The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-11
Would Amend Law
Defining Powers
Of Highway Body
State Good Roads Asso.
citation Busy on Draft
of Bills for Legislature.

The legislative committee OF the
Virginia Good Roads association. to-
gether with several state officers and
legislative leaders, met in Murphy
hotel annex yesterday afternoon to
consider drafts of proposed good
roads bills which are to be offered
before the extra session OF the gem
eral assembly when it eonvenes next
month.
The committee sat in extra session
and passed the following resolutions
Resolved, That II is the sense OF
this meeting that 1he law now in eff
feet creating and defining the pow
ers and duties of the state highway
commission be amended so as to meet
the present needs of the state and
that the legislative committee pre-
pare and present such a bill at the
extra session OF the legislature,
Resolved. That it is the sense of
thiT conference that the legislative
committee of the Virginia Good
Roads association prepare bill to
OF the legislature providing for a
special tax sufficient to meet the fed
eral aid now available.
Resolved, That this conference
favor such Increase in the appropria
ton for state aid fer construction and
maintenance of the roads in the coun-
ty highway system as the finances of
the state will permit.
Those present were Senator e.
o-Connor Goolrick, of f'redericks-
burg chairman of the committee. $.
l.. Lupton president of the Virginia
Good Roads association. w. C.. Saun-
ders. of Henrico; O l.. McCraw, OF
Lynchburg; Georg F. Coleman, state
highway commissioner, Senator G..
Walter Mapp, of Accamoc: Senator
J, T. West OF Suffolk; Richard l..
Brewer. of Nansemond. chairman of
the appropriations committee In the
house OF delegates: Major William
A. Anderson, OF Lexington: former
Attorney Robert O. Norris, of
Lancaster: r. Holman Willis. of
Roanoke, Democratic floor leader in
the house of delegates; Roosevelt
Page. second auditor. j. Sinclair
Brown, of Roanoke county. Senator
Julien Gum, of Henrico county
Senator James f. Cannon, OF Rich
mond; c. b, Scott, of the state high
way commission, Nirginius r. Shack
eiford, of Orange; Senator S, w. Holt
of Newport News; Norvell l. Henley
OF Williamsburg, and A w. Robert
son. of Buena Vista.
The meeting was attended by the
committee of the. Virginia Good
Roads association and practically the
full membership of the special COM
mittee of the general assembly on
roads.
Senator Goolrick was delayed and
did not reach Richmond until yester-
day afternoon.
The matter of restricting the work
OF the special session to consideration
a IL 4.
cussed, several of the members TAX
Of the utmost Importance just at this
time. Whatever new legislation Is
necessary. it was argued. can be at
tended to at the regular session, as
the road question, 1t is hoped. will
be out of the way. This was the
view of older members of the legisla-
ture at ending the conference.
Members OF the general assembly
said they did not know just how
long they probably would be in SEES
sion, but everything else, IL is said, is
TO be sidetracked and the road mat
ter disposed OF in the shortest pos
sible time.
The committee adjourned shortly
before o'clock without fixing a date
Tor the next meeting. Secretary c. B,
Scott, OF the state highway commits
sion, stated, however, that one or
more meetings would be held before
he legislature convenes, for the pur-
pose of drafting bills to be recon-
nended to the lawmakers.
According to dispatch from Dan
vile yesterday, State Highway Com
missioner George r. Coleman's pro-
gram for roads throughout the state /
aas raised storm OF protest in Dan
iille and Pittsylvania, and meeting Of
he chamber of commerce and the
Chatham commercial association, 1t
- reported. have been called TO pass
resolutions. Discrimination against
DAnvtiis II charged