Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-02
BILLS TO RETRENCH.
SEVERAL MORE WILL DE INTRO
pucED IN THE HOUSE TODAY.
EXPENSES AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
The Special Joint Committee VIII
R,port To-Morrow-some OF the
Recommendations - Members 10
serve without Pay.

days ago after fight extending aimo
through the week.
These substitute measures will not ha'
| In them the feature which was most obJe
tionable in the former bill-the placin
OF misdemeanor charges on the counties
but one OF them will retain the provisio
which allows only half fees to be co
lected by officers in cases whore thes
are not collected from the prosecution
or defence. as the case may be. Tn
| general object of the bills will be
secure the ends aimed at by the one II
committed. with the exception Of III
transference of criminal charges. TIL
prospects of the passage of the bills ar
thought to be favorable, as they ar
framed upon the lines laid down by tn
| House.
While the amount which the new bill
will save TO the State, If enacted, vii
not be nearly so large as would have re
suited from the passage Of the origina
bill, owing to the elimination of tn
feature making the counties bear thei
misdemeanor charges, yet 1t Is believed
that the provision that when these arr
to be paid by the State only one-half tn
amount shall be collected Will cause Off
cials to exercise more diligence in en-
deavoring to collect them from the prose
cution, or defence, thus relieving the
State of large portion Of its present bur
dens from this source.
WILL REPORT THURSDAY.
The special joint Committee on Ex-
penditures at State Institutions will re-
port TO each house tomorrow. Senator
Barksdale, chairman Of the committee,
viii submit the report in the Senate,
and Mr.. Withrow, the author Of the reso-
luton under which the committee was
appointed, win perform the same duty in
the House
There is a great deal Of speculation as
to the character Of the report, but MEM
bers Of the committee refuse to warrant
any statement regarding 1t. One Of them
said last night that il would be in nowise
sensational
1T cannot be-" he said, "for it will be
based upon reports from these institu-
tions. nearly all of which were entirely
satisfactory"
1t is learned that cuts will be recon-
mended in the amounts appropriated TO
many, perhaps all, of the State institu-
lions, and in some instances these will
be large. The reports from one or two
were not at all satisfactory, revealing to
the committee that much more money
was expended than was needed. In these
cases 1T will be recommended that the
approximations be materially lessened. 1t
is learned that the report of the officers
CT the University was among the most
satisfactory received by the committee,
and that the reduction in its appropria-
ton will be very slight.
TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY.
One of the prominent members of the
House said yesterday that he had learn
ed, after making an extensive canvass
among the delegates, that a bill requiring
the members of the General Assembly to
serve without pay would almost GER
tainly pass A bill OF this character will
be introduced as a substitute for the
Craig bill, reducing the pay Of legislators
to 50 per day. 1t may be said. however,
that such bill would not pass the SEN
ate, should it get through the House.
number Of senator's, sufficiently large to
give a pretty clear idea of the sentiment
IN that body, were asked as TO their
opinion of such a bill. and without ex-
ception they opposed it.
REASONS FOR NOT ABOLISHING.
Regarding the bill to abolish the Tenth
Judicial Circuit, which the Senate re-
FUSED to order to its engrossment yester-
Jay, Senator McIlwaine, chairman of the
committee on Courts of Justice, which
reported it unfavorably, said last night:
1T had been clearly demonstrated to
is that an abolition Of the district would
n most of the counties work serious in
Justice and harm to litigants. We had
'ecelved sufficient protests, oral and writ
en-, from different parts of the country
o convince us that 1t would be wrong to
abolish the district. These protests came
rom responsible men and taxpayers. 1t
vas further demonstrated that the sick
less Of Judge Barton had in many of the
counties broken up the Circuit Court prac-
Ice, and that litigants often refused to
90 into the Circuit Court while all ad- |
nitted and all Of us knew that when |
Judge Barton was in health no better |
Judge ever sat on the bench in Virginia. |
Ne had also been Informed by young |
awyer of standing and integrity that in |
me of the counties in the district they |
lad been urging Judge Wright to give |
mem a special term, but he had not done |
% because he had not the time The |
committee gave the matter a most tho |
ough investigation and no other conclu- |
ion could have been reached in justice |
o all parties. The additional travel ne |
essarily imposed upon the lawyers i'm |
ertain counties in the district in going |
UGH distances as proposed would have |
ONE out of the people in the end. In |
hort. little would have been saved to |
ne state, because part OF the salary |
would have been distributed and mileage |
increased. When the Fifth District was |
bolished my recollection is that the
Whole salary was given to the other
Judges. Many of the most prominent fIw-
ers In the circuit protested against the |
proposed change"
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL.
The Senate Committee on Roads yester-
lay afternoon considered the employers
liability bill, which recently passed the
House. Mr.. Reddy, the patron Of the
ill. made an extended argument for it,
nut Mr.. Glasgow, who was present, rep
esentng the Norfolk and Western rail-
gay, did not reply, owing to the lateness
( the hour, and the committee adjourned
D consider the bill again Thursday eve
ing at p. NJ.
Mr.. McIlwaine submitted substitute
ill., which was ordered to be printed. to-
ether with the House bill. Mr.. Nell
laine's bill discards utterly the doctrine
fellow-servant which the Reddy bill
oes not do, and recognizes, instead, the
octrine of vice-principal
The Reddy senatorial primary bill will
e considered by the Senate Committee on
rivileges and Elections at o'clock this
fternoon. Mr.. Reddy win submit argu-
rent for the bill.
Tho Subcommittee of the House Com
littee on Schools and Colleges and on
sylums and Prisons. and OF the Senate
ommittee on Public Institutions and
ducation will leave here this evening
yer the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
II Charlottesville. Lexington, and staun-
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