The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-17
rest % be paid upon

direct Interest 10 be paid upon all
bonds Of Common Wealth held by
INCORPORATES colleges or OTHER institutions
of learning der funded Oh, III funded.
Tlis. them vsa my authority iSr !, paying.
and As these have never been repealed
OF, siIspsnds shey will co ntfhue %. .conttol
my acftotl haYipg, reference, ot Course, to
the ndtlon 0f the treasury, I'm less other
wise Instructed by the Gehsraf Assembly
" The report was or dered;; 70 be printed,
Treatment re sonytefs on the, Canal.
aSenai or. Ones nberry, chairman yet, the
Committee on Public Institutions OF Il he
Senate, yesterday reported the result of
their ,concirsictis in reference to the NOR
tally OF conYiefs on, the James River and
Kanagha canal The House Committee on
Asylmns and Isrisons sat with the, Senate
Committee on Public institutions during
From the Evidence of, the, witnesses the
Of proper food was, furnished; that the
QUAR- ers were Contracted while the convicts
were at Tye river, during The. months OF
January and February, 1878. and not as
well policed ns they should hayei beea
that there was q reasonable quantity
OF clothing, but IL was not always kept as
clean as it. tshonld; have been that the, CON
yicts were attended by o physician appoint
ed by the iiigeon Of the ,peDitentiary, and
when be was unayoi idabty absent, BY neigh
b0rhOod physician; that until the eth, OF
February there We're no hospital accommo-
dations that separated the sick men from the
we'll In the sleeping and eating apartments; /;
that the sickness which, caused so many
deaths commenced in January; that after
February 9th proper hospital accemmoda-
tions were provided and the quarters Of the
men, were thoroughly cleansed and polieed,
and the men were rested for Severa! days |;
after which there was decided dlminuti9n
CT the numbers attacked and a marked i'm
provement in the condition OF most OF the
sick, Sixteen Of the conYicts died from dis
eases contracted on the canal; the, remain
der from various other cauSesy,i,. IN .V,i
Your committee Is satisfied, that c0nyicts
will not be properly cared for when, placed
at the disposal OF corporations or .perspnS
not ipecunIarily responsible to the Stale for
them and the manner Of their treatment; {;
that under the present contract the canal
company is entitled to all the. services it ean
get out Of the convicts and yet is irresp0n-
sille for their food, clothing, guarding,
quarters, or medical atten dance, these being
confded to subaltern officers appointed by
the Stute authority. This separation OF. Fe-
sponsibilty from benefits must almost ne
cessariy result to the detriment Of the con-
victs. .,.,.,.;.s ....f .,;,.'s
A Clerk for the Secretary Of the Cesn-
monwealth.
A communication was received by
the Senate from the Governor. ,,enolo-
sing communication from the Sec
retary OF the Commonwealth, request
ing him to make an application to the
General Assembly for authority to appoint
another clerk, with suitable compensation.
Since the 1T Of July last when the present
law took effect, the Secretary. says be has
had the constant and most valuable. assis-
tance Of Mr.. Wallace McRae, whose services
have been given without compensation. He
also inquired ii in justice to the Common
wealth rs well as to him the, salary Which
may be attached to the office shall, not be
made to run from the first day OF July last.
The communication was referred 70 the
Committee on Retrenchmenta and Economy,