The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

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sz5s iitPREsENggDsANDRE REF ERRED
ss.SsBv nfr. aooDE .A bilI 10 amend section
Iinf an act approved March %, 187 ~, de-
cIarine certain streams in; Chariot county
to be highways, approved March 20, 1910.
q By MI. Go oDR !: Petition OF Charlotte
Grange II, favor OF agricu ltural department.
and against the repeal OF the tax on dogs.
sRyIMr. STEVENS "a bill to amend and re.
enact section %, Code Of 1873 as amended
nv acts OF February, 1875 and aFeDruary,
1a7aggir, reference to allowing commissions
to peuitentiary storekeeper. Y
az Nv Mr.. MCC AuLL Petitions OF the menu
bers OF the bars of Wytheyilie, Graysona
ETazewell, Pulaski, and Carroll counties,
recommending the reelection OF Judge u
81. Fulton. st
a. PAY OF DIR, RUFPEER AND HIS CLERKS.
The Committee on Retrenchment and Re
form fMr. EDMuNDs chairman) presented a
bill to amend and reenact section 8 OF chap.
ter IS of the Code Of 1873, and clause III OF
section 7 OF said chapter, in relation to the
salary OF the Superintendent OF PUBIC In
struction and clerks, as substitute 1or
House bill No. 270. 4.
al present the pay of the clerks In the
Office OF the superintendent Of Public In
struction is graded by pay Of certain clerks
h the Office OF the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts. The iatter's salaries have been
greatly reduced by the general salary-re-
ductiou bill. The object Of the present bill IS
to keep the pay Of the officers named Wnere
IL now is-yiz.: Superintendent OF PuDilc
instruction, $4,000; first clerk, not to exceed
81 GOO: second, not to exceed q, 100. DR..
Ruffner is now paid out Of the State Urea.
sury: his clerks out OF the school fund. All
are now to be paid out OF the school or lite
rary fund. ~
EXTENSION OF SESSION. j
Mr.. WALKER of Northumberland offered
a resolution providing that the present ses-
sion Of the General Assembly be extended
for period not exceeding fifteen days. By
a vote OF 81 to 56 60 fifteen - was struck out
and ..ten'' inserted. The resolution was
then adopted-ayes, 8S; noes, %. Mem.
bers will not get any extra pay for the ex-
tension.]
THE ABSTRACTION OF BONDS.
ON motion Of Mr.. JoHSsroN Of Giles the
following resolution adopted by the joint
special investigating committee) was placed
on the calendar: 1911. -
Resolued by the General Assembly, That
the Attorney General, il in his opinion there
can be recovery, be and he is hereby in
structed to take such steps as may be neces.
sary to recover from any official chargeable
Herewith and his sureties, or other person,
the amount of money for which they may
| be liable by reason OF the fraudulent funding
reported by the joint committee appointed
to investigate the abstraction and refunding
OF certain bonds Of this State.
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, &C.
The House passed Senate bill in relation
to artificial limbs, &C., with amendments
The bill appropriates $4,000 for those who
have never received from this State, or any
other State, artificial limbs OF Communication
therefor.
PAY OF TREASURES.
House bill 253, to reduce the pay Of the
treasurers in the aggregate 100000, was adj
vocated by Mr.. MCMILLAN. Further con-
sideration was postponed until tomorrow
Thursday. [The bill is not intended to
reduce the pay of treasurers of small coun.
ties, but is aimed at the big salaries.]
THE CoNvICTs.
The bill proposing to allow the Buchanan
and Clifton-Forge Railway Company to
have the use OF the convicts after the re-
pairs of the canal are complete was under
discussion when Governor Holiday sent in
HIS VETO MESSAGE
rpublished elsewhere].
The SPEAKER gave the message to the
clerk to read, and when the clerk had got
ten through with but few pages OF 1t MIR.
LACY moved to pass by and print.
Mr.. FRAZIER had previously suggested
the same course, but was not recognized
by the CHAIR.
Mr.. STARKE insisted on having the mes
sage read.
So did Mr.. HARvIE, who, while stating
that he differed with the Governor, yet
thought courtesy demanded that the House
should hear the message read.
Speaker ALLEN ruled that no member
could be required to vote upon disposing OF
the message in any way without first hear
ing it read, il he so desired. The clerk
proceeded with the reading.
The message having been read through,
the motion of Mr.. LACY was put and car
ried.
THE C0NvICTS.
The House resumed the consideration OF
the bill concerning convicts. 1t was amended
in form acceptable to it's friends and or
dered to ngrossment-ayes, 81; noes, 16.
Adjourned.
New Laws.