Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-02-10
Legislative Affairs

,.;,,inia Legislature and which
va .,S ,s considered when that body
' w. are the following oil gen.
.rsl interest; ,.;o, ., -,
So Of Lieute~@-:;-ccTcr. r.
''I p-oyidine for free text books in
ia5 $50 the Office of State lnsur-
C,-~riss: ner at a salary OF So
w .,,;sb;rc Of hotel inspection.
~, ~ the most important bills in
r,us. 5ur.rc The preliminary ses-
US "a. tina; n reduced by Delegate
-" If ohio county. 1t would i'm
special privilege tax on per-
FOs partnerships, associations, COM
W.. ~ and corporations for the privi-
I.s y, carving on in this State the
,'si,ess of producing and selling coal,
..,rral Gas, petroleum, or crude oil,
r-r,ber limestone and fire clay, and
.,oyidjng for the ascertainment and
Drection of such tax.
Under the tentative plan for sensa-
.,,aI reiistricting the State this SEN
,,orial district would have added 10
;, Mineral and Hardy counties, making
,ix instead of four counties as at pres
snt. ..
resolution adopted almost unani-
-,ousIv provided that all public or State
i,stitutions shall remain in the city Oh
county in which they are now located
and that any extension shall be made
:, the place where the institutions now
stand.
Rehabilitation of all road statutes of
the State consumed much time and
srace in the preparation of the bill
which has been submitted by the State
Road Commission, appointed by Gov.
Iohn !. Cornwell. The most delicate
task was the appointment Of new road
construction work in the fifty-hve
counties. On road mileage basis the
ratios decided upon are believed by
the committee to be as equitable as
could be devised under the circum-
stances.
The State Road Commission is TO
COMPRISE three members named by the
Governor and accountable, to him.
Their salaries are $500 each.
A campaign bill provides for the
issue and sale of not exceeding $40,
10000 of State bonds to raise money
for road construction purposes, and
provide for the levy and collection of
an annual State tax sufficient to pay
annually interest on the bonds ami
principal within twenty years. The
issue is to be of serial bonds, coupon
and registered, in denominations of
800, $500 and 81, 900 for coupon bonds
and 500, $500, $1,000, $4,000 and
$4,000 for registered bonds. They
shall be issued at the direction of the
Governor, upon recommendation of the
State Road Commission There will
be STOO00OO OF bonds issued in the
calendar year 1921, and the residue in
the calendar year 1922, according to
the proposed bill.
All of the bonds shall bear the same
date and be payable at the Office of the
State Treasurer twenty years after their
date, with right reserved by the State
to redeem the bonds or any part there
OF at any interest period prior to their
maturity at PAR and accrued interest.
Inc bonds are in terest-bearing at a
rate not exceeding 6 per cent, payable
On January and July 1, and are ex-
empt from any taxation by State or
county district or municipal corpor-
alton.
A iund created is designated as the
o'a'e road sinking fund. The Governor
IS authorIzed to sell bonds from time
~ uIns as necessary to provide ample
.u"dS tor road construction purposes.
Inc form of the bonds is similar to that
''T the Virginia debt bonds.
every West Virginia voter will have
" &c ao!e to read English,if the bill in
INDUCED by Delegate C. F. McClintic
t@sSeS. It aims to prevent alien-born
f',s'nS vino do not know English from
'O"ng and to do away with the present
, system Of voting illiterate persons by
unScFuPuiouS clerks.
pelega'e Hall, if Mingo, introduced
O''' providing for a bonus of not
"V.e man $3.50 for ex-service men.
En-. - resolution introduced by Delegate
wv Wv thompson, of Barbour, pro-
,~'S mat the Public Service Commits
WI WI S"a.l report to the Board of Public