The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-05

mid Mr.. Pollard. III the Iegtslutur
rays we must have u Commonwealth
Attorney. we will lip~e 10 pay the sal
ary. rho Constitution or the Stat
says there must BIO one Common
wealth's Attorney for every count
and every city IN the state. There 4
no provision for two In auy one city
Such IN action would be to make Our
selves absurd. II one attorney 70,
the Commonwealth cannot handle tn
business OF two courts. then we chi
provide TINT lie shnll have ~, assist
Bnt. In tho event OF consolidation
however. the commonwealth's Attor.
gey of Richmond would have eScln-
sive jurlsdiction. and II would be his
duty to prosecute III! cases arising In
the city"
Mr.. Goodwin held that the office
was necessary and useful one, that
court could not we'll get on without
prosecuting officer He accepted the
K euggestion of the creation of an Office
Of assistant City Attorney. Mr. Poll
lard said lie had not provided such an
office, as there was no provision for it
In the memorandum of agreement. Mr..
Goodwin replied that 1t did not pro-
vide for II in terms. but that there
were many clauses in the agreement
which had to be ampliifcd and c.-
Il
had not found II so in making his
Graft, and wen on to argue that If
4 here is to be any office created 1t
must be an assistant to the Common
wealtl's Attorney of Richmond, but
that neither the committees nor the
Two city Councils could provide such
State position.
Jurisdiction, of Court.
Chairman Pollard, of the Richmond
committee, wanted to know how such
IN assistant was to be elected, and
whether his duties would be confined
10 the proposed Washington Ward.
lie also wanted to know whether the
proposed Corporation Court, part two.
would be limited TO business original
ing on the Southside. Mr.. ADAMS held
that the assistant, II there is to be
one, should be for both Richmond and
Manchester, to serve In either court
as the Commemorative Attorney may
direct. Colonel Grundy and Mr.. Blu
ford thought that such an official
would sbe necessary, and the whole
section was referred back to the two
attorneys to prepare a section which
will cover the creation of office of as
sistant attorney for the Common
wealth and define his duties.
school Facilities.
/. y
II section 10, in which the. agreement
h provides for adequate school faci!i-
u t:se,' was amended by Mr.. GOODWIN
/ In Richmond. MI pollard held that
that would certainly lead to trouble;
R that some captious person might con,-
plain II Richmond did not duplicate
+ the John Marshall High School in Man
chester Mr.. Goodwin said he merely
wanted guarantee that the schools
would average ND. He said he didn't
sspecte at once schools as good as the
they must be as good as the average
After separate conferences the Rich
s Eaond committee refused to accept the
amendment, standing on the agreement
Tor .adeanate' schools, and the Man
chester committee asked that II DC
passed by.
Fire Protection.
The argument then came nm on dr.
protection, ON much the same basis,
MIR. Goodwin wanted IRE nrotnctio,,
such as would entite aIa,eyiss,o, y,
the Same rate Of ins,,ranra ~. oh.ia ~
In Richmond. Mr. pollard as,d y''si !,
would put the city absolutely In the
Whicb mipht na,is air,...t .otip ,a
I. sonable demands ana the cif, w" rno,,ltl
have 40 RECOURSE. Manchester rs "g .ai
was largely of frame constructi Ion a ana
tine brick ana slate sec,ion a. os Ell as 40
mond. and that the Sonth sia =. mig 81,
not have the water nress,Ira nv ei sN "
! to Justify such rat es ~ supply
Chr ;r,n., % n,, .atIs = :
1 smnrscticahle In that ~ ~. 'h t cause
ahsni,,tei,. ~, W. y, ' l IL pat the city
ance cornnan;es a nnIu t,e ei me insur-
aisaereed each s fmu ane committees IN
propositinn W It's own
Chairman Pollard .,.,.
some heat: I'VE nrrea pn no 60 With WI,
our ordinance is In ~ On . pan, ana
of that agreenent ". W eNa ,.a WORDS
enlarged on II, and we raiecf TIA, "a an
iargement." ''sae en-
Fircmen ond po,,...
Tho ssht -. -. .ne"'
retenttnn ~. .,.e H,sht was over the
poIIceman ,rh ta i'e:lliy OF hremen and
set for tha aa ne agreement and the
vide eor e ti,. J;o1,soi,dauon OF cities pro
men ana na ,iiiinieaiate transfer OF IRE
Mancbssterp eii .hn now engaged In
the cnnsei,a ~ lne respeciTe forces In
x Ersde ~ = ~ Ssu Guy with the pay.
nond fnrSs.. : ' 1Sss.o n, men on the Rich
Zee wisSad :, me; ne Malchester. commit
yIdinr No ansert paragraph pro-
the Mane i ter Length , Of service on
s;iderad ~ r,s,et force should be con
fheir en n s, h!hs promotions, and that
.i Ibsn, re- enou!d not pc used against
Mr. iorss
+ the nnIira ho oad ~ MAS INFORMED that
i elect nau n noa'a .! hchin ond did not
II over thirt,. e. ~ ene force VINO we're
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