Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-24


day reported a substitute for tho 1Iouso
OH regulating the fees OF iallers rh,s
PHI makes 20 change IN the foes FOR tho
Neeplng or twenty-five prisoners. For each
prisoner IN excess Of twenty-five and not
'A'ceoing hfty, . cents each. for each
prisoner exceeding fifty and not excaadiny
one hundred, 20 cents each and Tor All
prisoners exceeding one hundred u cents
each " ~'''
EXAMINATION or RECORDS.
The Senate Committee OF Finance ves.
tefuay reported n substitute for the VII
iarV Dill IN relation 10 the examination
ol records II provides that the examiners
81 boards shall. IN addition TO the other
uuues now prescribed by law for the as
','s'l'en' OF assets in the hands OF ndu-
carries that there shall be Imposed upon
'nem the assessment OF tugboats bargee
ana water craft that the banks Of the
various critics OF the State shall. at the
request OF the examiners. furnish state
nenls showing the amounts TO the credit
Vi the courts IN those banks. The bin
also reduces the commissions of the seve-
iai examiners. and provides for the re-
.uih or all amounts paid on property ar
towards found TO be enormously assessed
for taxes
WANT THE BOARD RETAINED.
The Board Of Agriculture. through
committee, composed OF Colonel A. s
hulord ana Messrs. Q. r.. Hne and a. J.
McMath, members Of that BODY has sub
mitted paper to the House Committee
on Agriculture and Mining. setting forth
reasons why the department should not
De abolished. They suggest, I'm the fol-
owing recommendation, a plan by which
the state Board OF Agriculture may be
maze not only self-supporting. but will
De the means OF turning thousands OF dol
iars INTO the State Treasury. This por-
uon OF their paper reads:
Give the Board OF Agriculture authori-
" 10 collect tax Of 10 cents per ton on
an fertilizers sold and we will not ask
any appropriation. but will enlarge the
work OF the Agricultural Department and
turn some thousands Of dollars into the
treasury annually, giving 10 the farmers
reliable standard fertilizers and. we be-
heve, at no increase Of cost. We cannot
believe that this committee. after q care
tul consideration Of this subject. will re-
port the pending bill favorably. We are
convinced that you will say to the farm
ers Of Virginia:
You shall have "A department repre-
senting your interests. maintained at the
capital Of your state, commensurate with
the dignity and Importance Of the agri-
interest to our farmers which are in
vOlved"
During the past ten years there has
been appropriated TO the department. slC9-
coo. and in that time IL has paid into the
Treasury $73,5q which makes the total
cost of the department for that period
only about $4,000.
The Senate has refused TO abolish the
bureau, but struck out the 81 500 in the
appropriation bill for its maintenance.
and adopted a bill requiring it to be sup
ported from the tax on fertilizers bill,
Of which Mr. Withrow is the patron is
now pending in the House which provides
for abolishng the department and trans
ferring the duties Of the commissioner TO
the Polytechnical Institute. The friends
of the department are certain it will not
pass. ana that the board will be retained
in Richmond
PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATEs.
Mr.. Letcher's bill. requiring the sub
mission TO popular vote of the question
of imposing a special tax not exceeding
per cent, for the purpose Of creating
fund with which to pension disabled Con-
federate soldiers. was ordered 10 its en-
grossment in the Senate yesterday and
will it Is believed. pass both houses Mr.
Letcher says he does not know how the
people VIII vote upon the plll' put II lhcy
are as friendly to 1t as he has been led
TO believe by their expressions on the
subject. it will prevail.
Mr. Letcher's resolution. memOralizing
Congress to erect the monument to Com
modore Matthew f. Maury. proposed by
bill introduced in the United States SEN
ate by Senator Chandler upon the Rip
Raps in Hampton Roads, oppo-
site Fort Monroe. has passed both
houses. The Virginia congressman
and senators are urged to use
every EFFORT TO secure the monument on
this site overlooking the magnificent
harbor. which Commodore Maury de-
scribed as the finest in the world ana
the "King's Chamber OF the ocean,
delegate Harry owen entertained Colo
mel Holm Bell Bigger and his corps at an
elegant dinner at Rueger's last night.