Journal of the Senate of Virginia

MR. GUNN, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 128. A bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Williamsburg, in the county of James City, State of Virginia, to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of building, repairing and maintaining streets, sdewalks, and bridges, and extending water and sewer mains, providing that the question of such bond issue, for the purposes named, be first submitted to the qualified voters of said city, and to authorize such council to call a special election for the submission of the same to the voters thereof; which was taken up and referred to the Joint Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation.

MR. WENDENBURG, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 129. A bill to provide tenure of office for teachers. in the public free schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia; which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Public Institutions and Education.

MR. BOWERS, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 130. A bill to amend and re-enact section 2949 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the judg ment of justices; which was taken up and referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice.

MR. MAPP, by leave, presented

S. Jt. Res. No. 8. Proposing an amendment to section 133 of Article IX of the Constitution of Virginia, and providing for pub lishing said amendment and certifying the same to the next General Assembly; which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Public Institutions and Education.

MR. MAPP, by leave, presented

S. Jt. Res. No. 9. Proposing an amendment to section 135 of Article IX of the Constitution of Virginia, and providing for publishing said amendment and certifying the same to the next General Assembly; which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Finance.

MR. MAPP, by leave, presented S. Jt. Res. No. 10. Proposing an amendment to section 136 of Article IX of the Constitution of Virginia, and providing for publishing said amendment and certifying the same to the next session of the General Assembly; which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Public Institutions and Education.

MR. TRINKLE, by leave, presented

S. Jt. Res. No. 11. Requesting United States Senators from Virginia to support passage of Federal suffrage amendment; which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

S. B. No. 2. A bill to amend and re-enact sections 17, 18 and 19, of an act entitled an act to establish a uniform system of bookkeeping and accounting and for the appointment of a State accountant, approved March 14, 1910, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish the uniform system of bookkeeping and accounting and for the appointment of a State accountant, approved March 14, 1910, so as to add thereto sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, enlarging the powers and duties of the State accountant so as to authorize counties and cities to have the use of his services for the examination of the accounts of county and city officers at the expense of counties and cities, and providing for a biennial examination of county offices, was taken up.

MR. BOWERS moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, which was agreed to.

MR. STRODE offered an amendment, which was agreed to. MR. BOWERS offered an amendment, which was agreed to. MR. CONRAD offered an amendment, which was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

The hour of 12:30 o'clock having arrived:

S. B. No. 23. A bill to establish "The State Highway System," being the special and continuing order for the hour, was taken

up.

The amendment offered on yesterday by MR. STRODE, as follows: "Insert on page 4, line 16, after the word 'commissioner' the following: after consultation with the local road authorities along the proposed routes, was rejected by the following vote-ayes, 11:

noes, 24.

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Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Addison, Andrews, Barham, Bowers, Goodloe, Jordan. Mapp, Rison, Royall, Strode, West-11.

NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannon, Conrad, Corbitt, Downing, Garrett, Goolrick, Gravatt, Gunn, Hening, Holt, Keith, Lacy, Mathews, Mitchell, Rinehart, Robertson, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker, Webb, Wendenburg-24.

MR. RISON offered the following amendment:

Insert between lines 14 and 15 on page 4 a new line after words "Bland courthouse" as follows: "Chatham, Climax, Museville," which was rejected by the following vote-ayes, 5; noes, 25.

Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Garrett, Mapp, Rison, Royall, West-5.

NAYS-Messrs. Addison, Allen, Andrews, Bowers, Byrd, Cannon, Conrad, Corbitt, Downing. Goodloe, Goolrick, Gravatt, Gunn, Hening, Holt, Keith, Lacy, Mathews, Mitchell, Robertson, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker, Webb, Wendenburg-25.

MR. ADDISON moved to pass by further consideration of the bill, together with S. B. No. 21 and S. B. No. 22.

On motion of MR. HOLT, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 12 o'clock.

O. V. HANGER.

Clerk of the Senate.

J. TAYLOR ELLYSON,

President of the Senate.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918.

Lieutenant-Governor J. TAYLOR ELLYSON in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. J. J. Scherer, Jr.

The Journal of yesterday was read by the Clerk.

A communication from the House of Delegates, by their Clerk, was received and read as follows:

In House of Delegates, January 23, 1918.

The House of Delegates has passed Senate bills entitled an act to provide for the payment of contingent and incidental expenses of the General Assembly, and to appropriate money for the same, No. 68; and an act to appropriate the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars to the Virginia Penitentiary to meet the deficit in maintenance for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1918, No. 7.

They have passed House bill entitled an act to relieve horses and vehicles from toll on any roads of the State when the same are conveying pupils or students to or from immediate attendance upon schools, colleges and other educational institutions, No. 7; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

H. B. No. 7. A bill to relieve horses and vehicles from toll on any roads of the State when the same are conveying pupils or students to or from immediate attendance upon schools, colleges, and other educational institutions, was taken up, read the first time, and referred to the Committee on Public Institutions and Education.

The following communication was received by the Clerk, laid before the Senate, and referred to the Committee on Nominations:

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY,
WILLIAMSBURG, VA., January 23, 1918.

To the Clerk of the Senate of Virginia:

This is to inform you that at a meeting of the board of visitors of William and Mary, held October 10, 1918, Dr. James Southall Wilson, of the college faculty, was designated by the board as their choice for membership on the State Board of Education.

MR. CANNON, from the Committee on County, City and Town Organization, reported without amendments:

S. B. No. 92. A bill to validate, ratify, approve and confirm certain bonds hereafter to be issued, and the election held on December 12, 1916, authorizing the issuance of such bonds by Alexandria county for Washington magisterial district for the purpose of macadamizing and otherwise permanently improving public roads and bridges in said magisterial district.

He, from the same committee, reported without amendments: S. B. No. 93. A bill to amend and re-enact sub-sections four and seven of section thirty-nine of the charter of the city of Norfolk, as amended by an act approved March 20, 1916.

He, from the same committee, reported without amendments: S. B. No. 94. A bill to amend and re-enact sub-section 4 of section 20 of the charter of the city of Norfolk, as amended by an act approved March 17, 1916.

He, from the same committee, reported without amendments: S. B. No. 95. A bill to amend the sixth sub-section of section twenty of the charter of the city of Norfolk, as amended by an act approved March 17, 1916.

He, from the same committee, reported without amendments: S. B. No. 96. A bill authorizing the councils of cities in this Commonwealth having, by the last United States census, a population in excess of 65,000 inhabitants and less than 100,000, to increase, during their respective terms, the salaries of captains and sergeants of the police force and assistant chief or chiefs of the fire department, and other city officials, whose original term of office has been extended by law, and to ratify and confirm ordinances heretofore passed by any said city, providing for any said increase.

And he, from the same committee, reported without amend

ments:

S. B. No. 97. A bill to declare the termination of the powers granted under an act entitled an act to annex additional territory to the city of Norfolk and to provide for the government of said annexed territory, approved March 14, 1902,, and all acts amendatory thereof, or any part thereof; and to ratify all acts heretofore done under said act or acts amendatory thereof, or any part thereof; and to tax a lien upon real estate owned by the person at the time such said act or acts amendatory thereof.