The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-16
These Are Main Properties Ex-
cluded on West-Three Farms
on East Excluded.
RICHMOND MUST CARE
FOR NEW TERRITORY
Order to Be Entered Tomorrow
Will Require Richmond to
Expend Fifty Thousand
Dollars in Five Years
inImproving Sec
tions Taken In.

Greater Richmond is soon to be a fact
indeed. Judge Nicol. sitting in the Hem
rico Circuit Court yesterday, handed down
most comprehensive opinion, to ba
followed tomorrow by an order granting
Richmond practically all the territory
asked by the City Council. Annexation.
IF nncontested in the Supreme Court, will
become effective in about ninety days.
liz, however the county takes an appeal
TO the Supreme Court, the order will
probably not he effective until the higher
tribunal has passed on both the consti-
tutionality OF the law, as well as tha
fact of annexation.
BY Judge Nicol's opinion the main por-
ton OF the property of Mrs. s.. M. Dooley
is left out OF Richmond, although tha
city lines will encircle the section loft
out after the annexation. In the north
western part of the city the line is 50
changed as to leave out the fair grounds
and strip of land lying in northerly
direction. From this point the line Is
made Identical with the one proposed in
the ordinance, and runs around to the
eastern eide. wher,s the line Is so changed
as TO leave In the county three farms
that We're propusecf TO be annexed Aftes-
ducking around these places, the line IS
brought back to the proposed boundary,
and follows this without change through
Fulton and takes In Fulton Hill over
which there was some question of doubr
as to what would be done. The change
from the proposed line is very small and
the citizens of Richmond are much gratt-
fed with the opinion of the court.
Judge Ncol says. that Richmond must,
within three years eXpend $4,000 in pub
lie Improvement. In the territory taken
In. Half of this amount goes to the
West End and the other half to the East
End. The children who now attend the
schools in the county that will be taken
In to the city may attend the sama
schools for three years, in order to all
low the county to re-arrange it's school
facilities.
The additional territory will give to
Richmond an increase op population
about 1900,
Ten New Policemen.
The territory to be taken In IS to be
policed by not less than ten officers,
either mounted or on foot
All of the taxes derived from the ter.
ritory are to ge into a separate fund and
this amount is to be expended solely
within the territory prescribed for the
per can not use any of the money for
this allotted time. and In addition to eS-
pending all of this Notwithstanding
that could not have been expected had
the territory remained in the county
Richmond is to expend $4,000 in public
improvements, such as gas, water, sewer
and street improvements.
With the boundary lines of Richmond
so extended as to include almost one
third of the property value Of Henrico.
that county will then rank as tho fifth
in point OF wealth in the State. Out
of one hundred counties Henrico will be
Well up in the foremost ranks. and Will
show a land valuation of some thing over
six millions of dollars. About three MIL
lions of dollars worth OF assessable
property is included in the annexed ter
ritory. and something over 1000 peo-
pie are being made residents OF Rich
mond. Further, these people are allowed
every right to vote In the next election
by simply qualifying themselves SO to-
do with the city election officials.
Richmond's City Council Is to determine
what disposition Is to be made of the
s25, 600 in each section of the city, The
annexed territory may divide itself into
new wards or may become q part OF
wards already fixed in the city, upon
this question, parenthetically, there VIII
be Il great amount OF interest," SHOWN pS
all parties concerned.
Within one year the town OF Fair
mount Is 10 be abolished and its charter
revoked, AS 1t We're 1t will be merged
into. Richmond and shall enjoy all OF
the privileges of the city. In the mean g
while however, the town Council ot Il
Paramount will exist and have all the
mowers with which it is vested with at
present. In his order Judge Nicol says
that 1t is plainly necessary that Fair
mount Become part Of Richmond and
he lays particular emphasis upon the
fact of the town being adjacent to the
clty. So particularly does he emphasize
this point that he writes the word "ad-
incent' in quotations and underscores
IL In his opinion. which is finally to he
his order
Manufacturing Sites.
The court In excepting from the order
of annexation the territory lying north
of T,road Street and west of tho Fair
Grounds does so on the grounds that the
city VIII not, within the reasonably near
future, need this property for Develop
ment. that II s not necessary to have K
tho same in the city in order to have q
compact body OF landt and further that
1t Is in the interests of the city to havs
manufacturing sites in the county ad-
lacent to the city 50 that the employees.
u large proportion of whom viii resisla
IN the city. may have the privilege of
Saved streets. water. light and sever
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