The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-22
THE CHANGES
WERE VERY FEW
Appropriation Bill Passed by the Sen
ate Yesterday,
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
=, WIN Remain at Rici mond and VIII
Re Kept Up by Fees ,From Fertile
zcrs--Proposcd Emblem Ballot
Law-Vcto of Notary Bill.

~. senate has passed the appropria-
a., hui IL was adopted WITH out Ie"
a fight was made TO aooH 'ne D .,.
-, of Agriculture and 10 nave the
r.rtifi1ers analyzcd at BlackSoo't out ''
Jailed. The Department Is 10 u, 80 w
ON fees from the inspection OF le''iiiI'is
s1,St.r II clair Introduced = ON 10
.m.,d the election nw so as 10 nav"
oartv cmblcms printed or the ucN'is,
crvcrnor TYLER sent 90 the House ms
cot, ~ the female notary bill
,rho senate and House each held Two
session and much work was done
Proceedings of the senate.
s,on after the Senate met the chair
Vs. vacated for five minutes. on motion
III Mr. Mushnach. IN order that inc
..,,.ors might have the opportunity OF
,ooetine the delegation from the Mary
land legislature. who are mere in icle'-
encc to the boundary line question.
I. hin no. ssgl was offered by MI. Opie
,-nbfblt changes In books. other ;han
histories Of the United States, which may
bo adoptcd and used i'm public schools
srer adoption for G. period of not less
than four years.
Another important measure (No SOD
MS one introduced by Mr.. Lowry 20 au-
ihorize the Governor To grant condi-
.iona pardon 10 persons confined III lho
peniteLtiary upon recommendation OF inc
Board OF Directors Of said institution
REGISTER OF LAND OFFICE
Tho Committee on Finance and Banks
reported the following bill:
he A. cacted BY the General Assembly
Of Virginia That the present office Of the
Register Of the Land ONCE be. ana the
same is hereby. abOIshed. ana al th0
powers ana duties now exercised ana per
formed by the Register of the Land once
shall hereafter be exercised and perform
cd by the secretary of the Common
wealth.
All acts and parts Of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
This act shall be in force from It's pas
sage.
THE EMBLEM BALLOT
MI St Clair offered a bin making an
important charge I'm the election law.
approved March 6. 1894 His act is de
signed to amend section 50 tfat IL shall
read as follows.
Inc ballot used shall be a white paper
ticket containing the names Of persons
who have complied with the provisions OF
this act as herein prescribed and the title
OF the office printed or written as herein
alter provided. Each ballot shall have
a. many separate parallel columns or
III.
as there are political parties participating
ir the election, each party shall head one
Of THESE columns with an emblem Sc
lected by It's county chairman and imme-
diately under the emblem shall appear
the name OF the party which has selected
the emblem. Then shall follow the va
rious offices TO be filed and under the
Once the name of the party nominee
APPROPRIATION BILL.
m N q the
special order at 1870 o'clock and on mo-
t,on Of Mr.. Fairfax. speeches were limited
70 fifteen minutes.
mr. Wickham offered dhe following
which was agreed to; strike out section
and insert
This act shall BE in force from its pas
sage except so far as II relates 10 salar-
les OF officers and employees of Govern
ment as to which IL shall 20 into effect
on the FIRST day of July. 1895 until which
date the said salaries shall be as stated
An the act OF March 3, 1896, appropr1a-
ting the public revenue for the nscal
year ending the Goth day of September
sss
Mr.. Withers offered an amendment
making an appropriation of 500 a year
for the policeman at the State Library
buioing. which office was abolished by
the bill. He said he could not sit silent
~ bv and see the only Confederate VET
eran on the capitol police force, and he
a one-armei man Captain ROsseD leg
SLATED out Of Office The amendment was
adopted
An amendment offered by Mr.. Opie APP
propriating $3.50 TO pay the insurance
policies on the buildings OF the Western
State Hospital was agreed TO.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Mr.. Barksdale proposed an amendment
rTrfr ont 10 flf
Agricultural Department. stating that he
intended to press the bill abolshing the
department. lie thought this latter
measure ought 10 be disposed OF before
this feature Of the appropriation bill
should be voted on.
Mr. Barksdale amendment wac temper
arily passed by.
An amendment proposed 10y Mr.. FAIRFAX
providing 500 to pay counsel for Virginia
in the case OF Mccullough vs.. the Com
monwealth was adopted.
Mr. Sands offered an amendment APP
propriating So to pay the balance due for
retracing and rebinding books IN u
Office OF Register Of the Land once. IL
was agreed 10.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. Turn
bull cutting down the appropriation 10
the Western State Hospital from SNVo
To $500 and advocated It's adoption IN
earnest speech He thought there should
be more economy exercised AT this ana
some Of the otner hospitals.
Mr.. Opie defended the report Of the COM
snittoe and urged the Senate not to make
the cut
The amendment was rejected by q vote
OF ayes. s. noes, 10
THE ATTORNEY GEN GRAIL.
An amendment was. offered a Mr.. Clay
tor reducing the salary OF Attorney-Gen-
eral from s.. 500 10 81 80. He said the Audi
tor had been reduced and he thoughe
there should be a reduction In this case
Mr.. Wickham explained that the Attor-
noy-(feneral was elective by the people
and was the only elective officer whose
salary could be touched. The salary was
small and this officer had TO 20 10 the
expense Of canvassing the state Not only
this. but il was 10 the interest of Virginia
10 have an able lawyer, as she now has
IN this Office The Attorney-General hao
20 reside I'm Richmond and was paid less
than the Judges
AR Clayton replied that tho Attorney
General gave about two-thirds OF his
time TO private law practice.
The amendment was rejected
Mr. Kane proposed an amendment look
me to saving the Register OF the Lane
once by making an appropriation 10 ihat
Office He appealed 10 the Senate not t'
abolish the only basement office the South
west has had in many years. He said Col
Richardson during HIS term Of office nae