H. B. No. 42. A bill to amend and re-enact an act of the General Assembly, approved March 12, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the General Assembly, approved March 4, 1894, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order the public roads of the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended. by an act approved May 14, 1903, so far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, construction, maintaining and working of the roads, and keeping in order the causeways and bridges of Madison and Greene counties, and creating the office of superintendent of roads, and prescribing his duties and compensation, and to repeal any act in conflict therewith, as amended by an act of the General Assembly, approved March 24, 1914, entitled an act to add independent section 11-a to an act approved March 12, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the General Assembly, approved March 4, 1894, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order the public roads of the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended by an act approved May 14, 1903, far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, construction, maintaining and working the roads, and keeping in order the causeways and bridges of Madison and Greene counties, and creating the office of superintendent of roads, and prescribing his duties and compensation, and to repeal any act in conflict therewith; was taken up and, on motion of MR. BOWERS, was referred to the Committee on Roards and Internal Navigation.

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

S. B. No. 18. A bill to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the 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, and acts amendatory thereof; being the special and continuing order for the hour, was taken up, and, on motion of MR. WEST, was passed by and made the special and continuing order for Thursday, February 14, 1918, at 12:30 o'clock.

S. B. No. 60. A bill to provide for the preparation and review of estimates for expenditures and revenue, and to establish a budget system for all State departments, bureaus, divisions, officers. boards, commissions, institutions, and other agencies and undertakings receiving or asking financial aid from the State of Virginia; was taken up, read the third time and passed with its title by the following rote-ayes, 20; noes, 2.

Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Addison, Allen, Barnain, Bowers, Conrad, Corbitt, Downing, Drewry, Early, Gravatt, Hening, Jeffreys, Keith, Lacy, Mathews, Mitchell, Robertson, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker-20.

NAYS-Messrs. Rinehart, West-2.

MR. DREWRY moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, which was rejected.

S. B. No. 32. A bill to amend and re-enact sections 17 and 21 of chapter 1 of an act entitled an act concerning the Bureau of Insurance, approved March 9, 1906, as subsequently amended; was taken up.

MR. WEST moved to concur in the amendment thereto proposed by the House of Delegates, which was agreed to by the following vote-ayes, 19; noes, 3.

Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Barham, Bowers, Davis, Drewry, Early, Hening, Jordan, Lacy, Mathews, Mitchell, Rinehart, Rison, Robertson, Royall, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker, Webb, West-19.

NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Conrad, Keith-3.

S. B. No. 120. A bill to provide for the establishment of kindergartens as part of the public school system of the State; was taken up and read the second time.

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

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. 37. Senate bill to amend and re-enact section 30 of chapter 5, of an act entitled an act concerning corporations, which became a law on the 21st day of May, 1903, as heretofore amended.

No. 41. House bill to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of the county of Washington, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges and to macadamize roads in said county, etc., and to authorize the board of supervisors of said county to open, by condemnation or otherwise alter, discontinue, work and keep in order and repair the public roads and bridges of said county, approved March 7, 1910, and all acts amendatory thereof, approved March 18, 1915.

No. 12. House bill to provide under certain conditions for the conveyance of real property occupied by a church.

No. 101. House bill to appropriate money to the convict lime board to remove deficit in the funds available for use at the State lime grinding plants at Staunton and Irvington.

No. 36. House bill to repeal an act entitled an act to create for the county of Princess Anne a commission for roads, bridges and

wharves; and for keeping in repair roads, bridges and wharevs of said county, and prescribing duties for said commissioners.

No. 33. House bill to amend and re-enact section 24-a of an act approved March 25, 1914, printed as chapter 305, acts of Assembly of Virginia, session 1914, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish and regulate the holding of primary elections, to pay expenses of same; to secure the regularity and purity of the same, and to prevent and punish any corrupt practices in connection therewith, approved March 14, 1912.

No. 91. House bill to authorize the town council of the town of Lawrenceville, Brunswick county, Virginia, to issue and sell bonds to the amount of and not exceeding $25,000.00 for the purpose of borrowing money to repair and extend the water works system of the said town.

No. 66. House bill to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Bedford county to borrow money to build or improve the court house and clerk's office, and to issue bnds therefor, approved March 25, 1914.

S. B. No. 141. A bill to amend and re-enact sections one and nine of an act providing for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State, approved March 13, 1912, as amended March 17, 1915, p. 141; as amended March 17, 1916, p. 461; was taken up, read the second time, committee amendments agreed to, and the bill as amended, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

The following Senate bills were taken up and read the first time: S. B. No. 53. A bill to cause all deposits or accounts in the several banks and banking corporations in this Commonwealth, whereof the depositor is unknown, or the person, or persons, to whom such account or deposit belongs, or belong, is, or are unknown, and against which deposit or account there has been no check, draft or order for a period of fifteen years, to escheat to the Commonwealth ; and to direct the manner of reporting same, and the final disposition thereof.

S. B. No. 84. A bill to set forth the qualifications prerequisite to taking examination as registered pharmacists, on and after April 1, 1922.

S. B. No. 39. A bill to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act to provide in cities containing 70,000 inhabitants or more for the election of a special justice of the peace, to be known as the civil justice, to prescribe his jurisdiction and duties and to fix his compensation; and to authorize the issue by other justices of the peace in said cities of warrants cognizable by said civil justice, approved March 5, 1908, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 14, 1910, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved

March 14, 1912, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 10, 1914.

S. B. No. 59. A bill relating to the filing of answers in suits for the sale of infants' interests in real estate.

S. B, No. 57. A bill to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 25, 1902, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in regard to the notice by publiction of the codification of the ordinances of the city of Norfolk, approved March 10, 1902, approved February

5, 1915.

S. B. No. 73. A bill to refund money improperly collected from the Hotel Richmond Corporation, Jefferson Realty Corporation, Lexington Hotel Company, Inc., Murphy's Hotel, Inc., and Hotel Stumpf, E. A. Strumpf, proprietor, paid into the treasury of the State.

S. B. No. 76. A bill relating to motion picture films, reels or stereopticon views or slides; providing a system of examination, approval and regulation thereof, and of the banners, posters and other like advertising matter used in connection therewith; creating the Board of Censors; and providing penalties for the violation of

this act.

S. B. No. 115. A bill to repeal an act approved February 19, 1908, entitled an act to constitute capitation tax a lien upon real estate owned by the person at the time such capitation tax is assessed, as amended by an act approved December 3, 1903.

S. B. No. 122. A bill to provide for the payment of compensation to the court stenographer employed on behalf of the State of Virginia by the Attorney General to stenograph the evidence and transcribe a record in the case of Commonwealth of Virginia v. J. Frederick Kernochan, committee of Marie Marshall, in the circuit court of James City county and the city of Williamsburg on the 11th day of October, 1917.

S. B. No. 131. A bill to amend and re-enact section 2494 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to liens on crops for advances to farmers, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 17, 1910.

S. B. No. 153. A bill appropriating the sum of thirty-nine thousand ($39,000.00) dollars for the purchase of a lot of land on the corner of Governor and Franklin streets, in the city of Richmond, Va.

S. B. No. 170. A bill to refund money improperly collected from the Virginia Hot Springs Company paid into the treasury of the State. S. B. No. 4. A bill to provide for submitting to the qualified voters of the State the question of calling a constitutional convention

to be held for the purpose of revising and amending the present Constitution.

S. Jt. Res. No. 5. Proposing amendment to section 32 of article II of the Constitution of Virginia, and providing for publishing said amendment and certifying the same to the next General Assembly.

S. B. No. 66. A bill to authorize and regulate the exchange of certain classes of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts among individuals, partnerships and corporations, empowering corporations generally to make such contracts and prescribing certain fees, and penalty for violation.

S. B. No. 165. A bill to amend and re-enact an act approved March 20, 1916, entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Wise county to invest, use and apply any part of the sinking fund created and set apart for the purpose of redeeming the principal of the $700,000 issue of thirty-year Wise county road bonds, dated February 1, 1911, in and to the purchase and holding of any part or parts of the $130,000.00 issue of thirty-year Wise county road bonds for the Richmond magisterial district, dated March 1, 1913; and in and to the purchase and holding of any part or parts of the $130,000.00 issue of Wise county road bonds issued for the Gladeville magisterial district, dated March 1, 1913, and to grant to the board of supervivors of said county the additional authority to invest, use and apply any part of said sinking fund, and any part of any sinking fund now or hereafter created and set apart for the purpose of redeeming the principal of any road bonds of said county now or hereafter issued for the said county, or for any of the magisterial districts thereof, in and to the purchase and holding of any part or parts of such county or district road bonds, now or hereafter issued, and in and to the purchase and holding of any school bonds now or hereafter issued by any school districts of said county.

S. B. No. 171. A bill to amend and re-enact section 21 of an act, approved January 30, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the town of South Boston, in the county of Halifax, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows and to enact and add two sections to said act, to be known as sections 26 and 27, providing for the collection of town levies and assessments, and prescribing penalties for the violation of the license ordinances of the town.

S. B. No. 184. A bill authorizing and directing the road authorities of Totaro magisterial district, in Brunswick county, Virginia, and the board of supervisors of the said county, to expend any surplus now in the hands of said authorities, arising from the sale of road bonds of said district, in the paving, macadamizing, or otherwise permanently improving Main street, in the town of