Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24
AT RICHMOND
LEGISLATION

Noise on the highways of the State
will be eliminated to degree, II
bill introduced yesterday by Delegate
j. Harry Rev, of Accomac, is enact
ed into law. The bill provides that II
shall be unlawful for any person tt
drive or permit to be wriven on any
public road or highway of this State
any motor vehicle at any time WITH
the muffler cut out or not in opera
ton. The offense is declared to be
misdemeanor, punishable by fine
of not less than $50.
Delegate Nottingham introduced a
bill yesterday to exempt associations
or organizations of farmers, includ-
ing produce exchanges organized by
farmers for mutual help in the mar
keting of their product and not for
profit, from the imposition of license
tax levied against persons. firms or
corporations buying or selling for an
other on commission.
Delegate T. Gray haddon, of Rich
mond, introduced bill to prevent
deception in the sale of paints, turpen-
tine, linseed oil and any substitute
provided therefor, and stipulating a
penalty of from S25 to S100 fine, or
Imprisonment in Jail for not less than
sixty days for each violation.
Fixing the penalty for a person
who shoots or stabs another with the
intent to MAIN or kill at confinement
in the State Penitentiary for not less
than five years nor more than twenty
years, or, if not inflicted maliciously,
in the discretion of the court, with
the intent aforementioned, the guilty
person shall be confined in the pen
itentiary not less than one year nor
more than five years, or confined in
iail not exceeding twelve months and
fined not in excess OF $500, are the
provisions of bill offered by Dele
gate E. Hugh Smith.
Delegates G. G. Turner, E. T. Bon
durant. Thomas w. Ozlin, T. C. Com
Minis, w. J. Story, II. T. Patterson,
R. L. Jeffreys, f. A. Hicks, Edwin H.
Gobson, Joseph NJ. Hurt, H. l.. Keen,
Marvin Smithey, f. D. Bolton and ].
R. Horsley, are copatrons of the CO.
Operative Marketing Bill introduced
in the House of Delegates yesterday.
In the declaration of policy it is
stated the object of the bill is to pro-
mote, foster and encourage the in
telligent and orderly marketing of
agricultural products through CO.
operation, to eliminate speculation and
waste, and to make the distribution of
a~rirutnral products between the
9loaure: and the consumer as direct
a can ne efficiently done, and to
stabilize he marketing of agricultural
F-1Gn,:s
.5sceailg changes in the proposed
me ;rla to Virginians who served
H. .:aa vrrld war are embodied in
bill introduced in the Senate yester-
day by Senator Morgan R. Mills, Of
Richmond.
The bill provides for memorial
of far greater proportions than that
proposed by act of the General AS
sembly in 1920, under which the city
of Richmond decided the property
of Richmond decided the property
known as the Ford lot to the State as
a site. Purchase of property on the
north side of Broad Street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, to sup
plement the site, and the erection of
a building straddling Broad Street,
is proposed by Senator Mills, who
asks an appropriation of S250,000 in
two installments to purchase the land,
and also asks authority for the reor-
ganized memorial commission to is
sue bonds to the extent of S2,500,000
to erect the structure.