The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-17

The Bin Providing for Reduction u,
f,o,r, omcers Passed by . l. trge ' ote'

English Lutheran church' olcicu 49,
i'm the House Of Delegates ai'er Sp''"''
RYAN had called he body 20 order. ~
ON motion Of Mr.. Clarke oil Dlh"iuu.s'
lcove of absence was granted 10 MI
Hobbs. OF Prince George
Among the visitors on the floor OF the
House was Mr. Dansforth. OF New iorA'
tho chairman OF the Democratic party III
that State. ,,.,,,....,. %
4 resolution offered by Mr. Withrow OF
path was agreed 10 under which uui."s
the afternoon hrst such bills SHOULD ne
disposed Of TO which no oplecuoh 10
raised. $500.
ON motion Of Mr.. Campbell. OF Amherst.
House hill No Gi5 was taken up out Oh
its order prohibiting the riding ana u.ln
ing on sidewalks in unincorporaleu VII
laqes. The bill was passed.
The same action was taken on lhotIon
81 Judge williams Of orange III r'salu
10 House hill No 6ln. amendins me az
incorporating the Madison and orange
Railroad Company.
On motion Of Mr.. willard OF FalrlaN'
House blil No o. was tahen up out Oh 10
ar1or II nrov,oes Tor better assessment
of personal property under the coniol y"
dd,iciaries and the several courts OF the
ctata Tho bin. as II came from the COM
mittee. provides that this iiduciary COM
| missioner snail receive One-tenth OF one
nor cent ON the first million OF properly
v-hf,h he lists for taxation oht-lhtech'
| Of one per cent on the property hslSu W
| to two millions. and one-twenuelh Oh one
per cent on property above two ihlIlions'
| Mr. Parker. of Southampton, onered a.
an amendment that the rates OF colil li,s-
sion TO be paid 10 these tduciary coiliilis-
| sioners be fixed at one-hlteehIh' oO
| twentieth and one-'Wehly %
| per cent respectively. -,..,o,,. %
| After some discussion the amendment OF
NJ parker was agreed 70 and the Dill
was ordered to its engrossment ana tnlIu
| reading and was subsequently passed Dy d
| vote Of y 10 b. D,o,,,,g-
ON motion Of Mr. Switzer. Of Rocking
| bar House bin No SO was taken up
ont If it's order. 1t provides for the reg
ulating Of the tolls on the Nalley luln-
nike The bill was ordered to us en-
erossment and third reading ana suoS''
quently passed. .,.,.r.,.r,r,>-rr
House bill No. 256. providing TOT d re-
-, ~ salaries of county school super
;ntendents. first came up as special
order II was passed by a vote OF d 10 -
which was as follows: -
Yeas-Messrs. Allen. Anderson |eolse
G. Bland. Boaz. Booker Buiord' =. D.
Campbell. Thomas j. CampDeH' 'ar,rI o
| harrington. Chaplin Cook. craig. oar
nall. Digs. Early Fitzpatrick Gallehe' r.
Carnett Hanson. Hatcher. G. II. Jehnihss'
Jones. Lyon Lovelace, Matthew's 1ain''
Mann. Nlinter. Murphy, Palmer farh ~, 10
Saunders Settle Snead. Charles smith
- smith Spratt. Stoner. Stubs, swift
ger TaA-lor Thomas. Turner. Turpin' -
Harding Walker. Silas II. Walker wat
! kins Watson. Wexford. Wharton. }. w
| Villians william q. Williams, Nllsoh'
WinbOrne-oi.
Navs-Niessrs. Chas. T. Bland, Church
man. Elswick. Embrey. Folkes. Nodu
Gwyn. Hale. Hicks. Upton D. Jennihss
Jordan. Kizer. William Henry Mann
owen. Ouesenberry. Reddy Surgener
Wallace Willard. Withrow. Wood-A'
FEES or COURT OFFICERS.
House bin No. AS providing for ID
cutting down Of the fees OF certain cour
oNlcers. was the next special order take
nm This bill last week failed 10 pas
for the lack OF constitutional vote
II came M on MIR. WinOornes mouo
~ reconsider the vote cast last week
the bill. 49,. ,e,o,
Nr Winborne then explained the eHeI
Of the bill which would save the S,o'
SIS 900 annually. 1t provides that nan les
shall be paid 10 these court oincers
certain Instances. where they cahh'
| make fNtIf ices bAN "a 49,
defendant. A.,
Mr. Mann, % Nottoway, opposed IN
measure. stating that while in misdeHle'
nor cases II would bring about saVn
f. would increase the expenses IN ielou
cases II was unjust and would not no
under the constitution.
, Judge watkins. Of Prince Edward ais
smoke IN opposition OF the bin WINE y,
Saunders, OF Franklin, advocated III
measure. on motion OF Mt Jeliills
i 81 washington. the pending question wa
then ordered and the House decided Dy
vote of 80 10 q to reconsider the pTeNlol
vote - -,
- Mr.. Parker. OF Southampton then OF
- tanned the floor and called attention !
- the importance Of the measure, whlch
- said was the most important one
a. taken M In the interest or retrehchnlen
- Heretofore when retrenchment measure
+ had come up in the House some con
ie nromise measure had been agreed upc
ID and If the members should go home
DO / the close Of the session without passiI
n this bill in some shape, then they won
IS have 10 admit to their constituents IN
ed they had done nothing to cut down u
IL criminal EXPENSES Of the state
The pending question was ordered
n motion Of Mr.. Cooke, ana the OIL >"
e passed nv a vote Of So TO -
Inc vote was dS lbllONSs
e. Yeas-Messrs. Allen. Anderson. Barrie
he Bauserman. Chas. T. Bland, G.. C. Blar
as Rlanton. Boaz, Booker. Browning. {.
m Campbell Carter. Darlington, Chapl
u Churchman. Cooke, Craig. Darnall, DIGS
ed Duke Early. Embrey Featherston, FIJI
nv patrick. Folkes. Galleher. Garnett. Gwy
Hanson. Hatcher c. III. Jennings. Tipt
on u. Jennings. Jones Jordan. kizer LigC
- Iovelace. Matthews. Nlinter, Montagl
n owen. Palmer. Parker, Powell, Quese
no berry, Reddy. Saunders. Settle. she;
~, Charles smith. j. p Smith. Stoner. Sw
- ger Thomas. Turpin. Silas III. Walk
nj watson Wexford. willard, William
williams. Wilson, WinbOrne. woods
Nays-Messrs BlakemOre. Bufo
Caldwell. Elswick. Goad. Hale. lv
n James Mann. Maupin. Passmore. Save
is- Spratt, TAYLOR. Turner, Wallace, W
n. kins, Wharton, j. w. Williams, WI
It. rOw-l9.
20 The chair was then vacated until
IS o'clock. ..
Afternoon Srs' ion.
1ia When the chair was resumed the G
ed slderation of the bills on the calen'
lu- was taken up and bills were disposed
III TO which no objection was raised. Amt
RS the House bills that came up win ,
ate amendments was the anti-trad
he stamps bill The amendments agreed
ect | nv the Senate were concurred IN
M | Tho hill will now be enrolled and sent
on, | the Governor
When Senate hill l73 came up WI
M provides for amendments 10 the char
nm Of the city Of Richmond. IL was agreed
not | strike out section 10 which refers to