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BY DEL. D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR.
THE committees of the General Assembly have begun consideration of the 600 bills which have been introduced thus far in the session and public hearings, and next week should see voting on a substantial number of the less controversial bills.
Several bills involving conservation have been introduced which were recommended by the committee on which I served as chairman, of the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council. One of these bills (known as the critical environmental areas bill) would create a state commission to designate certain specific, selected areas of the state which would be considered to be of unusual and particular importance to the state because of unique historic,
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