The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-19
Mann MAY We TO
GRAVEYARD BILL
Distinction Is Drawn Between
Dead Of City and Coun-
try.
INTENDED TO PROTECT WELLS
Governor Holds Back Several
Bills Pending Attorney
Generals Opinion.

| Hhlch. lsStlle moro dangerous to the
Pubic water aupply, IL city corpse OF
y country corpsc? is the problem which
Governor Mann is fncihg. Before hin,
Is bill covering the subject. and lie
Is petfg asked to veto IL on the ground
tHai rank discrimination is show. the
CITY corpse over the rural variety.
The bill forbids. tho intcrment of
pooi es III cemeteries not established by
municipalities. within 400 yards IL
. driven we'll Which is used as a, pub.
lie water supply. The exception in ia.
vor Ut municipal burying places Is tho
pohe OF contention, the claim being
made that class discrimination is hcro
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Wells Of the sort mentioned in the
Dill are characteristic largely OF a
SANDY country. \ sharp-po,nted pipe,
with holes around the bottom. Is driv.
{ en- through the ground until water Ii
reached. rho effect or tho bill, of
course, is intended to make for purity
In the supply OF water
While general IN It's application, n
particular case In Underwater Virginia
Is said to liavo caused Its Introduce
ton and passage. The case In dues-
ton, II Is stated. has been In ths
courts. The Attorney General has been
asked for all opinion OF tho subject
Of constitutionality.
Variety in Corpscs.
Why the discrimination was made is
not quite clear. 1t is TO be pre-
sumed that body In town or city
cemetery would be as dangerous to a /
water supply as any other Kind OF
corpse. 1t has been suggested that
POSSIBLY the idea was that the city
body would shun water and consc-
auently cause no contamination A To-.
cal option corpse would presumably
not NEEDLE with other peoples afrairs.i
certain IT Is that some people thinll
the city Kind should not be given adj
Vantages which are not extended 70
others.
The Governor yesterday vetoed the
bill permitting the Auditor to refund
% INC treasurer OF Elizabeth CityI
county certain sums which are said 10
have been paid to the State illera,lvI
and through some error. No precedent,
II is said. could be found on this sub
'ect' and 1t was deemed wisest not toi
established such a precedent.
Governor Mann has also vetoed the Z
Dill amending the road law of Giles
county. This bill was regarded as
the Constitution in severall
places. The most objectionable fea- ,
ure was that 1t allowed the owner
u land whose property was taken for
DAD purposes practically no day In :
:ourt.
Local Bills Held Tn.
Other bills arc still engaging tl,ei
Lttention Of the executive, and may
Llso receive vctoes. One OF these is
-r, me, tory OF the charter of tho
own of Norton. in Mise county. It
ppears that this provides that tho
laEor and members OF the Town
.ouncil shall not be eligible to succeed
and the Constitution is ia.
ZEN to mean that there shall be no
UGH prohibition excepting In certain
pccidc instances therein mentioned.
UGH as the Governor and county and /
tty treasurers and commissioners of J!
he revenue.
The Honaker charter bill Is still
nder consideration. One section OF
his was returned to tho Legislature, !.
'hile it was in session. and 1t was z
DIRECTED, but there seems now to DO !
ONE other objection urged by its u
pponcnts. This bill created more op- r
osition than any other local bill con-!
Idered during the session It may I!
ct stand as passed. The Attorney a.
eneral has teen requested to give an Ii
pin1on on both this and the Norton II
Ill. q
The consideration Of measures !. -
lssed by the Legislature has BEEN
radically completed by the Cover I
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