Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-26
FINANCE MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE
Delegates Break Legislative
Records in Disposing of
Appropriations Bill.
BUDGET CHANGES ARE SMALL
Aggregate Carried Is But $780,
600 More Than Governor
Recommended.

Breaking all records by q week o,
more, the House of Delegates yes,er.
day afternoon passed the bulge. bill
including all State appropriations 70,
the next two years. by a vote OF a
10 l3.
With the exception OF pruning o,
;he appropriation for tho state Dc.
partmcnt of Prohibition. the bill. as
passed. is almost idcn,ically tho ssme
as 1t came from The House Comm:S,ce
ON Appropriations and the Senate Com.
H,Ittec on Finance.
y Number OF amendments. some pro
Niding for increases and others 70,
decreases we're given short shrift b,
The lower branch, which. with the no.
table exception Of the cry" depart
ment. evidenced an inclination 10 abide
by the action OF the join. committee or
the Governors budS,;
Adds S.GD.OOO To Governor, Dudrc,.
The bill as passed By the House calls
Tor tn" expenditure by the State in the
mex. two :ears Of approximately $50.
oev less than the total amount decided
upon in committee and Approximately
s:69,3O0 more than was recommended
by Governor Davie.
.oa 81, ., G3reFnor's Gnn. burset appropriated
80 i5,eoo; the appropriations bill
22i6s.0oo. and the bill. IS passed. 500.
$4,000. OF this last-named amount
$i5;o'i,3sl Is appropriated for the ycui
l"2c and Slo.SoS.5SS for the year 1921
Those who voted against iinaI pas.
sage OF tho bill We're: Anderson. Dick.
ers9n' % luton Gordon. Han. Hyatt. No
land id' Dzl'n' Robinson, Ituebush. Sn!-
While the House as.eeG on SOS ,ooc
i"r the Prohibiiion Department. foi
issl; II Is by no. means certain tina:
the Senate. which is yet TO act on -:
reS'tu;ion extending the life OF Con-
missioner Peters office 10 Scpte.nt,e,
/, 1921. viii not vote 20 terminate IT.
existence y Thin the next year
To provide for this emergency, Dele
Saie Roocft O Norris. OF Lancaster
yesterday IN the House. introduced an
ainendment TO the appr priations OIL
partncrt IS abolished before Septcn-
per j., 1871. only such portion OF tbs
5000 as would accrue to it du:ln.
ihe fraction OF the twelve months IN,
department IL in existence after Feb.
ruary IS. 1921. shall be appropriated
rhc aH' nument was adopted.
Giipin Amendment Beaten.
y substitute amendment, offered b,
wa .ch provided $4,000 for thea-yea
is2d. for the department.. was lost, q
an ameadment. offered BY Delegate
approximation OF $3.50 for the salary
OF the judge OF the Thirty-serond Ju-
dlcial Circuit for the month OF l'ebru-
arg. 1920, was adopts.
An amendment, offered by Delegate
Joyce. OF Patrick. which cut the salary
q the surgeon az the penitontiary from
joint committee. TO Si,Soo. was voted
down. as was q motion made BY Dele
gate James II. Price. of Richmond city
10 increase II to $4,000.
4 nf DaIn
Mayo {. Brown. or LynchburE, 20
strike from the. bill a group appro-
pria;ion OF $4,000 TO the Travellers Aid
tcrsburs, Newport News. Roanoke and
Dnnv.llc, prccip;tatcd 4 spirited and
at times; acrimonious debate and a
Leader Willis. OF Roanoke city. and the
Delegate from Lynchbu-g.
Willis Expresses Amazement.
Mr.. Willis declared that he was
amazed ~ the amendment offered by
the delegate from LynchburG. mas
iouse Committee on Moral and Social
Welfare.
You certainly cannot be aware OF
the State and which make continu-
ancc OF the activities OF the Travellers
s.;i Aid soeistioS %iss. neSessary" Mr Wills
gate from Lynehburg.
anes on your Part. af fn'E wills IL enHs aaid
with an air Of finality.
Mr. Brown resented the ''imputa :
tion." and declared he did not need
any lecture from the gentleman from,
Roanoke city on morals
Mr. OZlin could see mo more rea-
son t2r ampropriating :he States money
TO the Travellers Aid than to tine
Young Womcn's Christian Associa-
tion or to a church.
The war is over he said. "and /,
is high time that we got away from
wartime expenditures" The appro-
priation, he asserted. was class leg
iSlation and unconstitutional.
Mr.. Gordon thought that II any ap-
preparation was made. it should be dis
tributed uniformly throughout the
The amendment was voted down. Al
TO AZ. the Richmond delegation votin.
soIidiy for the appropriation.
Defeat OF the amendment was fol-
lowed Immediately by a flood of amer d.
ing. from $3.50 to $500 TO other Vir-
ginia cities and towns. including Alex
ton. fredericksburg. Charlottesville.
Pulaski, Tazewell and Lessburg. They
were voted down.
:, Minor amendments. providing for
priated by the join committee, were
lost. They follow:
Saa'e 20 eng5nesr and an eeetrisiap from
policemen. from Sl.o60 10 s1.3S0. by
Delegate Cherry. o! Norfolk city, and
two elevator conductors at the CapitoI
building. from $1.260 to s1.350. by Dele
gate Hoschen. of Richmond city
a resolution. offered by Delegate
Henley, of Williamsburg, providing
that all amendments to the first years
aproriations should apply to the
1921 appropriations. was adopted
The bill then came up on its final
passage.
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