Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-01
HOW MONEY GOES.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL REPORTED
FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Mode OF Arranging the Items Greatly
simpliGcd-Not Many Material
Changes Made.

The appropriation bill is now before the
Senate and will probably engage the atten-
tion Of that body to-day.
1t prescribes the manner Of disbursement
Of the public moneys for the fiscal years OF
1890 and 1891.
The aggregate Of the money set apart Tor
the various departments of the govern
ment Is about -, 100000. and besides this
there are many special acts distributing
funds from the Treasury.
The Senate Committee on Finance and
Banks held session of two hours or moro
yesterday morning. when the Dll on
which they have been at work Tor some
time was completed. and soon after the
Senate was called 10 order Mr. Moore made
the report. The manuscript was sent
directly 10 the printer with tho nope OF
getting the printed copies today.
MORE CONVENIENT
Tho bill is drawn in better and moro
convenient shape than heretofore, the
items being arranged topically instead Of
alphabetically. and the amounts being
written in figures as well rs words. Ihls
enables any one at glance to see what Is
proposed to be done without reading
through the entire bill TO find particular
items. A great many subjects are no: men,
toned because they are dealt with by spe-
cial statutes making continuing appro-
priatiOns as, for instance, the military tund
and legislative expenses. Some Of these
statutory appropriations. however, are
embraced in the bill. for instance, for sup
port Of lunatlcs in jails.
AT THE CAPITOL.
The Auditor of Public Accounts is allow
ed one more clerk st II 600. Except in this
particular no changes of any consequence
are made as TO the Capitol or other public
Offices.
TUBfIC INSTITUTIONS.
Literary institutions are continued rs
now. except that Si2 900 instead Of $4,000
is appropriated TO the Farmville Normal
School. and $4,000 instead OF $4,000 to
the University Of Virginia, So 900 Of which
j. to be used for repairs and improvement
to the buildings.
The Colored school at Petersburg gets
$4,000, as heretofore
The regular ordinary appropriations TO
the lunatic asylums are maintained, and
$50 900 additional Is given TO the Staunton
Asylum to put up additional buildings,
$4,000 TO the Central Asylum at Peters
burg for the same purpose, and $1,000 to
the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Williams
burg TO construct water works.
The Medical College of Richmond. Va,
receives -, 600 per annum, $4,000 of which
ls to he devoted 10 repairs and equipments.
An item Of S2O000O gives arrearages to
public schools.
OTHER FRATUBEs.
The Soldiers Home gets $4,000, as
usual.
The institutes that hold State bonds get
interest in full. as usual.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College
Cat Blac ksburR) receives $500 TO complete
and equip machinery hall.
The money TO Institutions and asylums
is TO be paid monthly instead of quarterly.
If the Berry bill goes into effect the pay
mcnts VIII be made, according to its prOyi-
sions by the draft system.
Literary Institutes are required TO show
how they spend interest on bonds, as well
~ how they use the regular appropriations.
The sinking-fund provision is maintained.
The appropriation TO pay for the regis
tration Of births and deaths is wiped out.
THETAX BILL.
This committee now has before it the
tax bill, which has been passed by the
House The bill will be reported tonight,
and with very few amendments, it is
thought.