The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-07
zach Grand Division Of the State
4 Will Have Choice Of Getting
the New Institution.
INSURANCE BILL REPORTED }
But Bureau Is Very Unlikely.
Lively Discussion III House
on Toll Roads Bill.

Hork yeeterday, both prahches nnSH'e
rood working quorum, and sitting for
nero than two hours.
The senate passed q substitute Tor tho
House bt1, proposing to establish an
other state Temale Normal School. The
substitute provides for tho appointment
OF committee OF ten-fve from eacn
hcus e-to be selected from the Two geo
IRE mica, divisions OF the State. to re-
mort to the General Assembly M TO tho
s,te for the proposed normal school,
This was adopted after considerable de-
batc. in which opposition to the inter-
yention Of board or committee IN Inc
matter was vigorously opposed.
The senate then took up tho Senate Dill
a. relation to the fees Of sheriffs, and
after sous debate passed The bill. the
affect OF which Ia to increase the pay
ar shertffs. They are paid per olem
Tor each day circuit courts are sttlns'
! The sheriff OF the city OF RichHona,
having three courts, receives moro tlia y
under the old law. 49,
53IfThe House OF Delegates devoted TWO
hours 70 debating the bill authorl1in9
the county Of Norfolk to purchase the
toll ronds OF that county. The bill was
~. orc,,siy antaRoutzed BY Mr.. White
ihrad az Norfolk city. ana adVocateo
~ Mr.. Owens, OF Norfolk county. ana A1r'
Bland, Of Portsmouth. After seFcrai
amendments had been tackled on the pm
was passed, notwithstanding the l.sh..
callv on record against fixing date
Tor adjournment, refusing to adopt
ioint resolution offered by Mr.. Coleman.
of pittsylvania. proposing to ADJOURN
sine die on Saturday,
The senate passed bill excmptinG
sundertakers from jury services. and sew
eral Code revision bills were taken UP
and passed.
In the Senate.
Tho Senate sat for three hours yes-
terday, the Lieutenaut-Governor preslo'
In, and twcnty-seyen members present.
) MI. Mc1lwai..e, from the Committee 1ot
alne ndment, the bill creating bureau
o. insurance which was recently sent
back to that committee The purpose
~ the rccomrnittal was to retain the
sts suites embodied In the bill, tia SEN
alta having declined to create the COM
mission. itself. No action was had on
the report.
The Committee tor Public 1nsutuHo on
and Education. sitting Jointly With the
c,amn1tt,ee tor Finance. reported. With a
sur .tftute, the HoIge hiilf providing Tor
the establishm of another Stale Nor
mai School, with Industrial training. Tor
tile education OF young women. The gu o.
stilute provided TOR the creation Of
COMMITTEES OF three TO visit the various
sites offered and report, with recon-
mendations, to tho General Assembly.
Among the first things taken up by the
Senate was this bill and substitute. and
lively debats ensued. Mr. Barksdale.
of Halifax, opposed the creation of q
,oInt committee which, he declared :
would be little more than a junket- There
was too much committee government
new and the ons porposed would impose
a useless expense on the State. In the
course OF his speech he became involved
In running colloquy with Mr.. keezell.
and In the course OF this Mr.. Keezen
expressed himself also as opposed to too
many boards and commissions. There.
yruron Mr.. Barksda.s asked II the Consti-
tutional Convention, Of which tho sena-
tor from Rockingham was member. did
not place the affairs OF tho State in
the hands Of commissions and commit
tees and boards.
GOVERN THE STATE. eas..ssr4.
THE Governor appoints the boards. ana
the boards do the rest" said tina senator
from Halifax, in his Enthusiastically
CIOlI way, dt|Q C1l6 trSiAtI@C ASnaIV JVADSN
IN the laugh.
Mr.. KeezelI advocated the substitutes
Nv thought that tho mattsr OF location
4 ake uld be carefully considered ana tho
school located where the grsatsat. NUM-
her OF people would get the advantages
ofiered. SO far as be was concerned, he
4 would like to see five schools estab-
lshed. one for each OF the grand divisions
OF tho State.
p TTo1
dls!iked the idea OF leaving the selection
OF a site practically to small commit
tee Of the General Assembly, He wanted
thu loca 1an Of the school to be lett to
the General Assembly after inquiry into
tho merits Of the propositions as to sites.
a chance to present It's claims for tho
site OF the school. That city, said he,
pays more revenue into the State treas
4 ,lry and takes less out than any other
city OF Its size IN tho Comm onwealth, and
Il ala not receive a dollar OF State ap-
preparations tor public institutions or any
thing else, 1t was more accessible than
any other city In tho stata, not exoept-
inG Richmond. The senator warmly ad.
vocated the claims Of his city a. Soma
tor Bsrksdale had done incidentally In
the course OF his speech
GOOD FOR GIRLS
Some of the senators began to tvlt Mr..
il
Mr., Barksdale rushed to the rescue and
stated that climbing those hills made Girls
strong and healthy. and no agreed with
Mr.. Halssy that no other city cDuld lay
claim to pretter girls Resumins, MIR.
IIalsey seriously urged the advantages
Of that city, and opposed leaving tho Sc
lection Of site to COMMITTEES.
At this point Mr., McIlwaine offered
mn amendment to the substitute, pro-
posing thst Joint committee, consist
ing Of Ave from each house. one to be
chosen from each geographical grand d.
vision Of the State by the presiding eM-
GERS OF the two houses, who should ex-
amnad the sites offered and report to
tho General Assembly.
Mr., Anderson. at Richmond, also ops
posed the committee selection. which he
said would be- nothing more than jun
ket, that would subject tha General AS
sembly to criticism. II additional fac,l-
tiles ware desired for the education Of
young women, he thought tha school at
Tarnlyille should ba enlarged, He was
opposed to the idea Of locating q number
OF small schools and scattering them all
over the State, BY enlarsinE the Farm
VILE sehpol tho HtatA would be saved