section 1244, section 1245, as amended by an act approved February 25, 1892, and by an act approved March 3, 1898; sections 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1255 and 1256 of chapter 51 of the Code relating to works of internal improvement.

Mr. STEWART moved that the House do now adjourn in honor of Generals Lee and Jackson.

Which was agreed to.

Whereupon the SPEAKER declared the House adjourned in honor of Generals Lee and Jackson.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1904.

Prayer by Rev. C. A. Marks, of the First Lutheran Church. On motion of Mr. JENNINGS, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

No. 1, House 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 an act approved December 18, 1903.

Having been considered by the committee in session was reported from the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns.

The following House bills, having been considered by the committee in session, were reported from the Committee on Finance:

No. 2, House bill to amend and re-enact an act approved December 3, 1903, 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 re-enact 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.

No. 3, House bill to appropriate certain sums of money out of the public treasury in aid of Confederate memorial associations having in charge cemeteries containing graves of Confederate soldiers.

The following were presented and referred under Rule 37:

To the Committee on Finance:

By Mr. SMITH of Clarke: A bill to establish a Department of

Archives and History for the State of Virginia, to prescribe its functions and duties, and to provide for its maintenance.

By Mr. JENNINGS: A bill to provide for the collection of all muster rolls, records and other materials showing the names, number and character of the officers and soldiers furnished to the army and navy of the Confederate States of America, and to provide for the appointment and compensation of a Secretary of Virginia Military Records, and for the other expenses incidental to the work to be performed, and to appropriate the sum of six thousand dollars therefor.

By Mr. HOGE: A bill to amend and re-enact section 458 of the Code of Virginia in relation to land books of commissioners of the revenue in the several counties and cities in this State.

By Mr. HOGE: A bill to amend and re-enact section 504 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 464 and 504 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the mode in which land and property books shall be made out, approved February 22, 1890.

By Mr. MITCHELL:

A bill to authorize the sale of lots purchased by the Commonwealth for delinquent taxes and not redeemed within two years or more.

To the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation:

By Mr. SYDNOR: A bill to require the owner or owners of steamboat wharves to provide suitable accommodation for the patrons of steamboats using the same.

To the Committee on General Laws: By Messrs. WALKER and CHURCHMAN: A bill to make valid any disposition of property in perpetuity for the maintenance or care of cemeteries, cemetery lots, monuments and other erections, and authorizing cemetery companies or trustees holding title to cemeteries or burial grounds, to take and hold any property according to the terms of the grant, bequest, devise or gift.

By Mr. ROYALL: A bill to require the owners of public halls, theatres and opera houses to provide suitable and sufficient exits for the safety of persons attending all gatherings therein.

By Mr. OULD: A bill to regulate the sale of cocaine.

To the Committee for Courts of Justice:

By Mr. PARKER: A bill to amend and re-enact section 3001 of the Code of Virginia in relation to indemnifying bonds to officers, their penalties and conditions, as amended by act approved February 24, 1898.

By Mr. PARKER: A bill to amend and re-enact section 2462 of the Code of Virginia in relation to reservation of title to goods and

chattels sold upon condition, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 28, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 23, 1894.

By Mr. PARKER: A bill to amend and re-enact section 2965 of the Code of Virginia in relation to whom attachment may be directed and where returnable, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1894, and to amend section 2988 of the Code in relation to jurisdiction of justices in attachments.

To the Joint Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation: By Mr. PERSON: A bill to provide for the working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges in the counties of Sussex and Greenesville, and providing what tax shall be used for keeping the same in order.

By Mr. BowMAN: A bill to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the town of Salem, in Roanoke county.

By Mr. JORDAN: A bill to extend the boundary limits of Green Hill Cemtery, at Stephens City, Virginia.

By Mr. CRAWFORD: A bill to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads in the county of Louisa, &c.

The morning hour having expired, the House proceeded to the business on the calendar.

The following House bills were read at length a first time and ordered to be printed:

No. 1, House 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.

No. 2, House bill to amend and re-enact an act approved December 3, 1903, 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 re-enact section 753 of the Code of Virginia relating to State depositories, approved February 3, 1900, as amended and reenacted 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.

No. 3, House bill to appropriate certain sums of money out of the public treasury in aid of Confederate Memorial Associations having in charge cemeteries containing graves of Confederate soldiers.

Mr. STUBBS offered the following resolution:

The sad intelligence has just been received of the death of Arthur O. Sullivan, Esq., the First Doorkeeper of the House of Delegates; be it, therefore, resolved,

First. That since his election as First Doorkeeper of the House in 1869, he has been elected every session up to the present time, except the sessions of 1881-2, and rendered himself popular with all of the members, and discharged every duty with promptness, cheerfulness, efficiency and ability.

Second. That his devotion to Virginia and his gallantry as a Confederate soldier was shown on many bloody battle-fields, and he received a wound at the battle of the Wilderness which caused him to limp through life with but one limb, and thereby strengthened the Confederate tie that exists between old veterans of 1861-5.

Third. That we mourn to-day the loss of a true friend, a man of high character and a noble Virginia gentleman.

Fourth. That the SPEAKER of the House appoint a committee of three to attend his funeral at Christiansburg, and that the Assistant Clerk of the House accompany the committee, and that the committee select a suitable floral design to be placed on the grave of the good man.

Fifth. That as a further evidence of respect, the House do now adjourn.

Which was agreed to.

The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. STUBBS, BOWMAN, and HEERMANS the committee.

Whereupon the SPEAKER declared the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904.

Prayer by Rev. C. A. Marks, of the Lutheran Church.

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

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

In Senate, January 20, 1904.

The Senate has passed joint resolution directing Secretary of the Commonwealth to furnish county judges of the State copies of Virginia Reports, No. 100.

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

The joint resolution directing Secretary of the Comonwealth to furnish county judges of the State copies of Virginia Reports, No. 100, was referred to the Committee on Finance.

No. 4, House bill to amend and re-enact section 2967 Code of Virginia in relation to attachments, having been considered by the committee in session, was reported from the Committee for Courts of Justice.

The following House bills, having been considered by the committee in session, were reported from the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns:

No. 5, House bill to amend and re-enact sub-section 2 of section 2070 A, and section 2079 of the Code, as amended by an act approved May 14, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 95 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the preservation of certain useful birds and animals, and to prevent unlawful hunting, and to repeal certain sections of the Code.

No. 6, House bill to provide for the establishment, proper construction and permanent improvement of the public roads and landings, for building and keeping in good order and repair of all public roads, bridges, causeways, and wharves in the State of Virginia.

House bill to amend and re-enact an act passed granting a charter to the town of Lebanon, county of Russell.

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 Legislation respectfully report that in their opinion the object of the within bill is contrary to section 126 of the Constitution.

Signed,

CHAS. M. WALLACE, JR.,

Chairman.

The bill was referred to the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns.

House bill to allow the shipping and transporting of game from the county of Spotsylvania by residents of the county of Spotsylvania and the city of Fredericksburg.

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