For Commissioner of Insurance: Total Number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which Joseph Button received 115 58 115 Joseph Button, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected Commissioner of Insurance for the legal term of that office. For judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals for the unexpired term ending February 1, 1919, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Judge George M. Harrison: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice. Of which Martin P. Burks received 112 57 112 Martin P. Burks, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals for the term ending February 1, 1919. For judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals for the unexpired term ending February 1, 1923, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge R. H. Cardwell: Robert R. Prentis, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals for the term ending February 1, 1923. For judge of the Seventeenth judicial circuit: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which F. B. Whitting received 106 54 106 F. B. Whitting, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected Judge of the Seventeenth judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. For Judge of the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit: 107 Necessary to a choice 54 Of which George Latham Fletcher received 107 George Latham Fletcher, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. For judge of the corporation court of the city of Buena Vista: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which Robert L. Gardner received 98 50 98 Robert L. Gardner, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the corporation court of the city of Buena Vista for the legal term of that office. William Crump Tucker, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected civil justice of the city of Richmond for the legal term of that office. J. F. West, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Third judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. For judge of the Seventh judicial circuit: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which E. J. Harvey received 103 52 103 E. J. Harvey, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Seventh judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. Clarence W. Robinson, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Eleventh judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. For judge of the Fifteenth judicial circuit: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which R. H. L. Chichester received 112 57 112 R. H. L. Chichester, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Fifteenth judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. For judge of the Nineteenth judicial circuit: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which George K. Anderson received 113 57 113 George K. Anderson, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Nineteenth judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. For judge of the twenty-third judicial circuit: Total number of votes cast Necessary to a choice Of which Preston W. Campbell received 112 57 112 Preston W. Campbell, having received all of the votes cast, was declared duly elected judge of the Twenty-third judicial circuit for the legal term of that office. MR. BUCHANAN, by leave, presented the following resolution: Whereas, the act appointing the revisors of the Code approved February 5, 1915, amending and re-enacting an act approved March 21, 1914, provides that the "commissioners appointed under the act approved March 21, 1914 to revise, codify and index the general statute law of this State, shall collate, revise and codify all the general statutes, civil and criminal of this Commonwealth, which may be in force at the time of the completion of their work, and properly index the same," and, Whereas, the report of the Revisors, page VI, states: "There have been many substantial changes in the statutes, but it is believed that most of them will meet with such ready concurrence that it would be unnecessary to mention them even if it could be done within a reasonable space. space. A few of them, however, are of such nature that it is deemed proper to bring them more particularly to your attention." and. Whereas, in their work of revision and codification they have made many radical changes in the statute law of the Commonwealth as it existed "at the time of the completion of their work," and the said revisors have only called attention to a few of such changes: Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate that the said revisors; Samuel A. Anderson, M. P. Burks and F. B. Hutton be, and they are hereby, requested to submit to the Senate, at as early a date as possible, a report showing all of the changes which they have made in the statute laws of Virginia "in force at the time of the completion. of their work", with their reasons for such changes; which was taken up. MR. ROYALL offered the following substitute therefor: Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring, that the members of the Code Revision or such of them as may be able, sit during the session of this General Assembly with such committee as may be proper for the purpose of giving such information as may be requested in regard to the report submitted by them, and shall have the requisite privilege of the floor of each house for that purpose. MR. BUCHANAN moved to pass the matter by until tomorrow, which was agreed to by the following vote-ayes, 16; noes, 14. Senators who voted are: YEASA-Messrs. Andrews, Barham, Bowers, Buchanan, Corbitt, Early, Garrett, Gayle, Hening, Holt, Jeffreys, Jordan, Lacy, Mitchell, Rinehart, West-16. NAYS-Messrs. Addison, Allen, Cannon, Conrad, Davis, Goodloe, Gunn, Mathews, Rison, Robertson, Royall, Strode, Trinkle, Webb-14. On motion of MR. STRODE, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 12 o'clock M. GEORGE T. RISON, Acting President of the Senate. O. V. HANGER, Clerk of the Senate. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918. The Senate met at 12 o'clock M., and was called to order by GEORGE T. RISON, Acting President in the absence of the President pro tempore on account of illness. Prayer by Rev. F. T. McFaden. The Journal of yesterday was read by the Clerk. The following communication from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, transmitting the name of the Senator-elect to fill the vacancy in the Eleventh Senatorial District, was received and read: COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, To the Honorable, the Clerk of the Senate: As required by law, I herewith respectfully transmit the name of the member-elect of the Senate of Virginia to fill the vacancy in the Eleventh Senatorial district, as ascertained and determined by the Board of State Canvassers at their meeting held today, the official record of which is on file in my office. Eleventh District-Fauquier and Loudoun, Lucien Keith. Very respectfully, B. O. JAMES, Secretary of the Commonwealth. A quorum being present, Senator Lucien Keith having previously filed in the office of the Clerk of the Senate a certificate of his elec tior, came forward and the Clerk of the Senate administered to him the oath prescribed by law. The following telegram was received by the President of the Senate, and read: CAMP LEE, VA., January 16, 1918. President Senate, State House, Richmond, Va.: Three Hundred Nineteenth Infantry, composed of enlisted men from Pennsylvania, cordially invites the President and members of the Senate of Virginia to join with it in celebrating the anniversary of the birth of General Robert E. Lee. Exercises honoring the memory of the brilliant son of Virginia will be held at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium at Camp Lee on Saturday at 1 P. M. FRANK S. COCHEN, Whereupon MR. ROBERTSON introduced the following resolution: Whereas it is the desire of this body to evidence its veneration for the memory of Robert E. Lee; and, Whereas this body appricate the feeling of fraternity and patriotism which has prompted the 319th regiment, composed of enlisted men from the State of Pennsylvania at Camp Lee, Virginia, to com |