The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-10
Measure to Block An
nexation Carries New
Revenue Plan.
OPPONENTS TURN
NEXT TO SENATE
Amendment Will to a Large Elk.
tent Prevent Immediate I'm
Provcnent of Territory Which
Richmond Proposes to An
nex-Henrico County
to Spend Nothing.

After being amended I'm several i'm
rortant particulars. tho Gum anti
annexation bin WAS passed to its third
reading and cngrossment b. the House
OF Delegates yesterday. tho recorded
vote being ~ To 30 1t VIII come nm
on It's hnal passage In tho lower branch
to-day Tho amendment VIII. TO n
large extent. prevent immediate I'm
proVemcnt Of the territory proposed 20
10 annexed. az II provides for the pay
.hent to tho county of tho revenues
rom taxation for tho district affect ed
for the first year, so per cont for tho
second year. so per cent for tho third,
40 per cent for the fourth year and 20
per cent for the NTH year.
In tho ordinance which hns been
approved by Council the city offers TO
cTpend In the territory TO be annexed
without any overhead Charge for tho
general expenses OF tho government alI
or the taxes to be derived from the an
nexed area, in improvements OF a
lhSsicai character. within that area,
Tor period or five years.
County to spend Nothing
Turning over all or this sum for tho
hrst year. 50 per cent for the second
year and SO oh. ~ provided In tho Gum
amendment. will seriously DELAY m,
laying OF sewers urgently needed FOR
o
neAed aud viii also delay the c.-
tension OF water Mains ami street
improvements, especially ~ the Coun-
- of iieitrico does not offer TO cxpend
any part OF the sum returned To it In
thc seton proposed 10 bc annexed
Mr.. Gum. of Heurico. called tic I'm
listed AZ House bin No. 43o. up out OF
tts order yesterday. Mr. Milstead of
newport News, protested thut the bill
would work q great hardship 10 his
safV att 4
Nided FOR y sinalt boat harbor. aud has
made other extensive improvements
cast of the piers Of the Chcsapeake md
ohlo hallway. because OF their great
cost these piers alone represent more
than % per cent of tho taxable values
oi warwick County. and a bin pro-
hibitinS the annexation Of more than
- per cent OF tho territory OF any one
county at one time, would practicall,.
prevent the future growth Of Ncwpor;
News
Puts ON Graded Tax.
Nh Gum offered an amendment
striking out the % per cent clause in
The hill as offered. and inserting a pro-
N.so that wherever a court in the hear
ing OF annexation proceedings shall
permit tho annexation of more than
- per cent of the taxable values real
ana personal, OF any county AT one
time. the city shall rebate to the coun.
whole amount of taxes received fol-
the nrst year. SO per cent OF the taXes
received for the second year. SO per
cent OF the taxes received for the third
year. 40 per cent of the taxes re-
ceived for the fourth year, and 20 pc
cent OF the taxes received for the fifth
year. The bill does not contain anv
provision that any part OF the sum 50
rebated shall be expended by the
county in the area annexed. Tho bill
provides that IN the event of any an
nexation, tho city must pay the county
dollar for dollar for the full value OF
schoolhouses or other property taken
in.
Tho Quinn amendment was adopted.
40 to 3S. and motion to reconsider
was pending when the chair was
vacated at midday.
Montague Opposes BiII.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Monta :
que. or Richmond, took the floor claim
ing that the House had acted hastily.
that the members had not appreciated
the wonderful growth Of Richmond
exceeded in the whole country by only
II few cities in the far West and which
made imperative an extension OF the
corporate lines. Even with the pro-
posed limits, the city area in acres Will
DC by no means equal TO that of Rich
inond' S chief Southern competitors, AT.
innta. Mr.. Montague explained the
procedure under the general anneXa-
tion law, and said that Judge Camp.
bell, of Wythcvillc, had been desig.
mated 10 sit iii the case. lie saw no
reason why the General Assembly
should pass IN act to interfere with
court procedure already pending
Mr.. Gum said that, If necessary, he
would sacrifice every other bill on the
calendar to get this meas sure passed.
a. n bn ~.
dcathblow to lIenrico and claimed
that Richmond could put $50, 900 pco.
pie into the area proposed to be an
neycd.
anxious for Their Fees.o
Mr.. Myers, OF Richmond, drew Il
laugh by referring to the sweet dis
position Of tho member from Henrico,' =
but when the laugh was over, demand
cd to know why he was 40 anxious to
SHOW his sweet disposition only to the
"fticeholders OF his county. who were
anxious for their fees, and who, for
mat reason, were opposing any an
ncNation.
IF the annexation as proposed were
affected" he said, ''it would leave Hem
rico the eighth wcalthiest county in
The state, while :lie great bulk of the
values were made not from the fact
mat Ii Is good farming land, but from
the fact that II is contiguous to a
city"
MIR. Myers asserted that the people OF
the annexed territory wanted to come
in-not citizen of Chesterfield or
ltcnrico appeared before tho House
Committee OH Counties, Cities md
Towns TO advocate the Gum mcnsuro,
blocking annexation snvc fec Office
holders and paid attorneys
The vote, by which the Gum amend
incnts were adopted, was reconsidcred
IL 10 80. and on Il roll call, ~ to ~
Wants to See City Grow.
speaking as citizen Of recently