The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-05

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~ Si76i 3iT6 and sls2 section Sis4, rs ninenueo {,
NJ q !, al entitled .'ar act to nd no
sSg NJ. tr,aet section 1884 Of tho Code Of Nir'
IfaS xinIa N 1857, 10 provide for general indes
* III dertl books and other records, ap-
/ nrovcd February 70, 1892, and sections
5s " Sss and sls7 Of chapter 14 Of the Code.
s8 To amend and re-enact sections Ssls
sS& ana 1901 Of chapter l5s of the Code.
,ssssq no amend and re-nnnct section 52Sl OF
Ny the Code OF Virginia. u.
lss8SrT'o nneni section 1882 OF chapter 166 OF
sSai Tho Code. g \, a ~, ~
5gstsil ~ amend and re. enact section 4oee Of
II chapter 200 Of the Code. u.
5s TO amend aud re-enact title IL OF we ii
es code Of Virginia, Iii relation to the puDhc
debt.
" ro amend and rc-cnact scctfon.i7 OF nr
M net entitled Fan net to raise revenu &c 9.
81 III 70 amend and re.enuct chapter OF th'e
,,Sy Code Of Virginia, as amended anu IT, =.
enacted by an act Of the General Assc,nnls },
N Of Virginia, approved May y Ivy ene .,su
"a n rs act 10 amend and re.cnact chaptcr
st.i q Of the Code Of Virginia III relation 20
8B electiot,.of state. county, district ana
84S civ officers, and the terms OIL 'heli
a ONCE and filling vacancies.
8l No 351-IIouse bill to repeal sect
11cs, 11o7. l1os, iloa NO. ill., 1112, 1,1s,
S liza, Ills, 11lG, iii Ills 1i1o ll2o,
Sf81l21. 1922, and 1l22. section 1874, Of chapter
"a Al of the Code. !,
TO authorize and appoint joint speclal
committee of the House and senate 70
sI lense AIT barren and exhausted or de-
X pIeted oyster bottom within the BaSlor
& Geodetio Survey.
The Senate.
rho Senate held a three hours session
u yesterdny with thirty senators present.
Th.sre was no prayer. The Senate lost
Il no time getting down to business
If All the Senate bills on the calendar
ss yith House amendn ents or on their
}s thirt, or second reading, were passed ny.
with the exception Of one, Senate pm
on its second reading. to authorize 'he
school board Of charlottesvllle 20 porlo es
n. money, which was taken up, enErosseo
md passed. It now goes to the House.
sl'-The special order for II 40 the general
urinary BILL WAS passed by, as was
Il fhe second special order for noon, the
volume Of Senate bills reported from the
IS Revision Committee.
x s1'h,, first measure taken up by the
senate, other than that mentioned,
s was the Senate bill to amend chapter GU
3i pf the Code Of Virginia. in relation to
the government Of public schools Inns
measure was laid before the Senate.
with the amendments thereto suggested
js3, nv the Senate Committee for Public IN
had reported all amendment providing
aE33gS that the school trustee electoral Doarp
n each county shall consist Of tho divi-
!. sion super incndent of schools ana t"o
nualifted non-oflcc holding voters, resi-
nj sent In the county. This was voted down
~ the Senate.
Mr.. Barksda!c, of Halifax, then moved
to strike & out the section relating to
# The appointment Of school electoral
ss boards. and advocated the election Of
y trustees By the people Speaking to his
n motion, the senator said that now thal
the electorate had been purged, the peo-
pie who paid the taxes and whose CHI.
a lren attended the schools could be trusted
ii. ~ eject trustees who shall have the man.
IS nrement of such schools. He advocated
MsSl the election OF trustees by the people
and opposed their appointment by q
hoard wonderfully and fearfully made
ias he expressed It. Answering the SUI !,
S sestion of some senator that this would
III ny.,rate to put the school system IN po!i-
the Halifax senator charged thnt
# thew were already In politics, and FAC.
; tIonal politics vt that. The charge had
NJ been made, he said, and the suspicion
Yves strong, that sunerintendents OF
ghools had been selected along fnctiona
8s NJ ti3olit,cal lines Reply!ng to q Question
S,S "a to the selection Of trustees IN Republic
VIE cau counties, the sneaker declared That
# no thought the T'sn1ocra IS had more
IA sense and more dccency than the he-
S pubIicans anywhere on earth, but If they
Il ware in a minority In any county, they
Vii onrht to stand ii. He. personally, be-
u lh.ved In local self-govcrnment, and II
was a tenet Of Democracy which had never
{j Keen abandoned
AMENDMENT VOTED DOWN.
The Burksdale amendment was voted
II down. but tho senator reintroduced an
"A other practically to the same effect.
This was passed by.
s$S The Senate voted down the amendment
nv the COMMITTEES providing that the
Superintendent and two qualitied non
cff,ce holding voters be named to const!
fg tute the school trustee electoral board
This leaves the orts!nal provision or thf
hill making the Judge, Commonwealth
3S attorney and school superintendent t
constitute such board. which in turn shall
name the trustees
Mr.. Walker, of Westmoreland, sue
ceeded in so amending the bill as tc
forbid the nppointn'aHt las teaoher IN ths
schools of County, cf the wife, brother
y or sister of q trustee.
Mr.. HARTMAN FOR BETTER SALA
RIES.
Mr.. Hartman, OF farewell, proposed al
amendment to the bill, providing that
after three years service as teacher, u
ISL teachers salary should be less than So
~ per month. This, he said, was Offered
rs in tho interest of the system, and II
order to secure competent teachers an
retain them In the service. Some In Iii
county, he said later, were getting a
low as SIS per month, and be did not be
I!eve competent teacher could be ha
II for that sum. His amendment was Of
tered with the design of securing cor
B soIdation of contiguous schools an
Az thereby paying the teacher salary tina
would Insure ttfc employment of compc
&H tent instructor.
at The Hartman amendment, together wit
i that OF Mr.. Barksdale and others wei
&g passed by with the Bill until to-day. tn
# hour for the special order having hec
reached.
5The Senate then took up the sena,
5s bill relating to the extension of the co
8 porat.s limits of cities and towns ger
& nral measur, reported from the Revlsio
8 Committee. Mr., Cogbill. Of Chester
field. began the attack upon tho bill l
raising the question of considerable
G He called the attention of the chair