The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-02

buildings We're kept in splendid order.
Mr. Land strongly urged that the COL
ored institution be given the extra
amount. Col. Bowman stated that none
OF the officials Of the school had been
before the committee to present any
claims for any additional sum. Tho
present appropriation rs see. 1909.
The principal discussion of the day
as to appropriation came when an
trim was rvetrttrtf IN he bNi T., N-ftt-
the college of William and Mary sl7,-
aiin to pay It -tiebt-feF q heating and
light plant. NJ. Byrd, who was on the
ioor. said that he could not under
stand why boards persisted in spend
Ing more money than was approprt-
ated TO them and he thought that the
General Assembly should issue SOL
emn warning against the continuance
of such practice. He declared that
there Was no excuse for IT.
Mr.. Jordan. a member OF the board
of visitors of the college. explained
that in order to properly heat the eS-
tensive buildings, the board had In
stalled plant costing something over
thirty thousand dollars on which had
been paid the fifteen thousand dollars
appropriated by the last Legislature.
lie declared that IL would have been
money thrown away for the college tn
have put in a small plant and that il
had taken advantage OF an pportnn-
ity tn have splendid plant put in.
DIR. Stephenson. of James City. and
Mr. Houston. OF Eiizab beth City, ex-
pressed the same views. The amount
was allowed without dissent. although
1t seemed TO further determine the
House against business OF this kind.
No Increase i'm Pay.
About se5. 900 was appropriated to
the Epiloptic colony. about forty
thousand dollars OF which is for bet
terments or to apply on purchase
price OF land. The House. however.
declined to increase the salary OF the
SUPERINTENDENT from $4,000 to So ESQ.
AIR Love tried TO get the s3,ooo ap-
preparation for the cattel quarantine
work cut from $4,000 to $500. but
the House could not see 1t that way.
On motion of Mr., Montague the
amount for the conduct OF the work
Of the State Board OF Charities and
Corrections was increased from se.-
see II, 50 sea In order To take care
Of the extra work imposed upon that
board by laws which have either
been passed or are pending IN the
Assembly.
An addition to the bill was made
providing $40 a year for the main
tenauce Of the Virginia room IN the
Confederate Museum.
Wanted Working COMMITTEES.
Mr. Cox introduced resolution
providing for a Joint committee or
FIVE members from the House ana
five from the Senate. to he appotated
after the elections are held TO the
next General Assembly. whose duty 1t
would he to visit all of the state
institutions and then prepare an ap-
preparation bill for the session or
1914 to bs Introduced on the first
dav Of tho session. Mr.. Cox's reso-
luton carried an appropriation OF
s5.0oo for expenses. The House didn't
think that the Investigation was
worth the cost and voted it down.
This concluded the discussion of
the bill, and at 6:20 the House ad-
journed.
Total Increase $4,000.
The total increases agreed upon
Yesterday aggregated about $4,000.
making the appropriations for the
wears 1912 and 1913 in the neigh
borhood of si3,032. 600. which ts Just
n little above the dead-line OF six
and one-half millions a year estab-
lished by the Finance Committee.
After .hs, bill passes the House to-
morrow. " conference COMMITTEES Wll.
he named and the Senate and House
committees are expected to get to-
gether in a short time