Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-03-24
||0RjDERl' Of ANNEXATION |
Alexandria City Must Pay Fairfax
County for Public Improve
ments in Territory

+ Alexandria city must Pay ihe 49, 49,
ty of Fairfax s16,ls2 for the PUBLIC
Improvements made by the county IN ,
the territory which is to be annexed
to Alexandria by the decree Of the |
Supreme Court of Appeals. In the I;
final order of annexation, which was
signed yesterday, it is agreed that
the city is to pay $500 for one-hah
Of the bridge crossing Hunting Creek,
south Of the present corporate linn
its; $4,000 for the work already done
by the county on road Improvement
from the present city line TO the
bridge OIL south Patrick street en-
tended; 1862 for the brick school
house adjoining George Washington
Park in West End, and 81 900 fer
the frame school house on South
Washington street. The city must
also permit the children who are at
tending school in West End to con-
tinue their attendance for a period
Of two years without expense 10
Fairfax county.
The order also provides for the
! immediate policing Of the annexed
territofy The city is required to
! add at least four foot patrolmen o,
two mounted policemen to its force.
While the order goes into effect
Immediately, April lst is set as the
date when the counties will cease to-
exercise any Jurisdiction over the
f; land which will be Incorporated with
, the city.
| The important points of the ordei
Of the Supreme Court are as follows:
The new limits Of the city afte
annexation shall be Beginning il
; the Potomac River at the north ca ST
! corner Of the pl'esen. boundary q;
/ the City Of Alexandria and following
+; the present northern boundary lin"
Of the City Of Alexandria to The
northwest corner Of the city, thence
! prolongin@ said line in the same
direction until it intersects with tho
north side OF the Braddock road.
! thence southwardly, to Il point on the
! south side Of Janney's Lane fifty
! so feet from the vest side of Lees
burg Turnpike; THENCE southwark!
along the western boundary line ri
!; George Washington Park sub div
! son 10 the Alexandria Water Com
{ pany's property and reservoir; theric,.
;souihwardly with the ives; line q
alexandria Water Company'S proper.
ty TO the north side Of the Little
River Turnpike; thence across tt"
Little River Turnpike and with ii"
east side Of Roberts Lane ard con
tinuing with the east side o;
Roberts Lane cstendcd to the mid.
channel Of Hunting Creek; thence
down stream. with mearderings G;
the mid channel Of Hunting Crecl,
to the Potomac River; thence up the
Potomac River to Jones Point; aud
f: thence with the west side Of rhc
! Potomac River to the point Of beg
! inning. the northeast corner Of the
present boundary of the City Of
Alexandria.
And it is further adjudgei ana or.
cered that the City Council OF Aley
andria do forthwith pay to the coun
ty Of Fairfax the following sums, for
school houses and lands on which
said school houses are erected. be-
longing 10 the said county, and which
are within the territory taken fioE;
said county and annexed to the
City Of Alexandria, and that The Il.
tie to the said land and Schoo,
houses he and the same is. now
transferred to and vested in the city
Council of Alexandria.
For West End School House 50
$50. 5S
For school house on South Wash
:rgton Street extended. known as
Noun. Vernon School $1,000
For Hunting Creek Bridge 3d..
800 90.
For the money expended on Hunt
ing Creek road $4,000.
That the county levies imposed oil
persons and property within the
territory hereby annexed TO the City !
Of Alexandria, by this order, for the
current fiscal year, shall be paid TO !,
the said counties respectively.
Ii is further adiudgcd and order (.
ed that. the condition contained 10 I,
The ordinance aforesaid. relating i
the taxes for the period OF five l2} !:
years, or for the alternative, l.
per centum il2 per cent? Of the az