Evening star., 1942-03-07
Redistriictinq
Bill Strategy
|sMapped
House Recommits
Measure; Branches
Speed for DeodIine
BY ALEXANDER r. PRESTON
Star Staff Correspondent.


Star Staff Correspondent.
RICHMOND, March 7.-An act t,
incorporate Arlington County as {
city will be passed by the House o.
Delegates today in a legislative rush
involving both branches Of tn,
General Assembly.
Under joint rules, all bills intro
duced in the House must be cleared
and sent to the Senate for final ap.
proval before adjournment tonight
The same procedure affects the
Senate. After tonight unanimous
, consent of both branches will be
required for passing any new bills
introduced or measures which pass
from their originating branch,
In advancing the Arlington in.
corporation bill to passing stage
today, the House yesterday accepted
the amendment of Delegate Charles
r. Fenwick Of Arlington County
the patron, which provides that al
elective officers in office at the time
of incorporation shall continue In
their respective Offices when such
Incorporation becomes effective.
Reapportionment Recommitted.
: The House voted to recommit the
bill to reapportion House districts,
which carried the Poindexter
amendments depriving Arlington
County of a proposed second dele
gate.
AS originally introduced by Dele
gates L. Lake Triplett of Fauquier
County, Bernard c. Goodwin of
Clifton Forge and william Fergu-
son of Newport News. and amended
by the House Privileges and Elec-
tions Committee, the House redis-
tricting bill would have affected Is
districts as compared with the re-
vised measure amended by Delegate
Emmett H. Poindexter of Louisa
County, affecting only nine districts.
Theg House Privileges and Elec-
tons Committee also has referred
to it the bill passed by the Senate
Thursday to redistrict senatorial
seats. This measure has given Ar
lington a Senator of its own and
leaves the remaining portion of the
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e9th senatorial district untouched.
The strategy to be followed in re-
porting the House measure was to
be determined in an executive ses-
sion of the House Privileges and
Election Committee last night. Re
liable sources predict that the orig
lnal bill, carrying out recommended
tions of the Fuller Commission on
Reapportionment as it stood before
the committee added its amend
ments, may be reported to the floor
today or else compromise measure
might be brought out which will car
~ a few of the Poindexter changes.
In either case, these quarters indi-
Gated that Arlington County will
again be recommended for two dele
gates. commensurate with its large
population. The average House
member represents about $4,000 IN
habitants compared with an esti-
mated population of 10000 for Ar
lington.
In order to clear up its own calen-
dar before tonight's deadline, the
House skipped over all Senate bills
and passed IA House measures on
third reading, including the FenWick
bill to provide a central registrar
for Arlington; a bill by Delegate
Robert j. McCandlish, jr., Of Fair
fax County, to permit the super
visors of his country to license ana
regulate trailer camps, and the Nc
Candlish bill providing three op-
tional methods Of selecting members
of the Fairfax County School
Board.
27 Bills Advanced.
The House then advanced II
other House bills on the calendar
to passing stage today. These in
cluded the Arlington incorporation
bill, the bill by Mr. Ferguson, Dele
gate Maurice D. Rosenberg OF Alex
andria and others providing for an
annual assessment of real estate,
and a bill by Mr.. Fenwick and H. B.
Davis of Princess Anne County to
prescribe certain powers OF the
State Corporation Commission and
the State Highway Commission re-
lating to aviation facilities.
The House also advanced a bill
by Delegate E. R. Conner OF Prince
William County, E. B. Moore OF
BerryWlle and others to permit the
State to accept the Corinne Lawton
Melchers estate, Belmont, as a me-
mortal to her late husband, Carl
Melchers, the artist.
A bill by Delegate George A. Mas
senberg of Hampton providing that
in calculating the proportion OF
State liquor profits localities are to
receive on the basis OF population,
credit shall be given for defense
housing projects of rs or more units
constructed since the last census,
was made the vehicle by which
proponents of a State subsidy Of
$500, 900 for school bus operations
hoped to insure retention Of the
item in the biennial budget bill.
SplcrS OHcIS AhcIluHcHt.
Delegate John B. Spiers of Rad
ford offered an amendment to the
bill to raise the States share OF
liquor profits from 81 ,675 900 to 81
ITS 900 a year, before any split be-
tween State and localities, with
guarantee, however, that the locali-
ties would receive no less than in
the fiscal year ended June 80, 194l.
This was adopted, 81 to 10, and
the bill moved forward for the final
vote today.
Mr.. Spiers and Delegate w. N.
Neff of Abingdon were patrons of
bill to accomplish the same purpose
which was killed by the House
Finance Committee. The aim of the
Spiers-Neff bill and of the amend
ment to the Massenburg bill was to
provide the funds for the subsidy.
On motion of Mr.. Spiers. chief pa
tron OF a group Of penal reform bills
in the House, the delegates concur
red in Senate amendments to those
creating a Department Of Correc-
tions and a State Parole Board, and