Cox: A bill to repeal sections 1185, 1186, 1187 and 1188; section 1189 as amended by an act approved February 20, 1892, and by an act approved January 31, 1898; sections 1190, 1191 and 1192 as amended by an act approved February 3, 1888, and by an act approved February 28, 1890, and by an act approved March 6, 1896, and by an act approved February 26, 1900; sections 1193, 1194, 1195 and 1196 as amended by an act approved February 3, 1888, and by an act approved February 28, 1890, and by an act approved March 5, 1896, and by an act approved February 26, 1900; section 1197, as amended by an act approved February 2, 1892, and by an act approved February 24, 1898; sections 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201 and 1202, as amended by an act approved March 3, 1898; sections 1203, 1204, 1207, 1213, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219 and 1220, as amended by an act approved December 20, 1897; sections 1221, 1222, 1223, 1225, 1226 and 1227, as amended by an act approved March 4, 1890; sections 1228, 1229 and 1230, as amended by an act approved February 12, 1894; sections 1231, 1232, 1233 and 1234, as amended by an act approved February 25, 1892; sections 1235, 1237, 1240, 1241, 1242 and 1243, as amended by an act approved February 17, 1898, and by an act approved March 2, 1900;