Evening star., 1932-02-09
VIRGINIA ELECTION
PAY CUTS PASSED
Senate Votes Hall Measure
for Slash From $5 to
SO Per Day.
Y A STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

By a STAFF Correspondent of The Star
RICHMOND, Va, February 9.-The
Senate yesterday passed the bill of dele
gate Wilbur C. Hall of Loudoun County,
cutting the pay Of election officials from
SIS to SO a day. Having already passed
the House, the bill now awaits the
signature of the Governor
There were but three dissenting votes
on the bill One of those who voted
mo" was Senator John w. Rust OF
Fairfax County. The two others were
Senators Robert Gillian; r.; of Peters
burg, and Maj. M. Hilliard of Ports
mouth. The bill cuts the pay of reg
istrars, judges, clerks and commissioners
of elections.
Museum Bill Passes.
Among other bills passed. were the
House bills permitting counties to ex-
pend as much as $500 for the employ
ment of detectives to assist in the solu-
ton of criminal cases, and the measure
which will transfer the State museum
to the care of the State conservation
and development commission.
Declaring that more than $2,000,000
has been diverted from the State lit
erary fund and public schools for pro-
hibition enforcement, Senator E. j.
duced two bills on the subject. One Is
designed to curb the practice of taking
court costs out of prohibition fines and
the other to stop the use of forfeited
automobiles by the localities instead
of selling them and creditmg the pro-
ceeds to the literary fund.
Third Prohibition Bill.
A third prohibition bill by Senator
Harvey would repeal the law providing
that no person shall be excused from
testifying for the State in a prohibition
case discriminating himself. He declared
that the literary fund has suffered to
the extent of more than S2,000,000 since
1922, claiming that the prohibition fines
are now being used Tor enforcement
first. the remaining funds going into the
literary fund.
A bill introduced by Senator A. P.
Staples at the request OF the Roanoke
teachers would prohibit the deduction
of any part of the salaries of teachers,
superintendents, supervisors or prlncl-
pals of schools for pensions or any other
purpose, without the consent Of the
party concerned.
The measure is expected to further
complicate the teachers retirement sit
uetion, which has been source OF con-
troversy between Gov. Pollard and the
teachers since the beginning of the ses-
sion. The Governor recommended that
both the appropriations and the teach
erS assessments be doubled in order
to keep the fund alive. Passage of the
Staples bill might totally abolish the
teachers retirement system. he said.
Prison Camp Measure.
Carrying out Gov. Pollard's recon-
mendation that prison camps be estab-
lished for the employment of prisoners
in county and city jails, Senator B. F.
Buchanan of Smyth County introduced
a bill that would authorize the State
Prison Board to establish a Division of
Convict Camps and enter into agree
mentS with the authorities of any
county, city or town, of any department
of the State government to build and
maintain roads and streets not in the
State system, and to do such other pub
lie works as may be approved by the
State Prison Board and the Governor.
Senator Buchanan introduced anoth-
er bill, which would repeal the act au-
thorizing the manufacture of automo-
bile license plates, road signs and kim
dred articles for the use of the State,
or to be sold, with prison labor at the
penitentiary.