The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-02
To Enlarge the penitentiary.

To Enlarge the penitentiary.
The Committee on Public Institutions
yesterday afternoon decided finally to-
recommend the authorization of the Leg
islature to empower the State to borrow
as much as s250,000 to furnish sufficient
acconlm odations for the housing of the
convicts and enlargement of the penl-.
Tertiary equipment.
The recommendations of the subcom-.
n1ittee were also modified so that the
Governor will have the appointment, by
and with the consent of the Senate of a
board OF five directors of the Denter-
tiary. This board shall have the appoint
ment of the superint sndent and chief ply
sician. The superintendent and phys!-
clan, by and with the consent of the
Board of Directors, shall have the ap-
pointment of ali subordinates
E The committee will next take up the
question of management and control Of
the various State hospitals and asylums.
Judiciary Committee.
The Judiciary Committee, at an execu-
tive session yesterday afternoon, further
discussed the report Of the suhcomnit-
tee in regard to the division of the State
into judicial circuits. It is about agreed
that there shall be twenty-five circuits,
and the subdivision of counties to com
pose these circuits have been arranged to.
the satisfaction of nearly all members OF
the committee and the lawyers of the
convention For prudential reasons the
committee has not thought it wise to give
out for publication the arrangements of
circuits until the matter is definitely
settled.
The next matter OF Importance, which
was settled yesterday. WAS the fixing of
the circuit judges salary at twenty five
hundred dollars. The committee could
not agree on the salary to be paid the
judges of the Corporation or Hastings
Courts. The point of difference was the
question of allowing cities OF over thirty
thousand Inhabitants to provide larger
salaries for their judges than the smaller
cities, owing to increased cost Of living
and the difficulty of getting eminent prac-
titioners TO accept the positions. The
committee adjourned pending the discus
sion of this subject.
At q session to be held this morning,
some definite action will be taken. The
only matter now unsettled, besides this,
is the prohibiting judges from practicing
law and acting as commissioners in chan
cery.
1t is pretty certain that the latter will
be allowed and the former forbidden.
The committee is about ready to report
to the convention.
10 FIX appIOprlatlOIS.
There was an important session yester-
day morning Of the subcommittee Of
the Committee on Education to look into
the general educational system Of the
State, which is composed of Messrs.
Thornton, Pollard, Brown, Dunaway and
Willis.
The following recommendations were
agreed upon with practical unanimity:
That a Slln q on era fl cd in a
Constitution to be annually appropriated
for the support Of the University of Vir-
ginla, as a minimum amount, under which
the General Assembly shall not go.
It also recommended that in future all
appointments made by the Governor of
members of the Board of Visitors Of edu-
cational institutions shall be for Il term
OF years. This will relate only to futucs
appointments and affects the Wolnen's
State Normal School of Farmville, VIII
liam and Mary College, and the Medical
College of Virginia, some of whose visi tors
hold at present a life tenure. The term
for all future vacancies will be fixed at
ten years.
Failed of Quorum.
The Committee on Executive Depart
ment failed of a quorum yesterday
Chairman Cameron announced that the
NOult ttOCGeu 20 DfSIJdcc
a report to be submitted to the cunvcn-
ton As soon as this report Is formally
drafted. the chairman will ca. a meeting
OF the committee to pass upon 1t.
The committee has agreed that both
the Secretary of the Commonwealth and
State Treasury shall be elected by the
people. ana the Auditor by the LegisIa-
ture- The only two questions unsettled
are those requiring State fiscal officers
and their subordinates to give fiduciary
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