The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-23
TO RAISE SALARIES.
,tyoRsBIE 4cTgox on INcREdsA
or PAY FO1 CfRCJH JUDGLs'
gbe Fairfax Fertilizer BiiI IL Amended an"
rut on its pssssee--Mapy Loo"'
Bills Passed.


,,,,t Of Tho Senate session yesterday Inc
r,,rn,x fertilizer hm came up on i's
cnqrossn.cni aud senator Hurt asked IL
reconsideration OF the vote hy which il
was adopted 10 amend the bill so as TO
mako tie expense OF carrying out Tue
provisions OF she bill payable out OF inc
fertilizer tax and not out Of the regular
appropriation Tor agricultural purposes
senator Harrison opposed the motion,
,,1 crlnrizcd the Board OF Agriculture
IA being "A useless body, number OF
whose members were opposed 10 the dom
fecnt plrty. and intlmatcd that the
money which passcd through their hands
Was Improperly used.
AIR. Flood said hc thought the request
"a very reasonable one, and one mat
ought TO hc granted.
senator Hurt. who Is a member oil the
board defended that body against the
attack uu its usefulness and honesty
made los senator Harrison. and referred
IA significant way 10 the feeling oi
dissatisfaction among the aslicultuin
classes that in a General Assembly COM
roscd largely Of lawyers legislation was
! u made in the interest ~ that class
who bore the large proportion OF taxation.
Scnntor Hay took issue with senator
Hurt and defended the lawyer element
in the Senate.
senator Flood affirmed that the Board
If Agriculture had done effective work.
sud hat 70 was a body very useful To
the agricultural interest IF the State. and
that II they were to he supported az an
they should not be crippled by taking tho
funds appropriated for agricultural pur-
poses 10 pay for collecting the revenue
toninsr from the fertilizer tax.
Mr. Herbert said the amount of $1,000
appropriated 60 the Department Of Agri-
culture was g. mere pittance IN COM
pafison with tho vast interest ~ repre-
scented and that H. was 4 poor policy
FOR the Legislature 10 hold the board
down when "a represented the largest
1tN-payiug interest IN the STATE. lie
cited case ina his vicinity whore the
board. by IFS investigation Of fertilizers,
had saved 10 the people 10000. and that
the importance of their work could not
be oVcr-cstimatcd FOR his section. where
with fraudulent fertilizers men had been
lankrupttd in a. ginclc scrsOn. while
others Who used good fertilizers lad mad
small fortunes out Of one crop.
Senator Hurt explained that all the |
board wanted was sufficient Of the tax |
fund TO pay the expenses IN connection |
with the enforcement Of the law. and the |
collection of the tax itself. lie said ne |
would accept a compromise of 81 800, 10
be set aside from the fund each year. and |
the bill was SO amended. and BY unan-
imous consent. was engrOsscd and passed |
by unanimous vote
Salaries Of ircuit Judges
The bill to raise the salaries Of all the |
Circuit Court Judges to 5000. Senator |
Tfedway spoke to the hill at length and |
held that the salaries of the circuit |
judges were not commensurate with the |
work done and the character of the men /
In the positions.
Senator Morris advocated the measure /
from a lawyers standpoint, but that as |
4 representative 90 his people. whom ne
knew were opposed to il, he could not
vote for 1t. He thought it a good measure
pat an untimely one, in consideration of
he unfayorable conditions of business
n the State.
Mr.. Berry stated that judges before the
VAR received 5000. and that now $i.t0O
viii buy one-fourth more than at that
ime. and will buy one-third more than
I would when the salary was fixed at
mat sum. That where the sessions then
asted for weeks they were now counted
Pr days. Under the unfavOrable condi-
ion Of agriculture in the State he op-
'osed raising the salary Of any one. That
4 one Of these judgeships were vacated
here would be ten hgh-minded, capable
'entlen en- who would seek the position.
lie opposed it i'm strong language on
economical grounds.
Senator Thomas II. Tlrnes favored |
ne bill, not because he was in favor of
n increase OF salaries, but because IL |
iuallzec the pay OF the several circuits |
nd read the list of the circuits and |
he salaries paid TO show the inequality
the salaries, in comparison to the
1mber of the inhabitants Of each cir
nit.
MIR. Hay explained that the bill provided
II an Increase so as TO make the salaries
all the circuit judges uniform He |
I'D that the State was in a condition TO
eet this demand. That il only called
n the small pittance of 5000 a year. |
nd that II was a matter deplOred both |
the bar and the people that our judges
ere paid less than in any other State.
nd that to raise the salaries of our
rcuit judges would not increase the
lNes of the State one cent. but that |
was question of dispensing a part
the revenues of the State to secure |
ptre and able judiciary, fer which the
'ople would rather pay their money |
ran for any other purpose.
Mr.. Hurt called attention TO the fact
lat some years ago all the salaries of |
le State officers were reduced twenty |
n cent, and that all of them had been |
stored by special enactment. except |
lat of the circuit judges and IL was
)t fair that their salaries should be
spt down when the others had been put
lck.
Senator Watson opposed the measure
a brief speech.
The bill was then ordered to its engross-
ent by the following vote:
Ayes-Thomas n. Barnes Buchanan,
chols. Hood, Green, Hay, Herbert.
urt, Jordan, Little, Lovenstein, May
ard. Miller, Mushbach, st. Clair, Tired
ay-16.
Noes-M. ii. Barnes. Berry. Fairfax.
atcher, Jackson, Jennings. Morris.
,uthall. Watson. Wells. Wickham, and
'illams-l2.
Bills Introduced.
The following bills were introduced and !
ferred:
BY Senator Mushbach: To create no.
e justice for the city of Alexandra
by Senator Harnsber2er: To authorize
e Warm Springs and Harrisonbure
Irnpike Company TO release and trans I
r TO the counties OF Augusta and Bath
e portion .: the road lying In said 4
rnties.
BY Senator Flood: To prescribe the q
imber OF jurors necessary to determine
verdict In civil cases. The bill provides ! :
at two-thirds of jury may give YER +,
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