The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-13
CREATE COMMISSION

The first is bill to amend and re-
enact an act creating a state highway
commission, to define its powers and
duties; The term of Office. salary and
qualifications of the consultation tho
professors OF engineering in certain
state Institutions. and appropriating
money to carry tho provisions OF this
oct into effect.
The second ID a bill which seeks to
increase the state automobile tax
ffty per cent, or from forty cents per
horse power to sixty cents, and the
third provides foi a general property
tax increase Of twelve cents for roads.
This is an increase of twelve cents
over the present general property tax
Ehich il eight cents and. which under
the provisions Of the bill to be intro
duced today. will make this tax
twenty cents. The present tax is
:fvied for the following purposes: For
roads, three cents; for schools. four
rents, and for preventing and com
tatting tuberculosis. one cent. That
lortion OF the general property tax
used for the construction and main
tenance OF state highways and roads
will be increased to fifteen cents.
Sentiment among most of the
polons, especially of the upper house.
who were on the scene yesterday was
that the activities Of the lawmakers
rould be confinet to consideration Of
the road matter and the high cost of
living and that after these two mat
sers have been disposed OF. to ad-
tourn. These expressed the opinion
that not over ten days would be neces-
vary to dispose Of these two sub
3ects.
ADOPT RESOLUTION
However. there In a disposition In
nome quarters to inject other issues
Into the extra session. This may be
circumvented II. as was reported
could be done yesterday. a resolution
l. adopted at today's session limiting
the activities OF the Legislators to
consideration OF the roada and food
bills only.
on4 other bill which It was said
yesterday would be introduced at the
paaEton which begins Mt noon today.
ana which ID being drafted by C.. H.
Aorrissette. director OF the legislative
reference bureau. provides for = ten
per cent bonus for all state employees
below the rating Of heads Of depart
pients
a committee composed Of James
Hayes. Of the ONCE Of the secretary Of
commonwealth: e. II. Cone, of the
state corporation commission ofices,
ana r. c. Corbeii. Of the department
ef fish and game, augmented by John
II. Hirschberg, state labor commits
sioner, waited UPON Governor Davis
yesterday afternoon for the purpose
81 ascertAininE the executives views
~ the matter and to apprise him that
such bill would be introduced at this
session.
Commissioners Hirschberg explained
Afterwards that he represented no
one in particular. that he was asked
S consented to do So Mr. Hirschberg
desired that It be made plain that
Tho proposed inch ease would be asked
for clerks and other attaches of the
seycral state departments and not for
4he department heads themselves. Ono
report had It that the governor had
/ hcAn asked to mention the proposed
increase Ia his message to the general
assembly
The ten per cent bonus asked for
Il III addition to the salary Appropria-
linn made by tho general assembly OF
9a1s and Is to lie retroactive to the
1915 appropriation,
The meeting OF the Good Roads as
.nriation was presided over by Pres
s5Nanf 4. L Lupton, Senator G. O'Con-
- Goolrick. Of Fredericksburg, u
sahairman Of the legislative commit
- N the association.
rte bills to be introduced today
/ rere thoroughly threahed over by
IncnnberA % the executive ana legisia-
Rfva, committees and given the ap-
nrrynl Of the members, only Commits
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