The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-13
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GOVERNOR HATFiELD's
RECOMMENDATIONS.

The submission OF amend
, ments to the State constitu.
!; tion providing for:
/ Woman Suffrage.
! Initiative, Referendum and
: Recall.
, Short Ballot.
Classification OF Property
for taxation.
State Ownership Of forfeited
} lands.
The enactment OF the follow:
, ing new laws
Primary election Law.
} Corrupt Practices act.
!: County Officers Salary Law.
} Law establishing county de-
} pository.
Child labor law.
Law establishing standard
} Of weights and measures. Z
Law providing free text
!: books.
Teachers pension law.
Mothers pension law.
. Law creating "a lunacy com.
mission.
Law for classification Of
!: insane.
} Law establishing a state
budget system
} Law establishing a State IL
: brary Commission.
: Law to prohibit "fake" ad.
!: yertising.
: Law providing for State
highways.
Laws to conserve the States
aturalsresources.
: Laws looking to the solution
OF labor disputes and proyld.
!: ing for a committee OF citizens
eolayoid strikes and walk outs.
D Laws redistricting the State
: members Of Congress and OF
the State Legislature.
|: The enactment of amend.
!: ments to present laws, as fol.
: lows
/: To reduce the membership
: Of this Public Service Commits
!: sion from four to three.
!: To put one man in charge
: OF the Workmen's Compensa.
: ton law; to limit the distrib-
!: ution OF the Workmen's Com
!: pensation Fund to allen de.
: pendents; to put the merit
!: system into effect among the
employers under this law and
. to have the employer pay the
: full premium.
To increase the power Of
!: the Public Service Commits.
!: sion in the regulation OF rates.
!: and to provide for legal adyi+
!: sers for the Commission.
To conserve the States
water power, to prohibit the
construction Of power dams
over 40 feet high, except by
special act OF the Legislature.
!: and to give the Public Service
: Commission authority to su-
pervise the construction Of all
such dams.
J. To 1imitstax leyfes. z
: To simplify and expedite
court procedure.
!. To extend the powers of the
!. State Board Of Health to cor.
!: rect pollution Of streams and
!: control typhoid and other
: water.born diseases.
!: To more clearly define the
!: duties Of the Commissioner OF
Agriculture and extend his
powers to include the guaran-
!: tee Of live stock sanitation,
!. dairy inspection, pure foods
|: and pure seed.
To extend the powers OF the
Department Of Mines. place
the district inspectors under
Civil Serpice, provide addit-
!. ional inspectors and increase
the salaries of the Chief and
: inspectors.
!: To reclassify the State Edu-
!: cational institutions, provide
: vocational training, superyis-
!. ion of colored schools and
state aid for high schools.
: To establish a standard for
: road building material, a uni
: form accounting system for
!. road construction and changes
: relating to the cost of pris.
!: oners working on county
]: roads.
: To provide that INDECENT
: crippled children be treated
!: ut Miners Hospitals.
To abolish the contract la
; Dor system at the State peni.
: tenitary and working prison.
!. ers on roads and the penitenti.
!: airy farm.
. To re-enact the "Blue Sky"
!. law.
To provide for annual con.
} ference Of assessors.
J To repeal the merchant bro
: kers' tax.
To extend the powers OF the
!: Forest, Game and Fish War
; den.
!: To provide for uniform
!. building plans for buildings at
) State institutions.
!. To provide forest reserves
!: through forfeited and delin.