A Guide to the Virginia General Assembly Senate, Records of the committee investigating the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1918-1926 Records of the committee investigating the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia General Assembly Senate 29316a

A Guide to the Virginia General Assembly Senate, Records of the committee investigating the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1918-1926

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 29316a

Library of Virginia

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Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
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Processed by: Renee M. Savits

Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

29316a

Title

Virginia General Assembly Senate, Records of the committee investigating the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1918-1926

Extent

1.25 cu. ft. (3 boxes)

Creator

Virginia. General Assembly. Senate

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Virginia General Assembly Senate. Records of the committee investigating the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1918-1926. Accession 29316a. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Transferred on 10 December 1976 from the Senate Clerk's Office, Richmond, VA 23219.

Biographical Information

A special committee, appointed by Governor Trinkle, was created by a Joint Resolution in 1924 to investigate charges of extravagant and unlawful expenditures and immoral conduct of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The charges were that the Department Game and Inland Fisheries spent extravagantly and that there was inappropriate conduct onboard the chief oyster boat, the "Commodore Maury," by Commissioner McDonald Lee. The members of the Committee were R. Holman Willis, W.O. Rogers, Q.C. Davis, W.H. Cato, and C.R. Warren who all signed the majority report. Two other committee members, R.H. Stubbs and R.W. Bragg, signed a minority report. The Committee did not find Commissioner McDonald Lee guilty or responsible for the charges. The Committee did suggest some changes to the Department including the sale of the Commodore Maury and the abolishment of the Field Secretary. An act of the General Assembly passed March 24, 1926 (Chap. 295: 1926) created a Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. The commission consisted of five members appointed by the governor and the chairman of the commission was to serve as the administrative head of the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, replacing the Commissioner of Fisheries. The commissioner still appointed game wardens, subject to the approval of the commission.

Scope and Content

Records, 1918-1926, collected and created by the committee investigating the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Includes financial records of the department, depositions, and a transcript of the committee proceedings. Of note are the reports, ca. 1926, which include the majority and minority reports of the Committee, as well as a statement from Governor E. Lee Trinkle.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1

Attorney's fees, 1922-1923

Box 1 Folder 2

Attorney's fees, 1922-1924

Box 1 Folder 3

Correspondence, 1922-1923

Box 1 Folder 4

Expenditures and receipts, 1921-1924

Box 1 Folder 5

Itemized statements, 1918-1922 July

Box 1 Folder 6

Itemized statements, 1922 August-December

Box 1 Folder 7

Itemized statements, 1923 January-February

Box 1 Folder 8

Itemized statements, 1923 March-May

Box 2 Folder 1

Itemized statements, 1923 June-September

Box 2 Folder 2

Itemized statements, 1923 October-December

Box 2 Folder 3

Itemized statements, 1924 January-April

Box 2 Folder 4

Murphy's bills, 1922-1923

Box 2 Folder 5

Pest killing, 1923

Box 2 Folder 6

Reports, ca. 1926

Box 2 Folder 7

Senate Bill 387, 1924

Box 2 Folder 8

Statement, ca. 1919

Box 2 Folder 9

Summary of work done by wardens, 1923-1924

Box 2 Folder 10

Travelling expenses, 1922 March-1923 July

Box 2 Folder 11

Travelling expenses, 1923 August-1924 February

Box 2 Folder 12

Travelling expenses, Dog expenses, 1923

Box 3

Transcript, Proceedings of the Joint Legislative Committee Appointed to Investigate the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, Session 1924