Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-23
LARGE SUMS PROVIDED
FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS
Annual Appropriation Bill Is Re-
ported to House In Ten
tativc Form.
SOME ADDITIONS TO BIZ MADE
Item Not Xet Fixed for Office OF
Prohibition CoInmissiOncr-Ad di-
tional Stcnograplcrs In Governors
Oficc-Spccial Military Fund.

Providing large increases In appro-
priations- for schools. roads, health
work. pensions. salaries OF minor
employees and prisons. but containing
no reference to tho much -discusscd
100000 for the Prohibition Commits
s!oncr's office. the general appropr,a-
ton bills, as compiled by It's commit
tee. was yesterday presented to the
House OF Delegates.
The bill is merely tentative plan
for disbursement OF State funds, and
liz subject TO modification and revision.
Its outstanding features. besides the alb
scncc Of any appropriations for tho Pro-
hibiiinn Commissioner. which. II is UNI
dcrstood. will DO inserted later. arc
items giving sS6500 to the State Board
of Health. sl49.700 to tho Catawba San
storium and $4,000 to the negro sana-
torium AT Burkcvillc: s134.7O0 for Con-
fedcratc pensions. $4,000 to the SOL
Giers' Home. $1,000 to provide So a
month for incidcntals for inmates OF
the home, $4,000 for Confederate wo-
men. and $3.50 for other Confederate
purposes: s3S.500 for the State Highway
Commission. 100000 for State money
aid and convict forces for roads and
$500, 900 TO meet Fcdcral-aid appropria-
tons; so,62S. 900 for public schools, and
additional appropriations for reform in
stitutions for both white and colorcd
boys and girls
SUPPLEMENTAL FUND
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES
The military fund, as recommended
b. former Governor Stuart is supple
mented by an especial appropriation of
$4,000. This is 10 be used only in cases
the Governor. The appropriation az
authorized by law amounts TO $4,000
for 1918. The elevator conductors,
guards, policemen and janitors in the
capitol buildings are given increased
salaries. the elevator men benefitinG
most with increases from 5000 to $1,000
a year.
The Governor is provided with two
additional stenographers at $3.50 n
year His janitor is also increased from,
$3.50 10 $1,000. and $4,000 Is allowed. for
painting and otherwise improving the
Executive Mansion.
Appropriations for the Attorney-Gen-
erals Office are increased $500 over 1917,
but the Secretary of tho Commonwealth
gets less by over $4,000, despite the fact
that his own salary and that Of his
clerks have been raised. The various
other departments show varying losses
and decreases, making the total pro-
vided for their maintenance little above
the appropriations for last year.
Fourteen Of the thirty-one Circuit
Court Judges in the state begin getting
$4,000 salaries. Others have yet to
serve long terms before they are cli-
gible for the Increase from $4,000. Pro-
vision is made in the bill for the $1,000
additional to go for this purpose.
The several >negro schools OF the
state are we'll taken care OF, and the
various penal institutions fare well.
The insane asylums, institutions for
deaf and blind and the various col
leges, while getting less in many in
stances than they asked for, are given
more than was awarded them by tho
previous Assembly.