Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-02
HEAR TIE CORONER.
uE TELLS RETRENCnNENT COM
MI1rEE WHAT HE HAS TO no.
SECOND ASSISTANT At ALMSHOUSE,
superintendent Davis Does Not See
uo,, This once Can lie Abolished
ccmctcry-i< Make s'"'c-
ncnts.

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The Commute '' ,-. -. o,,
Reform he0 g..
heard from seVei" Guy '''''''''' 80
their duties. ana inc oo'nr'''s''''o- 49, ~,
received from 'ho 0''S'
taken in any OF the 0"S'' "'''
sidsraton. but the mee''hs ""s ''''''.D
nv several bits OF huno'' 'e'.
present Chairman N'''"' ".'
Tbcl Horrelson' N'ns' mum
Jones and zimmerman Oh '"' 0o'''''''
tee. and a number oi persons moro VI
less interested TN the prooee'l'ss. N'io"s
che latter class were fohoe-1 usl'ce 'o'''
Cwtchne.d Spee"l-' -'Ng'C.''. y, ',''', ,,oros',
Mccarthy '''S '.'' ~ C,t,. Aims.
snpe''''''''''''' -. a,a ,os, b,,t NOT
house 0,,'9 ..,e...-s 80 c.mo in late ciy-
l''7'' ,,..,,,'... =, ,r,,lor
coroner "'''''' 80. .,.. .o
Under suspension OF 'ne 'u''S' ''e
body heard Mr. Marx Gunst' chairman Oh
.,. Committee ON Grounds and Buildings
, .....,.io,,s or chat deo9rtment:
h- q" ''N 3D. a.. 20 ~
what was ''''H "o''0
tr.rchment etc. MI' H""S' s'"'e' '"''
Dali. committee was looking into the mat
~ eroronv i'm every line of work,
,s..,,,,.- .,,. ,,ro,osftio, 20 place
o,,, wi,
."' t"' .,.
triutendcnt. etc, nut that IL hau HO1
.ra far enouch with these matters TO
....,. t+s rerort as vet. lie hoped TO be
- -.. .,
.t 10 "a" '-'' '
SIR. Gunst adoe1' I'D Cohoi"S'o''' ''"' i'e
f.f certain that his committee Woulu
t ,.....,,,r,er3afions fo the City C0un-
.. ...+s..r.otor,. 70 az
0t wiz" ""''"
least several mcmoers OF lhe CoillHi'''ee
or Rctrcnchmont and Reform.
-.--.rrr,.rrr>- On, orrrCES
The committee then TOOK up the QueS-
t..n Of consolidating the Offices Of City
,-.~,.,,r and president of the Board of
,t..-s ,.t.
b illn' ti-.' anu N'i' -NO"'1
r'an to put ON the President OF 'He oo"l
Cf Health the duties or 'oIoHeI anu
Thvsician TO the city Almshouse. lie
said De believed these lines or "ork
should al Doe done 10y one man, even IL
it cost tho city just AS much money as
lt does now 10 have them carried on pE
three Dr Taylor the Coroner was ao-
sert bu, Clerk Mcdowell read com
municauon from that official, stating that
he was unavoilably detained from at
tendance upon The earlier part OF the ses-
sion. but would Doe ON mana as soon as
possible.
City-Attorney Meredith, who mad Deeh
invited % le present 20 give the COM
mlttee informal on as 10 tne DeSl means
for consolidating these oihces' was calied
upon. lie said he had not looked tho-
roughly into this matter, Dut some years
ago had made AN examination suhlclehI
90 show that the coroner was old'e
officer his Tees were nAed 10y '"o S'a'e
and that the present com ehstlloH u
$50 per annum was iiAea NY Coil'id ,, a.
between coroner 4"sioI anu 'H' ..l'. '0''.
pei 't'.0 ~ t,,, t4,,s,ir.s-, Cent
.l ol,, ,,,..,,,t l7,l,. ,,o, ,ooj behavior
Vr NfersJitb Thought the best way for
tho Council 10 solve this problem was 10
recommend 40 the Council tnat the City
Attornev be- instructed TO prepore a bin
80 h.. ,.ras.,tad to the General Assembly.
changing the law governing the Coroner
of tbe citv. so as TO place his duties upon
the President of the Board of Health; to
make the office one elective by the city
Council. and fixing q salary cOmpensd-
ton There was some informal discussion
along this line. and Coroner Taylor came
I'm.
AR Hand the City Nurseryman. was
called 10 the stand before the chairman
epied Dr. TAYLOR. Mr. Hand gave am ac-
count of his duties. explaining the num-
Der of trees in the nursery. the care and
attention necessary 10 preserve them, and
the system for setting them out along
the parks and streets OF the city. He
stated that the city had really just begun
in earnest t0 pat out these trees, and
that the committee could as yet form no
idea Of the great value that they Would
he never sold any trees TO private citi-
zrns or others. and that the object of the
nursery was solely TO beautify the streets
and parks of the city and provide the
necessary shade
pr-Trl,s or THE CORONER.
49,. ,.u.a and tho
~ i@' 'o' |l,,,,rocnced
iu.I va -. ,,t7.t .rc ,our duties as
,,..' .,.r,-..r9,, ,el[ed the chair.
..{rl1 EN- heran Dr. TAYLOR. looking
,,... ,,is classes "mv actual duties are
-i,-.i,, tboeo of an ordinary Coroner-to
,-'-.,. ,('iiee of neople who die under
~. .r. s,,nrosed 10 be- suspicious cir
80. go, ,'d determine whether or not
~, t,,D,,,.st is necessary The work that
do for The civ however is somewhat
mulufarlous in it's character. / perform
the duties Of Coroner make all SORTS OF
eXperiments-scienun microscope 90.
and conduct post-lhoI 'elhs anu 40 80
other things An these extras ! coulu
have some one else 10 do ana the clty
would have TO pay for them ms