The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-25
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FEW CHANGES IN
COMMITTEE BILE
Misunderstanding Ove
Norfolk Police Justce
Causes Delay in Finai
Action On Paper.

BY a vote OF So to 81, the h0as
adopted last night an Amendment On
/ fered by Delegate Moffett, of Au8u II.
cutting down the appropriations nf
the department of prohibition fsuMs
$4,000 to s25 eco a year.
Action came after the BODY had re-
! jected by one vote, 40 to 81, ths
amendment of Delegate Park6 A..
Deans decreasing the amount 30
$40 600. Colonel Deans explained x6xt
he was aG<Ag entirely upon his cSvM
responsibility. not having learned tn
the so-cailed dry forces. He ettAd
the foot-note in the governors budget
as representing the chief execuftVesu
wishes in the event of the retantton
i of the department. In this are nA1d4d
/ the sums of $4,000 and $3o. o0e DOR
the years 1920 and 1921. respective.
FINAL VOTE. ~
| The vote on the Moffett Amendment
was as>follows: INV sss
Ayes: Anderson. Barnes. BoItsn.
Boschen. Bosnian, Bowies. Bt1nxlb.
Chase. Cherry. Crockett; Dicksrscn.
Dodson. Ewel1, Flanagan. Fuller. ii.
III; Gibson. Gordon, Green, Gr0orne.
/ Haddon, Hail. Hicks, E. A.; Hika. w
F.. Hundlev, Hunter. Hyatt, Jease,
Joyce. Langhorne. Massey, MofSetf.
| Norris. Pitts. Powers. Price, Rev,
Robinson, Ruebush, Shepherd. sim
clair: Smith. l. F.: sneed. Snid0w.
Stephenson. Stua~t. Tabb. TAysor,
Warren, Wilcox. Willis and epsaker
Brewer--5c. sssss
Noes: Blair. Bondurant. Boctlte.
n-cwn. ]. Sinclair; Brown, Mayo. q. I:
Commins. Deans. DtsEs, GAtaNood
Gray. Guerrant Henley: Horsley. Es
ozIin. Padgett. Prince, Rodgrrk AIss}s
ton, Smith, Charles. r.: Smith. I'll
Hugh: Story. Templeton, WANacex
| Wilkins. Williams and Young--31.
The house also adopted an axnenH.s
ment offered by Delegate Gibson, eis-s
! joining the commissioner from ualn9
any of the funds set aside for his 49,
for the payment of attorneys Outxflf&s
those in the regular employ of the d.
partment.
Delegate Joyce, when all the anfeaa.
ments, six in number, had been Of
fered. moved that all referencesto ~
prohibition department ba. strfcktn;
from the bill. He declared that III
| got INTO the measure as c0mmete1&E
amendment. having been left out IN
bilF originally offered IN the hcuse ~
/ Delegate J. Sinclair Brown.
1t was pointed out by Floor Iea66e
r. Holman Willis that 1t must
adopted by the house and thaf. -
1T carried new appropriation,
! majority of the membershtp. or 14S
| for its adoption. Speaker Draw n
/! however, after a speech by Da4nSs
gate Wilbur Hall in favor az 1fr.s
| Willis view. held that the bin thak
came from the committee was TIM I'LL
before the house. IA aasE
| In speaking against the Den
. mr. fr1n
/ the prohibition department. Tor ~
year 1920. MFR. Hall declared that 90
/ house. evincing spirit OF economy
| had turned down the amandmanf r n
fered by Delegate Gordon. ps1ttf
back in the bill the governors raoe y
mendation that 100000 be Get
for third lime-grinding plant. ~
had disapproved one after an0&
the amendments designed to iye4
pensions of Confederate veter1 II ~
members wanted the prohibitiou T ~.
! partmert to receive $40.0 900 9
He said conditions had c1aaI
since 1918 and that he regarded
department as no longer n0cAGISGYE
Delegate Deans read letters
Commissioners of Internal RoVa
Daniel Roper and s. n. Don0
federal commissioner of prohihA1
for Virginia. in which they d6clG
< ~
I form valuable service in the cnf61
ment of the law.
But for confusion over an tam " y
/ the bill, setting aside the sum -
! $4,000 for the salary of the nolf0T
justice in the city of Norfolk 41S8
I appropriations bill probably MI
have been passed by tho house
1 night. The body was just apoSS K
| vote on Floor Leader Willis mt,f16
that amendments to the bill for -
! first year be made to apply tosAsflyl&
! second year and tho bill put o. M
final passage, when Delegate GOfxuteH
amendment. seeking to strike fr1sS
the measure this approximations 49,
called up and passed .ss y "
/ Delegates Cherry and DodsQn. III
Norfolk, confessed to some little e. N
fusion as to why the item had ~
Il included in the general apprOp9i ~
4 lions bill for some years, app{Xf1
Il to that city only. but thought FA11 1
i must be some good reason for NJ
asked that Anal action be poskpo y
until this morning In tbs HseAAx1f
they wifi fint out the ms NM ix e. 4 i
mysterious appropriation. Isl sxsss
With the exception OF the peah =
ton department appropriations
that for the Norfolk pollca
the bill has been changed IN xesy E
particulars from the way II Wa1E ~ (
scented by the COMMITTEES
The adoption az m axnAndme
Tered by Delegate HOachsn. Al
1 mond, gives Dick Unan1
Il veteran elevator cond IT,
Capitol. aAlaEy ~ IA