Evening star., 1948-02-05
Virginia Senate Bill
On Child Labor Law
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BY Staff Correspondent. Of The stor
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 5-Amend'
ments to the child labor law de-
signed to give children an oppor.
tunity to finish high school will bt
proposed today in bill to be intro.
duced by Senator Charles R. Fen
wick of Arlington.
Also scheduled for today is con.
sideration by the House of Dele
gates of five bills carrying out 6
major portion of Gov. Tuck's taa
program to raise an additional s2l,.
100000 during the next two years
A sixth bill was retained by the
House Finance Committee to study
amendments.
The five bills will appear on the
calendar for their second reading.
This means they are in position tc
be debated and amended on the
floor. Unless action is deferred. g
fight by opponents of the plan ol
proponents of other tax measures is
in prospect.
Final Action Due Today.
Final action is slated this after.
noon in the Senate on bill by
Senator Fenwick authorizing the
governing bodies of counties tt
contribute money and property tt
nonprofit hospitals. This Is a com.
panion bill to another measure bs
the same sponsor designed to i'm.
plement local participation in hos
pital and health center construc'
tion under the Federal Hill-Burtor
Act whereby the Government put
up one-third of the cost.
The bill up for passage today
makes possible the appropriation O
public funds to meet the county''
one.third share. The companion
bill,E still before the Finance Com
mittee, would impose a 1-cent ia,
on each package of cigarettes. the
revenue from which would be ear.
marked for aid in hospital con-
struction.
The child labor amendments were
prepared at the request of the Vlr'
ginia Child Labor Committee,
Statewide organization composed
of other groups and individuals in.
terested in the problem.
Amendment Explained.
In attempting to make it possible
for each child to complete hlgf
school, Senator Fenwick woule
amend the present child labol
statutes to conform with the com
pulsory school attendance law
The school law compels attend.
ance OF each child until he Is II
years of age. On the other hand
the present Child Labor Act forblds
employment until IA years OF age
Senator Fenwick would raise this
prohibition against employment
during school hours, to the 16-year
level.
Excepted would be children who
after reaching IA years Of age, were
certified by the division school
Superintendent as being incapable
of further satisfactory progress,
high school graduates, those doing
farm work or work for their parents
and children doing occasional work
such as baby-sitting or moving a
neighbor's lawn.
Some Rules Unchanged.
Left Unchanged are existing regu-
lations governing the street trades
messengers and newsboys-whicf
are permitted after the age OF Il
years, outside of school hours.
The bill would give the Commits
sioner of Labor new authority tc
declare occupations moral or physica
hazards and forbid employment unit
a child is 18.
The five administration tax bills
were reported out by the House
Finance Committee Tuesday before
yesterdays recess in memory Of the
late Attorney General Harvey B
Apperson.
Census Bill to Come Up.
Another measure on the House
calendar today is one by Delegate
Lewis A. Momurran, jr,, of Newport
News, and Armistead L. Boothe oi
Alexandria, to apply special official
census figures to State law, instead
of regular census reports made every
10 years.
Some assemblymen have expressed
the fear that areas, such as Arling
ton, Alexandria and Fairfax, that
have experienced rapid population
growths, would gain too much in the
distribution of State revenues, such
as Alcoholic Beverage Control profits
Senator Harry F. Byrd, jr., of Win.
chester, today saw one of the ses-
sion's important fights" developing
over bill by Delegate J. Bradie ALL
man, of Franklin County. 1t woulC
deny ABC profits to counties that
do not have State liquor stores OF
permit sales of beer and light wines
"It would encourage dry localities
to vote wet" said Senator Byrd
That's its purpose and that would
be it's effect.
Il shall not only vote against the
Altman proposal but I shall do ev-
erything possible to bring about its
defeat, not only in the committee
but on the floor of the Senate. In
my opinion it is an unsound public
policy to deny state funds to coun-
ties and communities merely be-
cause their citizens do not wish that
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