The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
THE BILL MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS
This Measure Reported to the Senate
Yesterday.
EpPs STREET CAR ACT.
House Declined to Enact a Law Reg
Mating the Hours Of Work.
Many Bills Passed by
Two Houses.
EpPs STREET CAR ACT.

The Senate Committee on Finance yes
terday reported the appropriations. Fol
lowing are the principal changes from
the amounts voted by the last General
Assembly:
Clerk TO Acknowledgement, from sooV
10 $500.
Salary of Auditor of Public Accounts
from $3.50 to $1,000.
Clerks in Auditors Office, from $4,000
to $1,000.
Clerks TO Second Auditor, from $1,000
to $3.50.
SALARY of Treasurer from $3.50 to
s1,75o.
Clerks to Treasurer, from $4,000 to 5000.
Six policemen at Capitol. from s4.32O
to s4Gs0.
Night WATERMAN at Court Of Appeals.
from $500 to siSO
Clerk TO Railroad Commissioner, from
81, 200 10 s1,So0.
Contingent expenses. Railroad Commits.
sioner from 500 to $1,000
Salary Of Superintendent of Public In
stluction, from $500 to $1,000.
Judge Law and Equity Court Of Rich
mond, from $1,000 TO $500.
Criminal charges, reduced from $3.50, 600
to s24O,0oO.
Pensions, from sS500o to, 100000.
Support of lunatics in jails, from $1,000
to $4,000.
Central State Hospital, from $4,000 to
$4,000 and $4,000 for new buildings.
Southeastern Hospital, from $4,000 to
$4,000
State Female Normal School, $4,000 for
improvements.
University OF Virginia, from $4,000 to
$4,000 and $4,000 to erect electric plant.
etc.
School for Deaf, Dumb and Blind. from
$50 to $4,000
TIME SEABoARD BILL.
The House Committee on Roads met
in executive session yesterday at 10
o'clock to consider a report on the Rich
mcnd and Washington Air Line railroad
charter.
The committee, after being in session
about one hour. decided TO report the bill
fayorably. without amendment
The vote stood 10 TO 2, with Captain
Willard, Of Fairfax present, and not
voting.
The House Committee on General Laws
met yesterday at 10 o'clock.
1t was decided to postpone the con-
sideration OF report on the telephone
bill until Monday next at the same hour.
The committee ordered favorable re-
port on Mr. Toney.s elevator BILL TO pro-
tect life and limb.
Many others matters. local in their
provisions. We're then taken ii, and coz
sldercd by the committee.
The Finance Committee of the House
WIS in session yesterday considering
private pension bills.
The Senate.
The Senate proceedings We're opened
with prayer by Rev. DR.. r. P. Kerr.
The telephone bill was the special or
der for l2:aJ o'clock. When it was
reached on the calendar, Senator Jeffries
stated Senator Flood was indisposed and
confined to his room.
He moved that the special order be
passed by, which was agreed TO.
The following bills were offered:
by Senator CogbiIl-(by requesb-To
amend section $500 of the Code.
Code.
BY the same-For the relief of J. \.
Suck, Confederate soldier.
BY Senator Wallace-For the relief OF
Wesley Helm, an es-confederate SOL
der.
Ry the same-For the relief of Mrs.
Sarah r. Harper. and Mrs. Mary L.
Skinner.
BY Senator Mann-1Tor the relief OF w.
5. Guy. Confederate soldier.
BY Senator Glass-For the reiiei OF
James 4. Armstead.
BY Senator IIa-,ley-To provide for
working and keeping In repair the roads
OF Sussex county.
AEaI,ROE1r,GAT1oN BILL
The appropriation bill was reported and
made the special order for p. NJ. Mon
day. The bill Is as follows:
!. BE 1t enacted by the General As
sembly OF Virginia, That The public taxes
and arrears Of taxes due prior to the
first day OF October. nineteen hundred
and ninstecn hundred 4nd one. rcspec-.
favely. ~ veil a. the gopeuue derived