The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11

and A MAS impossible 10 pfihs s",s -
tho circuit Court and have Gay nn ,.t,,
for trial within twelve mon,nn' ~ ,he
courts were established In ls'o. wne" ~.
non,,ation was 5ieN. while by inc 'as'
census 81 was 81 900. Tho books snow
that tho city PAYS now 60 the common
wealth In taxes over $500 more '"a" ~
1879. The committee had before them 'n'
iuSecs ~ both courts. The docket OF me
Chanccry Court Is q very heavy "''
A scheme 10 relieve that court was s,s''
Cd in 1856, which had the approval "'
Judge Fitzhugh who died IA harness.
probably from ovcrwork. II was To ne
feared that Judge Lamb. the present
Judge. might overwork himself II he ulu
not receive relief The Circuit Court hau
three terms annually. and during the pas'
year Il had on the docket 51i cases OUTSIDE
Of criminal End coupon cases In inc
Chancery Court there were over ~" or
ders entered. and over 400 cases on inc
docket.
Judge George j. Christian explained the
provision Of the bill in relation 10 th'
commissioners in chancery. which arc 10
serve both courts. and can be removed by
either Judge. MIR Saunders Thought IL
would he better TO have separate com
missloncrs A general discussion OF the
question followed. which was participated
I'm by Messrs Frank II. Mcclure, j. l..
Anderson, and c. Y. Merehith-
Few s'ati.tcs.
Mr. Anderson explained that during
INC mast year the Circuit Court had tried
Is common law cases against treasurers
OF various counties, with - cases stu
pending; also, q conyicts' cases aud 20
coupon cases. with IS such cases pend
ing, making total Of rs cases Of the
Commonwealth. which have the prefer
encc, with So pending. Besides these cases
there were AZ cases tried for the city OF
Richmond. Besides, the business OF Hen
rico county. which was in the same cir
cult. was very heavy.
Mr.. b. y. Munford stated that the Com
monwealth paid annually a large amount
10 visiting judges. who sit in cases which,
under the statute cannot be tried 10y the
resident judges. He thought that If the
new court was established the law bust
ness would be greatly increased, and the
state would have but very little money 10
! appropriate for the new court.
Colonel Gibson thought that the law
business was on the decrease, but Mr..
Frank III. Mcclure stated that this was
| certainly not the case I'm Richmond. The
present facilities were entirely insufficient
for the trying OF the present cases. In
the Circuit Court a hearing could be post
| poned on any ground indefinitely.
Colonel John r.. Cary stated that IL
was generally recognized by the business
men Of the city that their interests were
not satisfactorily represented in the
| courts.
Major Otway s Allen said there was a
| state Of affairs existing which made IL
very hard to get suits through the differ
ent courts. The judges in the Chancery
| Court had been oyerworked for years.
| The business men We're very much OPP
! posed TO going into court on account of
the delay. All exchanges had their arbi-
tration committees, and man would
rather suffer from their decisions than
go into the courts. Mr.. Allen. however,
stated that the business men of the city
were unable 10 decide whether this delay
was the fault Of the courts or of the
| attorneys.
Judge Christian made the closing re-
marks, and Mr. Crump submitted an
amendment, which strikes out the provi-
sion as 10 the appointment OF commits
sioners in chancery and substitutes a
provision that the judge of the new court
shall appoint as many commissioners as
he may deem necessary, not 20 exceed
five. and that he may select the COM
| missiOners of the Chancery Court.
Mr. Crump warmly advocated the bill,
which he said he was heartily in favor
/ Of.
The committee finally decided to pass
the bill by until Friday.
The committee decided to give another
hearing On next Wednesday TO the advo-
Gates of the bill providing FOR an ad-
dtiOnal court in Norfolk city.
Roads and Internal Navigation.
Ine Committee on Roads and Internal
Navigation was I'm session for a short
while I'm the room of the Southern His
torical Society yesterday morning, with
MIR Ryan, OF Loudoun, in the chair. The
committee decided 20 report favorably the
two bills recommending the granting OF
two small charters.
Propositions and Grievances
The Committee on Propositions and
Grievances Will meet at the office of
MeSsrs. Cabell & Cabell this morning at
10 o'clock.
At the PenitentiaIy
The Joint committees OF the two houses,
who are considering what are known
as penitentiary bills, met at the Capitol
building shortly after O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, and from there went in car
riages 10 the penitentary. They were
met there by Major g. w Lynn the SUI
| perintendent of the institution. and the
three members of the board of directors,
Messrs. +. +. Glasgow, W. ID. Chesterman
| and ". :. Gum.
Major Lynn first pointed out the proper
ty south Of the institution. which, accord
ing TO the provisions of one Of the bills, is
| 10 be sold 10 the city for the purpose OF
! continuing Spring street i'm an easterly di-
rection. The legislators next paid a visit tC
the shoe-shop and the tobacco factory, anC
were very favOrably impressed with tbs
manner In which Superintendent Lynn
manages the institution They were mex
| shown the place on the north side OF tht
| penitentiary, where il is proposed to ex
| tend the walls. AT present the tobacco
factory Is standing outside OF the enclo
sing walls. which are in a line with The
inner front OF the building. and il is tn,
intention to extend the walls as I,
bring that structure within the enclosure.
The new addition to the shoe-shop ha
just been completed. and the needed ma
chinery is being put in. so that the struc
lures will be ready for occupancy within
a few days The new addition consists O
main building. 22Sx50 feet. four storie
high. and a connecting wing. 50X36 feet
and four stories high
From the expressions made by the mem
bers OF the two committees yesterday
IL is to be expected that the bills will b.
reported favorably.
NOME WEDDING.
Miss Hattie MAY Tyler tn BriSe of Mr.