Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-02-17
LEGISLATURE.
rrEsnAY. EERRuARY 9TH.

LEGlSLATUkE.
IN :-4.,.oa ond ra
AIMING .iie oiiie ih'io.'uooi ''-'
ferred in the Senate were:-
By Mr.. Harnsberger, to incorporate
the Harrisonburg and Bridgewater
Railroad Company; by Mr.. Jones, to
establish a Corporation Court for the
city of Buena Vista.
At 1:30 the special order, Mr.. Floods
bill to amend the Code in relation to
husband and wife testifying for or
against each other, was taken up. The
amendment provides that husband and
wife shall be competent to testify for
or against each other in all civil cases;
provided, however, that communica
| lions between them shall be consider
ed privileged, and neither shall be com
PEELED to testify as to admission made,
or as to facts or information communi-
Gated the one to the other, either oral
| ly or in writing.
Messrs. Flood and Echols spoke in
favor of the bill, and Messrs. Black
stone and Berry against it, and the bill
was ordered to it's engrOssment by a
vote of-ayes, IS; noes, II.
Mr. Little moved to reconsider, and
Mr. Blackstone moved to pass by. This
motion prevailed.
-
In the House, Mr.. Toney's bill for
the protection of discharged employees
came up on its second reading and was
discussed at some length by Messrs.
| Gibson, Mcllwaine, Saunders, and
Kent. The bill, after undergoing sew
eral slight amendments, which do not
materially affect its provisions, was Or
dered to Its third reading and engross-
Mr. Nolan asked that his hill raoard-
ing the punishment OF petit larceny,
winch PROVIDES for the rc-estapllshment
OF the Wnlpp1ng-post, De feconsluereu.
The House refused to order 1t to Its
thlrd reading ana engrossment Mon
DAY ana IL was Ior tnis reason that ne
1nade the request, WHICH was not grant
eQ:
The substitute bill proposed by the
committee on Counties, Cities, and
IoWns providing general game law
1of the stare came up on lts second
reading and el!clted lengthy and tire
some discussion. Inc OIL was SO
AMENDED as NOT TO 1nclude the county
OF Loudoun IN lts provisions, ana TO
forbid the killing OF partrldges or quail
| between January lst and November
ISL, or Wlld turkeys between February
ISL ana NoVempef ISL IN counties west
OF the Blue R!dge; ana In counties east
OF the Blue Ridge to forbid the killing,
capturing, &c.,, OF any cartridges or
quail between the lst OF February and
the ISL OF November, or any pheasants,
RULED grouse or wild turkeys between
FEBRUARY lst and November LIST.
! The bill was ordered to It's third read
| ing ana engrossment.
wEDNEsDAv EpppuApv 10TH
Charges against MasSey.-When the
bill to make the Superintendent of
Public instruction a member eG-0ticiO
of the Boards OF Visitors of the Univer-
sity of Virginia and the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Institution at Staunton was
taken up in the Senate, Mr.. Flood an
tagonized it i'll vigorous terms.
Mr.; Flood said he had two grounds
OF objection to the bill which he
thought would demonstrate to the
Senate that it should not pass. The
first was that the Superintendent of
Public instruction was the superior
officer OF the boards OF the educational
instructions, to whom the boards made
reports. This should act as bar to
his serving on the boards. The other
was graver objection and might APP
ply only TO the present incumbent of
the Office. From the facts developed
In regard TO Mr.. MaSsey's connection
with the BiacksDurg board 1t would
appear, Mr.. Flood said. that he used
his position for self-aggrandizement
and the increase OF the emoluments of
his office. Mr.. Massey was allowed,
continued MI Flood, $500 per annum
out OF the public treasury for travel
ling expenses. 1t was supposed this
would cover all his expenses in that di-
rection. 1t might be contended by
some That MI. Massey had as much
right to charge expense accounts as
other members OF the board. But
when we looked INTO the Biacksburg
matter, what did his expenses show as
compared with those or his associates?
The Speaker SAID he had 1t from the
pest authority that Mr. Massey had
free passes over all the railroads in Vir-
gina Only once during 1890 while at
tending meeting did he have to pay
a hOtel Dill, as 1t was his custom to stop
with professor, yet for that year he
rendered an expense account OF $209.17
as against S72 charged by Mr.: Brown,
O' - NiA> <sEANNooi' IL
Committee, had frequent occasion to
go to the meetings, and who, with the
other members of the board, save Mr..
Massey, dld not have railroad passes.
Mr.. Massey's expense account was
nearly four times as much as that of
any other member and six times as
much as that of one OF the members of
the board. Mr.. Masseys charges, as
serted Mr.. Flood, could not be honest
charges, and he thought the law ought
to be repealed that had put him on the
boards with which he was now con-
nected.
Mr.. Flood read an ltemlzed statement
OF Mr.. Massey's expense account against
Blacksburg and dwelt upon charge
OF $50, which, he said, was for attend
ing a meeting in his own office in the
city of Richmond, though he was paid
~, 900 per annum to stay there, He
also read letter from Mr.. Massey to
General Lomax, who was then presi-
dent of the Blacksburg College, asking
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