Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-30
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The undersigned, your couu'
acting under the resolution OF your nouv.-
sble body. passed November IL. 1859, ~
rectinr your committee 10 make certain W.
auiris Z in addition 10 those responded 70 In
their report Of November II. iSci, NE
leave 70 report that whole amour. aIs W.
from the Treasury oil the state ~ wy s'r
Attorney General James u. F'ein on"s
10 th,,v years term OF Office, eommencinH
iarnsry I. 1878, and ending January 1. lssz.
Nos $40 All "a. Of which S2,l90.59 was Ior
once rent and all contingent and unse'.
ling expenses, aud was provided LOT ~ w
appropriation bills, The rcmaiboef We
for his salary az prov@ed ny Jaw. A.,
,s,ng appears TO have been oyerdrawn dii-
ring his term Of Office. The average yearly
exnenses Of his Office. including salary ana
All other expenses, was only ~, l0a.S; while
the average yearly amount drawn IRON tne
Treasury by the present Aacrney.Generai,
es shown by said report OF November
18Th. amounts 10 sG.5C0.33. Your
.ommittee herewith return statement
~ the Auditor Of Public Accounts
marked A. showing by items the pay
ment Of said aggregate amount 70 ipe nte
Attorrey-GeReral. Ills salary during tue
first ak months OF his term OF once was
~. 800 per annum, instead Of f2,tOO, when
has since been the annual salary OF the
office.
AS stated m the io.mer report OF your
committee, il appears from the records OF
| the Auditors Office that since his term OF
Office has expired, the late AtIorney'"enerai
| Field has drawn from the Treasury si,49s
| on account Of fees. Under the c0nstrnc-
ton given by your committee IN theif
| fcrmer report to the ease Of Thon rs. The
Commonwealth az Virginia Reports) -
! the most liberal one possible for ;he Attor-
rev.General, be would have been entitled
| TO S92 Of these fees, as Is shown by the
| statement OF the Auditor marked and
herewith returned. This would leave the
amount oyerdrawn by him after the expiri-
| ton OF his term Of office 81, 400. These
! fees, however, were drawn IN 1883 after ne
| had received a letter from the present At
toTney- General informing him he wis entl-
tied TO them, and that he (Blair) was draw
| inc them. as he was in point OF fact doing
under the construction which ne and inc
then Auditor Allen undertook" 70 pas upon
! the law.
| ATTOgNEy-GENERAL FLAIR ANp THE yE'k.
LENBUBG CASE.
! As shown by your committees former r..
mort. Acknowledgement Blair drew from the
| Treasury on The warrant Of Auditor Allen
| 81 900 on the 22d Of December, lSS2. for
| his fee for representing the State IN certain
| judgments proved In Mccklenburg Circuit
| Court against the estate Of William rOwncS,
deceased. a. security upon the bond OF one
Wimb>b, a deiaultlng treasurer OF that
county. This payment was wholly with
out authority Of law. the Auditor not being
authorized TO make any such payment (as
| he claimed he wa under section - Of chap
ter 40 Of the Code Of 1879 without the up
! pr0yal Of the Governor, which was not
! given, - shown By the records and even II
| IT had been given, section 81 Of the same
! charter limited the amount 10 be paid to ,
| per cent. upon the amount actually paid
| into the Treasury. The amount which
had been actually paid into the
! Treasury ut that time, Is shown 10y
the Auditors books, was only S3,06.iG.
Upon this point your committee eX mined
a witness, ". T.. Homes. who had been
counsel for TOwnes's executor in the chan
ccry sWt in which the judgments m favor
Of the State were proved. This witness
shows that one X. T. Thorp APP
pcared a. counsel for the State in
That suit and under decree therein col
Icctea in December, 1882, S3,j.S. 40 upon
the states claim, and thao AItorney.G5,,e-
raj Blair never appeared n the case ut all.
II further appears from the testimony OF
this witness. and 1horp's letters exhibited
by the Atorpey-Generll. that Tlorp ~,
talnel $500 Of H. sta6hl gcii5cted by him,
and covered into Tie Treasury only the
aboysnamed sum of S3,0iG.i6. instead OF
the whole amount collected. thus mixing
81 800 taken for fees out OF collection oil
~. jA6. 4G in case which only involved the
proving Of certain mcontcsted judgments
IT, chancery suit already pending, and in
which there were no disputed points cS-
cept the single question a. to whether the
debt Of another creditor proved In the same
SUIT was preferred one or not, the suit
having been instituted and every decree
therein drawn by the counsel for the de-
cedent's estate. II also appears from
Thorp's letters produced by the Attorney
General that he sent check for the
s3.0lG. As to the Acknowledgement himself,
and informed him that he had retained the
$500 before the Attorncy-General drew his
fee OF 81 200. The whole OF this sl,j)O be-
longs to the state, except, perhaps, the sum
OF 1915. ~, which your committee, ont OF
abundant caution, allowed to the Attorney
General in theiI previous report, that sum
being per cent upon al that has ever
been paid into the Treasury q The Meek
le7,burg judgments.
IF0r 80 much Of the report rs refers 10
the AUDITORS Office see article elsewhcrC.l
Five hundred copies OF the report were
ordered to be printed, and We,sr,. Il lrton.
Moon. and lIazlewrod w"re appointed a
special committee TO pyr sue the inyeSliga-
ton during the adjournment Of the A.
sembly.
JUDGES, REGISTRARS, AND CLERKS or LEO
TON.
The senate Joint resolution electlns and
naming the electoral boards in each conn
" and corporation in the state was read
bv the Clerk aud agreed to by the House.
/ The three men named IN this Joint resOlu-
ton under the new election law will have
/ the power to appoint the Judges, clerks,
/ and registrars OF election.
PLANTERS AND NRCHANlo, BANK.
Mr.. Anderson. Of Rockbridsc, secured
I the suspension Of the rules and had the bill
authorizing the Auditor and state TreaNu-
rer 10 adjust and compromise the matter Of
the deposits OF the state placed in the bro
I ken Planters aud Mechanics Bank. Of the
/ citv OF Petersburg. He said that 10y pass
ing the bill at least 100000 in cash could bf
saved to tie state. The bill passed unani-
mOu>y.
PAY OF CLERKS.
Mr.. Gibson offered the following, which
was adopted: That $50 additional be paid
10 each OF the following officers Of the
House: TO the ~ergeInt-at-Ar To the
assistant clerks Of the committee clerks
and the enrolling clerk and that 80 adj
dftionai be paid 10 each Of the pages. ant
the ianiior: provided that the acceptance
of the above named sums by the parties en-
titled shall debar said officers aud em
ploye. from instiuting any legal proceed
ings against the state for pay or per d'eI
during the summer recess OF the Legls1
ture, and shall be construed 10 be in full o
all ply and demands against the state TO
service, during SAID recess.
The DOOIkeepers were lftcrward, IN
Guided in the $50 class.
BILLS PASSED.
Providing for the registering OF all pei
sonal property In the state.
In relation TO the Virginia Normal lnsti
tute.
For the relief u the sureiic- OF Charlie
W. Wallen. late treasurer OF trilc" county
For the protection Of tish in New river.
Authorizing the Board Of supervisors o
Bedford to supplement the compensate
; Of the treasurer Of sad county
. incorporating the Exchange Bank d
| Floyd county.
~, liz, for tho hindinV ~ the bnok