proved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and the acts amendatory thereof; 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.

S. B. No. 237. A bill to authorize cities in this Commonwealth of fifty thousand inhabitants or more, according to the last census of the United States, to increase the salary of the civil justice of such cities to an amount not to exceed thirty-six hundred dollars per annum, during the term of office of said civil justice; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 255. A bill to authorize the common council of Winchester to issue fifty thousand dollars of refunding improvement bonds in the sum of fifty thousand dollars and prescribing the terms and conditions of said issue; was taken up and read the second time.

MR. BYRD offered an amendment, which was agreed to.

The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

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; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 190. A bill to authorize the school board of the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $30,000 to meet notes for money borrowed by trustees for the purpose of erecting the graded school building in said town, and to complete the said building; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 200. A bill to regulate the situs of taxation of bank stock; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 259. A bill to repeal section 5, chapter 67, of an act of Assembly of 1916, approved February 26, 1916, entitled an act to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for the proper administration of the affairs of that part of Bland magisterial district, Prince George county, Virginia, known as Hopewell and its suburbs, to prescribe the method whereby the said appropriation shall be expended, and to provide for the payment thereof to the State treasury; and to relieve the city of Hopewell of the payment of the said sum of $25,000.00 into the State treasury; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 123. A bill to provide for the use of probation and the suspension of sentence in criminal and juvenile courts, providing for the appointment of probation officers and defining their powers

and duties: 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.

On motion of MR. GOOLRICK:

S. B. No. 240. A bill to raise revenue for the support of the government and to appropriate money for the construction of roads and projects comprised in "The State Highway System"; was made a special and continuing order for Friday, February 22, 1918, at 1:20 P. M. o'clock.

S. B. No. 222. A bill to require posting of rates in hotels and regulating the same; was taken up and read the second time.

MR. BUCHANAN offered an amendment, which was agreed to. The committee amendments were agreed to, and the bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 248. A bill to provide for the payment out of the State treasury of the attorneys for the Commonwealth of the counties and cities of the State, certain fees in felony and misdemeanor cases, and to fix the maximum amount that the attorneys for the Commonwealth of the respective counties and cities of the State shall be paid in fees out of the State treasury, and to fix for them and to provide for the taxing and payment of certain fees in scire facias and other proceedings upon forfeited recognizances, and to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3528 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, approved March 22, 1916, and to repeal all other acts and parts of arts in conflict with this act; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 151. A bill to amend and re-enact section twelve of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to create and maintain a State board of crop-pest commissioners, and to define its duties and powers, approved March 5, 1900, approved May 9, 1903, as heretofore amended, and to add three sections to said act; was taken up and read the second time.

The committee substitute thereto was agreed to and the bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 253. A bill to amend and re-enact section 3191 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 13, 1914, eititled an act to amend and re-enact section 3191, chapter 154. of the Code, as amended by an act in force on and after February 2, 1892, and by an act in force on and after July 1, 1896, and by an act approved March 14, 1910, relating to how a person is licensed to practice law in the State of Virginia; 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.

S. B. No. 261. A bill ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for public purposes within the State, and authorizing the acquisition thereof, and any interest therein, and repealing all prior acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act; was taken up, read the second tiae, committee amendments agreed to, and the bill, as amended, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 294. A bill to enact and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the court in which he is tried to sentence certain prisoners to hard labor on the public roads instead of confinement in the penitentiary, for the commission of felony, as heretofore amended, including the amendment thereto in regard to contracts for the hiring of conviets, as amended by act approved February 29, 1912, and March 22, 1916; was taken up, read the second time and committee amendments agreed to.

MR. ROBERTSON offered an amendment, which was agreed to, and the bill, as amended, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. S. B. No. 297. A bill to amend and re-enact section 3194 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended in relation to the praetice of law without a license; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 187. A bill to repeal all acts giving to the boards of supervisors of the vari is counties the power to regulate or control hunting and fishing, to provide for open and closed seasons for taking game and fish, to protect game, fish, song and insectivorous birds, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof; was taken up, read the second time and committee amendments agreed to.

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

S. Jt. Res. No. 13. In relation to the drafting of agricultural laborers; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 192. A bill to make uniform the law of bills of lading: 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.

S. B. No. 226. A bill to amend and re-enact section 2189 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to hotels and boarding houses; 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.

S. B. No. 238. A bill to permit public officers to engage in war service without thereby vacating their offices, and to provide for the designation of acting cfficers while so engaged; was taken up and read the second time.

MR. EARLY offered an amendment, which was agreed to.

The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 241. A bill to provide for the appointment of staff officers in the national guard; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 243. A bil! to make uniform the law relating to limited partnerships; 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.

S. B. No. 214. A bill to make uniform the law relating to partnerships; 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.

S. B. No. 268. A bill to amend and re-enact section 525 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to transfer fees; 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.

S. B. No. 271. A bill to appropriate $100,000 to constitute an emergency military and defense fund; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 279. A bill to amend and re-enact sections 239 and 240 of the Code of Virginia; was taken up, read the second time. ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 291. A bill to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 3 of an act entitled an act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and the composition, branding, possession, dispensing and sale of drugs, poison and narcotics, and to repeal certain existing acts in relation thereto, approved March 14, 1908; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 299. A bill to confer upon the juvenile and domestic relations court of the city of Richmond the powers of a court of record, to prescribe its jurisdiction and powers, etc.; 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.

S. B. No. 300. A bill to provide for indexing the records of the Land Office and appropriating money therefor; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 306. A bill to amend and re-enact section 22 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide in cities con

taining 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, by (1) increasing the salary limit of said civil justice; (2) providing for interrogatories under executions issued by said civil justice, and (4) giving said civil justice certain powers in matters of contempt; (5) by enlarging the jurisdiction of said civil justice in interpleader proceedings and otherwise, approved March 10, 1914; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 30'8. A bill to make it a misdemeanor to, or to attempt to, entice, solicit, persuade or procure any servant, cropper, laborer or employee to leave his employer or his service for the purpose of going out of the Commonwealth to perform similar or other service, and to provide penalties therefor; was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 313. A bill to prevent corporations not organized under the laws of this Commonwealth securing a certificate of authority or license to do business in Virginia where the name of such corporation would conflict with a corporation already doing business in Virginia was taken up, read the second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

S. B. No. 317. A bill to amend and re-enact section 508 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, and to appropriate sums collected hereunder for the payment of pensions and for the support of the public free schools of the primary and grammar grades: 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.

S. B. No. 385. A bill to amend and re-enact section 44 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; 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.

S. B. No. 337. A bill to amend and re-enact section 884 of the Code of Virginia defining who are vagrants; 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.