The Washington times., 1923-03-14
| NCORPORM ION
Bill LIEF 70
CITIZENS
Joint Committee at Clarendon
Acts on Arlington,
Measure.

CLARENDON, Va, March H.
+The incorporation Of Arlington
county will BE left To i referendum
81 the people This was decided at
joint meeting Of the hoard 81
supervisors and members Of the
subcommittee Of the Civic Fedora.
ion on incorporation In the court
house last night "A resolution to
his effect was adopted after Wig
orous opposition to the incOrpoFa'
ton had been manifested by
majority of those present.
Judge William g. Cloth, spOkes.
man for those opposing the iIlcor'
poratiOn as presented in bills In.
reduced iii Virginia legislation.
stated that members of the commit.
ea were against permitting one
nch Of ground III Arlington county
be taken away unless the people
Jf the county voted on the matter.
al motion introduced by G. r.
TAYLOR was adopted, with the fol-
lowing provisions: The joint commit
.ee goes On record as favoring the
incorporation Of Arlington county
as 4 city. providing q referendum
of the people fav0fing such action
had: that the Incorporation In
,Iude only the defined lines Of the
county; that q delegation from the
ioirlt committee be- instructed to
proceed to Richmond ana endeavor
b persuade Representative Charles
Henry Smith to Withdraw his OBJ.
jectiOns to the changes suggested
~ the ONT COMMITTEES. and. Ia the
sVert he declines to do SO, and
after d poll Of the members Df the
house of delegates, Ii becomes evi-
lent that the measure would fail,
hat the bill be withdrawn
Those voting against the motion
we're Fl. II. sharp, Hugh Reid and
-hAfles J. Jessie.
Members of the subcommittee
III the board OF supervisors who op-
posed the Incorporation bill were:
Thomas J DeLashmutt, Edward
Duncan. Walter Weaver, william
sC. Cloth. w A McShaw, Charles
7. Jessie. Col j. If Pepper, ana
William Duncan, clerk of the county
curt.
Thomas j. DeLashnautt. william
Cloth, william Duncan. Major
3. w. Ewing and Hugh Reid were
appointed d special committee to
I tfteild the hearing on the measure
b Richmond next Tuesday and urge
be provisions Of the Taylor motion.
A telegram received from Repre-.
antative Smith yesterday stated
at hearings on the bill had baen
for Thursday, but that ii was
ifhtful whether the measure
slild Be reached even If favorablv
ported By the committee of the
islature.
E.fiisf IL .. PIarr Of the BalIst0l
dspar rlefli. has addressed nll
ct zeis associations In Airing.
III county on fire prevention during
le past three weeks He urged
itizena not to build cisterns, hut
join the fire department Iii It's
Ian to run q pipe line from Lacey
stln to Cherry Valley, each town 70
AIRY II on to Fort Myer Ills
ks also included INST urtions as
turning In fire alarms. He
advocated cent levy on each
400 assessed valuation for fire
protection.
The Ballston Fire Department
viii give dance at the Junior
Hall lii Ballston, the proceeds to. be
used for fire equipment.
The Guild OF St Georges Church
will hold It's regular meeting to.
night at the home of Mrs. w. r.
Boyer, on Marion avenue.
Capt. E. w. Jordon, candidate
for the House of Delegates from
Arlington county, stated last night
that he was in favor of the in
corporation Of Arlington county as
a city, providing the citizens voted
on the question.