Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-23
STATE REDISTRICTING
MEASURE ALSO is UP
Two Joint Investigations Are
Scheduled to Get Under
Way This Week.
Is BEGINNING OF REAL work
Probe OF Highway CoInunfssfoncr and
State Departments Probably
VIII Begin Tncndny Night.

Hearings on important mcasurcs
before the General Assembly will
tIing to RichmCnd this week kun
Grcds Of Nirgi3ia,s who ara either
officially or personally Interested In
the various bills TO he taken up by
the committees of the Sena.. and
House.
The medical merger and the ,udget
Ills VIII vie with each other In at
tracing the public spirited Eir.
ginian to the halls In which the laws
OF his State are made. In the for
rner. there Is interest for the thous-
ands ot physicians and surgeons who
practice their professions in the Old
dominion. the majority OF whom re-
cGtVed their training either at the
University OF Virginia or at the Med
ical College of Virginia. The latter
touches every phase OF the govern
mental life of the Commonwealth. and
IL Of interest 10 every man and wo-
man VINO pays taxes for the support
or the government and who patron
iZes The institutions IL fosters.
Medical Merger Hill.
The hearing on the medical mer-
ger bill. which carries the reco,nmen.
dation Of joint committee of tile
Legislature that the medical deparl-
meht OF the University o. virginia
and the Medical College OF Virginia
DE consolidated and that the consol-
idatcd institution be located In Rich
mond. will be held Wednesday night
in the hall Of the House of Delegates.
II viii be before Joint committee
composing the Schools and Colleges
Committee OF the House and the pub
,ic Institutions and Education Com
rnittee of the Senate.
Hearings on the budget bill. which
is tentative measure for all pro-
posed appropriations of the budget
submitted by the Governor to the
General Assembly in accordance with
the law. will begin tomorrow night
in the State Corporation Commission
courtroom. The joint committee.
combining the Finance Committee of
the Senate. OF which Senator w. a.
Garrett is chairman. and tho Appro-
priations Committee OF the Housc.
headed by Delegate j. Sinclair
Brown. will meet tonight for organi /.
"ation. Tho bin was presented in
each house, in printed form, at the
opening Of the session, January II.
Each member has. therefore, had am
pie time in which to familiarize him
self with the contents OF the pro-
posed measure.
Bombnrded With Requests.
state departments nnd institutions
are asking for more than SAG. 500. 900.
nearly Sl3.00o.00O in excess OF the
total amount recommended in the
budget submitted by the Governor.
II Is expected. in view OF this that
the joint committee will be bonn
harded with requests TO increase tn
various instances tho appropriations
recommended by the chief executive.
The matter of redistricting the
State. both for the Senate and the
House of Delegates, will come be-
fore a joint committee Thursday
morning at II o'clock.
Two joint Investigations arc sched-
uled for the week. On Tuesday morn.
ing joint committee, headed by
Senator Harry Flood Byrd, will be-
gin hearings on tho resolution pro-
viding for. investigation OF the High
way Commissioner. the commission
and tho department.. The committee
will file its report before February
20.
The Investigation of State depart
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