Evening star., 1946-02-08
Assembly 10 GET
Real Estate Bond
Measure Today
! Three Nearby Units
Seek Permission to
Fix Requirements
BY ALEX r.. PRESTON,
Star Staff CorrespnnSan.

,f BY ALEX X. PRESTON,
Star Staff Correspondent.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 8.-Gov-
erning bodies Of Arlington, Alex
andria and Fairfax would be per-
mitted to require real estate brok-
ers and statesmen to post bonds
under bills to be introduced today
In the General Assembly.
Under this legislation, which
would be similar to requirements in
effect in the District of Columbia
and Maryland, brokers could be re-
quired to post bonds Of s2,50O and
statesmen of $1,000 7
Companion bills would be intro
duced by Delegates ]. Maynard
Magruder and George Damn, both
OF Arlington; w. Selden Washing
ton, alexandria, and Edwin w.
Lynch, Fairfax.
The patrons represent the only
three areas which have requested
such legislation. The Arlington
Fairfax-Alexandria Real Estate
Board first proposed the plan for
the reason that many statesmen and
brokers who were unable to obtain
District and Maryland licenses were
practicing in the Metropolitan Area
In Virginia and competing with
this States bonded realtors, ac-
cording to Ashton Jones, jr., Arling-
ton.
Bill Only Permissive.
Formal requests to the legislative
delegation here have been made by
the Alexandria City Council, Arling-
ton County Board and Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors.
Compulsory legislation of this
nature would have slight chance of
enactment because other more rural
areas in the State would feel that
1t worked hardship, Mr.. Magruder
explained.
Two bills by Senator Andrew w.
Clarke, Alexandria, Fairfax and
Prince William, were passed by the
Senate and sent to the House. One
woGld bring Alexandria into the
group of cities which may establish
a pension, retirement and death
benefit system. 1t carries the pa
irons amendments to also include
employees of the court clerk, the
commissioners of revenue and the
health department. The second bill
authorizes certain agents and attor-
neyS-in-fact to execute deeds for
veterans or war workers incapable
OF managing their own affairs.
Khe House passed and sent to
the Senate bill by Mr.. Magruder
and Mr.. Damn to dispense with
intervention of guardians for in
fants' in certain cases.
Study Home for Women.
The Senate concurred in House
Joint resolution by Delegates C. G..
Quesenbury, Waynesboro and Frank
P. Moncure, Prince William and
Stafford, creating a commission to
study the operation of the Home
for Needy Confederate Women. It
also sent to the House Senator
Maitland H. Bustard's resolution
reaflrming belief in freedom of
the press.
Senator j. A. CARRIER, Harrison
burg Republican, introduced a bill
increasing from 10 to 80 days the
notice the State Compensation
Board would be required to give
local governing bodies and officers
affected when objection is filed
to the boards salary and expenses
allowances. 1t also would provide
that in cases where governing
bodies or officials desire to appeal,
such appeal must be taken within
As days or at the next following
session of the local Circuit Court.
Senator CARRIER said the proposed
law had no connection with recent
appeals of Compensation Board al
lowance taken by John Locke Green,
Arlington's Republican treasurer.
Mr.. Green won approval of certain
increases in the Arlington Circuit
Court last month and three years
ago he won all increases asked in a
similar appeal.
A bill of possible interest to Ar
lington, if it becomes a city, was
introduced by Senator E. L. Bree-
den, jr., Norfolk. 1t would provide
$1,000 annual additional compen-
sation to clerks of courts of record
in cities with more than 100000
population for each court above one
which he serves as clerk.
The House Committee on Coun-
ties, Cities and Towns considered
another bill of potential interest to
Arlington, but agreed to an amend
ment to exempt the town of Front
Royal from its provisions. 1t is a
bill by Delegate j. j. Williams, Hen
rico, to prohibit cities from annexing
territory when such areas constitute
10 per cent of the total assessed
real estate valuation of a county.
Front Royal Excluded.
BY vote of 10 to the commit
tee reported two bills recently op-
posed here by City Manager Carl
Budwesky of Alexandria. They
would establish uniform fiscal year
for all municipalities after July /,
1948, and require prescribed reports
from municipalities to the auditor
of public accounts within go days
instead of 80 days.
The similar committee of the SEN
ate reported Senator Clarke's bill.
introduced Wednesday, to establish
a permanent board of assessment
for Fairfax County.
Road Fund Reported.
The House Roads Committee re-
ported the Hilliard Senate bill to
increase the basic highway mainte-
nance ALLEGATION to cities and towns
from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile annu-
ally, and bill to permit the high
way department to contribute to a
locality's matching funds for Fed
eral-aid projects. =
Delegates Norman C. Bailey, Or
ange, and Stilson Hall, Loudoun,
were the only Northern Virginia
members of the House to vote for a
proposed resolution which would
have permitted the Supreme Court
to abandon its sittings in Staunton.