Evening star., 1952-02-06
Bill Authorizes
Board 10 Name
County Attorney
Donovan Introduces
z Other Measures
Affecting Fuirfox
By Alex R. Preston
Sfor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

by Alex X. PRESTON
Sfar Staff Correspondent
RICHMOND, Feb. 6.-The Gen.
eral Assembly today will get a bill
authorizing the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors to name 6
county attorney to take over loca
functions now performed by ths
Commemorative attorney.
!. The new post, If created by vot&
OF the supervisors, would pay moi
more than $4,000 annually. The
legislation was requested by the
supervisors and by Common.
wealth's Attorney Hugh B. Marsh
according to Fairfax Senator Johr
A. K. Donovan. the sponsor.
In the event county attorney
Is named, the bill provides that
the Commemorative attorney
would be relieved of prosecuting
violations Of county ordinances
advising the supervisors, drafting
or proposing ordinances, defend
ing suits against the supervisors
or bringing suits in which the
county is a plaintiff plain.
Two Other Fairfax Bills.
Yesterday. Mr.. Donovan intro
duced two other measures appli-
cable to Fairfax.
One would permit the supervi-
sors to adopt coming ordinances
without referendum elections.
The other would provide for the
election of one or more supervi-
sors if. after the county's magis-
terial districts are REDEEMED, there
are one or more new districts
created. A commission now is
studying the matter Of dividing
the county.
The bill would have the new
supervisors elected at large the
first time and, when the terms of
the present supervisors expired, all
would be elected from their re-
spective magisterial districts.
The Senate passed the bill Of
Senator Charles r. Fenwick of
Arlington, making it a misde-
meanor to circulate anonymous
literature about candidates during
political campaigns.
Also passed and sent to the
House was the Fenwick bill pro-
viding for a referendum in Arling-
ton on whether the county man
ager shall be appointed for an
indefinite term and whether he
shall appoint department heads.
The Fenwick bill raising the
number of persons on School
Building Advisory Committees to
School Boards from three to not
more than seven members also
received Senate approval.
,"' Sponsor CD Revision Bill.
Senator . Fenwick, along with
Delegates J. Maynard Magruder.
also Of Arlington, and Armistead
Boothe of Alexandria, added their
names as patrons to identical bills
sought by the Governor to revise
the civil defense laws.
The measures would appropri-
ate $500. 900 to the Governor and
set up formula under which the
state and localities would split the
cost Of matching Federal funds on
q $3.50 basis. They would enable
Virginia to enter into mutual de-
tense compacts with neighboring
States.
= Delegates D. French Slaughter
Of Culpeper and Frank Moncure
Of Stafford were among patrons of
a new 2 per cent sales tax bill,
designed to raise $40 million a
year divided between the State
and localities.
The House passed the Moncure
bill, 81 to SO. to ease divorce re-
quirements so that, in cases Of
desertion or cruelty, the waiting
period for a final decree would be
cut from two years to one year.
Admittedly a lawyers bill" in
tended to keep business here that
would 60 to other States with
more liberal divorce laws, the
measure provoked a hot debate
the previous day.
BY q vote of 40 to 43, the Mouse
also approved a joint resolution
calling for a constitutional amend
ment limiting Federal income
taxes to Is per cent. The Senate
still must act on the measure.
Lynch Bill Killed.
Among committee actions yes
terday, the House General Laws
Committee killed the Lynch bill
to prevent members of the General
Assembly from having an interest
Ia contracts with the State.
Mr.. Moncure. Mr.. Aldhizer and
Arthur H. Richardson Of Din
widdie were on a subcommittee
that reported there is no evidence
Of evils the bill sought to cor
rect.
MANY members Of the General
Assembly in the past, and at pres
ent, render a valuable service to
Virginia in the way of private en-
ployment at q very reasonable
cost to the State" the subcom-
,mittee said they, at the same
time, have been serving the State
over the years at a financial COM
pensation as legislators grossly
inadequate for the services rend-
cred as such.
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