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iVr j-j sr 4 i-v r-yr rTTsrTe'-ffvr' 4i Richmond Ttme-Dispatch Friday Feb 5 1954 Revocation Debate Bill to Eiid' Poll Tax told the committee yesterday he will prepare before that time his amendment to take away from the city its jurisdiction over subdivisions for a distance of five miles in the adjoining counties Richmond Delegate Griffith Purcell said he would fight the amendment and was confident it would not get by the Judges 9 Appointments' Road Fund Bill Ready For Passage House Action Expected Today Wins Vote The period of license revocation for second-offender speeders would begin 60 days after in court uhder a bill approved yesterday by the House General IAws Committee-v Delegate Edward Lane of Richmond sponsored the bill Present law provides that xevp-cations begin when record of conviction reaches the 'Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the division takes the license Lane contended that that tneth-od is too slow DMV- Commissioner Chester Lamb opposed the bill think It would cripple us in our revocation said Lamb think you are attacking the problem from the' wrong Promptaem Required Lamb said court clerks are required to send conviction notices to the division promptly that there is a penalty for failure to do so But-he said all he can do is notify the attorney or the Circuit Court judge heard of a Commonwealth's attorney prosecuting a commented Delegate Frank Moncure -Lamb contended the trouble lies in failure to enforce the present law He did not think another law would correct the situation Committee approval came on a 7-to-5 vote Other bills approved by the committee included: To make changes in Portsmouth Port Authority To change the name of the Virginia Blind Commission to the Commission for the Visually Handicapped and to require doctors and others who find people with serious visual handicaps to report their names to the commission division: regulations affecting Richmond and Henrico and Chesterfield Counties Williams alter means of adopting sub THIS IS RED PALOMINO Featured Nation Stiff IM Richard Smith Cites Virginia's Low Voting Record Jaycee Official Appeals for Bid of Poll Tax The Smith bill to set up a law against diversion of State highway funds moved along toward passage in the House of Delegates yesterday A substitute for the original measure which was introduced last week with Delegate Vernon CL Smith of Grundy as chief patron and some 57 Delegates as copatrons cleared second reading and advanced into position for passage today The substitute as explained by House Roads Chairman Irvine merely clarifies and corrects some language in the original version without changing its intended effect In brief the bill would say as law' what the Assembly for years has tried to say in the form of resolutions which have the effect of law It specifies that revenues from gasoline other fuel and road taxes could be used only for highway construction reconstruction maintenance and affiliated purposes In response to questions by House Appropriations Chairman II Adams of Northampton Irvine said funds to maintain the State police and the Division of Motor Vehicles would come out of revenues from motor vehicle licenses registration fees and similar fees To other questions by Delegates Walter A Page of Norfolk and Robert Whitehead of Nelson Irvine said the bill does not mean money will be taken from the general fund for the police or motor vehicles division Among nine bills passed without opposition and sent over to the Senate by the Delegates were: Gordon bill to add State college or university alumni associations to the list of educational organizations whose property is exempt from taxation Hirst bill to increase the maximum fees permitted lawyers appointed by the courts to defend poor persons Before adjourning to 11 A today the House advanced some two dozen House bills to final reading for probable passage today Among these were: Stone bill to increase from 50 to' 75 cents the fee for renewal of driver licenses and require the motor vehicle division to mail notices of expiration 60 to 90 days in advance of a license expiration date Frost bill to make it illegal to toss lighted matches or cigarettes out of automobiles in forest areas groups supporting repeal by urging the committees this changing world to heed the young people and As a Virginian and a Democrat Wilson added he was concerned that if nothing is done about poll tax repeal a Republican banner might be unfurled over the State Clapitdl The one opponent of repeal who spoke up was Brantley a 78-year-old Richmonder "The only fault I find with the poll tax is that it high Brantley said ought to be Brantley denounced and who are unwilling to pay the poll tax been perfectly satisfied with the poll tax for 52 years and I hope it will atay 52000 years if the world lasts that he added Smith noted only four States had a lower percentage of potential voters actually voting Spokesmen for the Virginia League of Women Voters1 the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women the YWCA the National Council of Jewish Women the Virginia Teachers Association and the Virginia Voters League all laid their groups urged repeal 1 Among Assembly members testifying Delegate Lewis A Mc-Murran Jr of Newport News recalled a repeal resolution passed the House in 1950 and again in 1952 only to be killed in closed sessions of the Senate committee He urged the Senators this time to let the full Senate pass on the issue Senator Victor Wilson of Hampton indirectly noted all the jTHIiI Mont a 1'Magaxi net v' By James Euchner The House Committee on Counties Cities and Towns-yesterday reported out a bill that would make a tiny dent In the appointive power of Judges but would not go along with a more substantial measure along that line The committee acted favorably on a MU presented by Delegate Norman CL Bailey of Orange to strip circuit judges of the power to appoint county surveyors and 1 vest that authority in boards of supervisors But another Bailey bill which would give supervisors power to fill vacancies in the offices of sheriff treasurer commissioner of revenue clerk and attorney was referred to a subcommittee after comments to the effect that this was a different matter entirely A surveyor noted Chairman Maynard Magruder of Arlington is just an administrative employee of the county government and Delegate Paul Manns of Bowling Green said judges themselves object to having to make minor appointments of this nature But changing the method of filling major elective offices in county governments is a serious matter of State policy said Delegate Joseph Williams Jr of Henrico Present Policy At present vacancies occurring in these offices are filled by judicial appointment for the duration of the unexpired term The Bailey bill backed by the League of Virginia Counties would allow supervisors to make appointments effective only until the next general election A public hearing was set for 10 A February 12 on the Williams-Folkes-Hudgins bill to 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Not Giving Your Eyes good glasses when glasses are needed is not economy extravagance of the worst sort Your vision health comfort efficiency are helped by needed glasses and only the best are good enough for only pair of eyes ever Two Counties Back Sales Tax As Source of School Aid 417 end 300 BROAD 3120 Cary (Free Parking) Optical Ca Continued from First Page to take the dollar mark off the ballot These were the alternatives: (1) House Joint Resolution 4 With Norfolk Delegate Walter A Page and some 30 other House members as patrons this would strike out all language in the Constitution dealing with poll tax payment as a voting prerequisite and also write in a section specifically saying no tax should be imposed on the right to vote It w'ould leave the question of registration and other steps to perfect a list of qualified voters to be settled by the General Assembly (2) Senate Joint Resolution 9 Introduced by Norfolk Senators Robert Baldwin Jr and Edward Breeden Jr this goes a bit further than the Page resolution It too w'ould remove the poll tax from the ballot It also would put in the Constitution some qualifications for registration Chiefly a voter could maintain his registered status by voting at least once every four years and a list of voters would have to be prepared and made public at least 30 and not more than 90 days before election day Neither would change the Constitution's section which requires the Assembly to levy an annual capitation tax of up to $150 Each la Simple Each was described as being a simple clearcut and understandable proposition in contrast to the complicated package of Campbell Commission amendments which Virginia voters rejected by a huge margin in 1949 The parade of pro-repeal speakers argued that Assembly members even if they didn't favor repeal themselves should give the people a right to decide the issue as posed in the simplest terms Delegate George Cochran of Staunton put it this way to the committeemen: must remember that it will be presented only to the paid-up members in good standing of the poll tax club They will be the ones to decide whether the dues are to continue Others said there was a widespread popular demand for repeal George CL Rawlings Jr of Fredericksburg president of the Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jaycee officials from Richmond Roanoke War-renton Fredericksburg Hope-well Norfolk and Chesterfield said polls of Jaycee groups showed overwhelming margins in favor of repeal Richard Smith Richmond Jaycee public affairs chairman introduced two big charts to show-how the poll tax had held down the vote in Virginia In 1952 LV regularly oil 100H WfltOl! many hand-tbbroedt wd 2-piece! costum ensembles! psirds' 3-201 to and CENTER OF RICHMOND LA-V0 Id The Success of Our Cleanup Sale On '53 Packards Has Swamped Our Used Car Dept NOW THE USED CARS MUST GO! 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