Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
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Passes Veteran
Preference Bill
Measure to Fix
Stated. C. Line
Is Sent to Floor
BY ALEX r. PRESTON,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT

MeQIey, Arlington, 10 give veterans
Of both World Wars preferential
merit ratings for State employment,
Is the first piece of legislation spon-
sored by Northern Virginia legisla-
tors to have passed either branch of
the General Assembly.
The measure, which gives wound
ed veterans 10 points and all other
ex-service personnel points in
their merit system scores for en-
ployment in four State agencies.
passed the Senate yesterday, without
opposition.
Legislation sponsored by Senator
Medley and Senator Andrew w.
Clarke, Alexandria, Fairfax and
Prince William, to establish the
District of Columbia Virginia boun-
Diary, was reported by the Senate
General Laws Committee and will
appear on the Senate calendar to-
day. Also approved by the same
committee was the House Joint
resolution by Delegate Stuart B.
Campbell, Wythe, to amend the
Constitution to permit State and
local taxation of Federal properties
with the consent of the United
States.
Offers Firemen's Bill.
Delegate E. Blackburn Moore.
Winchester, Clarke and Frederick.
introduced bill yesterday that
would extend to the governing
boards OF counties the same authori.
ties now granted governing bodies
OF cities and towns to establish VOL
unteer fire departments.
Mr.. Moore's bill is Statewide in
application, but was introduced at
the request of Harry Ben Hall,
winchester attorney, who represents
group of Northern Friedrich
County residents who already have
ordered a $1,000 fire engine. Under
the proposed bill fire companies of
not less than 20 nor more than 80
volunteers could be organized.
Delegate c. c. Louderback. War
rem and Page, also dropped into the
hopper bill of general application,
the result of situation that had
come to his attention around Front
Royal and Luray. He would amend
existing statutes to require claims
for losses of livestock and poultry to
be made only when such losses are
due to dogs owned by others than
claimant. Mr.. Louderback said in
stances have been called to his at
tention when a mans own dog in
flicted losses and he then sought re-
lief under the present law.
Refund Bill Is Passed.
3 j Another bill by Mr.. Louderback
authorizing the supervisors of Page
and Warren Counties and the coun :
ellis of Luray and Front Royal to
make contributions toward organi-
cations providing hospital and fire.
fighting services was advanced in
the House and comes up for passage
today.
After the Senate passed the Pitts
Medley veterans preference act, the
House passed and sent to the Senate
a bill by Delegates D. French
Slaughter, Culpeper, and Norman c.
Bailey, Orange. The measure is de-
signed to give users of nonhighway
gasoline, principally farmers, 80
days instead of so days in which to
file for road tax refunds.
Also passed by the House was a
bill by Delegates John Spiers, Mont
gomery, and j. Maynard Magruder,
Arlington, giving trustees of incom-
petent ex-service personnel the same
powers for handling estates that
trustees now have when acting in
behalf Of insane persons.
Would Limit Interest.
Delegate William ]. Gibson, Fred
ericksburg, introduced bill to limit
to 6 per cent the interest that may
be charged on conditional sales con-
tracts. Mr.. Gibson said there now is
no limitation on such sales con-
tracts.
The House passed a resolution by
Delegates Charles F. Unruh, North
cumberland, requesting Virginia s
Representatives in Congress to seek
relaxation of Federal laws to per-
init children between the ages of
II and 16 to work an eight hour
day in fruit and vegetable packing
plants. The sponsor said the step is
necessary because of shortage Of
labor and also to make State and
Federal laws consistent.
The House and Senate General
Laws Committees have scheduled a
public hearing tomorrow in the
House chamber on a bill sponsored
by Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Bailey to
control pollu lion of the States
streams.
The Moffett- Joint Senate
resolution which would declare the
unionization of State, city and
county workers in Virginia as coun-
trary to the public policy of the
Commonwealth was deferred until
next Monday at meeting Of the
Senate Committee on General Laws.
AFL Asks Postponement.
Action on the. resolution which
Gov. Tuck had requested in his
legislative message to the General
Assembly, came after Horace w.
Sharp, legislative representative Of
the State Federation of Labor,
asked for postponement by the COM
mittee, stating that he hadn't had
time to study the resolution and
consult with other AFL representa-
tives in the State and in Washing
ton.
Prior to Mr.. Sharp's request for
deferment Of final action, the COM
mittee, headed by Senator E. r.
Fuller, Richmond, had listened to
Ernest B. Pugh, regional director Of
the CLIO in Virginia, urge complete
rejection of the measure.
In the House, Delegate Robert
Whitehead, Nelson County, declared
the general fund revenues had been
underestimate $77,913,271 in the
last 10 years and implied that the
State would have more money than
budget estimates indicate for ex-
pansion Of services during the next
two years.
The Nelson delegate mentioned
hospital and medical facilities, pub
lie health and education as among
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