Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-16
bill 70 Ask Cut
In Income Taxes
Held for Schools
Lynch Measure
Would Apply Only
70 1919 Pupil Coin
BY Alex k. Preston
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RICHMOND, Feb. is. The
General Assembly win receive o
lbill Monday to permit counties
with rapid gains ii school en-
trollmenk to collect money that
otherwise would be saved by tax
payers under the Byrd ailtomA.
tic income tax reduction law.
Delegate Edwin Lynch Of Fairs
FAX revealed plans for The law
latter the Assembly recessed yes
lterday for the week end. This
lmay be the final long week-end
recess before adjournment on
March 3. Monday is the deadline
flor introducing bills.
Mr.. Lynch said his measure
would apply to counties where
1.-THE school enrolment Increases mi
lany year by 10 per cent Of more
lover the previous years The local
governing body could pass an
Ordinance making 1t possible TO-
lcollect the full incnnle tax, and
1.-THE county would retain any re-
lduction. Il any, due the taxpayers
under the Byrd law. which already
lhas been signed BY the Governor.
Exclusively for schools.
| The Lynch bill would require
THAT the money thus collected
he ,Ised exclusively for school parS
lpoSeS.
Mr.. Lynch said the proposed
;llaw would help counties such as
Fairfax, which have difficulties In
meeting school problems because
lof rapid growth.
i Alexandria Delegate Armistead
Boothe also will introduce Q bill
l Monday to authorize the State
Highway Department to take over
land maintain the 21a-mile por.
,Ition Of Shirley Highway that
passes through his city.
/ The highway came under city
Jurisdiction when Alexandria an
Inexed territory from Fairfax
County on January /. In return
for the State assuming respon-
|, sibility for the highway. Alex
landria would forego its share Of
Estate road funds, based on mile
lage of primary highways. that II
would collect for the 21a miles
i within Its borders.
l Other legislation being pre-.
lpared includes q bill by Mr.. Lynch
providing for q Statewide presi-
Dental preferential primary.
similar to the one to be held In
New Hampshire next month. It
would not be binding upon the
! presidential electors but would
/ serve merely to determine the
,lsense Of the voters on candidates.
HE proposes to hold the prefer
Iential vote In conjunction with
1.-THE regular primary which this
year viii fall on July is.
Il . Arlington Bills.
| Two bills relating to Arlington
were introduced by Delegates J.
Maynard Magruder and George
Damn Of that county yesterday.
4 One would permit q referendum
Ito be held this year on changing
1.-THE method Of electing members
LOT the County Board and also
whether their number should be
, Increased from I'VE to seven.
Al petition bearing the names Of
200 or more voters would have to
, he presented to the court by
. August ! and the court then would
r order the referendum to be held
along with the November election.
, One question on the voting
machine would read: "Shall the
members OF the County Board be
. elected biennially for four-year
=. 2"
The other question would be-:
"Shall the membership Of the
County Board be increased from
1--we to seyen?"
Il At present, one member Is
elected every year and two are
Ielectel every fourth year. AL
slnoW serve four-year terms.
Would Ease Bond Sales.
Ell The other Damn bin
ffsets up an optional method fol
) the sale Of county bonds. Tech-
) |nical In detail, it was described By
4 Mr.. Magruder as law to obyiate
ldifaculties that frequently arise
\ with bonding companies. It should,
he said. expedite the preparation,
) issuance and sale Of bonds. It ID
aIno way affects existing constitu-
: tional requirements for referen-
!, dums on bond issues In counties,
he said.
J Mr.. Magruder and Mr.. Damn
81 also sponsored a bill to revise the
/ inheritance tax laws. At present,
vla widow. for instance. must pay
Ian inheritance tax on all money
, held in joint bank account. I'm.
I less q portion Of it Is legally earned
iIby her. The bill would apply the
} tax to only one-half the estate
: which had been held under Joint
Ownership.
81 Mr.. Lynch introduced q BIN
general in application, to author
ize counties to impose q tax on
! trailers and trailer camps. az re-
, lquested by the Fairfax Board 81
supervisors on Wednesday. This
l measure Is the result Of ! Similar
law. local In application to Fair.
\ FAX. being thrown out as uncon-
Institutional by the State Supreme
Court recently. The court IN
leffect, held that the problem 81
B licensing trailer camps was NOT
peculiar to Fairfax alone.
/ Would Earmark Funds.
Il Senator Fenwick introduced an
other bill designed to get more
money for the States mental hos.
pitfalls. It would earmark all fees
Tireceived from paying patients IN
.lmental hospitals for use by the
|lmental institutions.
Il He sponsored another bill I'm.
[lposing q penalty Of IS q week for
'irefusal to furnish information on
liability to pay for mental hospital
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