The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-06

mbhlain the eihciency of the school, snid
sum 10 be paid out OF the public free
school fund: Provided, however, that the
commonwealth will not in any instance be
responsible for any debt contracted or ex-
penditure made by the institution In ex-
cess OF the appropriation herein made.
9. me superintendent OF Public IN
struction shall render 10 the Second Audi
Tor an annual account OF the expenditures
under this act.
o. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. Trout: Bill to provide circuit
court for the city OF Roanoke.
by Mr.. Edmunds: Bill to amend section
] OF chapter no of the Code Of 1878, as
amended by an act approved January IL,
1879.
BY Mr.. Diggs Qor Mr.. Berry,: The pc
tition Of John W. Irvine for relief.
BY Mr.. Rogers Bill to amend and re-
enact section % OF chapter $50 OF the Code
OF Virginia, edition Of 1878, in regard to
fees OF certain officers.
| BY Mr.. Ncwberry: Bill to provide for
the establishment OF a lunatic asylum in
Southwestern Virginia.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the Iron Mountain Com
pany.
To incorporate the Pulaski Iron COM
| pany.
| Providing how counties, cities, and
towns may give notice TO its holders Of
| coupon bonds proposed to be redeemed.
Incorporating the Petersburg and Ches-
terfield Railroad Company.
To incorporate the United States Fish
ing Company.
To provide new registration OF voters
in the town OF Danyille.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
| Fixing the time within which suit shall
| be brought to enforce the payment OF
county, city, or town subscriptions to rail-
road companies in certain cases, with
amendments.
TO incorporate the New River and Cham
bers-Valley Railroad Company.
For the compensation Of Elijah II. Simp-
son for his services as inspector OF the
Public warehouse from the lSt OF Novem-
Der, 1881. to the 1st OF January, 1884.
To appoint B. Z. Green and John A..
| Parker agents To prosecute TO settlement
certain claims OF the State OF Virginia
against the United States.
To authorize the Richmond and Allie
ghany Raj road Company TO issue pre-
ferred stock.
To allow d. J.. Bass, late treasurer OF
Campbell county, further time to levy for
taxes.
TO incorporate the trustees Of Band OF
Brethren Lodge, No. 1850, G.. n. .. OF o..
f., OF Yorktown, Va.
House of Delegates.
The House met at II O'Clock, Speaker Stu
art in the chair.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
The following communication was re-
ceivCd from the Board Of Sinking-Fund
Commissioners, and was ordered 10 be
printed
To the Honorable the Speaker or the House Of
DeieqdteS:
On the 2Ist of February the undersigned. the
Board of Sinking-Fund Commissioners, received
| the following Joint resolution:
ReSOlCed tthe Senate concurringl, That the
| Commissioners of the sinking fund be directed
TO inquire and report to The General Assembly me
probable cost CT a suitable building Of capacity
! 10 accommodate the Government officers. the Court
OF Appeals, Library. Law Library, southern His
toricai Society, and also to report suitable loca-
Agreed TO by the House of Delegates February
| 10, 1854. ID. BELL BIGGER,
| agreed 20 by the senate February 20, 1884.
| "J. ID. PENDLETOS,C Clerk Senate.
In response thereto the undersigned respectfully
beg leave To submit the following report In pre-
| pairing il they have ha6 the benefit Of the advice
| of Colonel William T.. Cutshaw, the accomplished
! Engineer of the city of Richmond, aud as such
intimately connected with the plqnsand estimates
Of the civ Hall shortly 10 he built. and OF Captain
Albert LybrOck, architect of skill, experience,
| and reputation, who designed the United states
custom house. and, more recently, the fine build
| ing of the Miller Manual-LabOr school, of Abe
marie, and In these and other cases has eXmb'ted
such professional merit in the whole and III detail
as to give authority to his opinion.
| The terms of the resolution would appear 70 IN
clude not only the interior economic arrangements
for the purposes specified but also considerations
Of location and style OF building as affected by
views of comparative exemption from fire, of the
relation of such building to others ALREADY
! erected, or shortly 10 be erected, 90 public i'm
| provements Of similar character I'm the near or
more distant future, 10 the general lay of the land,
and 10 capacity for OTn1mentatiOn in harmony
! with existing improvements, either landscape or
| architectural.
Regarding The preservation of the archives and
records Of the State Of prime Importance, II l.
deemed that Isolation OF the building l. the hrst
| point to be considered. That cannot be had upon
the Capitol square. The only two places within It's
liz Its that have been suggested are the one IN the
southeast corner Of the square I'm the angle form
ed by Bank and Twelfth streets, the site Of the
courthouse, which, along with its invaluable re-
cords, was burnt 10 ashes at the evacuation Of
| Richmond in 1865; and the other, It's counter
part 1T the southwest corner of the Square, IN the
| angle made by Ninth and Bank streets, which was
also the scene Of such connagration, on the same
| occasion. a. would most probably have destroyed
u similar building in that quarter Either site Is
In a damp location, many feet below the plateau
on which the Capitol stands, of most inconye-
nient access to from that main building, whose
| beauty would be seriously marred by such insult
able contiguity. Besides this, there Is not room
| enough in the Square Tor any more Duildlngs. lts
whole area comprises hut a little more than TOUR
| teen acres. The Capitol, the Governors house
and curtilegc, the monument, the fountains aud
the trees ill that space, which shoudnot be crowd
! ed with any additions.
| We must, then. look outside OF the Capitol
| grounds for a suitable location" In doing that
the first thng-tO lock iniO. after the question OF
security is the space that VIII be necessary ioT the
| proper economic arrangements. That must neces-
| sarilY be very cOnsderaDle-probably more Ihan
! IS occupied by the Capitol itself, which measures
| from out TO out 1872 feet long by SO feet wide.
| The accommodations needed by the existing staff
u eo'''' '''N''''' Rooms.
| Auditor of Public Accounts tsame as at pre-
sentI....................... ....'...'.'''.'''''
/ Treasurer (same as at presentl....,..,. .....
| second Auditor (same as at present)..........
| Register of Land once tand poncej tsamc q
Commissioner Of Agriculture dnclIding
| Commissioner OF Railroads. ds...................
! Superintendent Of Public lnstruction........
Adtutant-G eneral.
AttOrncy-G General. .............'.''.'
| PubiiC prtntpr............ .................ss.
I TO this add for Court Of Appeals pncluding .
large hall for cOurt.roOml l.,.........''.''''
Clerks Oice.... .'''..'''''''.'''
Tlpstan'''
Law Library (lerge).. .'..'...'''.
| state Library VERY large. with lofty ceiling)
Total, including several large halls......3 81
This enumeration does not include staircases,
closets. and the modern equipments of public
buildings.
TO find room for this the actual number Of
government officers implied in the joint resolu-
lion there are but two sites which the undersigned
deem AT all suitable. The one of these Is the
SQUARE bounded by Tenth, Broad. Eleventh, and
Capitol streets Immediately In rear Of the Jack
san statue the other is the similar square, bounded
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