Evening star., 1950-02-11
Virginia Senate
Expected toPass
Physician Bill
Legislation Would Let
D. c. Physicians Pay
81 to Practice in State
BY q stoff Correspondent Of The s,ar

RICHMOND. Va. Feb. 1.-THE
State Senate is scheduled to pass
a bill Monday providing border
line reciprocity for out-of-State
practicing in Virginia.
The bill. which would permit
District of Columbia doctors to
follow their patients" into SUBJ
urban Virginia without high
licensing requirements, was ad-
to the stage of passing
Yesterday before the General AS
'embly went into weekend recess.
Senator Charles r. Fenwick of
Arlington sponsored the measure,
which would permit the out-of-
State doctors to practice in Vir-
ginia on the same basis that Old
Dominion physicians are allowed
to practice in adjoining States.
In the case of the District Of
Columbia, this would mean only
a 81 annual fee would be required
to practice in Virginia, providing
no Offices were established in this
State. The District charges a
similar fee for Virginia doctors.
Rent DecontroI Passes.
Highlight of yesterdays action
was passage of a rent decontrol
bill by the House of Delegates.
Exempted from the bill and,
therefore, continued under con-
troll, are Arlington, Fairfax and
Prince William Counties and
Alexandria. The vote which sent
the bill to the Senate was 80 to 7.
Among bills given final approval
in the House and sent to the Gov
ernor were the following:
Authorizing Arlington to issue
bonds for construction and opera
lion of swimming pools, by SEN
ator Fenwick.
Authorizing the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors to license
dance halls at not more than $500
by Senator Andrew w.
Clarke OF Fairfax and Alexandria.
Amending the Alexandria char
ter to permit imposition of con-
sumner tax on public utilities, by
Senator Clarke.
Authorizing the Fairfax super
visors to require owners of two or
more apartment units to furnish
the names of tenants to the COM
of revenue, for a check
on tax returns, by Senator Clarke.
Bandsman Bill Voted.
Permitting Fairfax to require
licenses of professional bondsmen,
by Senator Clarke.
Permitting counties to enact
local ordinances paralleling State
laws against disorderly conduct
so that fines will be kept in local
treasures, by Senator Clarke. =
Among those passed and sent to
the Senate were bills to:
Permit domestic life insurance
companies to invest in revenue
real estate projects.
such as apartments. by Delegates .
J. Maynard Magruder and George
Damn, both of Arlington.
Providing for appointment OF
members of the State Soil Con-
Committee, by Delegates
I. Lake Triplett of Fauquier
County and D. French Slaughter,
Culpepper.
Exempting certain retarded
children from the States compul-
sorry school attendance law, by
Mr.. Slaughter.
The House advanced to third
'eading a bill empowering the
Governor to seize and operate coal
mines in a fuel emergency.
Bonus Bill introduced.
A busy day saw the introduction
If bill to grant a bonus to vet
Grams of World War II, another
20 place absentee voting in the
hands of the State Board of Elec-
lions, and the killing of the
'drunk-o-meter" bill to permit
chemical analysis as evidence in
drunk driving cases.
The mine seizure bill, carrying
IN emergency clause requiring
1 four-f1fths vote for passage, was
lotly debated for an hour. The
House rejected, 81 to 81, an
by Delegate T. L.
xessinger, of Allegheny, CIO Of
icial, which would have required
The State to pay the same wages
and observe the same working
when operating
seized mine which were in effect
before its seizure.
The bonus bill was offered by
Delegate j. Marion Smith, of Lee.
It would pay veterans $40 a month.
Tor their domestic and SIS
month for foreign service, with a
payment of $500. Of
each Virginia veteran received the
the cost would be ap-
oroximately $50. .000, ,00O.)
Asks Fraud Proof" Change.
Senator Harry Stuart, of Rus
sell, conceding that his earlier at
tempt to repeal the absentee
voters law would be defeated, Of
fered the bill to take the absentee
ballots out of the hands of local
election officials and give the
State Board of Elections custody
Of them until the count has been
mades
Gov. Battle, who said he entered
office in the belief that the abb
sentee ballot law should be re-
oealed. Yesterday came out in
'avor OF an amendment to make
t fraud proof" The Governor
said the principle of permitting
people unable to come to the polls
20 vote should be retained.
The drunk-o-meter bill was
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