Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-01
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, March 1.-The Sen
ate opened up the treasury yesterday in
turbulent session of spending, and
| from elevator man to taxation commits
sioner salaries were boosted from $35
to $4,000 a year.
It started at noon, when the Senate
put back the pay of C. H Morrissett,
State tax commissioner, at $4,000 a
year, in the budget bill disregarding
the House action in cutting the amount
to $4,000 Recessing and returning at
Sis, the members went through the
whole list of State department heads,
and when the body adjourned at $50
all had been increased.
Only one proposed salary increase
was voted down, that of the director
of the Capitol grounds. Senator Mon
tague, Richmond, proposed raise of
$120 a year, but the Senate refused.
Budget Bill Passed.
With only one dissenting vote, that
of Senator Stubbs, Saluda, the budget
bill was passed last night, having been
raised approximately $4,000 over the
total approved in the House About
$4,000 of this amount is represented
by salary increases.
Members of the finance committee,
plainly vexed at the constant stream Of
amendments proposing salary increases
that poured upon the clerks desk. at
first fought against them and then be-
gan to consider the whole matter as
a joke. 1t was so regarded by Senator
Garrett, the committee chairman, and
Senator NOEL of Radford, who siren
uously objected to additional OUTLAWS.
THE cry seems to be here" NOEL
remarked, LET joy be unconflned;
we've got plenty of money and no poor
kim It's sort of BelshaZzar feast"
When every department head had
been granted an increase ranging from
$500 to $4,000 a year and various sub
Sidiary employees had been given raises,
Senator Chalkley of Wise, :" to be sure
that nobody is forgotten" offered an
amendment increasing the salary of
every employee receiving less than $3.50
a month by 10 per cent. His amend
ment was beaten.
Senator Stubs, the only member to
vote against the bill, offered the sug-
geStion that the bill be amended so that
all money remaining in the treasury be
equally distributed among the officers
of the State.
A conference with the House. on the
bill was certain since the measure,
which appropriateS all revenues for the
next biennium, was passed in the House
with few amendments. The Senate
agreed to House amendments with the
exception of the MorriSSett salary and
then proceeded to insert long list OF
salary increases which must be con-
ferred on with House members.
Increases Approved.
Department heads and their increases
as approved are as follows:
Z. r. Combs, controller, 81 1000 year;
John r. Purcell, treasurer, $1,000; T.
Mccall Frazier, director of the division
of motor vehicles, $1,000; w. H. Nickels,
Park p. Deans and Charles G.. Kizer,
industrial commissioners, combined in
creaSes of $1,700 a year; Harris Hart,
superintendent of public instruction,
$500; c.. w. Koiner, commissioner
of agriculture and immigration, 5000;
Frank T. Bane, director OF the
department of public welfare, 5000; DR..
Ennion G. Williams, commissioner of
health, 1000; Charles G.. Osborne, di-
rector of the division of purchase and
printing, $1,000; John Hopkins Hall,
commissioner of labor, $500; DR.. H. r.
McIlwaine. State librarian, $400.
In addition the assistant commits
sioner of labor received an increase of
$500 a year; Peter Saunders, whom
Gov. Pollard has announced he will
appoint secretary of the commonwealth,
$500; four capital policemen, $40; the
elevator conductor IN the library Dullo-
ing, $120; the third bookkeeper of the
controllers office, 5000; the assistant
in charge of printing in the division
of purchase and printing, $500, and the
chief clerk in the division of purchase
and printing, $3.50.
Concluding the list of salary in
creaSes, the Senate refused to adopt an
amendment by Senator Jefferies, Chase
City, adding 100000 to the school
fund, the purpose of which the author
explained was to eliminate tuition in
high schools. Another school amend
ment bV Senator Rail- Clarendon