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VIRGINIANS ar^ advised to step carefully for the next day or so. It\might even take longer, really. We give this advicb^because on Monday, 650 new Virginia laws went intci effect, compliments of the 1974 General Assembly^ By one estimate, counting all the amendments and so forth, the changes actually total 860.
Isn’t that ridiculous? Six-hundred-and-fifty or 860 new rules and regulations for dealing with a way of life that was already covered by who knows how many hundreds, nay thousands, of rules and regulations.
One of the most baffling legal concepts to youngsters just entering upon civic awareness is that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” What better excuse? How many lawyers, or judges, feel confident that as of Monday they were fully in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth?
VIRGINIA Senator Harry Byrd strikes us as excessively negative in many of his present representations in Washington, but we still remember a phase of his career that elicited unabashed admiration.
While serving in the State Legislature, he declared firmly that we had enough laws already, and he steadfastly refused to vote for any new ones. It was one of the most sensible legislative acts we’ve ever heard of.D
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