Evening star., 1941-11-10
Price Gets Plan
For Virginia
Parole System
Legislative Council
Also Urges Salaries
For Peace Officers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 10.-Gov.
Price had for consideration today a
report by the Virginia Advisory
Legislative Council recommending
legislation to establish a Statewide
probation and parole system, a
salary basis for payment OF. Sheriffs
and city sergeants and depart
ment Of corrections with broad
authority over the entire penal
system.
The council incorporated changes
designed to meet objections to
similar proposals in previous ses-
sions of the General Assembly, but
the new recommendations generally
follow those of two years ago.
One of the major changes. Chair
man John B. Spiers of Radford
said, was in regard to the appoint
ment of the probation and parole
officers by the Circuit and Corpora
ton Court judges.
Bills introduced in 1910, which
came nearer being adopted than at
any time during the last several
sessions, provided that eligible lists
be supplied the judges by the COM
missioner of corrections, but that
any judge might appoint any prop
erly qualified person whether or not
the name appeared on the eligible
list.
MOdifieS Former Stand.
This provision" the council said,
has been the subject of vigorous
criticism from some quarters, and
the committee has determined that
the former recommendations made
by the council in this regard should
be modified.
The recommendation of the
committee is that the probation and
parole officers be appointed by the
Judges from lists submitted by the
commissioner of corrections, but, in
case any list submitted is found to
be unsatisfactory to the judge, that
the commissioner be requested to
submit additional lists containing
the names of additional eligible per-
sons. if requested to do SO by the ap-
pointing Judge, until list contain
ing the name Of a person satisfac-
tory to the judge is submitted"
The report said it was the coun-
ellis opinion that this plan would
insure the preservation of the merit
system through appointment of
properly qualified persons and at
the same time would give latitude to
the judges in the appointment of
the proba ton parole officers who
work closely with the judges in the
probation phase Of the program.
Salaries for Sheriffs.
Other important changes included
proposals that full-time deputies
of sheriffs and sergeants be paid
salaries not to exceed two-thirds of
the compensation fixed for their
principals. and their actual ex-
penses, and that part-time deputies
be paid on the basis of services per-
formed, not exceeding IS for any
one day. The number of deputies
would be fixed by the boards of
supervisors and city councils with
the consent of the judges.
The council also adopted a sug-
geStion by State Auditor L. Nc
Carthy Downs that the expense &C
counts of sheriffs and sergeants be
submitted monthly and the amounts
to be allowed be fixed by the State
Compensation Board each month
on the recommendation of the local
governing bodies. The allowances
now are fixed for each calendar year
in advance of the basis of estimates
submitted by the officers.
The council proposed that the
Department of Corrections be es-
tablished July l. 1912, that the pro-
baton and parole system be placed
in effect September l, 1912, and the
sheriffS and Sergeants compensa-
ton System on January l, 1943.