Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-19
NEWPoRT NEWS. VA, WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 10, 1908
day OF the session. and is much graf
flied al it's passage.
House VIII Tackle the Budget Today.

day OF the session. and is much graf
flied al its passage.
House WEI Tackte the BUDGET Today.
The House today postponed the
consideration of the geneial appro.
prIation bill until tomorrow at i2:3O
y. III. Doubtless IL will require sew
eral days 10 thresh out this budget.
ms 1t covers Az pages and concerns
the salaries of all the state officials.
The bill, as 1t stands today, pro
poses to increase the pay of perhaps
u score o, more OF state officials and
employees.
Would Reward Good Jail Birds.
Delegate Alexander Stuart of Wash.
inGton county. today offered in the
House bill providing for the short
enng OF the period of labor required
OF persons sentenced TO work on nuh-
lie roads. and fixing the maximum
period for which they shall he re-
pnircd 10 so labor, for non payment
oil fines and costs ana requiring Judges
ana magistrates to notify tho super
intendent of the penitentiary of the
sentence.
The measure provides that all jail
prisoners shall DO allowed credit for
good behavior on theri sentence 10
the same extent ana upon The same
conditions accorded to convicts In the
penltentinry. Persons sentenced IN
work on the roads In default of nnes
etc. shall be allowed Il credit unon
such fine of 30 cents day. for such
days as they shall labor on the pub
lie roads provided that they shall
not be required 10 work In any cose
Tor a longer prlod than IL months.
Soie'y on account of their failure to
pay fines and costs.
The bill has an emergency clause
which will make 1t effective at once
II 1t passes
Electric Chair for the GalIows.
Five delegates voted nay when the
Dill to establish permanent place
at the pententiary for the execution
of state felons passed the House.
When the bill came before the
lower branch of the assembly from
me committee on general laws. C..
w. Throckmorton offered an amend
nent to change the method OF exc
cution' substituting the electric chair
Tor the gallows, ami this clause was
embodied in the bill rs passed.
The bill carries an appropriation, of
$1,000 to defray the expenses Of
equipping the death chamber.
Messrs. Read and Spessard were
Joint patrons OF the bill.
Normal School Bill Up TODAY.
The special order in the Senate
today-to provide for the establish
ment OF state female normal school
nj Harrisonburg and to appropriate
money therefor-wll come up al
1880 o'clock.
The committee amended the hill so
as TO require the town of Harrison.
burg TO contribute the some of s15.-
w cash TO give site of not less than
80 acres to cost $4,000. Senator Kee-
2eii, VINO comes from Rockingham
| county. said that liarrisonburg would
Willingly accept the amendment
senator Hart of Roanoke. moved, tn
postpone the matter until 1890 O'Clock
tomorrow, and the Senate adopted the
motion 10 postpone.
Kew Will Support Baylor SURVEY.
Arising TO question OF personal
privilege in the House today, John
X. Rev OF Accomac, emphatically as
serted The right of his committee TO
consider the Byrd oyster survey hill.
In response to Delegate Rew's en-
phatic demand for the bill. tile speak
er said that the bill carried an an
propriation and had been properly
referred to the committee on the
Chesapeake andI its tributaries and
he again repeated, more vehemently.
his request.
The vote was put and the bill was
taken from the finance committee.
me main purpose of the Byrd. bill
Is TO provide for the appointment OF
hydraulic engineers to resuryev the
baylor survey. with view Of in
creasing the revenues of the state
fiom the oyster industry.