Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-09
AND. HOUSE
PASS BUDGET BILL
Adopt Third Conference Report
Cutting Dry Department
Allowance.
s22,5oo,ooo APPROPRIATED
Prohibition Office Gets $4,000
for Two Years-Bill Goes
to Governor.

to Governor
Concurrence yesterday afternoon by
both branches Of the General Assembly
in the third conference report on items,
OF the biennial appropriations bill upon
which the Senate and House were at
variance ended legislati tive consilc-a-
zion of that measure. and it now goes
to the Governor for his approval.
Though the report OF the last set OF
eonferaes conta:,ed precisely the same
suggestions as The second. which the
Senate had rejected it was ai)rted by
2 vote Of 80 to 0 in the upper body,
Senator Mapp ceclaring he would with
tions granted the Department. of Pro
hioition In the interest OF important
measures on the calendar.
Senator Mapp, In secondIng the mo-
tion o. senator Drew? to concur In
tns report. e%piaine;: - hin> colleagues.
for the first year, and $4,000 for tho
second, is pititully srnull aggregate
SYN for the effective opcrl;:nn OF The
Leg'Elature should have p.HvIded SJU.-
OOo year.
Largest Budget In state History.
me measure, as II was finally ap-
proved by the General Assembly. car
rles total approximations Of nearly sea-
aSG;yog, asia ne ne greatest ii amount ever set
:
us operating expenses and take care of
Its Mn institutions for the biennial period.
ncnt and the University of VirgInia
found yesterday a common ground OF
grievance and succeeded n bringing
ence report. The vote stood, IL TO is.
on the motion of Senator Andrews TO
Reference by Senator Cannon 70
combination between advoca:cs of an
increased apnropria sion, as adopted by
the tn Upper body, for the university and
denia! from Senator Early, who de-
claTed he didn't want to hear any moro
'nssinuations snnn,ns salons alons that line.
active coalition of the two factions,
ment offensive I to % the sn Senator stroT, rom
Greene. but insisted that the two fac
tons, whether with deliberate intent
conference report because it did not not
conform to their views with respect 10
these paIticpla- Items.
Three Reports Similar.
In tho. reports OF all three confer
ence commit tees II WAS { recommended,
that tlen en R6eSapartment PEP Of Prohibition be
ooo Tor the second Of the biennial pc
riod. In the Senate an amendment was
aaopsed,, adding sll,9oo a year TO the
the, .UniveI si;y Of Virginia. This S wos tos
cutSby the three conference committees.
EawyS Eanyy Re seaa a,derms1 s.ser fr9m Sa
anEorne N wieS iS'bia pr Aidermsn ID PslegaFS ga IS
propriations e sSwaf6 EoS I6s cut in the
more ono OF Suhmi iSsion than agree
mont. In. ~ had been. stated on the iioor
the final report of the Finance Com.
New Conferees Named.
When the second report had been re-
IT, RI hat
oonferees be named in both the House
ssa ssn, Senate Sc ate. on the third committee.
ruled that the upper body could NOT
make such a request of the House.
Ihe point was made by Senator Can
appointment of its own conferces. He
neld that this is matter for the chair
to desside. and il is discourtesy to the
him whom he shall appoint. senator
new conferences committee Senators
two taking the places of Senators IoIt
ana Cannon, In the House the same
ees repogt Wers %ho oams nrSngts In the second
clair Brown, Henley and Gordon. Dele
ea1e eann,i,tan pfans wa was member of the first
'tse second Sas DnT anno;5isd WAS absent when the
senator cannon rendered to the body
en1n enn :, report 81 sf the second conference
ons s fou1 Sad items te nj
appropriations for the Department of
Prohibition. the University of Virginia
and the Virginia Military institute. and
the provision restricting distribi,tion
OF the school funds to counties whose
tax levy for school purposes is as
much as SO cents on the slO0 IT was
q a, give-and-take proposition, he said.
me confcrecs. he declared. must agree.
order. ~
II don't believe advocates of tho Pro-
hibition Department and the University
of Virginia ought to hold up the an,
preparations bill. thereby jeopardizinr
other measures on the calendar pro-
vidinS special appropriations These
cannot be passed, under the budget
law, until the main one is out OF the
way. But. IL Ephraim is Joined TO his
idols, 1t cannot be helped"
Senator AIapp insisted that the Sem
ate had declared itself in favor Of
$4,000 year for, the Prohibition De-
partment by an overwhelming major
ity. and its wishes should have had
more consideration than IL received aft
the hands OF the conferees He said
little in this direction could have been
expected OF the second conference
committee. after the substitution OF
Delegate Gordon, an opponent of the
Prohibition Department. for Delegate
Deans.
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