Evening star., 1942-03-14
Patent Law Bill
Threatened by
Amendment
Plan to Bor All but
Licensed Attorneys
Postpones Passage

Bv e Staff Correspondent of The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, March IA
last-minute amendment to the Fen
wick bill authorizing agents and out
of-town attorneys to practice before
the Patent once Division recently
transferred to Richmond delayed
final State Senate action until this
afternoon.
In its first night meeting ses-
sion Of the General Assembly, the
Senate passed rs uncontested bills
in an hour and a half prepar-
atory to adjournment tonight. 1t
operated under a rule that all bills
TO which one or more objections were
raised would be postponed until this
afternoon.
When the bill of Delegate Charles
r. Fenwick of Arlington County re-
lating to practice before the Patent
Once was reached, Senator Charles
w. Crowder of Richmond proposed
an amendment which would, in ef-
feet, nullify the benefits to many
Patent Office attorneys and agents
n}ilCil lIIc Dlll pIOVlQeS.
Mr.. Fenwick's bill would make it
possible for all attorneys and agents
who practice before the Patent Of
flee in Washington to continue their
practice before the Examining Divi-
sion Of the Office now located in Rich
mond upon payment of a SIS rev.
enue license fee.
Calls for Licensed ATTORNEYS.
Senator CroWder's amendment
would require that all persons prac-
ticing before the Richmond branch
be licensed attorneys. Its effect
would be to exclude from practice
those persons who practice as agents
or who are not registered attorneys.
Senator William D. Medley of Ar
llngton, who was acting patron of all
Northern Virginia legislation before
the Senate last night, Immediately
objected to the proposed Crowder
amendment and consideration of the
bill was ordered held over.
Among uncontested measures
passed, to be sent back to the House
for concurrence in Senate amend
ments. were the following:
The Fenwick bill to establish medi-
cal scholarships at the University
of Virginia and the Medical College
of Virginia to supply country doc
tors to rural areas.
The bill by Delegate S D. Rogers
OF Petersburg. amended by Delegate
Robert j. McCandlish, jr., of Fairfax
County, to increase from SIS to s25
the annual appropriation to the
Centerville Ridge Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy. for
tending the graves of Confederate
veterans at Centerville.
A bill by Burnette Miller. jr., of
Culpeper, Maurice D. Rosenberg of
Alexandria and others to establish
a system of personnel administration
and merit for State employees.
Passes Rent Board Bill
The Fenwick bill providing for the
establishment Of emergency rent
boards to control rental ceilings in
defense areas.
The bill by Delegate Fenwick and
H. B. Davis of Norfolk, continuing
the Division of AeronauticS.
The McCandlish bill authorizing
the Fairfax County Board of Super
visors to regulate trailer camps.
Among the bills passed last night
without Senate amendments and
sent to the Governor were the Fen
wick bill to authorize the State
Highway Commission to construct
Fairfax drive in exchange for North
Washington boulevard in Arlington
County.
Includes Registrar Bill
The Fenwick bill to establish a
central registrar in Arlington
A bill by Delegate McCandlish and
Edgar r. Conner of Prince William
County, amended by Mr.. Fenwick,
providing for appointment of police
for indefinite terms in Arlington,
Fairfax and Prince William Counties.
The McCandlish bill to abolish the
separate school district in the town
of Falls Church.
Among the measures deferred for
final disposition this afternoon was
the bill by Delegate E. B. Moore of
Berryville to reorganize the Commits
sion of Game and Inland Fisheries,
amended to provide a nine member
commission and executive director.
Also deferred was consideration of
the bill by House Floor Leader G.
Alvin Massenburg. raising the max
imum salary brackets of the trial
justices of Fairfax and Prince Will
liam Counties.