The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-04
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month
We recommend that the clerks and
purchasing agent shall be eX-officio
clerk of the board without any addition
al compensation.
; The committees recommends that the
appropriations TO the William and Mary
College be reduced from $4,000 to $7,50O
and the comnstttee further suggests that
In dts opinion 1t would be wise on the
part OF the State to dispose of the prop
erty so that no fln'ther appropriations
could be demanded from the State, on
the ground that 1t was maints lining ats
own property. for 1.-THE reason that I'M
DER the report made to your committee
they are unable to see that the work
done at the institution justifies any
appropriation ut all.
Your committee recommends that no
further appropriation be made to the
Medical College OF Virginia, as the
condition OF the States finances will
not Justify any further. approximation
to an institution using Its own grounds
ana buildings free Of cost, without any
adequate benefit to 1.-THE State, and FUR
Their recommends the sale OF the prop
erty us soon as 1T can be made adj
vantagcously.
Your committee has looked over the
report of the Virginia Normal and Col
ieSiate institute and sorlstinizcd IT very
Closely, and deem 1T best to make no
cut In the appropriation, as that report
shows most economical expendituro
OF the State appropriation.
we respectfully recommend that the
appropriation to the State Female Nor
MAJ school mt Farmville. be continued
"t SioVoo, as we are satisfied from our
iiiiNest'sapion that this institution Is do
ing excellent work upon the most efrec
1--WE and economical basis. We racnm-
nrsnd that the appropriation Of 81. 500
LOT building purposes be discontinued
we recommend that the appropria
iron ITO the University of Virginia no
reduced from 1000 to $4,000. or the
approximation now made to the uniyer
sly $f,22O Is required to be used TO
pay the interest ON the debt due by
s .t university, and we are satisfied
.,r ene board Of visitors. by the prac-
80. w Tieid economy, can get along
with nhe appropriation recommended
ny this committee without imnairins,
the usefulness of the institution.
we respectfully recommend that tho
appropriation OF $4,000 ito the Virginia
Iolytechnic Institute at BlacksburE be
continued. as we believe ut is as institu
tlon doing most excellent and common
uaple work. We further recomm end
Nhat Ilhe Department of Agriculture nm
aer the management of the Commission
Ct OF Agriculture and the Virginia State
Board of Agriculture be abolisbsd md
mat all the minerals. laboratories and
ocher appliances or property thereto be
longing DE transferred to the Virginia
ll1lytechnE Institute at cksh,,.r
we durther recommend that all duties
pertaining ITO the sam,llnE and test
ing OF fertilizers now required to no
performed by the Commissioner Of Az
iilcuittre or under his supervision hr
hersafter performed by the chemist a.
r,ie Virginia polytechnic Institute, aIt
5lackSDurg. and THAI, all Fertilizer H.
cense taxes now collected bv The Com
missioner of Agriculture be hcrearter
requircd TO he paid into the State
Treasury direct
we lurthcr recommend that ithe posi-
ton Of Register of the Land once II,
abolished, and the duties thereto he
imposed upon the Secretary OF tho
commonwealth, without extra common
satfon. We recommend that the posi-
LOT Ion OF engineer, created under section
2'0 OF the Code, be abolished.
Your committee is OF the opJn;on th,t
If Hhsse resolutions are carried an. Il
WEI be a saving of ut least $50 cue m
nually to thu State.
we recommend the adop:i,, of the
Following resolutions:
Resolved by the Senate. tho House
OF Delegates concurring, THAI, .,,cr,. I've
printed five hundr;g copies Of MS 70
Dor ior the use Cf Senators and the
ieitocrS OF the House OF Driesates.
ana Hhat the same be referred "a ~,
pops. ana appropria,- committees.
with instructions to rcpo:t bills corrv
nng out the Recommendations n,.,i,
herein '""ue
e@ulte a lengthy debate was had IN ,bo
senate over the bill to abolish the legal
monday on January 10, and to mako
January 20 a legal holiday in honor of
the birth Of both Lee and jackson tho
FORMER having been born on January
~, ana The latter on January 81
Messis. Norris. Opie and Mason smoke
IN taVor OF the change and Mssars Frs-
yer, "ickham, Flanagan. Munford,
1"hdS ana Clement against it. Mr. MIC
il"a,he proposed an amendment look
ing TO preserving the holiday of tho
i9th and making January 21st n holi-
DAY also. The bill was finally referred
10 me committee on courts TO be per-
iecteo. IT was argued in opposition 10
the proposed change that MANY other
states had made Lees birthday n legal
holiday, and Virginia, which led .;he
way. should not be the first to abolish
that holiday. On the other hand II
""s cohtenaed that the names of Lee
anu jackson were so often linked to-
Eether that there should be a Joint
memorial day In their honor. The bill
piSsed Inc House. but sentiment in the
Senate seemed to be opposed to the
change.
Much of the time OF the House was
occupied In discussing a bill to lease
10 Howard Hathaway and oahrcs GER
tain oyster planting ground In the
Rappahannock river. 1t was claimed
by the advocate of the bill that this
ground, some 800 acres, was left out Of
the Baylor survey, when il should have