The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-14
Report of Conferees Adopted,
With Increase for Pen
Sions Cut Out.

Both houses Of the General Assem-
by yesterday afternoon adopted the
report of conferees on the general APP
propriation bill. which has been scaled
10 be safely within the aXivnum limit
allowed by Governor Stuart. Before the
hnal passage of the bill i. was an
nounced that the pension bill. STAN
pcded through the House with extern
s!ve allowances for Confederate SOL
diers and widows and opening the gates
20 AN uncountcd number of new pen
sioners, would not come TO vote in
the Senate. and was therefore dead
The appropriation bill was made TO
conform 10 the original recommends
ton OF the House Appropriations Com
inittee. carrying a 20 per cent increase
Tor pensioners now on the rolls without
any change in the classified lions The
nill carries $4,000 per year for pen
sions instead OF 100000 az voted by
the House.
man Of the House Appropriations Com
mitt: reported that the bin carried a
grand total Of s1i.I52,4ol.2e, which was
Si1,5"S.7i less than the maximum limit
OF >li,2o0ooo. which Governor stuart
had laid down as the limit he would
approve. Colonel Brewer said that
from tho best information obtaina BILE
the b!ll was within the fairly ants6-
pated revenues Of the state.
The bin has been pruned all along
the line" said Colonel Brewer. I'VE dc
not think ii will work hardship any
where II was necessary in n confer
ence OF this sort to give and take and
some Of the items In regard to salary
increases stricken out by this House
were restored TO the bill at tho request
or the Senate conferees. We had to
yield something, but stuck out that the
total should not exceed our probable
lecciptS."
Adopted as Whole.
MT Wills moved the adoption Of the
report OF the conference committee as
wheel. Several members objected
and wanted the bill consid cred by items
Speakc, Cox ruled that conference
report could not be divided. but must
bc accepted or rejected as a whole
He referred In this connection to his
ruling on the conference COMMITTEES
report on the enabling act as not being
Invisible, even though the conferees
had inserted new matter not before
considered by either house
colonel Brewer explained that the
committee had put the items for pen
sions back TO $4,000 from the House
figure OF 100000, with 81 proviso that
all pensioners under tho act or 1912
should receive an increase in their pen
sions OF 20 per cent. From the infor-
nation the committee had, the general
pension bill passed by the House would
not pass the SenateS and in order to
give any increase at all it was neces-
sary to insert It I'm the appropriation
bill. thus giving the 20 per cent at
first asked for without opening the way
for new classifcations or so changing
the requirements rs to property or the
date of marriage for widows as TO add
an unknown number OF new pensioners
to the list.
Major Stubs said that the Confed-
crate veterans would accept the bill
and be thankful for the increase. He
was satisfied that tho pension bill as
passed by the House would not meet
with the approval of the Senate, and
that the pension rolls would continue
to be made mp under the act OF 1912
The addition OF 20 per cent to the
amounts paid was satisfactory, and
would not lay the State liable to de-
mand impossible 10 be calculated in adj
vance from new classifications.
The conference report was adopted,
~ to 10. the noes being NLessrs. Brans-
comb. Field, Gordon. holland, Oliver,
Philpott, Powell. Powers. Stephenson,
Taylor.
The bill carries for public schools
s5S0.000 per year, the provisions OF the
House bill as to the distribution and
expenditure OF this amount having
been accepted by the conferees. The
reductions were made all along the
limo OF State institutions. cutting each
from to 0 per cent without imposing
any hardship on any.
The bill will be engrossed and sent
to the Governor at once. He has the
right to veto any single item without
affecting the remainder OF the bill, but
since the total has been reduced to
the fairly anticipated revenues of the
State. II was the general belief that the
bill would meet with executive ap-
prevail.
Some Changes In Bill.
Tho conferees were. from the SEN
ate3s Messrs. Edward Echols, Bland
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