Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-28
BILLS PRESENTED
TO VA. ASSEMBLY
Measure Allowing President
to Fish All Year Goes
Through Senate.
BY the Associated Press.


sources and industries came into the
General Assembly yesterday in bills pro-
viding for a controlling commission,
taxing rates for taking sea food, regu-
lationS for open and restricted areas
and system of State inspection.
The bills were presented in the House
by Delegates William A. Wright of
Tappahannock, and in the Senate by
Senator Robert c. Norris, jr., of Lively.
with other tidewater members listed
as co-patronS They are the measures
prepared by an informal committee of
members from the tidewater district
who planned the program with Gov.
Pollard.
Special Committee Meeting.
The sea food program will be the
subject of a special joint meeting next
Monday of the House committee on
the Chesapeake and its tributaries and
the Senate fish and game committee.
In the meantime Gov. Pollard is pre-
pairing a special message on the sub
ject, which he said would contain his
own views and recommendations.
The bills introduced would place
practically entire control OF sea food
protection in the hands of COM
mission of five members appointed by
the governor who would fix their SAL
aries and have power to remove them
at his pleasure. The commission
would be required to report by July l,
1881, on any needed changes in the
Baylor survey.
submit at the next conference of gov
errors the ACCESSIBILITY of dividing pres
idential electors in each State among
the supporters of different tickets In
proportion to the popular vote cast Tor
each ticket was introduced in the
House by Delegate J. Fred BirreH OF
Alexandria.
Delegate Birrell's suggestion was en-
bodied in a Joint resolution calling on
both Houses to request Gov. Pollard to
take action. The proposed change,
Delegate Birrell said, is IN line with
a bill in Congress now pending.
Up to State Legislatures.
It proposes to leave to the discretion
of State Legislatures whether or not
the new method is adopted, to whose
authority the direction OF the manner
of choosing presidential electors is re-
served under the Federal Constitution.
On motion of Delegate Ashton Dovell,
Williamsburg, the resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on privileges
and election.
simultaneously with passage in the
Senate of the Early bill allowing Pres1-
dent Hoover to fish the year round In
Virginia streams came word from
Washington that the President viii not
accept the concession. The Presidents
attitude was regarded as having the
probable effect of killing the bill when
it reaches the House.
Among provisions of the sea food
bills introduced are direct tax on
oysters going outside the State OF AZ
cents buShel; extension Of the buShel
tax to all oysters taken from any ground
in the State, increasing the bushel tax
on all oysters to 2 cents; levy of 10
per cent shell tax; doubling the tax on
all oyster tongerS, the increase to 60
to a fund for, repleniShing of public
oyster rocks; extension of authority 10
the Commission of Fisheries to prohibit
the use of patent tongs; creation OF
system Of inspection; more stringent
provisions against purchasers OF seed
oysters who attempt to escape taxation,
and a general increase of all license
fees. amounting TO so per cent.
Roads Bill Reported.
The Porter-Rhodes bill for adding
1887 miles to the State highway sys-
TEN, beginning September /, came
from the House roads committee with
favorable report. It is designed, accord
into country districts and enable easier
marketing of farm products.
Two bills were passed by the House
fixing moral qualifications for candi-
dates for the bar and changing minor
phrase in the divorce law, while several
others were temporarily passed by.
The House received the appropria-
lions bill, containing the recommended
lions in Gov. Byrd's budget message,
introduced by Delegate Dovell, and two
measures making stockholders of bank
ing institutions liable to the amount Of
stock they own in the event of failure
of the institution. The bank bills were
presented by Delegate McMurran Of
Portsmouth.
Delegates McCauley and Jones were
patrons of bill providing for the es-
Enlistment of a liberal arts college for
women at any one of the four sites
suggested by the investigating commit
tee-Lynchburg, Roanoke, Harrisonburg
or Fredericksburg. The bill would con-
tinue the committee, now headed by
Judge Don P. Halsey of Lynchburg, Civ
ing it the additional power to enter
into agreements for securing site and
buildings. A similar bill was presented
in the Senate by Senators Langhorne
and Wright.
To Retire Judges.
Among other measures introduced in
the Senate was one by Senators Mon
tague of Richmond, Buchanan of
Marion and Swank of Harrisonburg to
retire judges of the Corporation and
Circuit Courts at the age of 30 years
on three-f1fths pay. They would be re-
quired to have served 80 years con-
tinuously.
The present authority to build a tun-
mel or bridge from Norfolk to Ports
mouth, consisting Of the board of SUI
perviSors of Norfolk County and the
councils of the cities of Norfolk and
Portsmouth would be superseded In a
bill introduced by Senator william H.
Jeffreys, jr. Of Chase City by the "Vir-
ginia bridge authority" to be composed
of five members appointed by the State
Corporation Commission.
II was proposed under the former
act, according to Senator Jeffreys, to
build a tunnel or bridge between the
two cities, which eventually would take
the place OF fszSes now operating, IN
der the bill introduced yesterday bonds
from 10 to 12senillion dollars would be
issued to finance the project, which
would not involve the credit of the
State or of the two cities.
The Senate courts of justice commit
tee voted a favorable report on bills
authorizing city administrations to con-
OcAIlAl pIOpGIly remaining dIJeI CuLL1IlS
thoroughfares where the property could
not be profitably used by the owner
and fixing the limit of landlords lien
at II months rent instead of 6, as at
present. Approval was also voted OF
the McCauley resolution for a commits
sion to study Anticipated laws and re-
port at the next regular session.
Bill Voted Out.
The committee on general laws of the
Senate set all racial integrity bills for
hearing Friday afternoon, and passed