Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-02-09
For Separate Precinct

ova the tow n from It's dominancy
over Battletown district. has been
f.rorably reported by the Com
m;,tee ON Privileges and Election
"f,he House of Delegates. and will
nrob,bly come up for passage very
coon. The act is House Bill No.
1876. =,
The COURIER unequivocaily
t.vors this bill. and urges friends
of,he bill to write TO Senator Parks
and urge its passage through the
Senate.
II there is any opposition TO it in
either Berryville or Battletown
district. we have been unable to
locate IT.
ANY opposition is of the gum
shoe kind.
Write to Senator X. 5. Parks,
Virginia Senate, Richmond, Va,
At once and urge him To support
the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Virginia, That the
town of Berryville, Virginia, as
now established snd defined by
certain corporate lines, be. and the
same is. hereby made, constituted
and declared to be a separate
election district, and it shall have
all the rights and privileges of
towns of not less than one thousand
inhabitants, and the said town of
Berryville, Virginia, is now
exempted from the provisions of
section five hundred and eighty
five Of the Code of Virginia, which
are inconsistent with this act.
"All the provisions of the law
applying To towns of not less than
enc thousand inhabitants shall
apply Ia the said Town of Berry
vile. Virginia.
'All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act act are hereby
repealed" e"
Another bill whichshould receive
the undivided support of our
people is the bill blouse Bill No.
l20). which amends the Acts of
1904 relating To the toll rates on
turnpikes. After setting out the
rates, the old law said the turnpike
companies may" charge them.
The word SHALL is to be inserted
in the proposed law. And in the
old law no provision is made for a
penalty, if the turnpikes fail TO
comply with the rates set out. In
the proposed law the following
penalty is set out:
Any turnpike company violat-
ing the terms of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less
than $40 and not To exceed $50 for
each Offense, in the discretion of
the court or justice trying the
case"
We hear it rumOred that strong
fight will be made against the
change, for reasons which we think
will be apparent, and that the turn
pike companies will have an attor-
ney or two in Richmond to fight
the bill. And it therefore be-
hooves every reader of the COURIER
who favors these bills to write to
Delegate Grigsby and Senator
Parks aud urge their passage.
Another bill which is exciting
the animosity of the turnpike in
terests is that which orders the
State Corporation Commission 10
turn over to the Clarke County
Board of Supervisors, the State s
stock in the turnpike companies
VwO-fifths we believe).
This stock belongs to the people.
and can be better administered by
the Board of Supervisors. who are
mere and can see conditions, than
can be done by anyonein Richmond.
10 show that these companies
are not as careful "a they should
Oe 'or at least one of them), it hss
only been a short time since the
nerry's Ferry company had q
narrow escape from losing its
c"arter-for failure to pay its
corporation tax.
Everyone of the bills we mention
are IN the interest of the people
and should receive the support ot
Tue people, or they will be defeated
oS The attorneys who are sen
There to fight them.
write to Delegate Grigsby ant
senator Parks at once and urs,