Evening star., 1927-03-19
ARLINGTON TOPUSH
ENABLING MEASURE
CIVIC Body Favors Special
session Action on Incor-
II poration Question.
necial Dispatch 10 The Star,

Snecial Dispatch TO The star.
CLARENDON, Va, March 19.-By
a vote of 43 to the Arlington County
Civic Federation at a special meeting
last night adopted a resolution favor
ing enactment by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia of an enabling act.
(which shall authorize the qualified
voters of the county by general or
Enecial election TO determine whether
aAd when the county shall be incor-
pQrated and under what form of gov
ernment it shall be Incorporated The
injecting was held in the Lyon PARK
Community House. There were 20
associations represented. Robert f.
Plymale, president presided.
The resolution also states that the
situation in the county is such as to
render desirable that the enactment
ofsthe enabling act be obtained at the
extra session of the General Assembly,
NOW in session" 1t was offered by
Aifhur Orr.
This action was taken following sub
mission of the report by Chairman l..
C.McNemar of the Arlington County
Better Local Government Commission,
which was created by resolution of
the federation November and which
consists of seven representatives of
tile federation, seven representatives
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Commerce and the county's represent
a8ves in the State Senate and House
of Delegates, Senator Frank l.. Ball
and Delegate Charles T. Jesse.
+, Favored as City.
The report, besides favoring the en-
abling act, recommends incorporation
Off the county as a city Of the first
class, with a city manager form of
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the report, however, was not acted on,
1t being decided this was a matter
which should be left entirely to the
voters. An effort to discuss the feast
bAity of the county Incorporating was
abandoned when Mr. McNemar an
noLnced that his committee had made
an exhaustive study of the situation
and had collected practically all neces.
Sary comparative data, and expressed
the opinion that the time to go into
that would be during the election cam.
palgn If such an election is to be
allowed.
The Better Government Commission
bySanother resolution, is charged with
the duty and responsibility of Secur-
anB enactment of the enabling act,
concurrence to be given by the Cham
ber of Commerce.
In answer to a question by one of
the delegates as to how Senator Ball
and Delegate Jesse feel toward the
proposed enabling act. it was said
that this had not been ascertained.
They were not present, it was said, at
the meeting when the commission
reached its final conclusions.
Boards Lack of Powers.
The commissions report, in part,
follows:
That the powers of the board Of
supervisors of this county are wholly
inadequate to meet the demand made
upon ii by the conditions now obtain
ing and existing herein.
That the highest court of this State
has so held, and your commission be.
lieves as result of it's investigation
that the conditions now existing in
this county are similar in all essential
respects to those generally found to
exist in cities of the first class in this
State.
THAT the highest court of this
State has held that the conditions
now existing in this country are such
as to require that the county must be
incorporated as a whole.
That the present situation in this
county and its future orderly growth |
and development require that the To-
cal government charged with it's ad-
ministration shall have and possess
all the powers of a city of the first
class.
That your commission believes and |
so reports that the city manager plan
is that form of local government best !
calculated to insure the present and |
future orderly development and
growth of this community.
THAT your commission, having |
heard the reports of the several sub
committees, is in favor of incorporat |
ing Arlington County as city of the
first class and TO that end recommend
the enactment of an enabling act by
the General Assembly of Virginia.
which shall authorize the qualified
voters of said county by general or
special election to determine whether
and when said county shall be incor.
porated and under what form of gov
ernment the same shall be incorpo
rated
THAT your commission regards the
situation in this county such as to
render it imperative to the welfare
of this community that the enact
ment of the enabling act as recon-