Evening star., 1938-03-13

major bills. though many were amend
ed and sent back for Senate con-
currence.
Among those passed by the House
was the Burks Senate fair trade
bill. prohibiting the sale Of goods at
less than cost, plus a 6 per cent mark
up Ito cover in part the cost Of doing
business"
Continues Cleaners' Code.
The House bill continuing the State
dry cleaners and dyers' code was
passed by the Senate with an amend
ment which led to a compromise
schedule of fees that finally was ap-
proved as the report of q committee
of conference.
The conferees agreed on q new
schedule based on $40 for cleaners
doing less than $4,000 and 81 per
thousand additional up to a maxi
mum of $40 for the larger cleaners;
The conference report was accepted
by both houses without debate. send
ing the bill to the Governor.
Other important bills passed by the
Senate includes the House bill, Gre
ating a division Of aeronautics under
the State Corporation Commission,
with power to levy a Scent per gallon
tax on gasoline used by intrastate
planes, which would go toward the
development Of Virginia airports.
Soil Bill Amended.
In passing the soil conservation bill,
the House attached amendments pro-
viding that no farmer would be eligible
to vote in elections on the establish
ment Of local soil conservation dis
tricts" whose land already had been
terraced at Federal expense, and that
where carrying out the program would
be q burden on the land owner or
call for work to which he objected. the
cost should be borne by the party or
parties performing the work.
The amendments enlarged ON pre-
Tous amendments inserted by the
Senate for the safeguard Of objectors
to the program. The bill, In general,
sets up State committee which would
supervise referendums on establish
ing the local districts and programs
for control Of soil erosion.
The House also passed the Gather
Daniel-Goode bill providing that pub
lie school teachers shall receive $500
. year in State funds and that the
public schools be operated nine months
year. An amendment by Delegate
Marvin Gray of Wakefield, however,
provided that In special cases the term
might be reduced to eight months,
IN the discretion Of the State Board Of
Education.
Other Major Blk.
Another bill passed after consider
able debate was the Mpf1ett-B -Bivins bill
making gross negligence" the only
ground on which . non-paying guest
OF an automobile operator could base
q suit for the collection Of, damages
for injury or death.
Other major bills passed by the
House included measures prohibiting
the payment of ransom In kiduap
cases and requiring information Of
such crimes to be given the police:
authorizing Farmville State Teachers
College to borrow $4,000 from the
literary fund for new building; pre-
scribing minimum standards for
plumbing and plumbing materials
with . local option clause); regulat-
ing the practice Of optometry, particu-
larly with reference to advertising
practices: prohibiting the public
schools to charge laboratory ana other
special fees; authorising county agents
IN counties having no registered vet
erinarians to administer vaccines to
animals (by vote Of 41-40); and re-
ducing the gross receipts tax on steam
boat companies.