The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-17
States Military.

section section of his message to the
general assembly yesterday.
The governor urges the purchase OF
the Davis building at the price at
which II is under option to the state.
she building being already occupied by
state governmental departments under
lease with privilege of purchase.
He recommends that the state set
aside fund to replace such OF it's
buildings as may be DESTROYED by fire
yesterday of carrying insurance on the
said buildings at the advanced rates
now demanded by the insurance
companies.
The governor advocates a law per.
uniting nduciaries to invest trust funds
in federal bonds; the reformation of
the penal system and the locating of
the states penal and reformatory in
stitutions on large tracts of tillable
land. He commends to the attention
OF the general assembly the recon-
mendations and suggestions tof the
Virginia commission on economy and
efficiency
The governor closes his message
with the declaration that he favors
the enactment Of a law which shall
require that every abIe-bodied man
must work. The text of the message
follows:
TxT OF GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Gentlemen OF the General Assembly:
In addition to the matters referred
20 in my initial m essage to your hon
orable body. ! respectfully direct your
attention to the following subjects
STATE OFFICE BUILDING.
With the twofold object OF saving
'he state large amounts of money paid
out for rent for quarters 70 state Of
ices and removing the menace OF fire
risk from the state Nbrarv, leased
what In known as the Davis hotel
property mt Governor and Franklin
streets, behind the State library build
ing. with the ontion OF purchase the
latter part OF the present year. The
building has been made habitahIe and
most OF our departments which have
been occupying rented quarters I'm
various parts OF the CITY. together with
number OF depa rtments which have
been inadeauateIy accommodate in
he Capitol building. are housed there,
resulting in n large annual saving to
the state. This building IN also oc-
cupied In part by several bureaus call
ed into being by war conditions such
IS the selectivA draft headquarters
and food administration headquarters.
recommend the purchase of this
properly un0&T auNEGTtAN 10 ne PfPssFi
by YOUR body at the option price with
a view TO it's use for the present pur-
poses until such a time as II NAV seem
wise to incur the expense Of erecting
a modern and much needed building
on this site In the opinion Of n legts~
lative committee aupointed TO consider
the question. the Davis prorerty II the
only available and suitable sfts for
such building. espectafiy as 1T ad-
ictns the state propertv at point
where II is mcst desirable to extend
The present T.thrarv hujIdins and thus
bring practically all state denartrn ents
under ore roof with q common front
entrance and common heating, light
ing. elevator, Waterman and isnitor
service The Adv'sa,iiifv Of this pur-
chase both for present and future pur-
poses r. easily demanstrahle. The civil
contingent fund was depleted in fitting
az and furnishing the Davis build
ing 10 r reasonable degree OF comfort
and convenience. For this reason
ask an emergency appropriation for
small amount TO take care of some
ri the OBLIGATIONS of this fund cx-
tending to the e1d oF the present APP
oropriation on February IS.
STATE INSURANCE RISK
In view Of the fact that buildings
a.4 ~ h44fI EFSe ~
.,a.n - ,..+as,,. .,sttsraa ana there
rorn No, srhte-, "a +be rial, cf a com
49,, AZ "a 90 .,,ew ~ The f,,r.her
sact ,ha. r,arv ~ .hesA huiId,nr~
~.rer,aII,. thoaa RECENTLY constructed
IRE practically hreproof and that all
OF them are heated and Fsnted ny
svTt~n,s which rave eliminated ff11cn
nf the dancer which Was or'HlnaiiV IN
tured against. ana IN further View OF
The fact that the rates OF insurance
hrve been advancing from tiine TO
lime, and huaiiv that the state mas
Surfing the past twenty Years pafd out
the sum of sfsh 600 In premiums
Nhiie y mas c".assc'ea onS s',u n,,,o on
ph.t q. ~ro,,,a y. xc,,rd no,irv for the
.ta.. IN ,ranv,,rrfa Tyxtero under
wh;cn anv nrobah,e loss could he met
mt cf a funs set arart and built up
for that purro@e uwder plan which
will be suomi-ed TO your honoranie
oodv nv cornnl'.tee ap''o'''teu va
This PURPOSE me ihsura"se ~ 90, -
RED ny the s'ste q" Tue ou'io u-. e, ,1
mere'v nominal SO tnat me erst "'.N
81 FISK If elrea"v csrr'en ~ the e
with no aoedua.e proS's'oh 70 us