The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-28
MUST HAVE MORE
ROOM FOR CELLS.
Convention Directs Legislature to
MAKE Provision,
The. AMOUNT in NOT FIXED.
ueaesai Assembly lustruc cd TO Make the
Necessary Appropria.ion-Terms OF
Asylum superintendent Linz
Suffrage cause.
The, AMOUNT in MOI. FIXED.

entire session OF nearly four hours in
Committee of the Whole yesterday, fur
ther considering the report OF the COM
nittee on Public Institutions and Prls-
ons. The report was disposed OF by tue
committee, and is ready to be hnaily Coh-
sidered by the convention.
After all the wrarg.ing and threaten
ing of Tuesday, the report was not so
badly battered, but was pulled ehrndLn
the Committee of the Whole in fairly
good shape. Section three, relating TO
improvements at the pen;tentia.S. was SO
amended as to leave the entire r'a'tcr
Of improvements in the hands OF the Les
islature but with the rlar,tlte frbn ne
convention that the necessary arhroPrl-
alton be made to provide for the enlarge
ment of the prison.
The terms OF the superintendent of the
insane hospitals were fixed at our years,
whereas the report fixed the ''1 IS g1cd
behavior The Only otlle: Important
amendment was that providing that 70
expense should arise to The State Or any
political sub division thereof en- acccun
of services rendered by the State ETa1d
Of Charities.
Mr. Moncure, of Stafford. offered a
viva voce suffrage plan in the morning
hour, and it Will be found in full be!o"
The convention at P. NJ. adjourned
until noon tomorrow, in accordance with
a previous resolution to observe Thanks
sidered is that of the judiciary, which is
pending before the convention
THE DAY IN DETAIL
The convention met at 10 o'clock. Pray
er by DR.. Richard McIlwaine.
S!xty-four members were present.
Petitions praying for the passage OF the
Quarles-Barbour resolution We're present.
ed.
Mr. N1oncure presented the following
suffrage resolution:
MANNER OF HOLDING ELECTIONS
AND QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.
All elections shall be viva voce, and
the voter shall proclaim who he votes
for and also for what office.
.. The voter shall be male citizen,
not less than twenty-one years old.
3. He shall have residence in the State
two years in the county or city one year,
and in the voting precinct thirty days.
4. He shall have paid a capitation tax
Of $3.50 at least six months prior to the
election at which he proposes to vote.
s. He shall possess real estate OF the
value of at least 800 or a Virginia reg
istered State bond of at least slo0
g. He shall be registered, on his per-
sonal application, as may be provided by
law.
I. All voters registered under the above
requirements, continue to be voters as
long as they maintain the requirements.
s. Persons convicted OF infamous
crime, paupers, idiots, lunatics, inmates
of benevolent institutions and those who
fight duels, shall not vote.
Q. No person shall be eligible to hold
Office except those of the white race.
10. All voters, before being registered,
shall be required to subscribe to the fol-
lowing oath, viz:
I, -, do -solemnly swear Or affirm
that will not sell my own vote nor buy
the vote of another, and that I am en-
titled to vote under the above require
ments.
The Legislature shall make such laws
and regulations that will carry into effect
the provisions of this article.
IN COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.
Leaves of absence were granted sew
eral members.
The convention went into Committee Of
the Whole to consider the report of the
Committee on Prison and Public Institu-
tons, G1r. Barbour presiding.
Chairman Ayers, for the committee
presented the following substitute for
Section 5:
The Board of Directors shall provide
cells at the penitentiary with sufficient
air, space and ventilation to maintain
health, together with all additional build
ings required for that purpose, for when
it may subject to such rules and reSu!a-
tons as the General Assembly may by
law prescribe" and with the approval or
the Governor eXpend such portion OF
the receipts derived from hire of conVlcts
after deducting expenses and mainte-
nance of the penitentiary, branch prls-
u fo,- ha g
sa1y.'
He said it changed the original report
SO IS to place the Whole question OF eH-
penditure Of revenue in the power of the
Governor and the General Assembly.
Mr. Turnbul said he should oppose the
Substitute because it gave the Board the
right to eNpend the money.
Chairman Ayers: The present Board
can eXreEd from 100000 to sl25,o0G with
out any supervision whatever.
STRIKE 1T OUT.
Mr.. Turnbun iocved to strike out the
word Governor and insert General
ic said lhis powe~ to eS-
pend so much money ,.'nt 10 re left to
the Legislature.
Chairman Ayers said the amendment
drew the issue sharp and disG' CT. and lie
was glad it was thus presented. Me..,hcrs
could now vote as to whether the present
otAiN'
continue or vn 4 " leaf should DC
turned in it's history Re WAS TN the side
of improvement 6f present conditions,
and had labored hard to bring it about.
The committee had only It 1t ,.i>.'cct iii
view. If the contention SAW nit to decide
otherwise, he could only sos in rc.pctt-
full protest to such decision.
Mr. Walker said he was in hearty M
pathy with he efforts ~ he committee
to improve present conditions a the pen
itentiary. but lie Thought =. was dam
ger in adopting the rec lamentations of
the committee. re sholld. ere: &c. sup
port the amen .lmHnt lie had TO doubt
but what the coming General Assembly
would appropriate sufficient funds tc en-
large the penitentiary. At the last Scs-
SCI? = committee Was appointed by the
Legislature to Investigate AMI report as
TO the needs of The rGnitcntiary. and this
report would be submitted to the coming
Legislature. He thought if the language
of the Constitution contained nanda-
tory direction to the Legislature it would
be all that was necessary.
FAILED AND REFUSED.
Chairman Ayers: For the past six
brought to the attention of the General
Assembly, and it has failed and refused
,,,o%tey has h..ap ra,oo