The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-11

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NJ shall street. 45
Phones al our tvyo storsa.
legal pro c,eotings against the auditor for
the recovery Of the funds.
n Mr. Hurley moved to pass the matter
by, but the House refused to pass BY,
and Mr.. Cardwelli spoke at some length
and commended that tile committee amend
n,ont ,,.,,s a ref ectjon upon the Attorney
General /. who should be presumed to have
done his duty. "a s II g5Is5 s. 81
"a Mr.. Duke al aln spoke for the resolu-
ton, and lie was fol lowed by, Mr. Gar
ret, who like MI. Duke, declared that
tho people should Il know what was the
exact statIs sof the ca sc: 58
M Mr.. GARRETT thought the matter was al
very important one and should be set I
tied. and settled Alright here and now.
Mr. cardwell moved TO strike TIL out the
second section Of the resolution, which
provides for Investigation by the Attor-5
ney- General and action against the audit
OF 81 he IS .iIable. That had the effect
OF simply directing the ttorney- General era
yto proceed to recover such sums OF money
as he may find. t58i5 Nj "a s7 l3ss VIZ
b Mr. Card wells amendment WAS lost
and the resolution as 4 amended by the
Courts Committee was agreed to, and
now goes to the Senate for concurrence en- ;:
THE OYSTER COMMITTEE. iiB
The resolution OF Mr.. Jordan. to amend
rule Is Of the House, so as to provide for
the appointment OF one member Of the
Committee on the Chesapeake and its
Tributaries from each congressional dis
ttrict. was advocated by its patron and
opposed By. Mr.. Hunley. and they In
drlRed in few good naIured thrusts
at one another over the su 81 ct.
rs Mr.. Cardwell spoke for the resolu uon,l
and Dr., Bryant called the pending cues
ton. 3la5s Il $8
5a Mr.. Hunley moved to pass by, and upon
roll call the motion was adopted-ayes.3
IS; noes. q: Eand thus the Tldewaters
members had won the flFst Victory insthe
rext battle over thesJ orunn oyster BILL.
The vote was greeted with applause.
"A resolution was adopted allowing the
use OF convictsgfor the moving of5papers
to the Marshall house. The odds and
ends having been disposed Of. the cali
erdar crowded with bills on their third
reading. was called ~ b
to Dr. snead' s bill allowing tho shooting
OF snipe at; any time and the same course
was adopted with reference to- a great
many other local bills that had come
over. .eF34 n u AT 5it "
The cocaine bill, as amended in the
Senator was agreed to, as was that fixing
the terms OF courts in the Seventh Cir
cult IT,
The House agreed to the Senate joint
g.. IT,, la }rx, tcf
there having been no debate or objec-
ton.
APPROPRIATION BILL
Mr. Boaz presented the report OF the
Conference Committee on the general APP
preparation BILL and it was read by the
clerk. The report recommended. the adj
ditional $500 for work at the Capitol lln-
der the direction of the Governor. The
additional $3.50 each on tho salary of the
second auditor and treasurer were !strick-
en- out The addition to the salary Of
| Colonel rRichnrdson was also stricken
out. Contingent expenses were cut here
and there. The Senate receded from It's
amendment striking out the increase for
lgthng first clerk at the peniten tiary.5 Pro-
vision was made for an add tional clerk
| and messenger to the Corporation Com
| mission. The $500 Increase In tho salary
lgofg the commissioner of agriculture was
| stricken out d There We're a great many
l3minori changes, not of public interest. An
|5item Of $4,000. for repairs. etc, at the
Central State Hospital was left In and
the other hospitals got what they asked
for repairs. * IL, Il B sg 4s /: 8
l3iobbyists being paid out Of funds given
to public institutions was agreed to. and
the House adopted the report Of the
| Con feranca Com mi tee, ~. 3ff$
Mr.. Boaz explained the Senate bill re-
lating to social clubs and recurring those
chartered since April 10. 1903, TO obtain
License as other barkeepers.
The bill exempts benevolent and frater-
nal orders.
M Mr., Wallace moved to strike out April
|16th." SO as to apply the law to oil
clubs. I, i
Mr., Boaz opposed the amendment, and
Mr.. Duke opposed the bill, He said the
law as proposed was mare severe than
that dealing with barkeepers.
1.-The bill was passed. ayes, 81; noes, b.
Those voting in the negative We're Messrs,
Kelley, Hunley. ". II Lewis, Thomson
and Duke. "a
Afternoon Session.
5GThe afternoon session Of tlla House was
called to order at $3.50, and the first
bin passed was that to make April hth
o legal holiday on account OF the unch-
I'ins Of the battleship virginia. at New
port News. Following this. q great
many Senate bills We're passed without
objection.
Mr., Gum offered an amendment to the
Norfolk county toll roads bill recurring
the county to buy all II any OF the said
roads. fli-
Mr., Gum advocated his amendment as
did also Mr., Lambeth. and It was Sop-
posed ~by Mr.. Parker with whom tho
two Norfolk oity members had several
colloquies Mr.. Harrison spoke for the
bill without amendment, on behalf q
The Roads Committee; The bill was pass
ed without amendment and the calendar
proceeded with, I, @ VI X III K
The Conference conmittee's report on
House bill relating to State 4, depositoriees
was taken mp and read. " adds tho
metropolitan Bank OF Richmond and one
benk ct Newport News to the list ana m
state from q to 2 ia per cent. The report
Il was agreed to-. III 5l AZ 81 & q.