Evening star., 1946-02-26
Assembly Gets
Fairfax County
Subdivision Bill
Public Hearing Set
For Tomorrow on
Falls Church Charter
By Alex R. Preston
Stor StoH Corresponden,.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.-Far-
reaching authority for the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors to pass
ordinances regulating subdivisions
and requiring the recording of plats
is included in legislation before
the General Assembly today.
Delegate Edwin w. Lynch, Fairfax,
introduced the bill yesterday after
preparation by his County Planning
Commission and approval by the
Board of Supervisors.
He also introduced the proposed
new charter for Falls Church, which
has been approved by the Town
Council, but which has drawn the
fire of local residents.
Mr.. Lynch said today he had OBJ
tanned the consent of the chair
man of the House Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns to hold
public hearing on both these
measures at 2:30 pm. Thursday.
Get Additional Powers.
The subdivision bill would confer
upon the supervisors authority in
addition to that already held by
other general and specific laws. The
board would be authorized to adopt
ordinances to require any land
owner who subdivides his property
into three or more parcels to record
plats in the clerks office.
The board could adopt regulations
by ordinance, but only after due
notice by publication once each
week for two weeks and after hear
tngs have been held. Once an
ordinance is adopted, the clerk
would be prohibited from filing a
plat until the supervisors, or their
duly designated agency, have ap-
proved.
The supervisors would be en-
powered to adopt regulations gov
erning the size, scale and other
details of the plats for harmonious
development of the county; for CO.
ordination with a master plan of
the regions involved with respect to
streets, adequate open spaces for
traffic and recreation, and with
respect to the distribution of pop
ulatlon, tending to create favorable
conditions of health, safety, con-
venience and to improve property
values.
Fredericksburg Amendment.
An amendment to the charter of
Fredericksburg is proposed in an
other bill introduced yesterday by
Delegate William ]. Gibson of that
city. 1t would authorize the City
Council to elect substitute special
justice and clerk who would serve
in their respective capacities to the
civil police justice.
1t further provides that these
three officials shall serve ex-officio
in their respective capacities as Off
cials of the Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court. Salaries for the
three would be fixed by the council.
AS the Assembly began its final
two weeks, Floor Leader G. Alvin
Massenburg yesterday obtained |
passage of the customary joint reso-
luton establishing the rule that |
after next Monday the House will |
consider only Senate-approved bills
and the Senate will act only on
measures that have passed the
House. Exceptions to the rule will |
be local bills and revenue measures.
Petitions were circulated yester-
day urging Mr. Massenburg to seek
reelection for the next session and
supporting him for Speaker of the
House in 1948 to succeed Speaker
Thomas B. Stanley, Henry, who will
not be candidate.
Has Light Calendar.
The Senate, meanwhile, worked
on a light calendar but spent 40
minutes debating the measure of
Senators Benjamin T. Pitts, Fred
ericksburg, and Andrew Clarke,
Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince
William, to grant permanent IL
censes without examination toI
naturopaths and chiropractors. The
measure was killed, % to Is.
Bills passed by the Senate in
cluded the Young Moore measure
creating State Apple Commission,
the Merley bill authorizing lawyer
veterans to practice law without ex-
aminations and the CARRIER bill
authorizing platforms along school
bus routes.
The House passed and sent to the
Senate the following:
Williams bill authorizing certain
counties, including Arlington, to
construct access roads at owners
expense.
Arlington Pension Bill.
Damm-MaGruder companion bills
establishing police and firemen's re-
tirement and benefit system for Ar
lington.
MaGruder Damn Washington
Lynch bills authorizing bonds for
real estate brokers and statesmen.
Campbell bill to tax Federal prop
critics with consent of the United
States.
GibSon-Slaughter bill appropriate
ing $45,000 to run division of war
veterans claims until June 80.
Cohoon- bill setting up ad-
visory committee on aviation within
State Corporation Commission.
Chiffon -Taliaferro bill authorizing
chemical sterilization of milk con-
tainers.