Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-06
THEIR LABORS ENDED
General Assembly Adjourns and the
Members Leave for Their Homes.
THE NEW BOARD ANNOUNCED.
Covernor's Appointments of VISITORS
10 the Deaf, Dumb and i'itnu ihS'
tute Confirmed-scveral Bits ih"'
Were Not Approved.

pointment mace %! ihc ~.
new Board OF Visitors for 'he 80
Dumb. and Blind Institution, al S'a',''o".
He sent a communication TO that pouy
Yesterday naming Messrs. 'ai"es
Stuhhs OF Gloucester, and James N "N
mundson. of Rockbridge, TO serve '"'
years; General George J. hunu'.' "
Apoel,a and MIR. r. S. Turk. OF s'au"'oi'
IN serve two years. and Captain "eo.se
Nushbach. of Alexandria, ana MI N"-
olson Maupin. of Henrico, to serve o"e
yoo, The terms OF all are TO commence
as provided by the bill, on Ai"ien go
AS soon as the Senate received 'ne ''''
sare the body went into executive ses
sion. on motion Of Mr. Echols' anu INC
amendments were confirmed
MIR. WICKHAMS PROTEST
Mr. wjckham asked that the following
nrotest be placed upon the journal, when
was done. the secrecy of the executive
session being removed
"The Senator from Hanover desires 10
have the following protest entered upon
the Journal: He protests against the con-
firmation of the board nominated undef
this act. approved March t. 1896, by the
Governor. for the Deaf, Dumb, and bilnd
Institution. because the recommendation
and request In writing. signed by eiehly-
ok members of the House OF DelegateS
for the reappointment OF Or. Is. H. VIM
ston, OF Hanover county. has been HisIe-
garded."
DR. Winston was one OF the witnesses
in the recent investigation of the Stauh-
ton institution.
OLD BOARD AND NEW.
Tho hoard. as now constituted is COM
posed Of the following members, VINO va
cate their offices next Sunday week
Samuel Forrer (presidenD, Augusta coun
ty; Thomas j. Crowder unember ENecu-
tive Committed, stanton; DR.. H. Il
Winston (member OF Executive Commit
teel. Hanover county: Captain G. a.
aiushbach, Alexandria; DR.. w. ID: que
senberry, Caroline county; c. W. 5. Tur-
ner Caember Of Executive Committee,
Ioundoun county: J. II. Lindsay. Char
lottesville; r. w. Watkins, Charlotte
county. and S II. Miller, Lynchburg.
Senator Mushbach is the only member
Of the old board reappointed. petition,
signed by nearly every senator was sent
TO the Governor asking that he be reap
pointed.
Mr.. Stubs is the Senator from Glouces-
ter. and was chairman of the special
committee that investigated Randolphs
charges against the institution.
MI. INmuiu1bu - an tA-JUN-N Va
Rockbridge County Court and was II
the House at the last session.
General Hundley represents Amelia and
Nottoway in the House at the present
time.
Mr. Turk is a businessman Of Staun-
ton, and Mr.. Maupin is the well-known
member of the House from Henrico.
THE FINAL SESSIONS.
The final sessions of both branches
were. as usual, brief and mere matters
Of form. d
The Senate.
The Senate was called to order by Mr..
Lovenstein, President pro TEN. a mes
sage was received from the Governor APP
pointing the Board of Visitors for the
Dear, Dumb, and Blind Institute at
stanton. and submitting for confirmation
the boards of visitors OF several institu-
tions. which were appointed during the
recess of the two sessions.
The body went into executive session
and confirmed the appointments. The chair
was then vacated until o'clock.
At O'Clock Mr.. Lovenstein took the
chair and called the body to order. A
message was Immediately received from
the House stating that a committee had
been appointed by that body, TO act with
a similar one from the Senate, 10 wait
on the Governor. Messrs. Morris, Wick
ham. and Williams were appointed on the
part of the Senate, and i'm a few min
utes returned from their mission with
the report that the Executive said that
public business would not require the
lawmakers TO remain here longer. Mr.
Lovenstein, In few appropriate remarks
then announced that the body was adj
journed without day
THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House took a recess from II until
9 o'clock and at that hour the body re-
convened and Messrs. Parks, Foster
Pierce. Williams of Giles. and Ivey, the
only members present save Mr.. Cooke,
were appointed committee to notify the
Governor that the body was ready TO adj
5ourn sine die.
When they returned from their formal
mission, Mr.. Ryan extended his thanks
10 the members for their uniform courte-
sy and to the officers for their assistance.
He then adjourned the body with
out day, and. leaving the chair, shook
hands with the few members who were
present. and in few moments the hall
which has rung with so much oratory
during the mast three months was desert
ed. so TO remain for twenty-one months.
SOME WE'RE NOT SIGNED.
The clerks in the enrolling room were
busly engaged getting the many bills in
shape yesterday. and completed their
work about dark
are exceedingly numerous. but he has
Killed some also While the two bodies
were I'm session he vetoed about a dozen.
and he returned yesterday an even dozen
without his signature. thereby killing
them, his failure 10 sign them amounting
IN n pocket veto. The bills thus treated
are as follows:
For the working Of convcts at the State
farm upon the public roads in the vicinity
OF said farm.
To incorporate the Potomac Western
Railroad Company.
To incorporate the Chesapeake and Fox
Hill Railroad Company.
Making amendments TO the charter Of
Clifton Forge.
To incorporate the Portsmouth, Suffolk,
and Lake Of the Dismal Swamp. Electric
Railway and Hotel Company.
To amend an act to Incorporate the Old
Dominion Telephone Company, and to
change the Old Dominion Telephone. Pow
err and Light Company.
To incorporate the Cottage Karin Live
Stock and Fair Association.
To incorporate the Holston OIL and
Manufacturing Company.
To incorporate the Lake Drummond
Railway and Hotel Company.
To incorporate the Peninsula Cas-
Light Fuel and Power Company.
To incorporate the Carter Coal and
Iron Company. with privileges of con-
structing and operating railroads.
TO amend an act 10 authorize and en-
power the Allegheny Iron Company 10
construct and operate a railroad.
WANT TO TEST THE LAW.
The Maupin anti-pool-selllng bill Is Just
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