Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-16
Measure 10 Repeal Act F0rb doing
PaPdI|elIRg Of R. F. az. Tracks
10 be Publicly Discussed
CHANGING REVENUE COMMISSIONERS
When the Bill Reaches the Floors Of
the Senate and House There WIN
be Spirited Debato-Propoued to
Give Educators Better Pay-sink.
ing Fund increase.

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RICHMOND, VA. Jan. ia joint
session OF the Senate aud House com.
mittces on ronds will be held Wedncs.
day morning. January ed, Mt 10
o'clock TO consider the bill to repeal
section u Of chapter . of an act, en-.
titled AN Act Concerning Corpora.
tons which became n law without
the signature OF the governor on the
2lst day OF May. 1903 This Is tho
much discussed bill repeating tho sta.
ute prohibiting the parallcling of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg. & Potomac
Railroad.
Counsel for the railroad. as we'll MS
the state sinking fund commissioners.
state proxies aud other Interested
parties. have been notified. so that
they may attend II they SO desire. The
date specified will mark the opening
of tho great contest. though Ii is hard
ly probable that the committee vii!
make much progress Wednesday.
On Monday. January goth, the house
committee on roads will begin consid-
Grafton of the following:
House III to amend ana reenact
sections 3. 1 and OF an act. entitled
An Act to create the state convict
road forces, ETC." which became law
on the 9th day OF March. 1906.
House bill to regulate the time and
manner IN which common carriers do.
ing business in this state shnll adj.
just and pay pust freight charges and
claims for loss or damage TO freight.
and claims for shortage. demurrage
and car service.
The Senate read the following bills
for first time and ordered them
advanced to their second reading:
No. l5-To provide where suits may
be brought against telegraph and tele.
phone companies for failing TO trans.
NIT or deliver messages promptly and
as required by law.
No. 45-Amending and re-nnacting
an act approved March g. 1896. entitl.
I'd an act to regulate tho granting
Of ih1unctions in certain cases.
No. 7z-io amend and re-enact sec.
lion 400 of the Gods of Virginia. Iii re.
lation to coupons heretofore rendered
for taxes.
No. 74-Maklng 1t n misdemeanor
for persons 10 unlawfully use or wear
any insignia or button of any associa.
tion, society. or trade union.
commissioners CT Revenues.
The proposition to elect commits
5ioners of the revenue by the people
and to allow them to succeed them.
selves will be one of the matters which
viii provoke contest when the mat.
ter comes to the floor of the Senate
and of the House.
Already there have been several
propositions introduced bearing on the
subject. among them being an amend.
ment to the constitution. presented by
Mr.. Chase (Republican.) providing
that the Office shall be made a con.
stitutional office so that the question
shall not he continually discussed i'm
the general assembly. his amendment
requiring the election of these men
by the voters
Better Pay for Educators.
a bill having for its object the pro.
motion of higher efficiency among
division superintendent OF public
schools in the state was today offer.
ed in the Senate by Senator STROBE
OF Amheris. The bill contains three
radical amendments to the present
school laws. in that IL provides for
stated compensation fixed at 5000 per
annum for the division supcrinten.
dent; for an enlargement OF the school
divisions. and n requirement that the
superintendent shall devote mis- time
exclusively 10 the supervision of tho
schools In his district
The last provision is a consequence
of the increase in pay provided for
which Senator STROBE thinks sufficient.
~ large 10 to induce competent men TO
accent the position and attend to the
school work. in place of making 1t n
mere side issue, as it said to be the
case now in the majority of the dis.
tricts.
Under the present system. the SUI
ner'ntendents ara elected bv the state
board of education. and their diyis.
ions usually limited to one county or
city, and the compensation of the of.
hcer fixed in proportion to the school
population in his division. Some of
them receiving as little as s240 per
annum and others, where the amounts
are supplemented by the city or town an.
preparations, being paid as much ms