Evening star., 1938-01-29
ASSEMBLY CLEARS.
DECK FOR HEARING
ON STATE BUDGET
Proposed $163, 900, 900 Ap-
preparation Sets New Hiqh
for Virginia.
OVERLOAD TRUCK BILL
DRASTICALLY AMENDED
More Debate Expected Next Week
on Controverted Alcohol
Text Book.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2s.-Ihe
Virginia Legislature, which kept its
calendars shipshape with a squirt of
activity yesterday, enjoyed a respite
today before plunging into public
hearings next week on the $163 000, 900
budget.
The two most powerful committees
of the Assembly, the finance group of
the Senate and the appropriations
group of the House, Monday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock will hold the first Joint
public hearing on the biennial appro-
priations bill, which sets new high
for Virginia expenditures.
While the hearings, involving in
creased allotments for public schools
and creation of a fund for old-age
assistance, as well as appropriations
for all other State activities, will draw
most attention as the new week opens.
the legislators will find other matters
demanding consideration.
Truck Bill Amended.
In the House, the Spiers overload
truck bill, drastically amended, will
be on the calendar for final vote.
In debate Friday during a 21s-hour
session, the patrons wording reducing
the overload from 160 to 100 per cent
OF the licensed capacity of trucks was
stricken out.
An amendment by E. Blackburn
Moore of Clarke which keeps the law
as it now stands except to limit truck
loads to four times the manufacturers
rated capacity was adopted, and the
bill advanced to third reading. Mr..
Moore said the bill before amendment
would have required $4,000 truck
owners to pay $50 instead of $50 for
license tag.
OF the floor, Mr. Spiers said the
bill was valuable for its safety fea-
lures even aside from its revenue pro-
VISIONS. Under present law, he said,
a li2-ton truck can be licensed at 8
tons and loaded with 78 tons. Under
the bill as amended it can be loaded
to tons
Also on the calendar for third read
Ing will be the Massenburg bill de-
signed to prevent the city of Newport
News from annexing any territory
from Elizabeth City County.
Originally drawn to prohibit an
nexation of any of the county unless
all was annexed. the bill was changed
to prohibit the city from reducing the
size of the county from its present go
square miles.
In addition to some minor bills up
Tor passage in the Senate, the Vaden-
Garrett-Heller bill for sale of all basal
and supplemental text books to school
patrons at cost plus S per cent for
handling will be ready for approval.
The Brock-Daniel-C Coleman bill au-
thorizing the Farmville State Teach
ers' College to issue $4,000 of certif1-
Gates of Indebtedness and the Fred
ericksburg State Teachers College to
issue 100000 worth also will be ready
for final vote.
New Legislation Introduced.
New legislation introduced yester-
day included:
BY Senator G. E. Heller of Bedford,
bill for old-age assistance, to be
financed by doubling the 1-cent tax
on a bottle of beer and increasing
State liquor profits by 20 per cent.
BY Senator R. r. Parker of Ap-
palachia, bill empowering localities
to regulate the sale of beer and wine
on Sunday.
BY Delegate E. w. Sanford of Farm
vile, a bill for per cent sales tax,
which he estimated would raise So
100000 year for old-age assistance
and schools
BY Delegate Sanford, four bills
sponsored by the State Board of
Pharmacy and designed to strengthen
the law affecting the sale and manu-
facture of cosmetics, drugs and medi-
cines. One, ito make it impossible to
manufacture and distribute drugs with
poisonous content" without supervision
of a registered pharmacist, MIR. San
ford said, was inspired by recent
deaths attributed to elixir of sulfanila-
mide.
BY Delegates Leon Bazile, Horace
Edwards, Elliott Campbell and John
Boatwright, bill placing a $50 tax on
labor agents, defined as persons paid
to hire employees for others, and pro-
hibiting solicitation by such persons
outside the limits of cities from Feb
ruary to November 80 of each year.
The Heller bill would limit the
amount received by the aged to $40
person, and hold their total income,
including what they now receive and
what they will get from the State, to
$50 month.