The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
FOR GOOD Of BLIND VETS
GOVERNOR VET0ES BILL
Docs Not Believe Patron Intended
That Those Suffering Blindness
should Have Pension Reduced.
rgvE OTHERS RECEIVE VETO
Tventy-one Measures Are Approved
and signed, Among Them Being
Amendments TO Corporation Tax
Laws and Act Reorganizipg Fish
cries Commission.

Laws and Act ReorganixiDg Fish
cries Commission.
Twenty-one more laws were placed
on the statute books yesterday, when
Governor Stuart signed that many
measures which had been passed ny
the last General Assembly Six meas
ures were vetoed for reasons set forth
~ the Governor In letters to the pa
irons of tho bills. and in brief state
ments. There are a few bills remain
ing in the office OF the Governor for
checking up. These will probably De
signed today. and the work OF the
General Assembly will be entirely
cleared away.
Among the bills approved by Cover
ncr Stuart Yesterday are those pre-
venting fraud in the issuing and pro-
motion OF stocks and bonds--the sub
stltzte for the Willis "blue sky law;
permitting the dental examiners TO ad-
NIT practitioners of other states UNI
der reciprocal agreement; requiring
sanitary arrangements In foundries;
extending the operation of the fire
escape law; making the secretary OF
the Fisheries Commission shellfsh
yorn missioner: the Byrd road law. pro-
viding for county road commissioners;
for the purchase of additional land
Tor the coiored industrial school near
Petersburg: proh biting the division OF
Fees by surgeons and physicians. and
several amending the corporation tax
laws.
Would Have Reduced Pensions.
Among those vetoed are the bill pa
troned by IL. c. Lowry, OF Bedford.
which would have reduced the amount
~ pension received by veterans SUI
fsring from total blindness from $3.50
10 s66: that authorizing counties to
appropriate from the general FUND
money for schools: that constituting
the law on capital which fnterteres
with the general tax law. and amend
ruents to the pension law and TO the
tntangfbles law.
writing TO Delegate Lowry. of Bed
ford stating why he vetoed his pen
sion bill, Governor Stuar. said;
TT becomes necessary, ] am sorry
20 say, to veto House bill 4B6. OF which
you were the patron. While your blu
increases the pensions OF Confederate
veterans suffering from fractured
bones caused BY wounds received IN
naftle during the War Between the
States from s5S 10 SOS. IL also UNI
fortunately has the effect of reducing
tho pensions OF soldiers suffering from
total blindness of whom there are
seventy-four. from $3.50 To sek.
do this and IL would be most depior~
able should this happen"
Tnterfcred With System of Rates
To Or Charles Fl. Rolston AZ Mt
clinton Governor Stuart wrote:
Il am very sorry to tell 8u that y
In necessary for me to veto Mouse bill
sa5. of which you were the patron.
The object Of Your bill, which Is 10
allow local taxes on intanGtbles TO be
used for school as we'll as for road
purposes In most commendahle, but
unfortunately il fails To take into ac-
count recent changes In tax rates. and
would have tho effect of interfering
with the system Of rates on various
classes 81 intangfhtes nov in force
This bin amends section of the
tax bill, relating TO the tax on intan-
vfbles As House bill 500 amends
yas.tious ard s of the tax bill. and
az the amendments TO section have
the effect of making n new clssSiflca-
ZION and y new defnitson OF capital
and as section . determines the rate
~ taxation of each class enumerated
~ section s. obviously II would he
improper for House hilt 500 TO be-
come a law. as ii would have the eff
Foe. of changing the rate upon the
ri+ffrrcnt classes enumerated In section
s. fns instance the rate upon money
would Re SIS cents on the 81 90 instead
~ 20 cents on the 500. and the tax
on capital would remain SIS cents.
whereas the new bill blouse bin seel
raises the same To 20 cents,
Conf1ict With General Tax Law.
House bill No. 5s7 was vetoed he
cause IL enbodies the same provt-
slons as are IN House bill No. $50. al
vAady approved by the Governor.
There is one provision in House bill
No. 5s1 which Is IN conflict with one
If the provisions of House bill No.
ssa. and II IL not desirable that there
should be conflict on this subject
in the law.
House bill M. as. appropriated SIS
10 reimburse william Fl. Bowman, OF
Patrick County, paid by him as fee to-
Z be appointed a notary public during
term Of Governor Swanson, it appear
ing after his appointment that he was
Ineligible 1t was vetoed under an
opinion by the Attorney General that
II is a violation of subsection ?. sec
ton S., of the Constitution. which
provides that no special act shall be
passed ''refunding money lawfully
raid into the treasury OF the State
Features Already Covered.
Senate bill ass, amending section
Of the pension law with reference TO
the limit OF assessed value OF prop
erty. which entities the veteran to q
PENSION, was vetoed because 1t is al
ready covered In section s OF the new
PENSION law already approved by the
Governor.
Senate bfii 49,, authorizing the
hoard OF supervisors of any county to
appropriate not exceeding % per cent
of tho total county funds for school
purposes, was vetoed because the Gov
ernor had already approved House
bill 46e. an Identical hill
Tho Rills Approved.
The list Of bills approved follows:
House bill No. 66--1o prevent fraud
and imposition I'm issuance and pro-
motion of stocks and bonds, Substi-
,ute for blue sky Law"
House bill No. 29S--Amending cor
poration law so as TO provide for state
tncnts concerning naximum and mini
mum capital.
House bill No, 29h Amending cor
oration law with reference to disco
luton of corporations.
House bill No. 295-AmendinE chap
ter / of corporation law relating TO
decrease of capital stock.
House bill No. 29i--Amending
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