Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-06
NAME CONFEREES
ON FINANCE BILL
Senate Passes Appropriation
Measure, but House Opposes
Additions Made Thereto.
INCREASES TOTAL s127,1s1
States Record-Breaking Money
Legislation Exceeds Budget
More Than 100000.

Refusal by the House yesterday to
concur in amendments adopted by the
senate to the biennial appropriations
Dill and the determination OF the up
per body not to recede from its sAand
on changes in the measure resulted in
.ne appointment Of conference COM
n!Itee TO straighten out differences.
Conferees on the part OF the Senate
are Senator's Garrett, Holt and Cannon,
and a,a from @ :the House they are Dele
Deans.
This committee was laborinE at its
sahi sask at late hour last night and may
submit a report to the'two houses this
morning. In! the event a large number
on or members have left for the week
ave iayed h1%fysr; nnfI, h the report may be de-
senate Unanimous on Bill
ato ,,nout nnsun, a dissenting vote the Sem
consumed the greater part OF three
days, the biennial appropriations bill.
providing funds that amount in the
OF the States needs during the neIt
two years.
ma,,,i The PIN carries the largest aggregate
State treasury in the history OF vire
gtnia- AS it went back to the House
fa S5 t6e tB6eieeatss for concurrence It added
oody the sum Of S127,191.6O
IT exceeds by about $500. 900 the esti-
mates submitted to the General AS
State, to keep safely within the revee
nues anticipated during the year 1920
and 1891 without additionaT taxation.
the government and those aEencies and
ianstitutions in which the State has an
additional appropriations to the
wesa neasure as 1t came from the House
counts, $500: State TreasI,rer nm.
Superintendent of Public Printins
500; Sc Gooc ocgmm,issioner Of Prohibitioaa..
Virginia School for Deaf and Blind,
$500: Department Of Agricuiture and
tImhmigration S2,5oo: Laurel Industrial
1oo1 1sso Of itstslsS; ,Gsssi So making total for
Second ysnar.Auditor na OF Public Ac-
superintenSent 9SeGi STATE 0o
1900; Commissioner OF Prohibitin55'
$4,000; University of Virginia, sii'ooo:
Virginia Military Institute, $4,000 Viz Vip.
making total for 1921 of i64. 500. '''oo'
$4,000 for Injured Soldier.
me senate adopted an amendment
OF Page, setting aside the Fsum of 81 .
DUO out OF. the military fund, for the
relief Of G.. Z. Lockhart. Of orleans, MS
as an enlisted man IN Compsny -
Second Virginia infantry, was so
5esefely 5es sefsas ~, wSanded as to render him
living is concerned.
Lockhart. a member of the reei-
mass mas seeIdea9aila BY colSneI Leedy
head while he was acting as marker
on the rifle range in 1903 AS a re-
sult he is partially paralyzed, and
unab una - properly to take care of him
State had the approval Of Governor
Davis and Adjutant- General 10 Lane
stern. 1t was stated. Colonel Leedy's
corded vote. 1t adds nothing to the
tions bill.
increase Ferester's Salary.
day in having the Senate reconsider
It's action in declining to increase the
salary OF the State Forester to $4,000,
With the result that this was done.
crease for the assistant forester. This.
too, added nothing to the aggregates
amount. but is taken from the total
While the Senate was. as rule.
more generous than the House in the
matter Of salaries and in meeting the
demands OF State Institutions. the
bill as it passed both branches is that
the Senate added to the House ap-
gropriation Tor the operation OF the
sum Of $4,000 for the next two years.
This department was granted s25, 900
a year by the lower body. In the
Senate II was increased to $4,000.
Both bodies, however. declined to
allow the. 100000 requested by the
Governor for the building OF an addi-
tional lime e-grinding plant. Delegate
fight for this item. In tho Senate il
was renewed by Senator Gravatt with
out success. The State now has two
OF these plants. one located at Staun-
ton and the other at lrvington.