The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-30
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| , , w Phu rAstern Lunatic Asy.
lum, In addition to its receipts from tho m
patient fund, sea, ,000--S3 600 of Which ;s y
be applied 10 the support of additional NJ, ~
tients that may hereafter be received. nro-
vided such increase shall be TWENTY-FIVE, and
II less, the same shall be paid in proportion
to the actual increase; Central Lunatic Asy-
lum, 1000; Western Lunatic Asylum. in
addition to Its receipts from pay patients.
S6o,0oO; maintenance oflunatics in Jail, $1,000;
institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind,
Su,ooo; University Of Virginia, $4,000 ;
Richmend Medical College, Il 500; contin..
gent expenses Of courts, S35, 900; civil prose
cutions, $4,000; annual allowance to the re-
porter Of The Court Of Appeals, 81, ,750; rent
OF once for the Attorney. General. S40O :
printing records of the Court of Appeals
ana district courts, $4,000; civil con.
tlngent fund, S2O.0OO; commissioners
OF the revenue and township asses.
sors, $4,000; collectors commissions. a6..
oOo; salary OF the messenger in the office
OF the Auditor Of Public Accounts, 81, 900 :
contingent expenses Of the office of the Audi.
tor OF Public Accounts for postage, books.
stationery, and other expenses, 5000 con.
tipgent expenses Of the Office of the
Second Auditor, $500; contingent ex.
penses Of the office of the Treasurer, $500
contingent expenses of the Office of the
Keglster OF Land, 500; the oyster fund,
Sao,0oo; the registration of births, mar.
raSes, and deaths, $4,000; vaccine agent,
sSOo; pensioners, S2eS; public printing,
soo,ooO; printing and binding twenty third
volume OF Gratlan's Reports, S3,SOO; re.
printing and binding the tenth and eleventh
volumes Of Leigh's Reports, $500; ex.
penses OF funding the public debt, $4,000
preservation of historical papers, $1,000
compensation to the Attorney enera Jor
attending to the Commemorative cases in
the Circuit Court Of the United States.
S5O0; contingent expenses of the Board
of Public Works, $3.50; to pay r. H,
Maury, expert, to examine the con.
dition of the Sinking-Fund, $500; fur.
niture and repairs to library hall, $1,000
for the removal aud reinterment in I" Wash.
| ington Cemetery" at Hagerstown, Nd, oil
| the remains of the Confederate soldiers who
fell in the late war aud are now buried on OF
near the battle-ields of Antietam, South
Mountain, Monocacy, and other points r
| Washington and Frederick counties, Mary
land, by warrant Of the Auditor Of Public
Accounts in favor of Major II. X. Douglass
President of the Board of Trustees of Wash
ington Cemetery, appointed by the Cover
nor of Maryland by virtue of All act of it:
General Assembly of April 4th, 1870, $500
for the purpose of erecting clubhouse il
the city of Norfolk for the guns belonging
to the State now in charge of the volunteer
| company known as "The Norfolk Light Ar
tlllery Blues" the sum of $500.
Gasang-yereiu Virginia.
Messrs. Charles L. Sicgel, President
| William Zimmerman, Vice-President NJ.
| Schaap, Secretary; j. Ebel, Cashier: B.
Brauer, Treasurer, and A. Mol, Librarian,
| and other associates, have been incorporated
| by the General Assembly under the name
| and style Of the Gesang-Ferein Virginia, OF
Richmond. Capital stock not to be more
than $4,000, divided into shares OF not less
than $40 each. This act Of incorporation
| amends an act passed in 1862 incorporating
| the Richmond Harmonic Association.
Convicts on Public Works.
The House bill proposing to allow the
Governor to hire out upon the public works
conyicts whose terms of Imprisonment are
less than life was defeated in the Senate.
Both houses have passed bill allowing the
Governor, If be thinks proper, TO rescnd
any contracts for hiring out convicts, pro-
Yidcd he can do so without violating said
contracts.
Supreme Court Records.
The bill prescribing the manner in which
the records Of the Supreme Court shall be
printed, and prescribing for letting the same
to contract" has passed the General Assem-
bly,. 1t low goes to the Governor.
The bill provides that in the month OF
June of each year the clerks of the superior
court shall adver tise for the printing of the
records, aud shall let the work to the lowest
bidder. who is to give security, &C., as pro-
yided for other public work, except that the
bond is taken by the clerk, and the penalty
Is to be double the amount OF ""rs.-,o be
approximated from the previous year. Each
clerk is to have the work done in the locality
where the court sits.
Change of Gauge Defeated.
House bill giving authority 10 the Dan
VILE Railroad Company to change its gauge,
! was defeated in the Senate yesterday eve
ming. The Senate required the company TO
re!inqu;sh its right of exemption from taxa
| tor from the Gate Of its acceptance of the
provisions Of the bill. This the company
| declined TO DO. and, on motion Of one OF Its
! friends. tie bill vas "indefnitely post
ponea."
| Ncssrs. Penn and rIieemure on the part
0: TIC Scns:e. and Messrs. Richmond. lang
| ley, 22d Brooks on toe par1 Of the House
/ Lave been appointed 10 visit Kentucky to
ascertain the prospects OF connecting the
Virginia and Kcntueky railroad systems by
a ra,iro.d through Cumberland esp.
| OPERATION OF rH1 EaDowAENT PEAN AMONG
TIL: GUD-11LLows. - u easrs. IGoinas j.
! E.-ns, j.. G:iC:-as. sd j. 5. Vaughan, trea
sIrGr o. lie Richmond District Benefit
| Board" I. o. Q. F., nave submitted TO the
| Grand Lodge OF that Order the folio wing
report Of tkcir operations for the year end
ing April, 1874:
| The endowment fund plan was put in
operation in Jefferson Lodge, No. 4 Friend.
ship Lodge, No. 10 Fitzbugh Lodge. No.
SO; Aurora Lodge, No. 11G; and Roane
Lodge, No. 100.
During the year five members have died
ont of a membership ranging from 457 to
5O6-two each in Friendship and Jefferson
lodges and one in Fitzhugh lodge. The
aggregate amount paid to the widows 10
these cases was SALT, being an average OF
S4SS to each widow.
The report concludes: "The endowment
plan has worked well, and has given very
general satisfaction. The five lodges in the
district have passed resolutions expressive
of their satisfaction with the working oil the
plan, and commencing it 10 the Order gene
rally. Those two lodges who have not lost
member (Roane and Aurora), and have paid
out s. per member for the beneht OF the
widows and orphans of their associate
| lodges, are no less pleased with the plan than
the rest, but, indeed, more ardent IN their