Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-12

in relation to salaries of certain officers
Of the Government and their en-
ployees, compensation Of members and
officers Of the General Assembly, mile
age and other allowances 4; to define
the salaries Of certain officers, and to
repeal, &C., all acts or parts Of scts in
conflict Herewith, approved March IL,
1878. THE bill increases the salary Of
the clerk Of the Circuit Court Of the
city of Richmond from sl60 to s400.l
Directing the Secretary of the Com
monwealth to afiix the seal of the State
to certain State bonds.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
For the relief Of T. A. Graves, of
Madison county.
To amend and re-enact an act, ap-
proved March 3, 1882, entitled an act
to authorize the corporation of Frede-
ricksburg to establish poor-house and
grounds outside Of its corporation
limits.
COUfON SUITS.
Mr.. Rhea introduced the following,
which was referred to the Finance Com
mittee
Resolred, That the Second Auditor be re-
uuested to inform the Senate as to the num-
Der of coupon cases now being prosecuted In
the various courts OF the Commonwealth
which have been instituted since the deci-
sion Of the United States Circuit Court al
Norfolk, Va, on the 18th OF February, 1885,
In the case of Edwin Parsons rs. Morton
Marye. Auditor OF Virginia; Samuel q.
Greenhow, Treasurer. and X. b. Munford.
Commissioner, in equity, ION motion for
preliminary inspection: and that he shall
also give the aggregate amount involved In
said suits. together with the name Of the
plaintiff in each case and the name OF the
plaintiffs counsel.
THE FIvE-PER CENT. PENALTY.
Mr.. Pettit's bill amending the law
prescribing the duties, powers, liabil-
tiles, and compensation of certain coun-
ty officers, providing for the collection Of
taxes, &C.," which provides for the re-
peal of the 5-per-cent. penalty CD all
taxes not paid prior to the lst day of
December Of each year, came up upon
the recommendation Of the Finance Com
mittee " that the bill do not pass" Mr..
Petit hoped the report of the committee
would not be adopted. lie thought the
5-per-cent. penalty an unjust imposition
upon the taxpayers of the Common
wealth, therefore he hoped the bill re-
pealing said penalty would be passed.
Messrs. Staples, Stnbbs, Wingfeld,
and Berry also favored the passage of
the bill, and Messrs. Keezell, Meredith,
and Koiner opposed its passage. After
lengthy discussion, on motion Of Mr..
Williams, the bill was recommitted to
the Committee on Finance.
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
The hour Of o'clock having arrived,
the special order-the bill making an
appropriation for r. E. Lee Camp, No.
|, Confederate Veterans-was taken up.
Mr.. Lovenstein, in advocating the bill,
said that he rejoiced, as must every
member Of the Senate, that the time
had arrived when we could advocate
bill Of this character, which did justice
to those gallant men who sacrificed so
much in the defence of the Confederate
cause. The idea Of forming this Camp
had been first suggested when an as
ISOLATION of the Grand Army Of
the Republic (of Trenton, N. j. WIS.,
tied this city during the celebration
Of the Yorktown Centennial. A few
Confederates assembled to meet them
and give them welcome, and they sug-
gested the idea of forming home for
disabled Confederates, and the sum Of
$4,000 had been appropriated for that
purpose by associations Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic; and, together
with liberal appropriations made by
citizens of this city and other sections
of the State and throughout the North
and South, together with the amount
realized through the bazaar, sufficient
sum had been raised to pur-
chase and improve the beauti-
full site selected near this city.
The charter of R. E. Lee Camp pro-
vided that when State aid was given
the Board Of Public Works and the
Judge of the Circuit Court Of Richmond
should be members of the Board to see
that the funds appropriated should be
properly expended. And we need have
no fear on that score when we know,
in addition to those, that our own gal
liant and chivalrous Governor Lee is
president of the Board, aided by such
men as now compose the Board
Of Visitors Of said Association.
The Board had purchased the Home
and fitted it up, and asked not one cent
for its construction or purchase, but
only desired reasonable amount for
the support its inmates, and no money
could be more judiciously expended
than for the relief Of these veterans /;
and if the time shall come when the
Home shall be no longer needed for its
present purposes, it could be made
q home for the orphan children
Of these veterans, or might be used
for some other charitable par-
pose. The money contributed in
annual dues by the members of the
Association, some five hundred in num-
Der, is being used to aid and assist
those Of their number who cannot avail
themselves of the privileges Of the
Home, and weekly . considerable
amount is expended for this purpose.
Mr.. Loyenstein then spoke Of what
has been done in fraternal visits made
by this Association to Trenton, Newark,
Auburn, and to Baltimore, at the meet.
ing Of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
the expenses Of which were borne BY
the members themselves or contributed
by citizens Of the places visited These
visits had done much to break down
the bitter prejudices Of the past and t.
restore an ers Of good feeling in al
sections Of the country. In conclusion
he stated that in practical sense thil
money would relieve many counties il
the State Of the support Of these vete
rams, and would furnish them with
home, in which shsy would be CON
fortably cared for. and pass their de
clining years in home erected by thei
comrades and cared for BY the gene
| rosity q The State.
Tks bill was then amsndsd. orderu,