Evening star., 1942-02-24
Virginia House
Weighs Record
Budget Bill
s37, 100000 Rise
In Appropriations
Asked for Biennium
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Feb. "a The
House of Delegates reconvened two
hours earlier than usual today tt
begin consideration of the largest
budget bill in the States history
Frank Moore of Lexington, chair
man of the Appropriations Com
mittee, who has piloted many sim
liar measures through the House
was armed with detailed informa
tion on changes made in committee
so that he could support its amend
ments on the floor.
Appropriations recommended by
former Gov. Price for the two years
ending June 80, 1914, totaled ap-
proximately $217 500 900. but the Ap-
preparations Committees changes
added proposed general outlays OF
$554,11O for the first year and 1857,
153 for the second year of the BIZ
ennium.
As in the past years, the COM
mittee wrote an amendment to
guarantee continuance of the bal
anced budget by authorizing the
Governor to make such deductions
from general appropriations as
necessary to prevent expenditures
from exceeding general fund rev.
enues.
S37 500, 900 Increase.
The total appropriations proposed
for the biennium exceed those of
the current two-year period by ap-
proximately S37,500,000, including
the general and all special funds.
House leaders apparently were in
tent upon expeditiing passage OF the
bill in order to speed it to the Sem
ate, which now has only two and a
half weeks left for study of the bill
in its Finance Committee and final
consideration on the Senate floor.
The bill was not passed in 1910 until
the closing hours of the session.
The Gibson House bill lowering
small loan companies interest rates
from 31a to 2 per cent month was
on third reading in the Senate,
ready for a final vote Proponents
of the legislation in line with rec
concentrations of Gov. Darden, con-
fldently predicted passage by an
overwhelming vote.
Senate Passes Crowder Bill.
The Senate yesterday passed
unanimously the Crowder bill pro-
hibiting small loan companies from
using applicants financial state
ments in actions to recover the debt
in court after bankruptcy, or to op-
pose discharge from bankruptcy.
The House Privileges and Elec-
tions Committee decided yesterday
to request recommittal of the re-
districting bill "for further con-
sideration' of the measure which
was reported Friday after adoption
of II changes. 1t relates only to
reapportionment of House repre-
sentation.
Redistricting Bill.
Meanwhile, the Senate had for
consideration a bill to redistrict
that body, offered by one of the Two
Republicans in the Senate. Senator
Fred Parks of Abingdon, the patron,
said he thought his bill lis more
nearly response to the Cover
nor's request for real reapportion-
ment" than the measure prepared
by the Fuller Redistricting Com
mission, but Il have some apprehen-
sion as to its fate
128 Measures.
One of the 1913 bills received by
the Assembly yesterday, the last day
for the introduction of general meas
ures, proposed to ban work strikes
for the duration, to prohibit union
membership from being a require
ment for employment, and to outlaw
the use of force or threats in trying
to persuade defense workers to stop
work. It's effect would be to elimi-
nate the closed shop on defense
projects.
Chief sponsor of the measure in
the House was Delegate Edmund T.
De Jarnette of Hanover County.
The Senate also received from
two Republican Senators, Parks and
Vaughan, joint resolution to place
the General Assembly on record as
urging the United States Senate
to give its approval quickly to the
anti-strike bill of Representative
Smith, Democrat, of Virginia They
pointed out that it already had
passed the House Of Representatives.
A bill introduced by a group of
nine delegates headed by Walter H.
Scott of Roanoke would require
judges coming under the Judicial
Retirement Act to contribute por-
ton of their salaries to the retire
ment fund. Under present law they
do not contribute.
Sanitation Areas.
Senator Ralph Daughton of Nor
folk introduced a measure to au-
thorize the Governor to establish
special emergency health and SAN
itation areas to meet needs that
might arise in connection with air
raids and other war emergencies.
A proposal by Senator J. F. Walter
of Accomac would prohibit the use
of crab pots in the States principal
rivers.
The four Norfolk House members
offered a bill authorizing primaries
In special elections so as to prevent
recurrence of a situation similar
to that in the second district last
year after the resignation of Gov.
Darden from Congress to run for
Governor. At that time the attor-
ney general ruled there was no pro-
vision in law for special primary
and a convention was held for the
nomination of Gov. Darden SMSuc-
cessor, Winder r. Harris of Norfolk.
Both House and Senate confirmed
by unanimous vote seven appointees
of Gov. Darden. These included
John @. Rhodes, jr., unemployment
compensation commissioner: J. D.
Eggleston, member of the Board Of
Education, and these reappointed
officials: Tax Commissioner c. H.
Morrissett, Agriculture Commission
er L. M. Walker, jr.; Welfare Com
missioner w. H. Stauffer, Director
G. M. Chichester of the division of
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