Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-08
ASSEMBLY LOCKED
ON BUDGET BILL
Senate Rejects House
Amendments and Threatens
Delay in Adjournment.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
stan Correspondent Of The Star.

House of Delegates were in deadlock
over the budget bill for the coming
biennium that today threatened to
carry the present session over its reg
tiiar time, which is ended today.
While deadlocked over the budget
bill, however. the remaining legislation
pertaining strictly to the Northern
Virginia area was completed by both
Houses, with the exception of some
minor amendments to the two Airing
ton County enabling bills, both of which
were to be returned from the Senate
to the House today for concurrence on
the amendments.
DeaMOcked on Two Bills.
The Assembly is at the present time
deadlocked on two bills, the most i'm
portant of which is the budget measure
and the other the Hall chain-store tax
bill
Difficulties over the budget bill started
the first of the week when the Senate
made a general increase In nearly all
salaries over the amounts as passed by
the House. When the bill was returned
to the lower body concurrence in the
amendments was refused and con-
ference committee appointed
The report of this committee was
made Thursday, the conferees having
reached a compromise agreement OF
$4,000 for Tax Commissioner Morrisett
and disregarded most of the Senate's
other salary raises. The House refused
to accept the report, the principal OBJ
lection being based upon the elimination
of $500 for the Cooperative Educa-
ton Association and $500 for the State
Parent Teacher Association and recon-
mendations we're returned to the con-
ference committee.
When the session opened yesterday
morning the House received a letter
from Gov. Pollard in which he said that
he desired Mr.. Morrisett's salary left
at $4,000 as recommended, claiming
that his position was one of the most
important in the State government.
Vote to Accept Report.
As a result of the governors letter
and after the items for the education
and parent-teacher associations had
been reirlstated by the committee, the
House voted, 81 to SO, to accept the
report and the amended bill was sent
to the Senate.
struck opposition many of the Senators
objecting to the amendment of certain
provisions of the bill that had been
passed by both houses without contro-
versy. The fight against the measure
in its present form was led by Senators
Layman, Early and Barron, who were
assisted by ruling of Lieut.. Gov. Price
to the effect that the committee had
no right to consider non-controversial
matters. AS result of this ruling the
Senate voted to reject the measure and
1t was again sent to the committee.
The committee recommended additional
appropriations of more than 100000
over the original budget of $101 ,000, 900.
The other measure upon which the
two bodies have failed to agree is the
bill Of Delegate Wilbur c. Hall of Lou
doun County imposing an extra tax of
$50 on all but the first store Of chain
systems. The Senate amended the
measure to exempt five stores from
extra taxation and the House refused
to accept the amendment. When the
Senate again refused to accept the
measure in its original form confer
ence committee was appointed.
With slight amendments the Senate
yesterday passed the two enabling bills
OF Delegate Hugh Reid of Arlington.
one for vote of the citizens of that
county on Incorporation and the other
on an election to determine upon either
the commission or county manager
forms OF government. At the same time
the House passed the bill of Senator
Frank L. Ball setting up a Northern
Virginia Park and Planning Commits
sion for Alexandria Arlington County
and part Of Fairfax County.
Reassessment Bill Passed.
After the defeat of a number of
amendments to except various counties.
the House passed the Buchanan reas-
sessment bill, accepting only the com
mlttee amendments that will exclude
zS an FAIRFAX, Henrico, Chester
neLd and Elizabeth City Counties.
The bill does away with periodical
assessments, putting the task of deter
mlnlng real estate values in the hands
OF boards OF equalization in the counties.
put providing for a four-year reas-
seSSment IN cities of over $4,000. Ar
Ington, Fairfax and the counties adj
looming richmond and Norfolk were
gwen the same privileges as cities be-
cause OF the rapid change in their
taxable values. The bill relieves the
commissioners of revenue of all of the
counties Of the task of reasseSsment .
duty given them by the reorganization
Of 1928
The Senate passed the House bills in
creaslng the speed limit from IS to As
miles an hour; the bill of Delepate
l. L. Freeman of Fairfax to provide
Tor the financial relief Of volunteer Are
men killed or injured in action: the
freeman bill permitting a referendum
vote on amending the charter of the
Town OF Fairfax; the Reid bill setting
up county court to abolish all ius-
tlceS OF the peace and take over the
duties OF the trial, domestic relations
ana juvenile courts of Arlington Coun-
W; the bill of Delegate Freeman to
transfer the police force of Fairfax
county from the highway superintend-
ent to the sheriff'S office and MANY
otner Iast-minute measures.
Fee Bill Adopted.
The Senate passed a bill prohibiting
State motor cycle policemen from coll
Iectlng ices for administration of the
prohlDltlon laws, and immediately there
aiter the House passed a resolution call
Ing upon the director of the legislative
grating bureau, which was re-estab-
tSned at this session by bill of Sena-
Tor Frank L. Ball of Arlington, to make
an investigation Of the State fee sys-
tenn as 1t pertains to the operation and
enforcement of the criminal laws and
report 10 the 1882 General Assembly.
Inc resolution was offered by Dele
gate Charles w. Crowder of Richmond.
who declared that the criminal law Is
now used to collect revenue. Revenue
should be raised by taxation and not by
Settlng price on every mans head. -
delegate Reid objected to the investiga-
tlon being made by the head of the
legislative drafting bureau, claiming that
" should be made by the Office of the
attorney eyot1araI