Chap. 575.—An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years
ending respectively the 30th day of September, 1896, and the 30th day of Sep-
tember, 7

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the pub-
lic taxes and arrears of taxes due prior to the first day of October, in
the years eighteen hundred and ninety-six and eighteen hundred
and ninety-seven, respectively, as well as the revenue derived
from al] other sources, and all moneys not otherwise appropriated
which shall come into the treasury prior to the first day of October,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and the first day of October, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-seven, shall establish a general fund and
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the fiscal year to close
on the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-
six, and the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven, respectively, in the following manner and for the
following uses, to-wit:

For the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of September, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety- six:

Governor, salary of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

Governor’s secretary, salary of one thousand two hundred dollars

$1,200). .
( 777 aaa salary of two thousand five hundred dollars
$2,500).
( Attorney-general, salary of clerk to, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Attorney-general, contingent expenses of office, exclusive of mile-
age, one hundred dollars ($100).

Auditor of public accounts, salary of three thousand dollars
($3,000).

Auditor of public accounts, twelve clerks in office, twelve thousand
nine hundred and forty dollars ($12,940).

Auditor of public accounts, contingent expenses of office, one thou-
sand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

Auditor (second), salary of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
Auditor (second), four clerks in office, four thousand four hundred
and eighty dollars ($4,480).

Auditor (second), contingent expenses of office, one hundred and
fifty dollars ($150).

Treasurer, salay of two thousand dollars ($2,000).

Treasurer, four clerks in office, four thousand three hundred and
eighty dollars ¢$4,380).

Treasurer, contingent expenses of office, two hundred dollars
($200).

Secretary of the commonwealth, salary of two thousand dollars
($2,000).

Secretary of the commonwealth, clerks in office of, one of whom
is librarian, two thousand nine hundred dollars ($2,900).

Secretary of the commonwealth, contingent expenses of office, five
hundred dollars ($500).

Register of the Jand office, salary of, one thousand five hundred and
seven hundred and eighty dollars for a clerk ($2,280).

Register of the land office, contingent expenses of office and for
keeping walks and grounds in repair, and so forth, three hundred
dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars for retracing and re-
binding certain records ($550).

Board of public works, contingent expenses of office, including
salary of secretary, seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750).

Receiving and forwarding document clerk and messenger, twelve
hundred dollars ($1,200). |

J ie to basement offices, four hundred and eighty dollars
($480).

Engineer at capitol, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Janitor in galleries, capitol, three hundred and sixty dollars

$360).
Conductor of elevator, capitol, six hundred dollars ($600).

Fireman of elevator, capitol, six hundred dollars ($600).

Seven policemen at capitol, five thousand four hundred and sixty
dollars ($5,460).

One night watchman for treasurer’s and second auditor’s office,
seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720). —

600) night watchman at court of appeals, six hundred dollars
($600).

Janitor and doorkeeper at the library, three hundred and sixty
dollars ($360).

J 30). at library offices, salary of, four hundred and eighty dollars
($480).

To pay premiums on policies of insurance on the capitol building,
one thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars and ninety cents
($1,422.90).

Conductor of elevator at library building, salary of four hundred
and eighty dollars ($480).

Fireman at library building, salary of six hundred dollars ($600).

Policeman at library building, salary of seven hundred and eighty
dollars (3780).
To pay J. F. Williams for running elevator at night in libri
building and W. H. Harman for firing and running engine in librs
(#60). at night, thirty dollars each, making a total of sixty doll.

$60).

Messenger to governor, seven hundred and eighty dollars ($78

Labor at executive mansion, six hundred dollars ($600).

Four telephones in public buildings, two hundred and forty-f
dollars, and for fire alarm one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($37

Ice, fuel and lights in public buildings and offices, four thousa
dollars ($4,000).

Commissioner of railroads, salary of, two thousand five hundr
dollars ($2,500).

Commissioner of railroads, salary of clerk, one thousand twohu
dred dollars ($1,200).

Commissioner of railroads, contingent expenses of office, five hu
dred dollars ($500).

Agriculture, bureau of, ten thousand dollars, and three thousa
Jollars in addition for all expenses in the collection of taxes on f
tilizer and fertilizing companies so that the whole amount allow
the bureau for all purposes shall not exceed thirteen thousand d
lars ($13,000).

Agriculture, commissioner of, salary of, one thousand five hu
jred dollars ($1,500).

Agriculture, commissioner of, clerk to, six hundred dollars ($60

Adjutant-general, salary of (to be paid out of military fund), o
-housand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

Superintendent of public printing, salary of, one thousand fi
1undred dollars ($1,500).

Superintendent of public printing, salary of porter, six hundr
lollars ($600).

Superintendent of public instruction, salary of, two thousa:
lollars ($2,000).

Penitentiarg.

Officers, salary of, eight thousand five hundred and eighty dolla:
ncluding salary of matron and assistant clerk ($8,580).

Guards, exterior and interior, twenty-one thousand six hundr
lollars ($21,600).

Three directors, salary of, four hundred and fifty dollars ($450).

Clerk of senate, including salary allowed him by code, one tho
and six hundred dollars ($1,600).

Clerk of the house of delegates, salary of, one thousand eight hu
ired dollars ($1,800).

Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals.

President of court, three thousand two hundred dollars ($3,200).

One associate judge a resident of Richmond, four thousand dc
ars ($4,000).

Three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each, nine tho
and dollars ($9,000).
Stenographber to court of appeals, salary of, twelve hundred dol-
lare ($1,200).

Traveling expenses of judges, six hundred dollars ($600).

Circuit Judges.

Eleven circuit judges at one thousand six hundred dollars each,
seventeen thousand six hundred dollars ($17,600).

Two circuit judges at two thousand three hundred dollars each,
four thousand six hundred dollars ($4,600).

One circuit judge, two thousand two hundred dollars ($2,200).

One circuit judge, one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800).

Two circuit judges at one thousand nine hundred dollars each,
three thousand eight hundred dollars ($3,800).

Mileage of circuit judges, three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Judge of chancery court of Richmond, two thousand three hundred
dollars ($2,300).

Judge of the court of law and equity of Richmond, two thousand
dollars ($2,000).

Judge of the court of law and chancery, Norfolk city, two thousand
dollars ($2,000).

Reporter of supreme court of appeals, one thousand five hundred
dollars ($1,500).

Clerk of supreme court at Staunton, four hundred dollars ( 400)"

Clerk of supreme court at Wytheville, four hundred dollars ($400).

Clerk of supreme court at Richmond, five hundred dollars ($500).

Clerk of circuit court at Richmond, four hundred dollars ($400).

Contingent expenses of courts, thirty-one thousand five hundred
dollars ($31,500).

Civil contingent fund, ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Criminal Charges.

To pay transportation for criminals to penitentiary, six thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary ($6,000).

Prison association of Virginia, five thousand dollars, of which not
lese than four thousand dollars shall be expended in the erection
and equipment of buildings ($5,000).

Expenses of juries, witnesses, and so forth, three hundred thousand
dollars; but not more than five hundred ‘dollars per year shall be
paid to ‘the jail physicians of Richmond or Norfolk ($300.000).

Public printing, twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000).

Printing records of criminal cases in supreme court, five hundred
dollars ($500).

Virginia reports, to 0 pay printing, binding, and so forth, three
thousand dollars ($3,000).

Oysters, protection of, maintenance of steamers and vessels, twen-
ty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

General Account of Revenue.

To pay commissions to commissioners of the revenue, postage, and
express charges on land and property-books, and so forth, fifty thou
sand dollars ($50,000).

For registration of marriages and births, five thousand dollar
($5,000).

Pensions.

To pay pensions of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, eighty-fiv
thousand dollars, and the additional sum of twenty-five thousan
dollars, of which those soldiers, sailors or marines who have los
two limbs or total vision shall receive the sum of forty dollars 1
addition to the amount to which they are entitled under the act o
assembly entitled “an act to give aid to soldiers, sailors and marine
of Virginia, maimed or disabled in the war between the states, an
to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and marines who los
their lives in said war in the military service,” approved March fiftk
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and each of those who lost on
limb, entitled to the benefit of said act, the additional sum of twent
dollars, and each of the widows entitled to the benefit of said act
the additional sum of ten dollars ($110,000).

Lunatics.

Support of lunatics in jail and in charge of private persons, cos
of commission of lunacy, and so forth, five thousand dollars ($5,000)

State Hospitals (for the insane).

Central, seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

Eastern, in addition to pav patients, seventy thousand dollar
($70,000).

Western, in addition to pay patients, one hundred thousand dol
lars ($100,000).

Southwestern, in addition to pay patients, fifty thousand dollars
out of which the new buildings are to be completed and furnished
and one thousand dollars for repairs ($51,000).

Institutions of Learning.

Medical college of Virginia at Richmond, five thousand dollar.

$5,000).

State female normal school, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
And twenty-five hundred dollars for buildings ($2,500).
University of Virginia, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

Virginia military institute, thirty thousand dollars, which shal
include expenses of board of visitors, except as to the expenses o
the adjutant-general and superintendent of public instruction, whos
expenses shall be paid as provided by law, and five thousand dollar
for building ($35,000).

Richmond eye infirmary, for the relief of indigent persons suffer.
ing from diseases of the eye, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Deaf and dumb and blind institution, thirty-five thousand dollar:
($35,000).
Virginia agricultural and mechancial college at Blacksburg, Vi:
ginia, three thousand dollars for insurance and repairs and twelv
thousand dollars for building and equipment ($15,000).

Virginia normal and college institute, fifteen thousand dollar
( $15,000).

William and Mary college, fifteen thousand dollars, which sum i
to include the allowance of ten thousand dollars authorized by a:
act approved the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty
eight ($15,000).

Public schools, two hundred thousand dollars; this sum tob
turned over to the state board of education, and by that board ap
portioned to the public free schools of the several counties and citie
of the commonwealth, except, however, twenty-five hundred dollar
thereof, which said board is authorized to expend for the mainte
nance of summer normal institutes ($200,000).

To Confederate soldiers’ home, annuity thirty thousand dollars
under act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two ($30,000)

To pay the interest on the public debt, funded under the act
approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two
February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; Januar
thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and January twenty
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, a sum sufficient for tha
purpose is hereby appropriated.

For the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of Septembe)
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven:

Governor, salary of, five thousand dollars ($5,000).

sto00 secretary, salary of, one thousand two hundred dollar
($1,200).

Attorney-general, salary of, two thousand five hundred dollar
($2,500).

Attorney-general], salary of clerk to, one thousand dollars ($1,000)

Attorney-general, contingent expenses of office, exclusive of mile
age, one hundred dollars ($100). |
3000). of public accounts, salary of, three thousand dollar

$3, .

Auditor of public accounts, twelve clerks in office, twelve thou
sand nine hundred and forty dollars ($12,940).

Auditor of public accounts, contingent expenses of office, on
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

Auditor (second), salary of, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

Auditor (second), four clerks in office, four thousand four hun
dred and eighty dollars ($4,480).

Auditor (second), contingent expenses of office, one hundred an
fifty dollars ($150).

Treasurer, salary of, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

Treasurer, four clerks in office, four thousand three hundred an
eighty dollars ($4,380).

Treasurer, contingent expenses of office, two hundred dollars ($200)

Secretary of the commonwealth, salary of, two thousand dollar
($2,000).
Secretary of the commonwealth, clerks in office of, one of whom i
librarian, two thousand nine hundred dollars ($2 900).

Secretary of the commonwealth, contingent expenses of office, five
hundred dollars ($500).

Register of the land tice, salary of, one thousand five hundred dol.
lars, and seven hundred and e._ ty dollars for a clerk ($2,280).

Register of the land office, cou ngent expenses of office and for
keeping walks and grounds in rep ir, and so forth, three hundred
dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars for retracing and re-bind.
ing certain records ($550).

Board of public werks, contingent expenses of office, including
salary of secretary, seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750).

Receiving and forwarding document clerk and messenger, twelve
hundred dollars ($1,200).

Janitor to basement offices, four hundred and eighty dollars ($480)

Engineer at capitol, one thousand dollars ($1,000

Janitor in galleries, capitol, three hundred and sixty dollars ($360)

Conductor of elevator, capitol, six hundred dollars ($600).

Fireman of elevator, capitol, six hundred dollars ($600).

Seven policemen at capitol, five thousand four hundred and sixty
dollars ($5,460).

One night watchman for treasurer’s and second auditor’s office
seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720).

800) night watchman at court of appeals, six hundred dollars

$600).
( Janitor and doorkeeper at the library, three hundred and sixty
dollars ($360).

Janitor at library offices, salary of, four hundred and eighty dol.
lars ($480).

Conductor of elevator at library building, salary of, four hundrec
and eighty dollars ($480).

Fireman at library building, salary of,six hundred dollars ($600)

Policeman at library building, salary of, seven hundred and eighty
dollars ($780).

Messenger to governor, seven hundred and eighty dollars ($780)

Labor at executive mansion, six hundred dollars ($600).

Four telephones in public buildings, two hundred and forty-five
dollars ($245).

Ice, fuel and lights in public buildings and offices, four thousand
dollars ($4,000).

Commissioner of railroads, salary of, two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500).

Commissioner of railroads, salary of clerk, one thousand two hun.
dred dollars ($1,200).

Commissioner of railroads, contingent expenses of office, five
hundred dollars ($500).

Agriculture, bureau of, ten thousand dollars, and three thousand
dollars in addition for all expenses in the collection of taxes on fer-
tilizers and fertilizing companies, so that the whole amount allowed
the bureau for all purposes shall not exceed thirteen thousand dol-
ars ($13,000 .
Agriculture, commissioner of, salary of, one thousand five |
ollars ($1,500). :
Agriculture, commissioner of, clerk to, six hundred dollars
Adjutant-general, salary of (to be paid out of military fun
10usand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

Superintendent of public printing, salary of, one thouss
undred dollars ($1,500).

Superintendent of public printing, salary of, porter, six |
ollars ($600).

Superintendent of public instruction, salary of, two thouss
rs ($2,000).

Penitentiary.

Officers, salary of, eight thousand five hundred and eighty
icluding salary of matron and assistant clerk ($8,580).
Guards, exterior and interior, twenty-one thousaod six h
lars ($21,600).

Three directors, salary of, four hundred and fifty dollars
Clerk of senate, including salary allowed him by code, or
nd six hundred dollars ($1,600).

Clerk of the house of delegates, salary of, one thousand eig
red dollars ($1,800).

Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals.

President of court, three thousand two hundred dollars (:
One associate judge, a resident of Richmond, four thousa
rs ($4,000).

Three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each, nix
nd dollars ($9,000).

Stenographer to court of appeals, salary of, twelve hundr
re ($1,200).

Travelling expenses of judges, six hundred dollars ($600)

Circuit Judges.

Eleven circuit judges at one thousand six hundred dolla:
venteen thousand six hundred dollars ($17,600).

Two circuit judges at two thousand three hundred dolla:
ur thousand six hundred dollars ($4,600).

One circuit judge, two thousand two hundred dollars ($2,2
One circuit judge, one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1.
Two circuit judges at one thousand nine hundred dolla:
ree thousand eight hundred dollars ($3,800).

Mileage of circuit judges, three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Judge of chancery court of Richmond, two thousand thr
red dollars ($2,300).

Judge of the court of law and equity of Richmond, two tk
liars ($2,000).

Judge of the court of law and chancery, Norfolk city, tw
nd dollars ($2,000).
Reporter of supreme court of appeals, one thousand five hundred.
dollars ($1,500).

Clerk of supreme court at Staunton, four hundred dollars ($400).

Clerk of supreme court at Wytheville, four hundred dollars ($100).

Clerk of supreme court at Richmond, five hundred dollars ($500).

Clerk of circuit court at Richmond, four hundred dollars ($400).

Contingent expenses of courts, thirty-one thousand five hundred
dollars ($31,500).

Civil contingent fund, ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Criminal Charges.

To pay transportation for criminals to penitentiary, six thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary ($6,000).

Prison association of Virginia, five thousand dollars, of which not
less than four thousand dollars shall be expended in the erection and
equipment of buildings ($5,000).

Expenses of juries, witnesses, and so forth, three hundred thou-
sand dollars; but not more than five hundred dollars per year shall
be paid to the jail physicians of Richmond or Noifolk ($300,000).

Public printing, eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000).

Printing records of criminal cases in supreme court, five hundred
dollars ($500).

Virginia reports, to pay printing, binding, and so forth, three
thousand dollars ($3,000).

Oysters, protection of, maintenance of steamers and vessels, twenty-
five thousand dollars ($25,000).

General Account of Revenus.

To pay commissions to commissioners of the revenue, postage and
express charges on land and property books, and so forth, fifty thou-
sand dollars ($50,000).

For registration of marriages and births, five thousand dollars
($5,000).

Pensions.

To pay pensions of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, eighty-
five thousand dollars, and the additional sum of twenty-five thou-
sand dollars, of which those soldiers, sailors or marines who have
lost two limbs or total vision shall receive the sum of forty dollars in
addition to the amount to which they are entitled under the act of
assembly entitled “ an act to give aid to soldiers, sailors and marines
of Virginia, maimed or disabled in the war between the states, and
to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and marines who lost their
lives in said war in the military service,” approved March fifth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and each of those who lost one
limb, entitled to the benefit of said act, the additional sum of twenty
dollars, and each of the widows entitled to the benefit of said act,
the additional sum of ten dollars ($110,000).
Support of lunatics in jail and in charge of private persons, cost
f commission of lunacy, and so forth, five thousand dollars ($5,000).

State Hospitals (for the insane).

Central, seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

Eastern, in addition to pay patients, seventy thousand dollars
$70,000).

Western, in addition to pay patients, one hundred thousand dol-
ars ($100,000.)

Southwestern, in addition to pay patients, fifty thousand dollars,
ut of which the new buildings are to be completed and furnished,
nd one thousand dollars for repairs ($51,000).

Institutions of Learning.

5000) college of Virginia at Richmond, five thousand dollars
$5, .

State female normal school, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000),
nd twenty-five hundred dollars for building.

University of Virginia, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

Virginia military institute, thirty thousand dollars, which shall
nclude expenses of board of visitors, except as to the expenses of
he adjutant-general and superintendent of public instruction, whose
xpenses shall be paid as provided by law, and five thousand dollars
or building ($35,000).

Richmond eye infirmary, for the relief of indigent persons suffer-
ng from diseases of the eye, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Deaf and dumb and blind institution, thirty-five thousand dollars
$35,000).

Virginia agricultural and mechanical college at Blacksburg, Vir-
rinia, three thousand dollars for insurance and repairs and twelve
ousand dollars for building and equipment ($15,000).

Virginia normal and collegiate institute, fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000).

William and Mary college, fifteen thousand dollars, which sum ie
o include the allowance of ten thousand dollars authorized by an
act approved the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-
aight ($15,000). .

Public schools, two hundred thousand dollars; this sum to be
turned over to the state board of education, and by that board ap-
portioned to the public free schools of the several counties and
cities of the commonwealth, except, however, twenty-five hundred
dollars thereof, which said board is authorized to expend for the
maintenance of summer normal institutes ($200,000).

To Confederate soldiers’ home, annuity thirty thousand dollars
onder act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two ($30,000).

To pay the interest on the public debt, funded under the acts ap:
proved February fourteen, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; Feb.
ruary twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; January thirty-
first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and January twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, a sum sufficient for that purpose
is hereby appropriated.

2. So much of the public revenue as may be received into the
treasury after the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, and the surplus of all other appropriations made prior
to that date unexpended within the two fiscal years hereinbefore
provided for, and all other moneys not otherwise appropriated by
law, shall constitute a general fund to defray such expenses author-
ized by law as are not herein particularly provided for.

3. The annuities to the public institutions of the state and to the
state hospitals for the insane shall be paid in monthly installments;
and it shall be Jawful for the auditor of public accounts to pay to
said institutions and hospitals their monthly allowances on the first
day of the months of October, November and December, eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven, and of January, February and March,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which payments shall be charged
against the appropriations for the years eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and nirfety-eight: provided that
any act in force hereafter at the date when such payments, or any of
them, are required to be made, and directing a different manner of
payment, shall supersede this section and control the manner of
payment by the auditor to said institutions and hospitals.

4. It shall not be lawful for the auditor of public accounts to pay
to the asylums or other institution any money except as is provided
for in this act, or in pursuance of some act making a special appro-
priation therefor. And the proper officer of each public institution
of the state for which appropriation is hereby made shall, in their
annual reports to the governor, give an itemized account of the ex-
penses of their respective institutions; and every officer of the state
for whom department appropriations are hereby made shall make
annually a report to the governor, covering an itemized account of
the expenditures of such appropriation, and the governor shall for-
ward the reports to the general assembly; and such reports and
accounts shall embrace the expenditures of all funds appropriated,
including the interest on bonds held by such institutions and here-
inbefore directed to be paid them.

.5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.