The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-14
LEGISLATURE ENDS
SESSION TODAY
Appropriation Bill Adopted by
Both Branches Reduced So
That Expenditures Will Not
Exceed Income-Remarkable
Scenes in Lower Branch
at Morning Hour.

'"'tesc oiiis, With the final pas
sage Of the primary bill, the fee reform
bili. the Code revision bill and the gen
crat appropriation bill, made ycsto-
day :, field day In the House of Dele.
gates The oldest members could NOT
recall its equal for important and far
reaching legislation passed on I'm :,
S'nEic day. Under resolutions offored
by Speaker Cox YESTERDAY morntne =,
uchnite program was adopted. with
fixed hours for taking the final voto or
haif a dozen of the most important Is
sues before this session, and the pro
gram was carried out to the lettcr
clearing the calendar Of the matters
most in dispute and opening tbo w,,.
,"r a hnal adjournment of tho General
HHHt'np'F this afternoon or Tonight
This Is WIZ. They Did.
me following measures wore dis
The House defeated the whitc-,J,r,
gnmc bill by n vote or IL 10 AZ. III. In,
requiring 81 votes
The House defeated the bill for , cen,
ordinate college for women nj tbc III
'erHify or NtrCiniH by n vote OF 4.
tn IL. -
The House passed by upnnimous
vote the primary bill ns ndontcd by ,hc
Senate. NV
Ihc House passed the first fee reform
nih ever adopted by the VIrginin I.cx-
isinturc, with nm amendment cxcmntinc.
uichmOnd iicc-hOIIiers for ,b.i- -,
cnt terms
bot" hou~es adopted the conferences
.cnort on the general approximation
Dill which had been pruned in con-
ference to come within the mn,ip,un
limits MI ln'd down hy the Governor
ma
Dill nboiishinE the separate bonrds ~,
trustees for the four Stn.e normal
"S"o"iS ana creating new honrd of
twelfc members to direct md control
NIL four schools Jointly
The House adopted "A Scuntc hill u
N"nE Tor the revision OF the Code or
virginia by three reviscr,, to he nm
Poihted ny the Governor from N LIST
Oh zen chosen by the Supreme Court.
'hc House passed The Hill creating
the office OF state Forester
The House passed the biiI nI,cin,-
neat light. power and fcIcphonc conf
p"nieS under the State Corporation
Commission.
Long Step Forward.
INC primary bill. while not az com
pietc as desired by Governor stuart in
ms message. and not in the f,rn, ,rn
posed by the House COMMITTEES on p,t
ileRes and Elections, is nevertheless
regarded as long step in advance. Jr
provides for appointment of elcciio,
o'hcers by the electoral boards FOR an
prhis TO De heard in the courts. and
MAKES the penalties for fraud In gen
eral elections apply TO fraud I'm -pr;
mares. provision for presidential pref
erent'al primaries is optional
IN" zee reform bill is regarded MS ,
compromise measure. and was oppnsed
only by those who considered tbot -
did not go far enough Ii nroposas ,
graduated scale OF fees ranging down
ward from $500 as maximum ol
lo"anre Tor City Treasurer James Il.
"cn, o, HIchmond. to maximum, of
Sa,ooo In small towns and counties.
rh"re are many exemptions in the Bin.
ana IT is stated that but few fee officers
VIII be actually affected by itc pro
VISIONS The actual meat OF the bill lie,
in the clause requiring fee officers 10
make Il complete report OF all fees sal
aries and allowances accruing from
tneir offices. thus giving the public def
mt" Information on this much debated
subject. md n basis for constructive
and Intelligent legislation in the future.
Cut Ont Pension Increase
The work of the conferences commf,-
Tee on the appropriation bill was sim.
plifed BY the announcement that tbs
senate would not consider the wide
open Confederate pension bill passed In.
the House. which. II was stated. wouId
nave cntailed on the State an animal
charge or from SS00,00o to 5000 900
with no way of telling in ndvanc. wbor
demands would be made MS a result OF
new classifcations and the throwinp.
down OF bars to widows who married
confederate veterans since the war
The appropriation bill as finally
adopted carries $4,000 per annum for
pensions. with n straight increase of
20 per cent in the allowance to pen
sioncrs listed on the rolls under the
act of 1912.
For public schools the approximation
Dill carries S5S0.o00 as compromise
between the Senate provision Of s515.-
900 and the House bill. carrying $500
ooo. The whole appropriation bill car
ries sli,l52.f0l26 for two years. or
Si'.1'S.'i within the maximum limit
OF sll.2oo,oO0 LAID down by Governor
stuart as the utmost amount that
could secure executive approval
First Denounced nS Gag
Speaker Cox was warmly congratu.
lated last night on the remarltable re-
suits achieved under his resolution
which was at first denounced as gag
rule, hut which members later saw
was the only method OF securing {.
vote on many of the mea sures which
have been undor discussion FOR ths
Fast sixty days.
The General Assembly OF 1914 will
reach q nnal adjournment some time
to-daE, though there will be a con-
strucrive session for the next six days
at which no bills will be passed. but
which merely complies with the law
IN regard to signing bills in the pres-
cncc OF the iioTse. Members uflI
scatter TO their homes tomorrow. and
next week 20 witness the Formal Sign.