The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-06
READY To RETURN
TO OLD QUARTERS
State Officials Will Begin to
Move Back to Capitol
Early Next Week.
JUDGE RHEA HERE TO-DAY
Call for Meeting Of Education
M
JUDGE RHEA HERE TO-DAY
Call for Meeting Of Education
Board Withdrawn-Other
Matters of Interest.

with the practical completion OF the
work of the General Assembly, and GER
/ tainly OF its committees, Tomorrow
| night the state officials who had to
| vacate the basement offices In the Cap
| itol during the session Will begin to
return and resume their former quar-
| tiers. Colonel John w. Richardson.
Register of the Land Office, who has
been occupying temporary rooms across
the hall in the basement, will move
| back to his old offices during the COM
| ing week, and Colonel Joseph Button,
state Insurance Commissioner, will
! probably begin tho transfer of his de-
partment from Murphy's new annex
back to the Capitol on Monday. labor
| Commissioner Doherty. who has been
cramped in quarters in the south side
of the basement of the main building.
VIII soon get back into his rooms un-
| der the Senate wing.
Certainly FIrcproof.
| Major Hunter. Secretary of Confed-
crate Records. prefers to have quarters
In the basement on tho southern side
of the building under the main portico,
so that he may secure fireproof rooms
for his papers Other State officials are
cheerfully concedng this space to him
| If he desires it. They jokingly remark
! that the rooms are so damp as to make
them fireproof, and that Major Hunter
is welcome to them If he can stand
the leakage from above.
Tho rooms were originally designed
for the Register of the Land Office,
| but he has declined to occupy them,
for the reason that the walls have
never dried out, and that every heavy
rain contributes to their continued
dampness. Indeed, Colonel Richardson
declares that 1t would be unsafe for
him to file the valuable papers of his
/ department. in such defective quarters.
| 1t Is understood that the State High
way Commissioner Will remain, for the
present at least. in the City Hall, as his
! records have accumulated so rapidly
that there Is not sufficient space for
them in the committee rooms formerly
occupied by him under the House wing
| of the Capitol. Captain Wilson will
probably not move until the proposed
new annex to he State Library build
| ing is completed, and he will then
secure rooms there. The appropriation
bill now pending In the Senate contains
an item Of $4,000 for this purpose, and
as soon as the measure becomes law
the contract for the new building will
be let. Many of the officers now quar-
( tered in the Capitol will go into the
annex when 1t is completed.
Supreme Court Busy.
| The State Supreme Court was busy
/ with it's regular docket yesterday. No
+, opinions viii be handed down until
next Thursday, and no session VIII be
held tomorrow. as Saturday is always
| set apart for conference. The term
here, which is an adjourned one, VIII
last about three weeks, and then the
court will take a recess until June
when 1t will sit at Wythevillc.
Military Notes.
| Official notice has been received at
the AdjutantG Generals Office that C. II
May has been elected second lieutenant
of Company G, SEVENTEEN Virginia Reg
tment. at Alexandria.
| The following newly elected officers
of the Blues Battalion have stood the
examination required by law: George
N. Skipwith and John G. Armistead,
first and second lieutenants. respect
lively, of Company c. and Joseph Lc-
Masurier. adjutant of the battalion.
Call Is Withdrawn.
| The call for meeting of the State
Board of Education for next Tuesday
has been withdrawn, since the Legis-
| lature has decided to remain in session
until Thursday. The reason for the
WItiliiti = tii OF tne call is tQat the Gov
ernor, the Attorney General and the
Superintendent of Public instruction.
who are members of the board, will
be overcrowded with other work until
! the General Assembly finally departs.
The Governor Is working over bills
day and night, and the other two Off
Gals mentioned have great deal Of
business with the lawmakers. The
meeting is to be for the transaction of
routine work, and there is no special
reason for holding it next week
| Judge Rhcn Coming.
| Judge William f. Rhea, the new
member of the State Corporation Com
! mission, is expected to return from his
home in Bristol to-day. Judge Rhea
| has engaged apartments at the Ches-
| terfield Flats, where he will reside with
4 his family until his house In the West
! End is completed. He will probably
be In his office at the Capitol to-day.