The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-23
WORK OF'TH|:||..E[:
LAWMAKERS.
Some Of the More Important.
Measures Offered in the Two
Houses Recently.
AS TO-. LIQUOR LICENSES u. FL s.:

Mr.. Wickl,am yesterday offered IN the
Senate d bill offered III tho House day
or two ago, Increasing e'tlo salaries ot
some of tho employees of the state Corpo-
ration Commission, and slightly aug!1leil..
ing that OF Judge 3. Il. Crtimp cha'rtnuh
OF tho commission. Tho clianscs Hs lue
by Tho bill arc MS follows: 10 Increase
the salary OF tho chairman OF tho com.
mission from $1,000 to sl,20o; to Increase
1.-THE SALARY or the chief clerk or secretary
from 5000 to $780, and to add to tho
commissions force nm additlonHl clerk
at Il salary of 81 200. and TO increase tho
salary or the messenger to 5000 IN addi-
Btion to these salaries tho bill proposes 70
fix tho contingent and incidental expense
fund at $500. The salary or the assistant
clerk is left at $500; that Of tho steno.
graphor at LOO. and that OF the Dallln
at 5000.
Tho movement to Increase tho salnry
Of the chief clerk TO $500 Is without
suggestion from Mr.. j. a. Upshur who
holds that position. 1t is reliably stated.
however, that Mr.. Upshur has been Urged
to accept positions elsewhere at tho In
creased salary and even larger sums
Among the members of tho commission
and those familiar with Its arduous, re-
sponsiblo and important work, tho in'-
preston is general that man as com,
potent as Mr.. IJpshur, and ono with such
thorough mastery Of the work IN every
detail, cannot be had for the Same figure.
IT,, indeed, gany one could enter upon the
duties withgSthe degree Of competency
possessed by Mr.. Upshur, coupled with
tho experience he has had In tho place
Tho volume of the work has grown 30
steadily that It has been found necessary
to employ additional clerical help. 1t IS
said that Mr. Arthur N. Tyler, OF this
city, will probably be selected as the I'D
dtlonal clerk provided for IN the legls
lativo bill. Mr.. Tyler is now temporarily
employed In the office of the COM
mission, He was recently employed In. cx-
ira work Iii he Office Of the Secretary OF
the Common and Is said to be n
thoroughly competent man. Tho messcr-
ger. whose salary 1t Is proposed to raise
Z to 5000 is Norvel Atkinson, Of this city,
formerly a page In the General As IS
and in the tltutional conysphhttli{Pnrl::S n, /
MayERelease the Titles.
Among the bills offered In the General
Assembly is one By MIR. STANDS, OF
southampton. proposing TO release the
titles of the State and of the counties
and cities thereof to all real estate nur-
chased at Tux sales prior to the year
1888 and now held by them The best
statement Of the purpose OF the bill may
perhaps be cleaned from the term OF
the measure itself, The bill is very brief
ana IS as follows:
Of the Z, com,nonweaith ,tof Virginia. and
m the s1laSR IF vilsial issi
chased aax sales pror to IL tho G year a
ths rSss a%dsr e S,rastoh ;o tss %dss;
circuits OF the, Commonwealth OF Virginia tho
q the Of the sSa Sa o
dered to make the records Of their offices con
fo5 r f this ast ls snail be in force from It's
.3IIheF object qof the law as explained by
the patron Of the BILL is to secure the dis
charge Of such properties from llabill!
ty for the delinquent taxes thereon. These
lands would not bring enough to pay ths
! taxes delinquent on them and hence can
| not be sold. They are bought In and
held by the State or by tho cities and
| counties. and are of no productive value
| to any one. With the old ascores lio1
| tax arrears wiped out, the lands might
be sold and made profitable to some one.
All the desirable properties on which
| taxes were in arrears have been taken
IN by the energetic land-grabbers and
| only those not worth the arrearage OF
taxes are left. The bill IS before tho
| Committee for Finance and Banks.
Allow Them to Wed.
The most unique measure offered in
the LEGISLATURE at the present session
was that presented in the .A0uso yester-
day by Delegate w. Il. Carrot, Of Franc
lin, having for Its object, the allowing
Of marriage between persons IN his coun-
ty who are inhibited by the Constitution,
1 from entering into the bonds OF holy
wedlock.
Herbert David Whorley and Lille p.
Hall (white). who reside near Rocky
Mount, arc tho parties for whose bene-
tit 1t is sought to pass tho enabling
act.
i 1t is rcctod in tho bill that
a Lille B. Hall Is a grandchild OF Her
bert David Whorley's deceased wife,
though no blood relation to Whorley.
Tho measure allows them to marry
within three months from the passage
OF tho act. -