Evening star., 1951-12-02
Gets
Plan 10 Double
Tax on Business
Bourd Sets Dec. II
To Consider Roisinq
Income to ST Million

Income to ST Million
A new business license tax ordi1
nance which may more than dou-
BILE current revenue from this
source will be considered by the
Arlington County Board Deem
ber II.
At the boards regular meeting
yesterday, Edmund D. Campbell,
chairman of the boards fiscal af-
fairs advisory committee and a
former chairman Of the County
Board, reported the committees
unanimous view that the
yield Of the business privilege liz
cense tax can be increased to pro-
duce :. as much as one million
dollars per year without imposing
undue hardship"
Present revenue from this tax is
approximately $400. 900, Mr.. Camp
bell said.
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The present retail tax rate Of
IL cents per 500 of gross receipts
would have to be increased to
about 20 or 81 cents, he added.
The balance of the additional
revenue would be derived from
taxes on new businesses, includ-
ing department stores which have
been opened this year. and from
an equalization" of some business
tax rates. Revenue from contrac-
tors, builders and professional
men with the highest annual re-
ceipts, the committee found.
bears an erratic relationship To-
the amount of business DONE"
Committee Named.
Among the IL committee mem
bers are L. Laszlo Ecker-Racz,
vice chairman; Basil M. DeLash-
mutt, also former County Board
chairman; and Alan L. Dean.
newly-elected board member.
Robert johnson. manager Of
the Arlington Chamber of Com
merce, said his organization will
fight the proposed increase. He
said the committee members
should have consulted with the
Chamber before making their
recommendations.
The list of projects to be car
ried out with proceeds from a $1.3
million bond issue for storm sewer
improvements is scheduled to be
determined by the board at an
other special meeting December
~.
Planning Commission proposals
for spending the funds already
have been announced.
/ Erosion Action Urged.
i Yesterday, residents Of portions
Of the areas drained by Lubber
Run and Little Pimmit Run urged
immediate attention to erosion
problems near their homes. Each
of these streams, delegations told
the board yesterday. reach a depth
of six feet during some storms
and are a safety and health
hazard.
Assistants to the newly elected
commemorative attorney. VIII
liam j. Hassan, it was revealed,
will be three Arlington attorneys.
Alfred L. Hiss. John F. Rutledge
and Peter J. Kostic. A fourth as
Sistant will be selected later, Mr..
Hassan said. perhaps after he
takes Office January /.
Meanwhile. Colin c. Macpherson,
who will become County Treas
urer on January /, announced
his first deputy will be w. Pierce
Bragg, the unsuccessful Repub-
lican candidate for Clerk of Court.
Will Name Police Chief.
In other business, County Man.
ager A. T. Lundberg said that a
new county Police Chief will be
appointed on or before January l.
The State will receive bids De-
cember 10, Mr.. Lundberg reported,
on installation of a co-ordinated
traffic control system on Columbia
pike. from South Quinn street to
South Four Mile Run drive. The
11-light system will be similar to
the one already in operation on
Lee boulevard.
| Two small tracts were accepted
as gifts. One was a portion Of
the Winkler tract containing
nearly an acre. The property.
adjoining Abingdon School in
darlington. is part of a 35-acre
tract the county considered ac-
quiring about year ago.
Jesse johnson, builder, and
James H. Simmonds, an attorney.
donated 5000 -square-foot tract
on Arlington Mill drive north Of
Columbia pike, adjoining County
park.
At the request Of a group Of 50
businessmen and property own
lers along U. S. Route /, the board
asked preparation of a proposed
Ordinance to prohibit junk yards
in the County.
Board Member Daniel A. Dugan
was absent from the meeting be-
cause Of illness.
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