The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-14

s;nkinp find Of one per: cent. on the princi-
pal, to commence In 1883. 81
The bonds OF the State held by the pre-,
sent sinking fund to be burned ana I'LL
bonds redeemed to be burned;
e After January, 1881, enough Oh the ne"
bonds shall be sold to pay the outstanding
old debt. al
The State to be, distinctly released from
the one third cllargeable to West Virginia
OF the old debt funded. a.
The substitute was being READ by the
Clerk when the hour OF l arrived, ana Tue
salary bill came up.
.r THE sALARY-REDUCTIoN BILL.
The bill reported from the Committee on
Retrencbment and Reform (Mr. EDMUNDs
chairman) proposing TO reduce salaries TO
the rate Of 1860 was resumed.
Section i was amended, on motion OF
Mr.. JOHNSTON of Giles, so that the Cover
nor shall have no paid aid except in time
Of war or instruction.
SECOND AUDITORS OFFICE.
Section 3 was amended to limit the num-
Der OF clerks in the Second Auditors Of
fee to three.-the present number.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
Mr.. FAUNT1ERoY made move to strike
ont section G, wishing thereby to abolish
the Office of Superintendent OF Public
Printing, and proposing to devolve its du-
ties; upon the Second Auditor or some clerk
in that office. Rejected.
On motion of Mr.. ECHoLs (amended by
Mr.. STARKE), the Superintendent was al
lowed a porter only during the session OF
the General Assembly and one month there
after, at the rate of $50 per month.
CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.
The bill cut down the reporter Of the
clerk of the Court OF Appeals from $1,000
to 81, 200-more than twenty per cent.-Mr.
HANGER stated. He offered an amendment
to place the pay at s1,5o0-what il was be-
fore the war.
Mr.. HENRY supported DIR. HANGERS
proposition.
MIR. PopHAM thought 81, 200 sufficient. 1t
appeared from statements that the Re
trenchment Committee understood Mr..
Grattan was only getting $1,000.
MIR. EDMUNDs referred to the Code, where
the reporters salary was fixed at 81 800.
Mr.. HANGER showed the old appropria-
ton bill, where the salary was put down at
$1,000.
No other act of Assembly increasing the
pay could be produced.
Mr.. LACY favored Mr.. HANGERS motion.
The amendment of Mr. HANGER was re-
iected on division-ayes, "a; noes, 81.
The $1,000 salary stands.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
The matter OF pay OF circuit judges (sec-
ton 81 was passed by in view OF the pro-
posed reduction of the number Of circuits.
JUDGES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mr.. EcHoLs moved to limit the mileage
OF circuit and Supreme Court Judges to ten
cents (nstead OF twenty cents) per mile OF
necessary travel to and from their respective
courts. Adopted.
Mr.. STEVENS moved to add that they shall
draw such mileage, only provided that they
have no free-tickets over the lines which
they travel.
Mr.. PopHAM called the attention of the
House to the fact that members ofahe Gen
eral Assembly get free-tickets and draw
mileage too.
Mr.. STEVENS said that was wrong, and
should be changed.
The amendment was rejected.
MIR. HARRISON of Rockingham moved an
amendment that the mileage be allowed
only for travel by the nearest route in use.
Agreed to-ayes, 81 noes, q.
Mr.. ANDERSON would move to reconsider
unless the word "practicabe was in
serted in the amendment before "route !"
bv common consent. Agreed to by unani-
nous consent.
COUNTY JUDGES.
To section 10 Mr.. HARv1E proposed an
amendment prohibiting county judges from
practicing law in other courts.
Mr.. HARvIE spoke at some length in adj
yocacy OF his amendment. He said that the
county judges were taken from the " tail OF
the barr In his opinion, they were not
LEARNED in the law or anything else";
certainly they were not learned in the law.
II tley were they would turn their backs
upon the bench and 60 to the practice,
where they could make more.
Mr.. HARvIE asked the clerk to read the
following paper for him:
"In one of the counties Of Virginia a
county Judge prepared for his clients bill
for Injunction. He also as notary public
administered the oath and certified it as q
notary. He amended the Injunction as
Judge, and then appeared before the cir
cult court and moved to dissolve the in
junction on the ground that he (the county
judge) had no right to amend the injunc-
ton.
A county Judge in court ordered spe-
cial grand Jury who made two indictments
for felony, which were under the law to be
tried in the circuit court, and in ten min
utes after the indictments were found the
circuit court opened. and the Judge OF the
county court Immediately appeared as
counsel for the accused and moved to quash
the indictments on the ground that the
county court had no right to have special
grand jury"
And now SIR" said Mr.. HARvIE, "this
is fair specimen Of the kind OF animal
Pye described" [Laughter.l
Mr.. HARyIE was arguing in favor OF his
amendment when his ten minutes expired,
and the SPEAKERS gayel fell (Mr. BoCock in
the chair).
Mr.. w. B. TALIAFERRo spoke in very
complimentary terms Of those county judges
he knew. He offered the following Us an
amendment to Mr. HARvIE's amendment:
"And provided further that the boards Of
supervisors shall be authorized to increase
the compensation OF the judges OF the re-
spectiye courts to an additional amount
not exceeding $780,"
Messrs. PoPHAM and JOHNSTON Of Giles
warmly defended the county judges known
to them. ..,..-s !.
MIR. JOHNSTON was in favor OF the present
law; never having seen any OF the abuses
complained of, and his county having a
most excellent Judge, against whom there
was no complaint.
Mr.. HARvIE claimed the floor for per-
sonal explanations, and stated that as some
gentlemen might be under wrong impress
sion, he would say that the Judge referred
to by him was not his friend, the Amelia
county Judge fudge Farrarl.
Mr.. BERNARD. favored the amendment OF