Chap. 556.—Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United
States relating to the terms of office of the President. (H.J.R. 6}

Agreed to by the House of Del Jan 27, 1948
Agreed to by the Senate faneary 28, 1948

Whereas, the Eightieth Congress of the United States of Ameria,
in both houses by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, has
made the following proposition to amend the Constitution of the United
States, as follows:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), That:

The following article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures
of three-fourths of the several States:
“Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or
acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other
person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President
more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding
the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress,
and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of
President, or acting as President, during the term within which this
Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting
as President during the remainder of such term.

“Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-
fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its
submission to the States by the Congress.”

Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, That
such proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of
America be, and it hereby is, ratified and affirmed; and

Resolved, further, That certified copies hereof be forwarded by the
Governor of this State to the President of the United States, the Secre-
tary of State of the United States, the President of the Senate of the
United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
United States.

I, E. Griffith Dodson, Clerk of the House of Delegates of Virginia,
do hereby certify that the session of the General Assembly of the Com-
monwealth of Virginia at which the Acts of Assembly herein printed
were enacted, adjourned sine die on March thirtieth, nineteen hundred

forty-eight.
y E, GRIFFITH DODSON,

Clerk of the House of Delegates
and Keeper of the Rolls of the State

Note: Except as otherwise specifically provided therein, all Acts
of this session of the General Assembly become effective at the first
moment of June 29, 1948.
Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly
SESSION 1948

Other than those of a purely procedural nature and those proposing
amendments, to the Constitution of Virginia enrolled as chapters 526,
553, 554, 555, and to the Federal Constitution enrolled as chapter 556.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 3
Requesting Names of Legislative Agents, Legislative Counsel and Lobbyists.
Agreed to January 14, 1948

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That
the Secretary of the Commonwealth be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to furnish, at least once during each week of the current session
of the General Assembly, the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the
Clerk of the Senate with the names of those persons who have filed or
registered as legislative agents, legislative counsel and lobbyists, or either,
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 85 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1938, together with the addresses of such persons and the
names and addresses of the persons, firms, organizations and corporations
whom they represent or by whom they have been employed.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 5
Williamsburg Session, February 7, 1948
Agreed to January 14, 1948

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, that the
invitation of Colonial Williamsburg to use the Restored Capitol at
Williamsburg be accepted ; and that the sessions of the Senate and House
of Delegates on February 7, 1948, be held in the Restored Capitol at
Williamsburg.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 6

Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States
relating to the terms of office of the President.

Agreed to by House, January 27, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, January 28, 1948

Whereas, the Eightieth Congress of the United States of America,
in both houses by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, has
made the following proposition to amend the Constitution of the United
States as follows:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), That:
The following article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and
purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of
three-fourths of the several States:

“ARTICLE—

“Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or
acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some
other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the
President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person
holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the
Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office
of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this
Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting
as President during the remainder of such term.

“Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-
fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its sub-
mission to the States by the Congress.”

Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, That
such proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of
America be, and it hereby is, ratified and affirmed ; and

Resolved, further, That certified copies hereof be forwarded by the
Governor of this State to the President of the United States, the Secre-
tary of State of the United States, the President of the Senate of the
United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
United States. *

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No.7
Preparation of Bills and Resolutions.
Agreed to January 14, 1948

Whereas, section 579 of the Code of Virginia provides that neither
the director nor any employee of the Statutory Research and Drafting
Bureau shall reveal to any person outside of the Bureau the contents or
nature of any request or statement for drafting of bills and resolutions
except with the consent of the person signing such request; and a strict
compliance with this provision results in many unnecessary duplications
of bills and resolutions and needless cost of printing ; now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,
That the members of the General Assembly are requested when asking
for the preparation of bills and resolutions to inform the bureau that
consent is given to disclose to other members of the General Assembly
the fact that a similar bill or resolution has been or is being prepared by
the bureau to the end that the duplication of bills and resolutions may be
avoided.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 9
Photocopying of Enrolled Bills.

Agreed to by House, January 14, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, January 28, 1948

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the
Keeper of the Rolls of the State be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to have all of the enrolled bills in his custody photocopied by the
Virginia State Library, when possible, for which there shall be no inter-
departmental charge for the labor, but the expense of raw materials shall
be paid out of the appropriation for legislating for the State ; the negative
copy shall be stored away as a security copy in the Archives Division of
the State Library ; and the positive copy made available for examination
by the public in reading machines in the Library. For this purpose only,
the Keeper of the Rolls of the State shall deliver the originals of the
enrolled bills to the Archives Division of the State Library upon receipts
mercies the same to be returned promptly to the Keeper of the Rolls of

e State.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 10

Expressing the sentiments of the General Assembly upon the formation of the
third national political party.

Agreed to by House and Senate, February 12, 1948

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, that it
is the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia that the members of
the Democratic party in our State and in the Nation should feel greatly
gratified and relieved by the withdrawal from the Democratic Party of
Henry A. Wallace and any of his associates who may have no proper
conception of Democratic ideals,

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 11

Expressing Appreciation for the “Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the
Second World War”.

Agreed to January 19, 1948

Whereas, the Virginia World War II History Commission, under
the leadership of Honorable William A. Wright and with the capable
assistance of the Director W. Edwin Hemphill, has compiled the “Gold
Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War’, a volume
listing in simple dignity the names of our honored dead; and

Whereas, it seems appropriate that the General Assembly of Virginia
should officially acknowledge its indebtedness to the members of the
Commission for their splendid service to the State and to all our citizens;
now, therefore,

Be it Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,
that the General Assembly of Virginia expresses its grateful appreciation
to the Chairman and members of the Virginia World War II History
Commission and its able Director for their services in the preparation
and publication of this Honor Roll of our valorous dead ; and.

Be it further resolved that on this day, sacred to the memory of
Robert Edward Lee and Thomas J. Jackson, we again recognize the valor
and courage of the sons and daughters of our Commonwealth who gave
their lives to the services of our country in World War II, and in the
hope that their sacrifice may not have been in vain, do now dedicate
our efforts and our lives to the establishment of peace and order for all
men everywhere.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 13
Congratulating General Julius Franklin Howell upon his 102nd birthday.

Agreed to by House, January 20, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, January 21, 1948

Whereas, General Julius Franklin Howell, C. S. A., past Com-
mander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans only recently
celebrated his 102nd birthday, and

Whereas, General Howell is one of the few remaining Confederate
veterans ; Now, Therefore

Be it resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That
General Howell be, and he hereby is extended the congratulations of the
General Assembly upon the celebration of his one hundred second birth-
day with the wish that he will celebrate many more birthdays ; and

Resolved, further, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates send a
suitably prepared copy of this resolution to General Howell.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 23
Expressing sense of the General Assembly against diversion of highway funds.

Agreed to by House, January 29, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, February 2, 1948

Be it resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That
it is the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia that all revenue of
the State derived from excise taxes imposed upon motor fuels and from
motor vehicle registration fees and licenses shall, after providing for
refunds and adjustments allowed therein by law, expenses of administra-
tion, collection and inspection, including the analysis and inspection of
motor fuels and devices for dispensing the same and after providing for
the retirement of obligations which have heretofore been assumed by the
State and payment thereof pledged out of the proceeds from such taxes,
fees and licenses, be used solely and exclusively for the construction,
reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges
within the State and for the necessary State policing thereof.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 29
Approving Strengthening the United Nations.

Agreed to by House, February 12, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, February 18, 1948

Whereas, the General Assembly of Virginia in 1944 pased Senate
Joint Resolution No. 19, approving the principle of World Federation,
and

Whereas all the world deeply desires durable peace, and

Whereas the United Nations was created as an instrument to preserve
the peace of the world, and

Whereas experience increasingly indicates that the United Nations,
in its present structure, is not fully adequate for this task, and

Whereas Article 109 of the United Nations Charter provides a pro-
cedure whereby the Charter of the United Nations may be revised and
amended ; Now, Therefore,

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That it
is the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia that permanent world
peace can and must be achieved through a strengthened United Nations,
and to that purpose we believe that action should be taken under the
provisions of the Charter of the United Nations to propose and adopt
amendments and revisions, including eliminating the veto, that will
strengthen the United Nations as an instrument to prevent war and
maintain world peace.

Resolved, further, That it is the sense of the General Assembly that
the Congress and President of the United States should be requested to
urge the calling of a General Conference of the United Nations pursuant
to Article 109 for the purpose of making the United Nations capable of
enacting, interpreting and enforcing world law to prevent war.

Resolved, further That copies of this resolution be sent to the Presi-
dent of the United States, to the Secretary of State and to the president
pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives and
the Senators and Representatives from Virginia in the Congress.
Expressing Approval of the Marshall Plan and requesting support thereof by
Virginia’s Senators and Members of the House of Representatives.

Agreed to by House, February 24, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 9, 1948

Whereas the people of Virginia, in common with free people every-
where, anxiously hope and long for enduring peace and prosperity in
the world; and

Whereas we believe that the people of Virginia view with great
concern the spread of Communism in the world, and the moral and econ-
omic disintegration now taking place in the war stricken nations of
Europe; and

Whereas the democratic nations of the world look to the United
States of America for leadership and financial assistance in this world
crisis ; and

Whereas the President of the United States, in recognition of these
conditions and the great responsibility that rests upon this nation as a
world power, has laid before the Congress of the United States what has
come to be known as the “Marshall Plan”, the purpose of which is to
aid in the establishment and maintenance of a free society in Western
Europe and the stabilization of economic conditions, to the end that the
peoples of the world may live in peace and prosperity ; and

Whereas the Congress has not as yet enacted the Marshall Plan, not-
withstanding the disinterested and non-partisan support of the plan by
leading Americans, whose knowledge of world affairs commands the
respect of all thoughtful citizens; Now, Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,
That the General Assembly of Virginia express its belief and confidence
in the wisdom and worth of the fundamental principles involved in the
“Marshall Plan” as a means of aiding in the accomplishment of the afore-
said purpose and objective, and respectfully requests the United States
Senators and Members of the House of Representatives in the Congress
from the Commonwealth of Virginia to actively and energetically support
the said proposal and such domestic policies as in their judgment may
be essential to the efficient establishment and administration of such plan
in keeping with the security of our own nation; and that copies of this
resolution be sent to each of the Senators and Members of the House of
Representatives in Congress from this Commonwealth.
Expressing the sense of the General Assembly on certain aspects of education.

Agreed to by House, February 27, 1948.
Agreed to by Senate, March 11, 1948

Whereas, the Virginia Education Commission, commonly called the
Denny Commission, in its report dated December 1, 1944, and printed
as Senate Document Number one, Special Session nineteen hundred
forty-five, made the following recommendation :

“In order to assure that the child is given thorough training in the
basic essentials of education, the Commission recommends that the State
Department of Education apply measures, in the form of tests currently
given, which will make certain that the teacher has developed in pupils
such mastery of the basic skills as is consonant with the ability of each
pupil at successive stages of his progress”, Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,
that it is the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia that it is impera-
tive that the pupils in the public free schools of this State be thoroughly
taught and trained in the fundamental subjects in the curriculum and that
the school authorities exert every effort to that end ; and

Resolved, that copies of this resolution be.sent by the Clerk of the
House of Delegates, to the members of the State Board of Education and
the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and that the Superintendent
of Public Instruction send copies of this resolution to all Division Super-
intendents of Schools and all school boards, which boards are requested
to provide copies hereof to all teachers employed by them.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 37
Creating a commission to study coordination of police functions.

Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That a
commission shall be and here by is, created to study and report upon the
coordination of police functions of the State and of the counties. The
commission shall be composed of seven members of whom two shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates from the member-
ship of the House, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate
from the membership of the Senate, three shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor, and the Superintendent of State Police shall serve ex officio. The
commission shall consider the coordination of the functions of the Depart-
ment of State Police, the police functions of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
trol Board. and the police functions of the several counties of the State.
The commission shall complete its study and make its report to the Gov-
ernor and General Assembly on or before September one, nineteen
hundred forty-nine. The members shall be paid as compensation for
their services upon the commission a per diem of ten dollars in addition
to their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
hereunder, for which and for such other secretarial or other assistance
as the commission may require there is hereby appropriated the sum of
six thousand dollars from the contingent fund of the General Assembly
provided that no expenditure in excess of three thousand dollars shall be
made without the approval in writing of the Governor being first obtained.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 39

Directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to make a study and
report on improvements of statutes dealing with creation of sanitary districts.

Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas in several instances sanitary districts have been created in
the counties although the residents of the districts were not prepared
financially to sanction the issue of bonds and again sanitary district bonds
have been issued that have afterwards proved unsound and therefore
unmarketable, and

Whereas either event results in a waste of public funds and public
effort and indicates the need for amendment of the statutes of the Com-
monwealth for the creation and use of sanitary districts; Now, therefore

Be it resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring:
1. The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council is directed to study the
statutes of the Commonwealth dealing with the creation and securities of
sanitary districts in the counties.

2. The Council shall especially consider to what extent revision of cer-
tain of these statutes may be advisable in the following respects:

(a) Requiring preparation of a sound and adequate financial basis
for the proposed securities prior to, and not as at present after, submit-
ting to the voters the question either of creating the district or of sanction-
ing the issue. a

(b) In any case, the submission of these questions in a single refer-
endum and not in two as under the present law.

(c) Fixing a minimum period within which a defeated issue may

not be resubmitted to the voters.
3. The Council is directed to report its findings and recommendations
on these matters, with any other matters it may deem relevant to the
Governor and to the General Assembly on or before September one,
nineteen hundred forty-nine with drafts of appropriate legislation.
Directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study and report on
the supervision and taxation of associations and corporations engaged in
furnishing hospital or medical service on the prepayment plan.

Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas large sums of money are solicited from the public by repre-
sentatives of certain associations and corporations on the undertaking
that in return for regular monthly or annual payments such associations
or corporations will render future hospital or medical service ; and

Whereas it is only proper that the ability of the promisors to comply
with undertakings of this character should be assured so far as possible,
that their practices should accordingly be subject to suitable supervision
and that their ability to bear their share of the tax burden should be
investigated. Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring:

1. The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council is directed to make a
thorough study of the methods and practices of corporations and associa-
tions engaged in furnishing hospital and medical service on the prepay-
ment plan, of the safeguards that should be provided for the public in the
premises, whether and to what extent reserves should be set up, and
whether such corporations and associations should be subjected to
taxation.

2. The Council shall submit to the Governor and to the General
Assembly not later than September one, one thousand nine hundred and
forty-nine, a report of its findings and recommendations in the premises,
with drafts of appropriate legislation.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 42

Creating a Commission to Study the Virginia Retirement System and to
report thereon.

Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, the Virginia Retirement System was established July 1,
1942, and experience thereunder has convinced the Board of Trustees
of the System that some amendments should be made to the act establish-
ing the System ; now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring:

1. There is hereby created a Commission to Study the Virginia
Retirement Act in the light of its operation since July 1, 1942, and to
make recommendations with respect to amendments and stating the
probable cost of each.
2. The Commision shall consist of five persons: two shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates from the membership
of the House, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate from
the membership of the Senate, and two by the Governor from the State
at large, one of whom shall be a banker and the other an industrialist.
The Chairman of the Commission shall be designated by the Governor.
The Commission shall elect its secretary.

3. The Commission shall consult with the Board of Trustees of the
Virginia Retirement System in making its study and with such other
agencies, officers or persons as it may choose. It may hold public hearings
to the extent deemed necessary.

4. The Commission may employ experts and clerical assistants to
the extent deemed necessary to enable it properly to discharge its duties.

5. The Commission shall complete its study and file its report with
the Governor not later than July 1, 1949.

6. Each member of the Commission shall receive as compensation
for his services a per diem of ten dollars for each day of attendance on
meetings of the Commission, and re-imbursement for his actual expenses
incurred in the discharge of his duties.

7. The expenditures of the Commission shall not exceed the sum
which may be specifically appropriated for the purpose in the general
appropriation act. Payments shall be made by the State Treasurer upon
warrants of the Comptroller, issued upon vouchers signed by the Chair-
man and countersigned by the Secretary of the Commission.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 43
Memorializing Congress to make certain changes in the Hatch Act.

Agreed to by House, March 6, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 12, 1948

Whereas, under the Act of Congress popularly known as the Hatch
Act, many citizens of this Commonwealth, in common with certain citi-
zens of other states, are deprived of rights enjoyed by other citizens to
engage in political activity ; and

Whereas, it is the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia that
such legislation is unfair and discriminatory in so far as it restricts the
rights of certain citizens in the exercise of the franchise ; Now, Therefore,

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the
Congress of the United States be and it is hereby memorialized to so
amend the Hatch Act that the restriction on participation in political
activities on the part of federal employees will be eliminated ; and

Resolved further, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby
directed to send copies of this resolution to the clerks of both houses of
the Congress of the United States and the representatives from Virginia
in the Congress.
Commending Senator Harry Flood Byrd for his stand against the encroach-
ments of the Federal Government.

Agreed to by House, February 27, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 12, 1948

Whereas, United States Senator Harry Flood Byrd has steadfastly
fought against the attempts of the Federal Government to encroach upon
States’ rights, and

Whereas, he has urged the citizens of this State and Nation to fight
for their rights against the attempts of the Federal Government to destroy
our way of life without regard to the steady progress that is being made
in promoting harmony between the races; Now, Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,

‘That Senator Harry Flood Byrd be, and he hereby is, commended for
his efforts to preserve States’ rights and the preservation of harmony.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 51

Directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study certain matters
relating to criminal cases.

Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, the rights of both the accused and the Commonwealth in
certain criminal cases might be more adequately protected by providing
for transcribing the evidence and incidents of trial; Now, Therefore

Be it Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,
That the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council is directed to make a
thorough and complete study of the advantages and disadvantages of
having the evidence and incidents of trial transcribed in all criminal cases
where the maximum penalty may be death or confinement in the peni-
tentiary for as much as twenty years; the Council shall consider how
such transcriptions might be paid for and such other matters as it deems
related to any of the foregoing. The Council shall complete its study and
make its report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before
October one, nineteen hundred forty-nine.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 53
Directing Study of Department of Public Welfare.

Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, the increasing cost of welfare and public assistance activities
in Virginia, and the possibility that, with any recession in business
activity, such costs will be further increased, are matters of grave concer
to the citizens of this State ; and
Whereas, the. administrative organization and functioning of the
Department of Public Welfare accordingly has been and will continue
to be of increasing importance, in order that funds for public welfare
purposes may. be most efficiently expanded, the utmost cooperation with
other welfare, penal, correctional and eleemosynary agencies, both public
and private, may be assured, and duplication of effort may be avoided;
Now, Therefore

Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council is directed to make a thorough
investigation and study of the organization and functioning of the State
Department of Public Welfare. The Council shall give particular atten-
tion to the following matters :

(1) Relations of the Department with federal and local welfare

encies ;

(2) Relations with and coordination between the Department and
the penal, correctional, and similar agencies, State and local ;

(3) Overlapping of functions of the Department with any other
agencies in the field, State and local;

(4) Personnel policies of the Department and possible improvement
therein;

(5) Any other matters which, in the discretion of the Council, are
pertinent to the subject matter of its investigation.

The Council shall complete its study and make a report containing
its findings and recommendations to the Governor and to the General
Assembly by September fifteen, nineteen hundred forty-nine.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 56
Naming Thomas Lomax Hunter Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Agreed to by House, March 12, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, Thomas Lomax Hunter, of the county of King George,
possesses high literary and poetic attainments and is known and com-
mended as a poet of ability and genius not only in this Commonwealth
but throughout the nation, and

Whereas, it is fitting and proper that his poetic talents be recognized
by his native State of Virginia; Now, Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate of Virginia
concurring, that Thomas Lomax Hunter, of the county of King George,
be and he hereby is designated Peet Laureate of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, for the year 1948.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 58
Commending the Commission on Code Recodification.

Agreed to by House, March 12, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, under the provisions of Chapter 400 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1946, the Commission on Code Recodification was created
and commenced the work of recodifying the general statute laws of
Virginia, which recodification has been presented to the present session
of the General Assembly as Senate Bill 44, and

Whereas, the recodification has been well done and the members of
the Commission have given freely of their time and thought to this work:
Now, Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring,
That the General Assembly commends the Commission on Code Recod1-
fication for the excellence with which they have discharged their duties.
Requesting Congress to remove the discrimination against taxpayers in non-
community property states.

Agreed to January 14, 1948

Whereas, one of the basic tenets of taxation is equality as between
various taxpayers, and

Whereas, a situation prevails under which married taxpayers in the
community property states are permitted to so arrange their income for
tax purposes that they do not bear the burden of taxation which is
imposed upon similar tax payers in non-community property states, and

Whereas, this diversity of treatment as regards taxpayers in a similar
class is unjust and inequitable ; Now, therefore,

Be it resolved that the General Assembly of Virginia hereby requests
the Congress of the United States to take action to remove the discrimina-
tion against taxpayers in non-community property states to the end that
all persons similarly situated may be treated alike under all tax laws, and

Resolved further that copies of this resolution be sent to the members
of the Congress representing this Commonwealth.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 3

Commiending the presentation of The Common Glory and those whose
ingenuity and labor made it possible.

Agreed to January 28, 1948

Whereas, the dreams and plans for the dramatization of the events
that led to the founding of the United States of America were realized
in nineteen hundred forty-seven in the production of The Common Glory
at Williamsburg, Virginia, and

Whereas, those who were privileged to see The Common Glory were
impressed with the magnitude of the undertaking, the excellence of its
execution, and most important with the possibilities of its influence on
the minds and hearts of men that they may understand and be encouraged
to believe that with freedom and justice as the basis there is a glory
common to mankind ; Now, Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, That those whose ingenuity, skill, artistry, and untiring
efforts made possible the presentation of The Common Glory be, and
they hereby are, commended and thanked by the General Assembly of
Virginia, which body was created, and functions today, through the
sacrifices, sound judgment, determination and heroism of those Ameri-
cans whose actions and services were there portrayed; and be it further
resolved, it is the hope of the General Assembly of Virginia that the
responsible board will see fit to continue The Common Glory or some
other appropriate historical pageant year by year.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 4

Expressing the sense of the General Assembly as to the critical shortage of
fuel oil for heating purposes and methods of alleviating the same.

Agreed to by Senate, January 27, 1948
Agreed to by House, January 27, 1948

Whereas, there exists in this State a critical shortage of fuel oil for
heating purposes, and

Whereas, the health of many members of the public is endangered
by this shortage, and

Whereas, a more equitable system of assigning the available oil supply
to those in need thereof would diminish hardship and lessen the likelihood
of disease ; Now, therefore

Be it Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, that it is the sense of the General Assembly that the large
oil companies should pool their available resources of fuel oil and make
the same available to the public through the small independent fuel oil
businesses to the end that a more equitable allocation of such oil can be
made.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 5

Requesting certain information from the State Departments of Health and
Welfare.

Agreed to by House, February 12, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, February 16, 1948

Whereas, there is discussion as to the extent to which the State is
being called upon for outlays of public funds for the support of illegitimate
children, and

Whereas, information as to the extent to which the State is supporting
illegitmate children should be obtained in order that informed action may
be taken by the General Assembly ; Now, Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring.
That the State Department of Health is hereby requested to supply infor-
mation as to the extent of illegitmacy in this State for the past seven years
and that the State Department of Public Welfare is hereby requested to
supply information as to the number of illegitmate children upon the
public welfare rolls of this State, the foregoing information to be supplied
the General Assembly on or before February 20, nineteen hundred
forty-eight.
Commending investment in United States Savings Bonds.

Agreed to by Senate, February 2, 1948
Agreed to by House, February 3, 1948

Whereas, the United States Treasury Department is making available
to people of moderate means Savings Bonds, and

Whereas, the investment of current income in these bonds provides
a desirable form of individual security that is readily available when
needed, and

Whereas, Savings Bonds are guaranteed against fluctuation in value
and at the same time pay, all things considered, an attractive rate of
interest, and ,

Whereas, the net proceeds from the sale of Savings Bonds is used to
retire bank-held maturing bonds, thereby reducing the inflationary tend-
ency that threatens the Nation’s economy and thus does not increase the
national debt, and

Whereas, the sale of these securities to the greatest number of indi-
viduals is a powerful factor in leveling the peaks and valleys of our
economy, now, therefore

Be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring,
That the approval of the General Assembly be, and it hereby is, given
in principle to the sale of these bonds and they are commended for invest-
ment purposes by those of our people with current income beyond
immediate needs.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8

Memorializing the President of the United States and Congress on Celebration
of Sesquicentennial of death of Patrick Henry.

Agreed to January 30, 1948

Whereas, June 6th, 1949, will mark the sesquicentennial anniversary
of the death of Patrick Henry, “Voice of the Revolution”, whose sublime
oratory kindled in the hearts of his countrymen a desire for freedom
which inspired the American Revolution ; and whose leadership in oppos-
ing the national constitution in the Virginia convention led to the adop-
tion of the first ten amendments which embrace our National Bill of
Rights ; and,

Whereas, in this perplexing period of our national life when we face
dangers threatening our liberties a proper appreciation of the character
and life of Patrick Henry may serve to awaken a better understanding
of the struggles from which our liberties came—

Therefore, be it resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of
Delegates concurring, that the President and Congress of the United
States be requested to set aside a week in the month of June, 1949, to be
known as “Patrick Henry Week”, that appropriate exercises may be
held in recognition of his part in laying the foundation of our national
freedom ; and

That copies of this resolution be sent to our senators and members
of Congress with the request that they take appropriate action to bring
to the attention of the President and the Congress the purposes expressed
in this resolution. .

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 9
On the death of Honorable Harvey B. Apperson.
Agreed to February 2, 1948

Whereas, the General Assembly of Virginia is profoundly shocked
and distressed at the untimely death at an early hour today of the Honor-
able Harvey B. Apperson, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of
Virginia ; and

ereas, at this tragic hour it seems appropriate to recall only briefly
and in simple terms some of the splendid achievements of our former
friend and colleague, and to express our deep grief at his unexpected
death ; and

Whereas, as a member of the Senate of Virginia from August 1933
until January 1944, and as a member and chairman of the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council, he contributed wise counsel and sound
judgment to the consideration of legislative problems; as a member of
the Corporation Commission of Virginia from January 1944, until
October 1947, he brought to high judicial office the integrity, ability and
character which the work of that tribunal should demand; and as Attor-
ney General of Virginia from October 1947 until this day, he rendered
a public service distinguished by sound learning and legal and executive
ability of a high order ; and

Whereas, in the death of Harvey B. Apperson the members of the
General Assembly of Virginia have lost a true and loyal friend and the
Commonwealth of Virginia has lost a splendid leader and public servant;
Now, therefore,

Be it Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, That we do now express our deep regret and sorrow at the
death of our former colleague, and extend to the members of his family
our sympathy in their hour of distress ; and

Be it further resolved, That a committee consisting of five members
of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, and nine members
of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House, be
designated to attend the funeral of this distinguished citizen and officer
of the Comonwealth, and that suitably prepared copies of this resolution
be sent to the members of his family; and
Be it finally resolved, That when the two Houses adjourn on Tuesday,
February third, nineteen hundred forty-eight, it shall be in honor of
Harvey B. Apperson, and that having adjourned on that day the two
Houses shall reconvene on Thursday, February fifth, nineteen hundred
forty-eight.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 10

Commending the State Department of Highways and the employees thereof
for speedy snow removal.

Agreed to February 3, 1948

Whereas, the State has been blanketed by a series of heavy snows
accompanied by severe cold, and

Whereas, the State Department of Highways provided for quick
removal of these snows, and

Whereas, the employees of the Department whose duty it is to keep
the highways open, worked long hours and both night and day in remov-
ing these snows, despite the frigid temperatures; Now, therefore,

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That
the State Department of Highways be, and it hereby is, commended for
its speedy snow removal, and

Resolved, That the employees of the Department are hereby extended
the sincere appreciation of the General Assembly for their untiring efforts
under adverse conditions in the removal of these snows.

And, Resolved, That the Clerk of this body send a copy of this resolu-
tion to the State Highway Commissioner.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 11
On the death of Honorable Julien Gunn.
Agreed to February 3, 1948

Whereas, the General Assembly of Virginia has learned with deep
regret of the death on February one, nineteen hundred forty-eight, of
the Honorable Julien Gunn, Judge of the Circuit Courts for the County
of Henrico and the City of Richmond since nineteen hundred twenty-
eight, and former member of the House of Delegates from Henrico
County and of the Senate from the Thirty-fifth Senatorial District ; and

Whereas, in the death of Judge Gunn his former colleagues in the
General Assembly have lost a friend whose ability and charm won for
him their respect and affectionate esteem, and the State of Virginia has
lost a capable and industrious judge whose ready grasp of legal principles
and quick perception of the issues involved in litigation enabled him to
dispose of heavy dockets with ability and dispatch; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, That the members of the General Assembly of Virginia
hereby express their regret and sorrow at the death of Judge Gunn, and
extend to the members of his family their sincere sympathy ; and

Be it further resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate send suitably
prepared copies of this resolution to the clerks of the respective courts
over which Judge Gunn presided with the request that same be spread
upon appropriate order book, and also to the members of his family.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 14

To provide that a section of the State Highway System in Virginia shall be
named and known as “The Blue Star Memorial Highway”.

Agreed to by House, February 23, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, February 24, 1948

Whereas, the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, working in coop-
eration with other State federations of Garden clubs in the Blue Star
Memorial Program sponsored by the National Council of State Garden
Clubs, Inc. is desirous of recognizing and commemorating the splendid
services and achievements of their sons and daughters who served in the
Armed Forces of the United States in World War II; and

Whereas, it is fitting and appropriate that legislative recognition be
accorded their services and sacrifices so valiantly rendered; now.
therefore,

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, that the
State Highway Commission be directed to select a route or portions of
connecting routes in the State Highway System that will connect with the
Blue Star Memorial Highway of the states of Maryland and North
Carolina, such route to be selected by the State Highway Commission in
collaboration with the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs; and be it
further

Resolved, that such route when so selected shall be named “The
Blue Star Memorial Highway”, in commemoration of the services of the
men and women of the Commonwealth of Virginia who served in the
Armed Forces of the United States of America in World War IT; and
be it further ‘

Resolved that the State Highway Commission shall arrange for the
erection of suitable tablets and living memorials to inform the public of
the name bestowed upon the portions of the highway system so selected.
Directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study certain matters
relating to school districts.

Agreed to by Senate, February 20, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council is directed to make a study of the
laws of Virginia relating to the following matters:

1. Special town school districts, including whether such districts are
desirable, whether the efficiency of the administration of the school
system is promoted or hindered thereby, and whether the establishment
of such districts should be extended or curtailed or whether existing
town school districts should be abolished.

2. Local district tax levies for capital outlay for schools, with the
view to determine whether the same should, in view of present policies
toward consolidation of schools in each county, be limited or abolished.

The Council shall make a report on these matters containing its find-
ings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
at least ninety days prior to the convening of the next regular session
of the General Assembly.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 17

Expressing the sense of the General Assembly in favor of “Dr. Thomas Walker
Bi-centennial Historic Pageants” during the year 1950.

Agreed to by Senate, February 19, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Whereas, Dr. Thomas Walker of “Castle Hill’ near Charlottesville,
Virginia, and his associates, Ambrose Powell, William Tomlinson, Colby
Chew and John Hughes, left “Castle Hill” on April 6, 1750, on a journey
of exploration through the western part of Virginia and parts of Tennes-
see, Kentucky and West Virginia to locate suitable lands for settlement ;
and

Whereas. these five intrepid pioneers were the first white men to pass
through Cumberland Gap, and on this historic journey built near the
north bank of the Cumberland River in what is now Knox County,
Kentucky, the First House ever constructed for English speaking people
west of the Alleghany Mountains ; and

Whereas, the Journal of his daily travels kept by Dr. Walker vividly
portrays the events of this journey through the wilderness, which journey
and report contributed beyond measure to the westward growth and
expansion of our beloved America ; and

Whereas, it is fitting that the State of Virginia publicly recognize its
obligation to these hardy pioneers, and particularly to their far-sighted
leader, Dr. Thomas Walker of Castle Hill; now therefore,
Be it Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, that it is the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia that
the State of Virginia should unite with her sister States of Kentucky,
Tennessee and West Virginia in holding during the year 1950 State-wide
DR. THOMAS WALKER BI-CENTENNIAL HISTORIC PAG-
EANTS which will depict in dramatic form the splendid achievement
of these brave men who helped to carve a great nation out of a virgin
wilderness ; and

Be it further resolved that the General Assembly of Virginia calls
upon the counties, cities and towns which have grown up along the route
followed by Dr. Walker and his associates, to join hands in celebrating
the bi-centennial of their eventful journey which was the beginning of a
great westward expansion which pushed our frontiers across the contin-
ent and on to the Pacific Ocean.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 19

Creating a commission to prepare and publish a history of the State
Department of Health.

Agreed to by Senate, February 26, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Whereas, the development and growth of the Virginia Department
of Health is one of the most interesting chapters in the history of the
Commonwealth, and to record that chapter would furnish an example
and an inspiration to all interested in public health; and

Whereas, the State should recognize and appreciate the work of
Captain W. W. Baker, Doctor Ennion G. Williams, Miss Agnes
Randolph, Doctor Roy K. Flanagan, and others now dead, who were
leaders in the field of public health when the prevention of diseases was
not understood and was unpopular as well ; and

Whereas, it is fitting and proper that the story of these pioneers in
public health, and the founding and growth of the State Department of
Health, should be published and made available to all who are interested
while the facts can be obtained ; now, therefore,

Be it Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, That there is hereby created a commission composed of five
members, to be appointed by the Governor, and whose duty it shall be
to ascertain the possibilities of preparing and publishing a suitable his-
tory of the Virginia Department of Health, through the calendar year
nineteen hundred thirty, giving particular attention to the beginning of
the public health movement in Virginia, and its early development and
growth; if the Commission finds that such history can be prepared and
published without extra cost to the State of Virginia then, with the con-
sent of the Governor, it is authorized so to do. Should the history be
published and a profit result, the same shall accrue to the general fund
id be paid into the State treasury. In any event, the commission shal
port its finding, and make such recommendations as may be deemec
roper to the Governor and General Assembly by December one, nine-
en hundred forty-nine. The State Department of Health shall furnist
ich secretarial assistance as the commission may require but there shal!
» no other cost to the State of Virginia.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 20

pproving the inclusion of Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson in the Hall o!
Fame of New York University.

Agreed to February 19, 1948

Whereas, Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson was one of the most dis-
iguished soldiers of the War between the states, and

Whereas, the exploits of Jackson have offered examples of strategy
many military tacticians since his day, and

Whereas, the United Daughters of the Confederacy are attempting
have Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson included in the Hall of Fame of
ew York University, Now, Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
ncurring, That the General Assembly of Virginia commends the efforts
the United Daughters of the Confederacy to have the name of Thomas

(Stonewall) Jackson included in the Hall of Fame of New York
niversity, and

Resolved Further, that the Clerk of the Senate send a suitably pre-
red copy of this resolution to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 21

eating a commission to study the production of crude oil and natural gas
in Virginia and to recommend legislation.

Agreed to by Senate, February 24, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Whereas, the production of crude oil and natural gas having been
ly very recently begun in Virginia, the leasing and conveyance of fields
d transactions in the product are governed by the common law which
yenerally inadequate, and

Whereas, there is need that steps be taken looking to the establishment
such measures of conservation of oil and gas as investigation may
yw are appropriate,

Now, Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Dele-
fes concurring :
There is hereby created a commission consisting of two members of
the Senate to be appointed by the President, three members of the House
of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, the State
Geologist and the Chairman of the Virginia Conservation Commission.

The commission shall make a thorough investigation into the leasing
and exploration for, development, utilization, production and_pro-
tection or conservation of crude oil and natural gas in Virginia and such
measures of regulation and conservation as they deem appropriate. They
shall also consider what additions to the statutes of the Commonwealth
should be made in order to facilitate and regulate the leasing and convey-
ance of oil and gas lands and wells and developments thereof and general
dealing in these commodities.

The commission shall make a report not later than September one,
nineteen hundred forty-nine, to the General Assembly, of their findings
and of their recommendations thereon.

The members of the commission appointed from the General Assem-
bly shall be paid the sum of ten dollars each for each day of actual attend-
ance at their meetings. They may also employ such clerical and other
assistance as they deem proper. Total expenditures under this resolution
shall not however exceed five hundred dollars and shall be paid out of the
contingent fund of the General Assembly.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 22

Creating a Commission to study the curricula and the teaching of certain
matters in secondary schools.

Agreed to by Senate, February 24, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concur-
ring, that a Commission be, and is hereby created, to make a study of the
textbooks and other materials used in the History and Government cur-
ricula of Virginia’s secondary schools. The General Assembly is
particularly interested in knowing how the history of Virginia is being
taught and how this is being correlated with history and government in
general ; also as to the methods that are being used to acquaint students
with the history and traditions of government in Virginia; the relation-
ship of local, State and Federal Government. The Commission is author-
ized to inquire into other matters pertinent to the foregoing as the
Commission deems proper. The Commission shall be composed of seven
persons appointed by the Governor from the State at large. The Com-
mission shall complete its study and make its report to the Governor
and the General Assembly by September one, nineteen hundred forty-
nine. The members of the Commission shall not be paid for their services
but shall receive their expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties hereunder, for which, and for such secretarial and other assistance
as the Commission requires, there is appropriated the sum of one
thousand dollars to be paid from the contingent fund of the Genera!
Assembly.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 26

Directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study and report or
student loan funds.

Agreed to by House, March 12, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, there are many graduates of our high schools who lack
sufficient funds to obtain further education, yet might greatly benefit
themselves and the State if they were able to obtain such education ; Now,
Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concur-
ring, That the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council is hereby required
to make a study and report by November one, nineteen hundred forty-
nine, to the Governor and General Assembly upon the following matters ;
the need and advisability of establishing a Student Loan Fund or scholar-
ship plan for use, in pursuing in Virginia public and private institutions
of higher learning, by Virginia high school graduates who have the mental
capacity and the desire for advanced work but lack the financial ability
to go further; the method of establishing such a fund and the conditions
which should govern loans therefrom, and whether or not scholarships
on such a basis might be proper.

The Council shall study existing statutes and practices and make its
report setting forth its findings and recommendations.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 27
Creating a commission to study medical education.

Agreed to by Senate, March 9, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concur-
ring, that a commission be and, hereby, is created to study medical educa-
tion in general. The commission shall consider the costs and the needs
of medical education and the relationship of medical education to the
services that it renders and the needs of the people, particularly in rural
areas.

The commission shall be composed of three members of the House of
Delegates, appointed by the Speaker, two members of the Senate,
appointed by the President thereof and four members from the State at
large, appointed by the Governor.
The comission shall complete its study and make its report to the
Governor and General Assembly not later than September one, nineteen
hundred forty-nine. The members of the commission shall receive no
compensation for their services but shall be paid their expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties, and such expenses and such secretarial
and other assistance as the commission may require, not to exceed two
thousand dollars.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 31
Naming Leigh Hanes Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Agreed to by House, March 12, 1948
Agreed to by Senate, March 13, 1948

Whereas, Leigh Hanes, of Roanoke, Virginia, is the editor of Lyric,
national magazine of poetry, and is recognized in literary circles as one
of the outstanding poets of our State and of the Nation; and

Whereas, it is fittting that his talent and ability be recognized by the
Commonwealth ; Now, Therefore,

Be it Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, that Leigh Hanes, of the city of Roanoke is hereby designated
Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, for the year 1949.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 32

Creating a Commission to study the State and local tax systems, revenves,
receipts and State expenditures, allocations and grants-in-aid and to make
recommendations relative thereto.

Agreed to by Senate, March 2, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concur-
ring, That a commission to be known as the Commission on State and
Local Revenues and Expenditures, is hereby created. The members of
the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor. The Commission
shall be composed of such number of outstanding citizens and business
and professional people as the Governor may determine is desirable.

The Commission shall make an intensive and thorough examination
and study of all State and Local taxes and revenues, and receipts. and
all State expenditures, allocations and grants-in-aid (both in general and
special funds) the propriety thereof and the sources from which the
revenues are or may be derived. In its study the Commission may call
upon any officer or agency of the State for information and assistance
and may employ such expert, technical, secretarial and other personnel
as it deems necessary in its work. The Commission shall begin its work
not later than June one, nineteen hundred forty-eight, and shall complete
its study and make its report to the Governor and to the General
Assembly not later November fifteen, nineteen hundred forty-nine.
A copy of the report shall promptly be mailed to each member and
member-elect of the General Assembly. In its report the Commission
shall make such recommendations as it deems proper to bring about
improvements in Virginia’s tax system, its expenditures and general
fiscal policies. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid from funds
appropriated to it by the General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-
eight.
The members of the Commission shall receive a per diem of ten dol-
pa ($10.00) each and actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their
uties.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 33

Directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to make a study and
report upon existing laws pertaining to the respective responsibilities of
the State and the localities for the relief and hospitalization of poor and
indigent persons.

Agreed to by Senate, March 9, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 11, 1948

Whereas, the existing statutes providing for the relief and hospitaliza-
tion of poor and indigent persons do not define the respective responsi-
bilities of the State and the various localities, and do not make adequate
provision for the responsibility for the relief and hospitalization of persons
requiring such assistance ; Now therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, that the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council be and
hereby is directed to make a study and report upon the existing statutes
pertaining to the relief and hospitalization of poor and indigent persons,
to the end that the respective responsibilities of the State and various
localities for the relief and hospitalization of such persons at public
expense be defined, and more effective measures be suggested whereby
all persons entitled to relief and hospitalization at public expense shall
receive such assistance.

The Council shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly,
not later than October one, Nineteen hundred and forty-nine, a report
of its findings and recommendations, together with proposed legislation
necessary to carry such recommendations into effect.
Providing for a commission to make a study and report on possible changes
in the organization of State supported institutions of higher learning.

Agreed to by Senate, March 9, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 12, 1948

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That
a commission is hereby created to be known as the Commission on Reor-
ganization of State Supported Institutions of Higher Learning. The
Commission shall be composed of the Governor and such other citizens
as he shall associate with himself thereon. Members of the Commission
shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.

The Commission shall make a thorough study of the State supported
institutions of higher learning, including those devoted to or conducting
medical education, giving particular attention to possible consolidation
of overlapping functions, and any other matters which in its opinion
result in inefficiency or duplication of expense and effort.

The Commission in its study may call upon any department or institu-
tion for information and assistance, and may employ such, technical
secretarial and other personnel as it may deem necessary in its work.
It shall make a report containing its findings and recommendations to the
General Assembly not later than September one, nineteen hundred
forty-nine.

The expenses of the Commission shall be paid out of funds appropri-
ated for its use by the General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-eight.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 40

Directing study of rural telephone facilities by the State Corporation
Commission.

Agreed to by Senate, March 10, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 12, 1948

Resolved. by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the
State Corporation Commission be and it hereby is, directed to make a
study of the following matters:

(1) The telephone needs of the rural sections of Virginia ;

(2) The effort which has been made by the telephone companies of

Virginia during the last three years to meet the telephone needs of

the rural sections; and

(3) What additional telephone facilities, if any, are necessary to
provide adequate telephone service in the rural areas.

The State Corporation Commission shall complete its study and make
a report containing its findings to the General Assembly on or before
October one, nineteen hundred forty-nine.
To commend the services of the “Commission on Veterans’ Affairs” created

ursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 14 of the General Assembly of

945, and continued by House Joint Resolution No. 46 of the General

Assembly of 1946, and to commend the services of the “Division of War

Veterans Claims”; to continue said “Commission on Veterans’ Affairs”,

to define the duties of said commission, to appropriate funds for the per
diem and expenses of said commission; and to declare an emergency.

Agreed to by Senate, March 12, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 13, 1948

Whereas, pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 14 of the General
Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-five a “Commission on Veterans’
Affairs” was created consisting of three members of the House of Dele-
gates appointed by the Speaker of the House, two members of the Senate
appointed by the President of the Senate, and two citizens appointed by
the Governor; which Commission was continued by House Joint Resolu-
tion No. 46 of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-six, and
which Commission has already rendered valuable service by its investiga-
tions and recommendations concerning appropriate legislation for the
benefit of Virginia War Veterans and their dependents ; and

Whereas, it is desirable that the work of said Commission be
continued ; and

Whereas, the Division of War Veterans’ Claims in the office of the
Attorney General, with the advice and cooperation of said Commission,
has rendered valuable service to the War Veterans of Virginia and to
their dependents and to the survivors of deceased war veterans; and

Whereas, the services and recommendations of said Commission and
said Division have resulted in reasonable and beneficial veterans’ legisla-
tion, and have been largely responsible for the absence of any unreason-
able or extreme legislative proposals in connection with veterans’ affairs ;

Now, Therefore Be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates
concurring, as follows :—

(1) The Commission on Veterans’ Affairs and said Division of War
Veterans’ Claims are hereby commended by the General Assembly of
Virginia for their helpful and constructive services ; and

(2) The Commission on Veterans’ Affairs, created and continued
as aforesaid, is hereby continued. Any vacancies that may occur therein
shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments were made;
and

(3) Said Commission is authorized and directed to continue its
studies and to make recommendations from time to time to the Governor
of Virginia and the Attorney General of Virginia, and to the General
Assembly of Virginia, as to appropriate legislation for the benefit of War
Veterans of Virginia and their dependents and the survivors of deceased
veterans and as to the administration of laws heretofore or hereafter
enacted for their benefit ; and
4) The members of said Commission shall receive no salary as
such, but shall be entitled to a per diem of ten dollars per day and their
necessary traveling and other expenses for each day while necessarily
engaged in the performance of their duties on said Commission; and

(5) To provide for the payment of said per diem and expenses,
there is hereby appropriated out of the contingent fund of the General
Assembly a sum sufficient not to exceed the sum of three thousand
dollars ; and

(6) An emergency existing, this Resolution shall be in force from
the date of its passage.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 42

Providing for the designation of a commission to unite with the Washington
ane ace University in the observance of the Two-Hundreth Anniversary
ereof.

Agreed to by Senate, March 12, 1948
Agreed to by House, March 13, 1948

Whereas there are to be held at Lexington during the year nineteen
hundred forty-nine celebrations commemorating the two-hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the Washington and Lee University as
Augusta Academy ; and

Whereas, George Washington made this institution the beneficiary
of the gift which the Commonwealth of Virginia tendered him for his
services in the Revolution ; and

Whereas, Robert E. Lee, declining easier and more lucrative posi-
tions, gave the last years of his life to the service of education in that
College; and

Whereas, the contributions of these two most eminent citizens of the
Commonwealth, joined with those of a long roll of others devoted to the
public good, have forged an institution which has served the Common-
wealth and the Nation for two centuries; Now, Therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concur-
ring, that a commission be and it hereby is established to represent this
Commonwealth in the observance of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary
of the founding of Washington and Lee University; such commission
shall be known as the Virginia Commission on the Washington and Lee
University Bicentennial. The commission shall be composed of twelve
members as follows: The Governor of Virginia and three persons to be
appointed by him, the Lieutenant Governor and three members of the
Senate appointed by him, the Speaker of the House of Delegates and
three members of the House to be appointed by him.

The commission, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, shall
cooperate with representatives of the Washington and Lee University
in the appropriate observance of such anniversary.
The members of the commission shall serve without compensation
and shall select a chairman from among their number, but the Governor
of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall be designated the honorary chair-
man of the commission,

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 44

Creating a commission to study the rules of the Senate and the House of
Delegates.

Agreed to March 13, 1948

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That
there is hereby created a Commission to study the Rules of the Senate
and the House of Delegates. The Commission shall be composed of the
members of the Rules Committee of the Senate and one member of the
Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, and the members of
the Rules Committee of the House of Delegates and two members of the
House appointed by the Speaker thereof.

The Commission shall consider the present rules of the Senate and
the House of Delegates, and what revisions, amendments or changes
therein should be made in order to facilitate the dispatch of the business
of the respective bodies and of the General Assembly. The Commission
is also authorized to consider any other matters which it considers perti-
nent to its study.

The Commission shall complete its study and make a report to the
members of the Senate and the members-elect of the House of Delegates
at least sixty days prior to the convening of the next regular session of
the General Assembly.

The members of the Commission shall be entitled to a per diem of
ten dollars for each day they are in actual attendance at meetings of the
Commission and shall be paid their actual expenses incurred in the per-
formance of their duties, for which there is appropriated the sum of one
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, to be paid
out of the contingent fund of the General Assembly.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 46

In relation to the two hundreth anniversary of the counties of Chesterfield
and Culpeper.

Agreed to March 13, 1948

Whereas, the General Assembly (then the House of Burgesses) held
at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the year 1748,
during the reign of George the Second, provided for the creation of the
counties of Chesterfield and Culpeper. Chesterfield County was named
in honor of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, the
celebrated Lord Chesterfield ; and Culpeper County was named in honor
of Lord Culpeper, a former Royal Governor of Virginia; and

Whereas, these counties have greatly developed in the years since
their creation and during the two hundred years of their existence, and
it is fitting that the General Assembly of Virginia recognize the bicenten-
nial of these counties,

Now Therefore, Be it Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House
of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly express its pleasure
upon the occasion of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the counties of Chesterfield and Culpeper, and that
a suitable copy of this resolution be mailed to the respective Boards of
Supervisors of Chesterfield and Culpeper counties.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 47
On death of Patrick Henry Drewry.
Agreed to March 13, 1948

Whereas, Patrick Henry Drewry, member of the House of Repre-
sentatives from the Fourth Congressional District of Virginia in the
Congress of the United States for twenty eight years and formerly
member of the Senate of Virginia, died at his home in Petersburg, Vir-
ginia, on December 22, 1948; and

Whereas, in his death the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation
suffered the loss of an outstanding public figure who had long, ably and
faithfully served his native State, his party, and his community, and
whose loss will long be felt in this Commonwealth and throughout the
country ; Now, Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates
concurring, That the members of the General Assembly do hereby
express their regret and sorrow at the death of Patrick Henry Drewry,
and extend to his family their deepest sympathy ; and

Be it further resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a suit-
ably prepared copy of this resolution to the family of the late Patrick
Henry Drewry.