Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-04
NEARLY ALL SUFFER.
.,r THREE STATE INSTITUTIONS
,sc,rE THE coMNrrrEE's KNIFE.
Vgg REPORT PRESENTED YESTERDAY.
,,,cpIturaI Department and Reg
,.,er of Land ohicc Abolished
salaries and Appropriations Gene
rally Cut.
rally Cut.

..,,n;tted their report TO the General AS
seinbly yesterday.
The recommendations contained therein
val II adopted. according to the report,
save the state $4,000 annually.
re,is committee is composed OF Senator's
a. u Barksdale. Eugene Wi.herS. and
p.bert Turnbull, and Delegates a. +.
v-i,hrow. s. 5. Thomas. and J. ~ Bau-
.srman. These gentlemen have for some
,r, past been dubbed as anarchists"
,. tbcir llow-members. and yesterday,
cn.n u became noised around that the
.sit of their many secret meetings was
,t,ut TO be disclosed. there was a seel-
,,r OF almost intense excitement about
,be Caoltol building. and especially that
,.,-tion OF II IN which the office-holders
conduct their business. The bomb was
,.-es,nted in due form in each branch OF
,re legislature, MIR. Barksdale speaking
f,- the committee IN the Senate. and Mr..
wihrow in the House.
The principal recommendations con-
,,lrcd in the report are that the office
~ REGISTER Of the Land Office be abolish
"A and its duties imposed upon the Sec
rct,ry Of the Commonwealth, and that
the Department Of Agriculture be like
wise done away with, and its laboratories
and other appliances be transferred to
The virginia Polytechnic Institute
The appropriation to each of the state
p hsnitais. with the exception OF the Cen
fral is recommended TO be reduced. as
ARE also those 10 the Virginia Military
Institute. the University of Virginia, and
William and Mary College. The commit
fee suggests the advisabllity Of disposing
Of fhe property OF the latter. so that
the state may be relieved altogether Of
any share in its support. They also
recommend that the property of the
Medical College Of Virginia shall be Sold
and that no further appropriation be
made 20 an institution from which the
state derives no adequate benefit"
THE REPORT IN FULL.
The whole story is told in the report
as printed below in detail:
We recommend that the boards of
visitors of the Western. Eastern, Cen
tral. and Southwestern State hospitals
De limited TO five in number. with an
executive committee from each board
consisting OF not more than two MEM
bers Of such boards. to meet every two
months, the full Board of Visitors not
10 meet oftener than twice a year. The
above recommendation is TO be carried
into effect by amendments to the proper
sections Of the Code. legislating the
present boards out Of office.
We further recommend that the pres
ent Capitol and Library police force be
4 tboib-hoa and that instead thereof there
Shall be five policemen TO be appointed,
as at present. with salaries not exceed
ing $40 per month. with two uniforms
per year, not TO cost over $40 each, said
policeman TO be selected from veterans
Of the late civil war as long as such can
be found who are competent and able
10 dll such positions.
REDUCTIONS OF SALARIES.
That the superintendents Of the re-
specdve State hospitals-to wit: The
Eastern Hospital, the Central Hospital,
the Western Hospital, and the South
western Hospital-receive a salary each
Of $3.50. with no perquisites, and that
where they occupy buildings on the
ground they shall pay therefor such
amount as may be fixed by the boards
OF visitors OF the several hospitals
named
That the first and second assistant
physicians at the several insane hospi-
tals in the State shall not receive
salary exceeding Sl.20O per year, and no
perquisites except board and lodging.
That the third assistant physician shall
not receive a salary exceeding $500 per
YEAR. with board and lodging, but no
other perquisites. The stewards at each
State hospital for the insane shall not
receive a salary to exceed $50 per an
num- with no perquisites. That the
clerks be allowed a salary not 10 exceed
$50 per year and board at the respective
hospitals. said clerk shall. perform the
duties Of secretary TO the Board of Visit
ors al the respective hospitals. That no
engineer shall receive a salary 70 exceed
g. Der month or 5000 per year, with board
a. the hospital.
APPROPRIATIONS TO HOSPITALS.
The committee recommends that the
,pnroprjatlon 10 the Western State Hos
pltal be reduced from 10000 to $S5ooO
per annum; that the appropriation to the
Eastern state Hospital be reduced from
$1,000 10 $4,000 per annum; that the ap-
proprlation 10 the Southwestern State
Hospltal be reduced from $4,000 to $4,000
per annum.
Your committee respectfully recon-
mends 10 the Board Of Visitors and su-
perinten6ont Of each asylum that no
splrltuous liquors Of any kind be permit
ted 10 be used at any meeting OF the
board or OF the Executive Committee
That no person. while an officer Of any
Of the State hospitals. shall hold any
other position Of honor. trust OF pron''
We recommend that the Appropriation
10 the Virginia Military Institute be re-
duced from $4,000 TO $1,000.
THE d., D., AND B. INSTITUTION
The committee recommend the ioi'o"-
ing reductions in the salaries OF tne EN-
ployees and officers OF the Deaf DUMP
and Blind Institution:
". A. Bowles. from N,2Oo 10 si'VVo PEI
annum.
G. D. Enrich. from s75 TO $o5 per month.
II. NJ Chanberlin, from 80 10 %'o per