The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-02
No MORE DEFICITS
CRY OF HOUSE
. Delegates Tire of Officials
Usurping Legislative
Functions
Ny. T KEEP WITHIN
APPROPRIATIONS
Body Will Vote Today On
Budget, Which Carries
Now About S13,-
O35,000

"No institution in this State, eN-
espt hospitals for the insane
shalt hereafter exceed tho amount
Of its appropriation, and it any
such institution exceeds the
amount Of its appropriation, there
shall be no reimbursement OF sa'o
excess, nor shall there be any La
hility or obligation upon tne
State to make any approprIat'on
hereafter to meet said detc,t.
In these words the House OF Dele-
gates last evening, when it had COM
pleted the consideration OF the Cen
eral Appropriations bill, served notice
on all boards Of managers. trustees.
visitors and officials generally that the
Legislature would no longer put up
for the payment of debts created
without the express authority ana
sanction of the body charged by Ia"
with the duty of making appropria-
tions.
The resolution WAS offered by Mr..
Meetze. OF Prince William. and adopt
cd without a dissenting vote. 1t was
brought aho4t. by several large items
In the appropriation BIN 10 COVER nc
sicits and to pay deJts not sanctioned
by the Assembly, These ohtfgn tt-t'tH
having been created in connection
With IfItAui VI lIt tdbNtNStV'i"A 80
stitutions.
Completes Work on Bill.
The House put in more than four
hours Yesterday in consideration OF
the budget and. when Adjournment
was taken last night 1t had covered
the items in the sixty-four RACES Of
the bill which will bee voted on today
MT II O'Clock.
Salary increases of s. a month each
. a fas L on,
er at the State library. the men in
charge of the elevators at the capitol
and library buildings. the jauitors at
the capitol building, the six capitol
pnlireuen and the three nrELncn Of
the electric light and power plant.
the members seeming to he anxious
10 do something for the low sal
aired men as well as for others,
The salary of the Commissioner of
Agriculture Mas increa ssd from $500
to s3.5oo year, and the upproprta
tion Of FIVE thousand dollars a year
for the advertising OF the agricultural
resources OF the State was restored
to the bill.
There WAS added TO the bin as re-
ported by the committee an appro-
priatiou Of S., 0s0 TO provide for metal
chewing for tile State library. In or
der to properly protect the books and
manuscript OF the library.
Less Money at the Per-"
decrease of about $4,000 In the
appropriation for tho year 1918 for the
penitentiary seaport, from the sum APP
propriated for 1872. was possible. oH-
ing to the fact that the ma Jority of
the convicts VIII then be on the pub
lie roads.
The total appropriation this year is
sia4,43o, and next year il is $aS.S5G.
An interesting feature in the dis
cussion OF the measure came when Mr..
White, Of Rockb~idge. taking the
ground that the decrease in the num-
Der of men az the penitentiary next
year would mean less work for the
surgeon at the penitentiary, procured
the cutting of the salary from $500
TO 81, goo To become effective next
year.
An increase of six hundred dollars
was made In the salary Of the steno-
grapher to the Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Moneure. of Alexandria, sue
ceeded In getting the claim Of William
T.. Raab, one Of his constituents. into
the appropriation bill, the sum OF
$500 being allowed him for injuries
caused by bullet from the oyster
navy OF Virginia. IL viii. however, be
paid. with the appreciation of Commits
sioner Lee. out of the fund Of the
FISH commission.
\ Million For Pensions.
The bill carries a million dollars for
pensions. five hundred thousand dol
lars n year, an increase of $50 600 a
year over the present Appropriation.
Mr.. Richardson, of Henry. came
back to the bat when the school teach
ers' pension fund was reached. He
tried to defeat the increased appro-
FRICTION of three Thousand dollars, bat
the House would not heed him. doing
Itself credit bp Setting aside $4,000
annually for this purpose.
The Stat, aid road fund was re-
/. duced twenty Thousand dollars, and
will stand at siS0,00o a year. The
amount SO saved. however. IL invested
In the additional expense of convicts
on the roads
The appropriation for the ten dis
trict agricultural high schools was
increased from $4,000 to $4,000. The
appropriation for pubic and high
school purposes aggregate approxi-
mately s1.S0o.ooo annually.
More Money For FarmyilIe.
Mt Ste bbins. OF halifax. led a sue
cessfuI tight 70 have the appropriation
to the State Female Normal School at
Farmville increased from $500 to
100000. Mr.. Ewing, of Prince Ed
ward. made the point that the Farm
rille school graduated 100 young
ladies last year and OF that number
I04 are teachers. A number of mem
bers had kind things to say Of the
Farmville school and the increase went
through with little difficulty. An in
crease Of $4,000 was allowed to the
hospital at the University Of Virginia
for the free treatment and care OF vir-
ginia patients. the total university APP
preparation being SOS, 900.
An increase Of $500 was allowed
the Virginia School for Deaf and
Blind.
Blacksburg Loses $4,000.
BY vote Of SO to %. just one less
than the necessary constitutional ma
jority, which on measures appropriate
ing money Is 81. the Virginia Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College lost
Ave thousand dollars. although a mo-
ton to reconsider was made and the
matter may come up again before the
bill Is finally passed. The appropria-
ton In the bin is $6i.750. Heretofore
It haz been $G6.750.
Mr.. Adams of Charlotte. Is making
the fight on tho part OF the institu-
ton.
An item OF five thousand dollars
accidentally omitted from the bill was
voted In for the carrying on the work
OF the District Experiment Stations
Praise for COlOrcd School.