The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23

January, nineteen hundred, the Library
Committee entered into contract with the
Niche Company of charlottesville "a,
uncer Which said company IS permitted 10
purchase all the Virginia reports prior to
and including ninety-sixtn Virginia at
one dollar and fifty cents por volume,
while all other dealers in the Stat3 are
required to pay three dollars, and fifty
cents per volume, and the citizens Of the
State also to pay thr,e dollars and fifty
cents per volume, and under said crn-
tract the committee ind ,rtaSes to- bird
the State not to sell any OF the said re-
ports at less than this last named price.
and
Whereas. the said Miclllc Company Is
selling the said reports to dealers and
to purchasers at a lesser price than the
State can sell them, and.
Whereas, the Attorney General Of Vjr-
ginia has given his opin IN to the erre-t
that the said contract is ultra wires and
void,' and
Whereas, the funds for tho support Of
the Library are derived principally from
the sale of the published reports of the
decisions Of the Supreme Court Of Ap-
peals, and that these volumes are pub
lishcd by the State and that the law d.
reefs their sale at a price to be fixed by
the Library COMMITTEES; and
the State practically a monopoly which
should be rendered valuable and produc-
tive of a considerable revenue over end
above the cost of publication about six
hundred volumes being sold promptly
after publication and the remainder dis
posed of in about fifteen years. and
Whereas, by an inventory taken March
18th, 1902, there were found TO be on hand
twenty-five thousand and twenty-four vol
to -fc{i mr.
rally of Robinsons Leigh's Grattans. and
the Virginia Reports from seventy-fifth
to ninety-eiGhtll, ten thousand copies of
" hlch are of reports prior to seVenty-fftL
Virginia: and.
Whereas, the said Niche Company have
been purchasing only those volumes from
seventy-ffth to ninety-sixth Virginia; and
Whereas. by an act of the General AS
sembly approved February a, 1900, per
mission is granted the said Niche Com
pany to publish the following volumes of
said reports. viz: Jefferson, Wythe Pat
ton and Heath Washington, Call, Virginia
Cases. HenninS and Munford, A1unford,
Gilmer, Randolph, Leigh, Robinson, vol
unleS nineteen to thirty-threc, inclusive.
Of Grattan, and volumes seventy-tive OF
of Grafton, and volumes seventy-1ive and
seventy-six Virginia and when the sup-
ply of any volume or volumes of said
reports not above enumerated now in
possession Of tho Commonwealth is ex-
haunted, the said company is also author
lied and empowered in like manner to
publish such volume or volumes; and.
Whereas, the State has on hand a sup
ply of some of these reports now being
published by the said Niche Company;
therefore, szt
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That an act entitled an
act to allow the Niche Company to pub
ish certain reports or the decisions OF
the Court of Appeals OF Virginia, approved
February oath, 1900, be and the same is
hereby repealed
.. This act shall be in force from Its
passage
TO REPAIR CAPITOL.
Mr.. Jennings, chairman of the Commit:
tee on Public Property, had read at the
desk letter from Colonel John w. Rich
ardson, Register of the Land Office, CALI
ing attention to the condition OF the Cap
itol building, and Recommending some inn
procement The letter recommends that
from $4,000 to $1,000 be appropriated for
;his purpose. 1t was referred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr. Owens offered a resolution, provid-
ing that when the body adjourn at two
o'clock it be to meet again on Monday
at noon. 1t was rejected. Mr.. Jor-
dan, OF Frederick, had the Committee
charged for the further consideration of
a bill taking certain oyster bottoms out
of the Bowler survey and assigning them
10 d. G. Smith.
Mr.. Sebrell moved that at the afternoon
session be devoted first to the COnSldera-
ton of uncontested matter and then take
up general bills. The resolution was
adopted,
Mr.. Jordan, Of Frederick, moved to
no
and it's Tributaries from the further con-
sderation of bill to 'authorize lne Board
Of Fisheries to declare certain land with
in the Bayler survey to be barren, etc.
The House refused to discharge, alter
speeches in opposition by Messrs.. Card
well and Hunley Mr.. Hunley moved
to reconsider the vote by whether the
House discharge the committee from the
consideration Of the first bill on motion
Of Mr.. Jordan. The House refused to
reconsider.
TO MEET EARLIER.
A resolution was adopted providing that
on and after Tuesday next the House
meet at 10 o'clock.
Mr. c. C. Baker offered a bill to re-
move the portrait of William Pitt, Ear
of Chatham, from the House of Dele
gates and place it on the walls of the
courthouse in Westmoreland county. II
was placed on the calendar. id
The special order was called which was
the further consideration of the pension
bill, and Mr.. Cation took the floor to
speak again for the measure. tic sp0ke
with special reference to Mr.. Graveley'sz
amendments. which he contended would
render his bill open to all the objections
which now obtain against the Parks Ell
now in force.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cations speech
Mr. Stafford called the pending question
1t REQUIRED upon the amendments offered
by Mr. Gravely and they We're all re-
jected The Cation bill was substituted
for that passed by the Senate. The bill
was afterwards passed by a vote of ayes,
65: noes, 5. The only votes cast in the
negative were Messrs. Cabell, Gravely,
REYNOLDS. Sipe and Taylor.
The chair was vacated at . o'clock until
4 o'clock.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Powers: To incorporate the Up
rer Rappahannock Telephone and Iele-
graph Company.
By same: For the relief Of Mrs. May
Jane Clarke.
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