Evening star., 1952-02-07
Approval Seen
For Alexandra
Judge Bill
House Committee
Delays Report to
Clarity Language
By Alex R. Preston
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Sior Staff Correspondent
RICHMOND, Feb. Favorable
action on a bill giving Alexandria
q second Corporation Court judge
has been indicated by members Of
q House committee Of the General
Assembly.
Following appearance Of q dele
cation OF Alexandria attorneys
and city officials yesterday. q mo-
ton to report the bill Of Delegate
Armistead Boothe was made. It
was withheld until the COMMITTEES
meets again tomorrow, however.
so that technical language to 10
calize the effect Of the legislation
can be checked.
Mr.. Boothe, meanwhile, intro
duced a new bill to permit private
parties and clubs to drink whisky
their own in hotel dining
rooms and bathrooms. He said he
acted as sponsor Of the bill at the
request of another member of the
House.
Redefines ''Public Place."
It is the most moderate Of about
four whisky bills offered this ses-
sion. He would accomplish his
objection by redef1ning public
place" in the State liquor laws.
Under his bill, a public place
would exclude hotel dining rooms
and bathrooms while in use for
private meetings or private parties
limited in attendance to members
and guests Of q particular group
or organization.
Under the proposed law, it
would be legal for persons to at
tend such gatherings on a bring
your-own-liQuor basis and order
setups from the hotel. The Alex
andrian is a member Of the Cen
eral Laws Committee. which will
consider the bill. The House al
ready has killed one bill to permit
whisky by the drink in Norfolk.
Fairfax Senator John Donovan
introduced a bill to revise the
laws relating to establishment of
water and sewer authorities. This
was requested, he said, by James
j. Corbalis. Fairfax sanitary en-
gineer.
Reverses Procedure.
A county now must set up plans
and specifications in detail before
creating an authority. The bill
would permit the reverse proee-
dure. n Esa
Mr.. Boothe announced yester-
day he was preparing an amend
ment for introduction today to-
provide Tor opening relief rolls TO
inspection by the public, with GER
tain restrictions. The Alexandrian
said his revision Of the law seeks
to prevent indiscriminate publi-
cation of the names of persons
receiving relief.
Senator Charles r. Fenwick OF
Arlington added his home county
to a bill designed to permit banks
to close on. Saturdays. The meas
ure originally applied only to
banks In Richlnond and Alexan-
dria. The Senate passed the bill.
The Senate also passed the
Fenwick bill to permit recipients
of medical scholarships from the
State to repay the scholarships by
serving in mental hospitals, one
year for each year of q scholar
ship worth $1,000. The bill adds
mental hospitals to the existing
law, which permits service in rural
areas.
City Taxation Curbed.
Among bills given final action
In the House was one, passed
75-15, to forbid cities from impos-
ing taxes on payrolls. Its chief
patron, Delegate william Fl. Irvine
of Campbell. said persons who
work in cities but live in counties
would have no voice in electing
city officials who impose payroll
taxes. This, he said, would be
'taxation without representation. !"
The Alexandria delegation that
appeared on the Corporation Court
bill included Thomas r. Dyson,
City Attorney v. Floyd Williams,
Henry B. Crockett, vice president
of the Alexandria Bar Association;
Ralph PAYNE. secretary of the bar
association; Roy Bragg. city coun-
Gilman, and Harmon E. Norris.
Mr.. Boothe told the committee
that, in 1850, Alexandria. Arling-
ton and Fairfax tried to get sec
ond judges for courts. and only
Alexandria failed to do so.
Need Increases.
"They needed their judges worse
than we did then" he said, but
our need is just as great now
MIR. Dyson said present law
permits Alexandria to have q Sec
ond fudge il the Supreme Court
of Appeals certifies the need. He
said it Is the courts feeling, how
ever, that it is primarily legisla-
tive matter, and for that reason it
failed to act shortly before the
General. Assembly convened.
Mr.. Dyson estimated Alexan-
dria's present population at 95.000'
including $4,000 regulra growth
since the 1850 census and about
$4,000 living in territory annexed
from Fairfax County. The census
figure for the city was 81. 900.