Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-19

preparation OF s4e.l55 for the first year
and s63,i6o for tho second year was
made TO comply with the requirements
OF the Smith -Hughes act as regards
vocational education. and for that rca-
son / recommend that the amount of
S'3e.0oo. which includes provision for
the Smith Hughes bill for the first year
be correSpondinSly reduced.
! Page .. line /. from the bottom OF
+ the page. after the word one" insert
the word room" and after the words
,'two-room" insert the word and"
Pase 10, in line i. from the top of
the page, after the word proper in
sert q period and strike out all the
res; otthe paragraph.
/ The act referred 20 in this section
provides that the revenue accruing
under the &c; shall be used for the
purpose OF lengthening the terms and
Increasing the salaries OF the teachers
i. grades from l through the seventh.
II is further provided that the funds
/ produced by the act shall be appor-
toned on The basis OF sChoo, popu,a-
tion. I; is, therefore. manifestly i'm
/ possible for the State Board OF Edu-
cation 20 distribute this fund in such
manner as to provide q specific increase
OF salaries alone without regard TO the
other express conditions according 10
which. the said fund shall be dis
tributed
Page 10, under the heading "Comm!s-
sioner OF Labor" in line >, strike out
the word nine" and insert in lieu
thereof eight" and strike out the
figures 100000" and insert in lieu
thereof the figures 100000. on
page II, line s. strike out the word
. four" and in line 4 strike out the
figures 100000" and insert in lieu
thereof the figures 100000"
WOULD NOT INCREASE SALARY
OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
Page IL. under the heading state
Library" in limo ], strike out the
words seven hundred and fifty" and
insert in lieu thereof the words "nvc
hundred and strike out the figures
$4,000" and insert in lieu thereof
the figures 100000"
Page -, under the heading state
Highway Commissioners" in line l,
strike oft the words -four thousand"
and insert in lieu thereof the words
"thrty-ive hundred" and strike out
the figures 100000" and insert in lieu
thereof the figures 100000" and strike
out the words and figures in lines to
10, inclusive.
| The Highway Commissioner receives
for the operation of his department. in
accordance with opinion of the Attor-
ney-Gencral and the provisions OF sec
ton ), chapter &C. OF Acts of 1906, and
other similar acts. 10 per cent of the
amounts appropriated by the State for
road construction and maintenance and
this contingent fund of s5O.5oOoo, in
view OF the direct tax for roads, will
not be needed.
Page Is, under the heading Roads"
IN line Z Cor fourth line from the top
of page 49,, strike out the words two
thousand dollars" and insert in lieu
thereof the words eighteen hundred
dollars"
Page lS, under the heading "Peni-
tertiary" in line ], strike out the
words twenty seven hundred and nifty"
and insert in lieu thereof twenty-five
hundred" and in line . strike out the
/ figures "2.75O.0O" and insert in lieu
thereof the figures 100000
Page 10. under the heading Salaries
( of Clerks at Penitentiary." in line 20.
strike out the word ninety and in
scrt in lieu thereof The words Seventy
i've" and in line y strike out the
fg2res 100000" and insert in lieu
thereof the figures 100000"
Page IA. under the heading. "Su-
preme Court OF Appeals" in line 10
strike out the figures $500" and in
sert in lieu thereo: the figures $500"
SUGGESTS REDUCTIONS
IN GENERAL EXPENSES
Page IL under the heading. Gen
cral Expenses of the Government" in
line 81 from the top of the page strike
out the figures $500 and insert i'll
lieu thereof the figures $4,000"
Page i9. line 2 from the top OF the
page, strik. out the word ninety"
ana insert in lieu thereof the words
seventy five" and In line from the
top OF the page strike out the figures
10000" and insert In lieu thereof the
figures $1,000"
Page - under the heading, "Leg;s-
lativc Reference bureau" in line .
strike out the word three" and in
scrt in lieu thereof the words TWEEN
iy-hve hundred" and in line 3 Strike
out the word Thousand" and the fig
urcs 1000 and insert IN lieu thereof
after the word dollars the figures
800 In line strike OUT The word
five" and insert in lieu thereof the
word three" and strike out the fig
ures 1000" and insert in lieu thereof
the figures 5000"
Page 20, under the heading, Eastern
state Hospital, in line strike out the
words hundred and seventy" and in
sert in lieu thereof the words hun
drcd and ffty-nve." and strike out the
figures 10000" and insert in lieu
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