Evening star., 1952-01-24
Virginia 70 Ask
for Land
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Petition TO Congress
Drafted BY Delegates
Citing Big 7ox Loss
The Assesiatsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 24s-A
measure was being readied for in
|troducti0ps in the House Of Dele
gates today to ask Congress to
give t.itS earliest possible atten-
|tion to legislation to provide for
compensation in lieu Of taxes lost
on land taken over by the Federal
Government.
A resolution already reported
out by the House Committee on
Federal Relations, by a To vote,
would make it the sentiment Of
the Legislature to oppose the Fed
|eral Government taking over by
condemnation any State property
unless such taking is absolutely
necessary"
Delegate Magruder, of Arling-
ton, chairman of the committee.
lis chief patron on the resolution
asking for remuneration for taxes
lost. Arlington County has had
Ian especially high percentage of
its land taken over by the Fed
|eral Government. s- -
Tax Burden Cited.
"a heavy tax burden is unjustly
imposed upon those taxpayers re-
naming In the community from
which taxable areas have been
removed by Federal acquisition, =
the resolution reads.
The Virginia delegation in
Congress is asked in the resolu-
ton to support current = legisla-
tion to pay localities for their
tax losses.
A bill up for passage in the
House today would provide an
executive secretary to the supreme
court who would be a liaison Of
f1cer between the high court and
courts of record throughout the
State.
He would be a secretary to the
Judicial Conference, composed Of
all judges of courts of record in
the State, and would be secretary
of the Judicial Council, composed
of tile chief justice, five judges of
Courts of Record and four law
tyers.
At the last session a similar
bill, which called the officer an
administrative assistant" instead
7 of an executive secretary, and
which was dubbed by its opponents
the super shopper" bill. was de-
feated in the Senate after passing
the House. @# i
I Two Potent Proposals.
TWO potesE pfns6sals were IN
ftfodueed in the General Assembly
Yesterday, each in both houses
One would provide for q run-oh
lpgiiriary apr Etate vide eiectiyg
lofnces. The otilea would carvs
the new 10th congressional dis
trict out of the Norfolk area.
Another bill to relax the anti
drinking law was dropped In by
Delegate Guy of Norfolk yester-
day. It would permit drinking ir
certain eating places and clubs.
The runoff primary bills intro
duced yesterday have strong ad-
Iministration support. Eighty
| four names appeared on the
House bill: The bills were made
emergency measures. which re-
quire four-fifths Of the member
ship approval to pass as such
Eighty would constitute four
f1fths Of the House.
A new date is provided for the
primary, the Tuesday after the
second Monday in July. It is now
the Tuesday, after the first Mon
day in August.
Second Primary Provided.
A second primary would be held
five Tuesdays later if there were
no majority for any candidate in
the first election. and if the can
didate with the second highest
number of votes requested rum
off within is days.
If an anti-organization candi-
date won the primary with less
than a majority vote because two
or more organization candidates
split the conservative vote, the
"anti" candidate would still have
to fight it out in the runof with
the top runner-up. That Is If the
runner-up requested the runof.
Aside from giving the organi-
cation some insurance on this
score, the bill has general back
ling from legislators, including
Republicans, on the principle that
high State officers should be
elected by a majority and not q
plurality.