Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
MANY INTERESTING BILLS BEFORE
TIE LEGISLATURE

flavor OF freakiShneSS. VI course
many of the latter will never get
nat of committee. But that is Of
ten the case with a really meritori-
al:s measure. Appending are Il
Number of interesting measures and
legislative doings:
Senator J Powell Royal, of Taze-
we'll, has presented a bill which
seeks to give each Confederate vet
cram. other than those in the Sol
dicrs' Home, fat pension of 500
each year. He proposes to give
them this money in quarterly in
stalments.
That Il double toll gate system
'o1 the county roads threatens the
entire state is the warning sounded
by Senator Tavenner, who will in
troduce a bill doing away with the
present toll gate laws, and reestab-
liSh laws in force previous to
1910. The bridge cuts IL huge slice
from the toll company of which
Speaker Byrd, of he House, is gen.
eral counsel, and Of which his son
is president.
Speaker Byrd has introduced p
bill to prevent the frequent change
III text books.
Senator Tavenner announces that
he intends to introduce a bill Whit b
~'i' farce fences to be crested on al
division lines of suburban and coun-
ty real estate. The measure is de-
signed particularly to reach adjoin-
ing FARMS, the owners of which are
enemies. The measure is virtually
one to abolish feuds.
The Introduction of safety
match bill has stirred up the match
trust, which will fight it to the last
ditch.
Pharmacists in Virginia will be
able to sell liquor if bill which
Senator J. E. West, of Suffolk, has
presented passes. The bill is prac-
ticall V the same as the keyser bill
presented at the last session of t. e
General Assembly, and which re
cceived favorable consideration in
the House, but which failed to be-
come a law by reason of the failure
of the Senate to concur.
The senators went on record
Tuesday as against the renewal of
the contract for the employment of
convicts in the state penitentlary
in contract work under the present
arrangement.
They also entered their approval
to the recommendation of Governor
Mann that they should be sent to
the roads of the State and employ
ed in making good roads for the
State las far as practicable. "
Judge +. S. Tavenner, of Shen-
andoah, is at work on a bill which
will vest juries in the trial of cases
in which the death penalty may be
imposed Nth discretion to deter
mine either death or life imprison-
ment.
In bill introduced by Colonel
A. NJ Bowman, of Roanoke, pro-
poses to establish State depart
ment OF game for the protection of
all game and non-game animals and
birds in Virginia.
Every buzzard in Virginia will
shortly be thrown upon the charita-
bic institutions of the State, or will
otherwise be in danger of starva-
ton, if bill offered by R. L. Brew
er, of Nansemond county becomes
law. The bill requires that all
dead animals and fowls shall here
after be cremated instead of
Thrown down the hill" Should
any fail to cremate any animal or
fowl which may die "from any
cause" on his place, should he find
it. he may be reported to a magis-
trate and fined $50 for each offense.
For the upkcep of country roads
C. r. Coleman, of Spottsylvania,
has introduced by request a bill i'll
the House of Delegates placing
special taxes upon automobiles and
vehicles, which taxes can be collect
ed by every county in which the
vehicles are operated.
Automobiles of less that 81 h. o.
are to be taxed S. a year; of be-
tween 20 to A horsepower, $40; of
over As horsepower, $50 annually.
Nearly 100000 are asked by the
several State institutions for better
ments and repairs to the places in
addition to the annual appropria-
ton for the support and mainten-
ance of the institutions. The Uni
versity wants $l25 900. the Virgin
ia Military Institute 500 900, the
asylums $685. 900, epileptics $751;
900, and Farmville Normal College
$4,000. There are others yet to
hear from.
A bill to provide that when wom-
en- are employed as public school
teachers they shall receive the same
pay that men receive for similar
service has been introduced in the
House