Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Bill Would Authorize
Insta||ment Payment
OF Local Taxes
BY q stoff Correspondent, Of Tn. stor

Ut Local lakes
BY ssosf Correspondent Of The stor
RICHMOND. Feb. Sin
stallment payments of local
taxes to relieve the tax load that
falls at one time on December 5
was proposed to the General AS
sembly today.
Delegate Omer Hirst Of Fair
fax introduced the bill. It would
permit county boards of super
visors to advance. the due date
on personal property and real
estate taxes from the present
December S deadline. which also
is the final date for paying State
income taxes.
Inasmuch as personal property
and real estate levies go into
the local treasures. these are
the only taxes involved in the
bill.
1.-THE idea is to spread the tax
burden" Mr.. Hirst said. Taxes
now are. due just before Christ
mas and that works a hardship
on q lot Of us"
The supervisors. Under his bill.
could spread the payment out
for installmeut payments.
Arlington on Installments.
Arlington already has author
ity for installment payments un-
der former law. A bill author
izing the deadline to be advanced
up to July has been introduced
at the current session by that
county's delegation.
Delegate Lucas D. Phillips of
Leesburg introduced a bill yes
terday to permit the Loudoun
County Board of Supervisors to
meet in a county Office building.
The law now requires all meet
ings to be held in the courthouse.
Mr.. Phillips said the county
has acquired a hotel in Leesburg
for use as an Office building. If
the supervisors decide to meet in
the newer quarters. they would
first have to give notice by ordi-
nance and by posting the notice
on the courthouse door.
Mr.. Phillips also sponsored a
bill to require supervisors who
are called into special session to
give written notice to the Com
monwealth's attorney.
The Arlington House delega-
ton dropped in a measure that
would give that county the same
authority to condemn property
for rights-of-way for roads that
the State Highway Commission
now has in the rest of the State
BOothe Bill Gets Chill.
Meanwhile, a proposal by Dele
gate Armistead Boothe of Alex
andria to recapture some $40, ZOO
in school construction funds
allocated to Fairfax under the
1852 budget was being given a
cool reception by legislators from
that county.
Mr.. Boothe introduced a bill
yesterday to direct the State
Board of Education to pay the
money to his city. which an
nexed about 81 square miles OF
Fairfax territory about two
years ago
A spokesman at the State De-
partment Of Education said the
State Board has not actually
faced the issue of where the
money belongs. He said that
while slightly more than $780, 0C
is in dispute, Fairfax County
has considerably more than that
sum standing to its credit under
the ALLEGATION Of the so-called
Battle school construction fund
But. the State official said
Fairfax has not qualified and
applied for the funds remaining
to it's credit. If such a request
were made now, in view of Mr.
Boothe's legislation, he said, the
board would have to determine
what policy it would follow with
respect to the disputed portion
of the money.
Donovan In Middle.
Senator John A. Donovan found
himself fairly in the middle Of
the controversy because his dis
trict embraces both Fairfax
County and the City of Alex
andria. Asked about his posi-
ton on the Boothe bill, Mr..
Donovan said he had not studied
the situation thoroughly but at
first glance it appeared to be a
matter to be settled in the courts.
rather than by the Legislature.
"I'd have to determine whether
it would be a legislative attempt
to act as a judicial tribunal in
order to circumvent a court de-
cision." he said. 1T that is the
effect Of the bill, I would have
to vote against It,"
The Fairfax House delegation
also was asking for more time
to obtain the facts.
"I'll look at the facts and try
to evaluate the equity Of it," Mr..
Hirst said. "I'll ask the super
visors and the School Board
what they think we ought to do.
II they tell us the county is
entitled to the funds. we'll have
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