Evening star., 1946-03-08
Virginia Budget
Of
Passes Senate
City Charter Plan
For Arlington Also
Is Given Approval
BY a Sioff Correspondent Of The stor


the States budget carrying appro
priations exceeding $4,000 900 70
the next biennium cleared the wa
for Winston Churchill's address +
the General Assembly today.
The budget was reported yester
day by the Finance Committee an,
before adjournment all amendment
had been approved. The bill nov
goes back to the House for concur
renee,
Committee Chairman John S
Battle, Albemarle, asserted tn
budget now is balanced and lin tn
black"
Highway Salaries Raised.
A considerable portion of the in
crease allowed over amounts pro
posed by the House was due to sal
airy increases in the Division of Mo
tor Vehicles, which, Senator Battl
explained, does not come, out of tn,
general fund but will be derived
from the segregated road tax rev
enues.
Another conditional fund of ST.,
100000 divided equally between tn,
next two years was set up for ex.
panSion of local health centers
health examination of school chill
dren and enlargement of tubercu
losis treatment facilities.
Retained unchanged was an item
of 5000 as the States share of the
cost for completing unit two of the
George Washington Memorial park.
way in Arlington which will extenc
from Key Bridge northward tc
Spout Run. Arlington already has
set aside like sum which, with the
State money, will match $4,000
from the Federal Government tc
complete the project.
Arlington Charter Passes.
Meanwhile, passage of two Ar
lington County measures was
speeded in both branches of the As
sembly, when constitutional read
ings were suspended.
Senator William D. Medley, Ar
lington, obtained immediate pass
age OF the bill of Delegates ]. May
nard Magruder and George Damn
both of Arlington, providing a char
ter of incorporation and calling fol
a referendum for voters to deter.
mine whether they shall become g
city. AS an amendment has beer
added to make the proposed city
government become effective on the
second day of the year following ap-
proval in the referendum, the meas
ure must go back to the House fol-
concurrence.
The Arlington House delegation
meanwhile, waived constitutional
readings and passed Senator Med
ley's bill to provide for a pension
and death benefit system for Ar
hngton County government en-
ployes. The measure also bears
amendments requiring Senate con-
currence.
Both measures are expected to be
finally approved and sent to the
Governor today.
House Measures Passed.
Before taking up the appropria-
ton bill, the Senate quickly passed
a number of House measures re-
manning on its calendar. Among
these were:
Bill of Delegate E. Blackburn
Moore, Winchester and Clarke, to
abolish the Office of examiner of re-
9ords-one of the measures on the
Governors legislative program.
w. Selden Washington, Alexan-
dria, bill authorizing maintenance
OF a voting register on index cards
\ instead of on permanent record
books.
Irvine-Wyatt bill increasing from
10000 to $4,000 pounds the maximum
road limit of trailer trucks providing
an extra fourth axle is added tc
such vehicles.
The Senate adopted the Crockett
House joint resolution creating a
special commission to study methods
OF restocking wild game and fish.
Salary Boost Approved.
Also approved was a bill by Dele
gates R. B. Davis. Norfolk, and Mr.
Damn, to increase by $500 in each
bracket the salaries that may be
allowed commissioners of the reve-
nue. by the State Compensation
Board. The action came after an
unsuccessful attempt by Senator
Marvin Minter, Mathews, to amend
the bill to provide for similar in
creases for county and city treas
urers. 1t was pointed out that
treasurerS generally already are
within salary brackets amount to
$500 more than the revenue commits
Sioners.
Senator j. A. CARRIER, Harrison
burg, was successful in winning a
vote to reject General Laws Com
mlttee amendment to the Boat
wright bill authorizing the commits
sioner OF correction to furnish prison
labor for farm work The committee
sought to terminate this authority
on January l, 1947. Senator CARRIER
said there is no desire on the part
OF farmers to pay wages at below
the prevailing scale but that agri-
cultural workers are difficult, and in
ooAAS Se<SSc l1AHJooAUlC, W OUUdlIl
After rejecting the amendment, the
Senate advanced the bill to passing
stage today.
Fairfax Bill Revived.
Meanwhile, delegation from
Fairfax County appeared yesterday
and succeeded in reviving a meas
ure by Delegate Edwin w. Lynch,
Fairfax, which previously had been
killed by the Senate Committee on
Public Institutions and Banking
The committee reported the bill
which permits localities to borrow
up to 100 per cent, instead of IS per
cent Of the cost of school construc-
tion projects from the literary fund.
The county delegation urging
passage of the measure was com
prised of Wallace H. Carper, chair
man, and Maurice Fox, member, of
the Board of Supervisors; F. w.
Robinson, chairman, and Richard
Shands, member, of the School
Board, and School Supt. w. T.
Woodson.
The committee killed the Lynch
bill authorizing Fairfax County resi-
dents to determine whether or not