Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-12
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The Senate was called to order at 4
o'clock NJ. yesterday by the president pr
oeA. Hon. John l.. Hurt. and the days ses
sion Was opened with prayer by Rev. J
Wiley Blcdssoe. Of Park-Plack Methods
church.
of the eight bills passed by The House OF
Monday four Of them were placed on thu
calendar undor suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Lovenstein, from the Committee or
Public Institutions and Education, report
ed the bill TO amend and re-enact sections
1880 and 1880 of the Code of Virginia. ant
20 repeal sections 1921, 1905. 1907, and lsos
thereof, in relation 20 pay patients 10 the
various asy)ums of the Commonwealth.
The bili to amend section l462 OF the
Code. la relation to the pay OF clerks o.
district school boards for taking. census OF
children. was reported with certain
amendments. and that TO authorize dis
Sr,ct and county school boards TO compen
eate school trustees other than clerks Of
district school boards without amend
ments.
kunrToE's OFFICE.
The committee appointed by the Senate
20 examine the Second Auditors ONCE,
and Gose, submitted the following:
We. the undersigned, committee appointed u
examine tho second Auditors ONCE. beg leave
20 report that We have performed The DUTY as
signed US aDd ind everything spout 'ns o..se
Kept In proper form, and that department seems
well managed and controlled ny lho pfeseu'
Incumbent.
The report was adopted.
TIE rTEMzED REPORTS.
Mr.. Loyenstein presented the follow
ing:
The Committee on Public Institutions. 70 whom
vas referred tho fonoring resolution OF tho
senate-- Dahl. r.,
stifutions aud Education DO requested 70 ascer-
tain from the president OF the boards, inc trea-
surers. other proper authorities, NO ,,' a.,
Of appropriations received oy each Oh tneIn Ior
the last fiscal year. with an itemized sistement
of the disbursements OF the same. giving the
names Of porsons, amount paid each. lor VIVA.
services rendered or articles purcnaSou, no
speedily rs possible"
beg leave 10 submit tho reports Of the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum. Western Lunatic Asylum,
Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, Central bunatc
Asylum lnstitdtion for the Deaf and Dumb and
the Blind. University Of Virginia, virginia Mill
tary institute, Virginia Agricultural and Mo
chan,cal College. Virginia Female Normal lnsti-
tute Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute,
HAMPTON Normal and Agricultural Institute,
and william and Mary College.
Each institution with the exception Of
the Virginia Military Institute and Hamp-
ton Normal and Agricultural College nave
made itemized statements. The former re-
Dorts that they submit an itemlzed state
ment to the Board of Visitors annually.
which is presented with their report, but
have not forwarded q copy to this commit
tee.
PART TO De PRINTED.
When Mr.. Lovenstein arose to present
this report he could hardly be seen for the
great mass of matter piled up on his desk;
Besides this there was half bushei box iull
on the floor just to his left. All OF TINS wasln
response TO the resolution OF Mir. Heaton
offered early in the session calling for these
itemized statements to show into what
channels the money appropriated by the
State for educational and eleemosenary IN
stitutions has drifted. The question now
was what TO do with all this matter which,
however important it may sbe, Will
probably never bs read by any one man
in Virginia. II would be good
ninety days' Job reading six hours
q day. Mr.. Heaton said he hardly
knew what to suggest rs to what should
be done with il owing TO the near ap-
proach of the close of the session. He
wanted TO examine the papers, which ne
should like to have had earlier, and accord,
ing to law should have had, and suggested
that they be laid on the table temporarily.
some other time another motion with re-
ference to their disposition.
Numerous suggestions were made as to
what should be done with the documents,
which for the time being were as an ,ele-
phant on the hands of the Senate, and at
least a half-dozen speeches were mace,
consuming half hour, when it was de-
cided to refer the papers to the FL
nance Commute, who, should say
what shall and what shall not be print
ed. This did not exactly suit the
fancy of the members of the Committee on
Public Institutions and Education. who
had arranged the papers, but they accepted
Lovenstein said be had just as
soon that the Finance Committee should
take charge of the subject. His. commit
tee had intended to bring in bill correct
irrg certain abuses. but now the Finance
Committee might do this.
Messrs. Berry, Johnson, Echols, HeGton,
Lovenstein, and others spoke on the sub
ject of what disposition should he made of
the papers and the only questions raised
about printing were the great cost, the de-
Law that would be entailed. and the use
less expense of reprinting the reports OF
institutions already embraced III the re-
ports to the Superintendent OF Pubhc In
struction, whose annual report IS now IN
press.
Mr.. Heaton, who seems to he the one
man out of the $40 members Of the General
Assembly who can never make his views
clear to the representatives of the press,
availed himself of this opportunity TO ex-
press his utter disapproval of and disgust
with the legislative reports published IN
the Virginia papers.
CRIMINAL KxPESsEs.
Mr.. Berry, from the Committee on FL
nance, presented three bills looking to
reduction OF the cost Of executing the
criminal laws of the State, which Were
ordered to be printed together and made
the special order for Thursday. when IT Is
agreed that the nine bills of a similar
character presented by the Committee for
Courts of Justice shall come up for con-
sideraiion. The first bill amends section
1887 OF the Code of Virginia, touching the
pay and mileage of grand jurors aud the
paw of witnesses before grand juries. The
amendment provides that the compensa-
ton and mileage allowed witnesses before
grand juries shall be paid out OF the coun-
Is OF corporation treasures.
The second bill repeats sections 4065,
A066, 4067, 406S. 4069, and 1910 of the Code
of Virginia, and provides for the trans
portation of convicts TO the penitentiary.
This bill provides that as soon rs any
offender is sentenced to the penitentiary
the clerk of the county or city shall certify
the record to the superintendent OF the
Penitentiary. who. upon its receipt, shall
send guard, or in cases where the neces-
sity arises, more than one guard, to the
county or city for the prisoner or prisoners
and transport them to the penitentiary at
the expense of the State. lConvicts are
now brought TO the penitentiary by the
county sherifs.
The third bill amends and reenacts sec
ton 1850 of the Code of Virginia. directing
the payment of witnesses. This bill pro.
vides that no fees for the attendance of
witnesses for the Commonwealth before a
justice Of the peace or police justice shall
be paid out of the public treasury.
Subsequently the bills of the Committee
for Courts Of Justice came up as q special
order, and were passed by until Thursday
st ] o'clock.
FROM RICHMOND TO NORFOLK.
Mr.. IAwless (by request) introduced bill
70 incorporate the Norfolk and Richmond
Railroad Company, with Eugene T. Lynch.
John @. Short, James j.. Montgomery.
William A. Miner. Robert 7. Clarke, Oscar