clerks have discharged the responsible duties of their important offices at this Extra Session of the Senate; which was agreed to. A message was received from the House of Delegates, by MR. DOVELL, who informed the Senate that the House of Delegates had passed, H. B. No. 80. A bill to amend and re-enact section 306 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 19, 1920, in relation to the duties of the Clerk of the House of Delegates; which was taken up, read the first time and referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice. MR. GUNN moved that the Committee for Courts of Justice be discharged from further consideration of the bill; which was agreed to by the following vote-yeas, 28; nays, 0. Senators who voted are: YEAS-Messrs. Ball, Barksdale, Barron, Beaty, Booker, Buchanan, Connor, Crockett, Downing, Early, East, Ferguson, Garrett, Gunn, Haddon, Holladay, Holt, Jeffreys, Layman, Lesner, Mills, Noell, Parsons, Rogers, Smith, W. Worth, Jr., Vaughan, Wickham and Woodson-28. MR. GUNN moved to dispense with the reading of the bill, as required by section 50 of the Constitution, and the Senate being satisfied that an emergency exists, it was agreed to by the following vote-yeas, 31; nays, 0. Senators who voted are: YEAS-Messrs. Ball, Barksdale, Barron, Beaty, Booker, Buchanan, Clement, Connor, Crockett, Downing, Early, East, Ferguson, Garrett, Gunn, Haddon, Holladay, Holt, Jeffreys, Johnson, Layman, Lesner, Mills, Noell, Parsons, Rogers, Smith, W. Worth, Jr., Vaughan, Wickham, Willis and Woodson-31. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and being forthwith engrossed, on his further motion, was passed with its title by the following vote-yeas, 29; nays, 0. Senators who voted are: YEAS-Messrs. Ball, Barksdale, Barron, Beaty, Buchanan, Connor, Crockett, Downing, Early, East, Ferguson, Garrett, Gunn, Haddon, Holladay, Holt, Jeffreys, Johnson, Layman, Lesner, Mills, Noell, Parsons, Rogers, Smith, W. Worth, Jr., Vaughan, Wickham, Willis and Woodson-29. MR. GUNN moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which was rejected. MR. GUNN was ordered to inform the House of Delegates thereof. On motion of MR. HOLT, the Senate adjourned until Friday, April 15, 1927, at 12 M. O. V. HANGER, JUNIUS E. WEST, Clerk of the Senate. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927 Lieutenant Governor JUNIUS E. WEST presiding. A communication from the House of Delegates, by their Clerk, was received and read as follows:, In House of Delegates, April 9, 1927. The House of Delegates has concurred in amendments proposed by the Senate to House bill entitled an act to provide for the uses of the old Hall of the House of Delegates and the old Senate Chamber in the State Capitol Building, No. 19. They have passed Senate bills entitled an act to amend and reenact section 5873 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to a special court of appeals, No. 48; an act to authorize the county school board of Rockbridge county, with the approval and consent of the board of supervisors of Rockbridge county, to issue school bonds not to exceed the sum of $24,000.00, for refunding the present school debt of South River magisterial district, and to provide for the levy of a tax to pay the interest on said bonds and to retire the same as they mature, No. 46; an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Greene county to borrow money, not in excess of $10,000.00, and to issue bonds of the said county therefor, for the purpose of constructing two public roads in Stanardsville and Monroe magisterial districts of said county, one extending from Stanardsville by way of Amicus and Celt to the Albemarle county line, and the other from the point of intersection with the Spotswood Trail by way of Geer to a fork in the road above J. A. Williams', No. 45; an act to release the United States of America from all claims for damages to the oyster or other public interests of the Commonwealth of Virginia by reason of the relocation of the improved channel of James river by the United States extending from its main channel, about four-fifths of a mile southwesterly of Mulberry Point, to its main channel, about two and three-fourths miles southwesterly of Jail Point, No. 50; an act to authorize a school census in Elk Creek district, Wilson district, Old Town district and Providence district of Grayson county, Virginia, to be in lieu of the regular quinquennial census taken in said districts in 1925, No. 49; an act to amend and re-enact section 17 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Carroll to let to contract the roads of said county, and levy a tax to keep the same in said repair, as amended by an as approved February 29, 1892, and February 2, 1894, and acts amendatory thereto, respectively, January 22, 1898, March 7, 1900, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1906, and as amended by an act approved March 15, 1910, and further amended by an act approved March 24, 1920, and further amended by an act approved March 24, 1922, and the purchase of road machinery, implements, tools, etc., pay of supervisors, clerks and duties of each, prescribing penalties, etc., and to repeal all special acts in conflict herewith, approved March 7, 1924, No. 53; an act authorizing the board of supervisors of Carroll county to appropriate and expend money to construct and maintain a certain road in Grayson county known as the "Snow Hill Road," No. 51; an act to authorize the boards of supervisors of the counties of Craig and Smyth to issue bonds or other obligations of their said counties on behalf of their said counties for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of the pro rata share of the counties of Craig and Smyth towards the initial cost of the district home for the poor for said counties to be purchased and erected in conjunction with other counties. Said loans to be secured by deeds of trust on the poor farms now owned by said counties of Craig and Smyth and to authorize the board of supervisors in said counties to levy along with the county levy in their respective counties a sufficient tax to pay the interest on said loans and to pay the said principal debt out of the proceeds of sale of said poor farms when sold. The loan to be made by the board of supervisors of Craig county not to exceed $2,000.00 and the loan made by the board of supervisors of Smyth county not to exceed $8,000.00, No. 47; an act to amend section 2 of an act approved February 7, 1896, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Saltville and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Saltville, approved March 8, 1894, No. 52; an act to amend and reenact sections 2, 25 and 30 of chapter 474 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, being an act entitled an act to regulate the operation of vehicles. on public highways to govern and protect pedestrians while using such highways; to provide penalties for violating the provisions of this act and the disposition of fines and forfeitures collected hereunder, to make uniform the law relating to the subject matter of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, approved March 25, 1926, No. 62; and an act to amend and re-enact section 2769 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to compensation of supervisors, No. 59. They have dismissed Senate bills entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 99, 108, 129, 136 and 137 of an act to provide a new charter for the town of Blackstone, approved March 27, 1914, and to repeal all other sections or parts of said acts in conflict with said sections as so amended and re-enacted, No. 44; and an act in relation to division fences in the county of Chesterfield, No. 57. All other business having been suspended, the President, in the presence of the Senate, signed the following bills which had been passed by both houses of the General Assembly and duly enrolled, the titles of said bills having been publicly read: No. 1. House joint resolution proposing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia. 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, JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 299 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 $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 $60,000.00, 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, repairing 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-enect an act entitled an act for the protection of foxes or other fur-bearing or hair-bearing animals, in Amelia, Nottoway, Lunenburg, Burnswick, 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 $50,000.00; 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 $200,000.00; 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 |