S. B. No. 34. A bill to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to reimburse the civil contingent fund for extraordinary expenses incurred in the rental and improvement of the building used for offices for Senate officials, and to declare an emergency.

MR. GARRETT moved that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of the bill; which was agreed to by the following vote-ayes, 28; noes, 0.

Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Andrews, Barham, Bowers, Byrd, Cannon, Corbitt, Downing, Early, Garrett, Gayle, Goodloe, Gravatt, Hening, Holt, Jeffreys, Jordan, Lacy, Mapp, Rinehart, Rison, Robertson, Royall, Strode, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker, Webb, West-28.

MR. GARRETT 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-ayes, 27; noes, 0.

Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Andrews, Barham, Bowers, Byrd, Cannon, Corbitt, Davis, Downing, Early, Garrett, Gayle, Goodloe, Gravatt, Hening, Holt, Jeffreys, Jordan, Lacy, Mapp, Rinehart, Rison, Robertson, Royall, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker, Webb-27.

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-ayes, 29; noes, 0.

Senators who voted are:

YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Andrews, Barham, Bowers, Byrd, Cannon, Corbitt, Davis, Downing, Early, Garrett, Gayle, Goodloe, Gravatt, Hening, Holt, Jeffreys, Jordan, Lacy, Mapp, Rinehart, Rison, Robertson, Royall, Strode, Thornton, Trinkle, Walker, Webb-29.

MR. GARRETT moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; which was rejected.

MR. ANDREWS moved that when the Senate adjourn today, it adjourn until Monday, January 14, 1918, at 12 o'clock M.; which was agreed to.

On motion of MR. STRODE, the Senate adjourned.

O. V. HANGER,

Clerk of Senate.

J. TAYLOR ELLYSON,

President of Senate.

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1918.

The Senate met at 12 o'clock M., and was called to order by Lieutenant-Governor J. TAYLOR ELLYSON.

Prayer by Rev. J. J. Scherer, Jr.

The Journal of Friday 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 11, 1918.

The House of Delegates has agreed to Senate Joint Resolution ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America-No. 1.

The following communication was received from the Commissioner of Insurance, read and ordered to be printed as Senate Document No. 7:

To the Senate of Virginia:
GENTLEMEN:

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,

BUREAU OF INSURANCE,
RICHMOND, VA., January 11, 1918.

On March 4, 1916, the Senate adopted a resolution directing the Commissioner of Insurance to secure certain data in regard to the insurance upon buildings and institutions of the State and the value thereof, also to secure information as to the amount of insurance upon the public school buildings in the State. Pursuant to the resolution, I have secured all of the information obtainable and am transmitting it herewith. The information is complete as to State institutions, but very incomplete as to school properties. In many cases the clerks of the district school boards with whom I communicated had not the information or could not or would not obtain it. Failing to receive which, I communicated with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with request that he furnish me the value of the public school buildings in the State, and am transmitting herewith his reply.

Very respectfully,

JOSEPH BUTTON, Commissioner of Insurance.

MR. HENING, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 44. A bill to provide for the leasing of the lands owned by the Commonwealth and known as the State farm, in Goochland county, Virginia, and the Maiden Adventure farm in Powhatan county, Virginia, in the event that it is bought by the State, to the Waverly Oil and Gas Company, for the purpose of drilling thereon for and removing therefrom the oil and gas thereon, and prescribing the terms and conditions of such lease, which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Public Institutions and Education.

MR. ROYALL, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 45. A bill to amend and re-enact section 3059-v of an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact section 3057 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December

26, 1903, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 9, 1906, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 29, 1908, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1908, and also to amend and re-enact section 3059 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 26, 1903, entitled an act to repeal sections. 3063, 3065, 3066, 3067, of the Code of Virginia, and to amend and re-enact sections 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060 and 3062 of the Code, as heretofore amended, and as further amended by an act approved February 23, 1904, and as further amended by an act approved March 15, 1904, and as further amended by an act approved March 14, 1906, as to the time for holding regular terms of the courts in the several circuits, and giving jurisdiction to courts during recess, whether adjourned for the purpose of opening or holding another term, or part or portion or otherwise, which the judges of the circuit courts now have in vacation, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1908, and as further amended by an act approved February 26, 1910, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1912, approved March 27, 1914, relating to the terms of the circuit court for the twenty-second circuit, which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Courts of Justice.

MR. DREWRY, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 46. A bill to repeal sections 2-a and 2-b of an act entitled an act to segregate for the purpose of taxation, pursuant to see tion 169 of the Constitution of Virginia, the several kinds and classes of property so as to specify and determine upon what subjects State taxes and upon what subjects local taxes may be levied, and to provide for the continuance for the year 1915, and until otherwise provided by law, of the present State school tax of ten cents on every one hundred dollars of the assessed value of real estate and tangible personal property; and to repeal an act entitled an act to segregate for the purposes of taxation, pursuant to section 169 of the Constitution of Virginia, the several kinds and classes of property so as to specify and determine upon what subjects State taxes, and upon what subjects local taxes may be levied and to provide for the continuance for the year 1915 of the present state school tax of ten cents on every one hundred dollars of the assessed value of real estate and tangible personal property, approved March 15, 1915, as amended by an act approved March 22, 1916, which was taken up and referred to the Committee. on Finance.

MR. DREWRY, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 47. A bill to amend and re-enact section 19 of Chapter 111 of an act, approved March 11, 1875, entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, as amended and re-enacted by an

act approved March 17, 1910, which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Special, Private and Local Legislation.

MESSRS. CORBITT and ROYALL, by leave, presented

S. B. No. 48. A bill authorizing the payment of fees earned by certain attorneys for the Commonwealth; which was taken up and referred to the Committee on Finance.

A message was received from the House of Delegates by Mr. Q. C. Davis, who informed the Senate that the House of Delegates had passed the following joint resolution, in which they requested the concurrence of the Senate:

Resolved by the House of Delegates, (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly meet in joint session this day at 12:30 o'clock P. M., to receive the Marquis and Marquise Crequi-Montfort de Courtivron, and the Marquis and Marquise de Polignac, and to be present at the presentation to the Commonwealth of the sword worn by Prince Camille de Polignac as a Major-General in the Army of the Confederate States of America by Mme. la Marquis de CrequiMontfort de Courtivron; and that the rules for the government of the Senate and House of Delegates, when convened in joint assembly for such purpose, shall be as follows:

Joint rules for the government of the Senate and House of Delegates when convened in joint assembly this day:

1. At the hour fixed for the meeting of the joint assembly, accompanied by the President and Clerk of the Senate, the senators shall proceed to the hall of the House of Delegates and shall be received by the delegates standing. Appropriate seats shall be assigned to the senators by the Sergeant-at-arms of the House. The Speaker of the House shall assign an appropriate seat for the President of the Senate.

2. The Speaker of the House shall be President of the joint assembly. In case it shall be necessary for him to vacate the chair. his place shall be taken by the President of the Senate, or in his absence, by such member of the joint assembly as the Speaker shall designate.

3. The Clerk of the House shall be the Clerk of the joint assembly, and shall be assisted by the Clerk of the Senate. He shall enter the proceedings of the joint assembly in the Journal of the House and shall certify a copy of the same to the Clerk of the Senate, who shall enter the same on the Journal of the Senate.

4. The Sergeant-at-arms, the Doorkeepers and Pages of the House shall act as such for the joint assembly.

5. The rules of the House of Delegates, so far as practicable. shall be the rules for the joint assembly.

6. In calling the roll of the joint assembly, the names of the senators shall be called first, in alphabetical order, then the names of the delegates in like order, except that the name of the Speaker of the House shall be called last.

7. If when the joint assembly meets, it shall be ascertained that a majority of each House is not present, the joint assembly may take measures to secure the attendance of absentees, or adjourn to a succeeding day, as a majority of those present may determine.

8. When the joint assembly adjourns, the senators, accompanied by the President and the Clerk of the Senate, shall return to their chamber and the business of the House shall be proceeded with in the same order as when it was interrupted by the entrance of the senators; which was agreed to.

MR. MAPP was ordered to inform the House of Delegates thereof. The hour of 12:30 P. M. having arrived, being the hour fixed by the joint resolution for the meeting of the members of the two houses of the joint assembly to receive the Marquis and Marquise Crequi-Montfort de Courtivron, and the Marquis and Marquise de Polignac, the Senate of Virginia entered the hall of the House of Delegates preceded by the President and Clerk of the Senate, and was received by the delegates standing.

The roll of the Senate was called, and the following senators responded:

Messrs. Addison, Allen, Barham, Bowers, Cannon, Corbitt, Downing, Drewry, Garrett, Gayle, Goodloe, Gravatt, Gunn, Hening, Jeffreys, Jordan, Lacy, Mapp, Mathews, Mitchell, Rinehart, Rison, Robertson, Royall, Strode, Thornton, Webb, West-28.

There were twenty-eight senators present.

The roll of the House of Delegates was called, and the following delegates responded:

Messrs. Adams, Anderson, R. A., Anderson, Wm. A., Bailey, Baker, Beattie, Bond, Bowles, Brown, J. Callaway, Buck, Buhrman, Carner, Carrington, Carter, Chase, Clement, Commins, Conway, Cornett, Crockett, Davis, Dickerson, Dillard, Dodson, Elam, Evans, Fitzhugh Flanagan, Forester, Fuller, Gilliam, Gilmer, Goodwin, Gordon, Hall, Wilbur C., Harman, Harvey, Henley, Hobbs, Horton, Hudgins, Hundley, Deane, Hundley, P. J., Jones, Mann, Marshall, Martin, McNutt, Meetze, Musgrave, Noland, Norris, Omps, Ozlin, Pence, Pitts, Price, Ragland, Ramsey, Reed, Rew, Rolston, Shackelford, Shumate, Smith, Chas. F., Smith, Harry B., Snead, Snow, Stant, Stephenson, Stuart, Stubbs, Jas. N., Stubbs, R. H., Taylor, Tiffany, Turner, Willis, Winston, Wright, Mr. Speaker-80.

There were eighty delegates present.

MR. REED offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee composed of one senator and two delegates be appointed to wait upon the Governor and to inform him that the joint assembly is in session and to invite him to honor the assembly with his presence; which was agreed to.

The Speaker appointed Messrs. Reed, McNutt and Drewry to wait upon the Governor in compliance with the foregoing resolution.