Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-10
Assembly, Votes
Budget Today
Before Windup
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Staff Writer

General Assembly will wind up
its 60-day session today by
adopting a $1.4 billion budget
for the next biennium, financed
by a withholding tax on income
for the first time.
The withholding tax was ad-
vanced last night in line for
passage today. It would take
effect January i, 1868.
The Legislature completed &C
ton yesterday on reapportion-
ment legislation which gives
Northern Virginia a token"
increase of one additional Sen
ator and two more Delegates
still far below the number that
the faSt-growing areas popu-
lation would entitle it to re-
ceive.
Northern Virginia won a VIC
tory yesterday when Arlington,
Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls
Church were permitted to re-
main on daylight saving time
from the last Sunday in April
to the last Sunday in October,
along with the District of
Columbia, Maryland and most
OF the Eastern Seaboard.
The rest of the State, for the
first time. will be placed on
daylight time from Memorial
Day to Labor Day each year,
except for the city of Bristol.
a.-Tenn,, which was permit
ted to remain on standard time.
Under Almond Total
The budget bill, which is ex-
pected to whiz through the
Senate this afternoon and win
quick approval in the House of
Senate amendments, is only
about SIS million under the
total recommended by former
Gov. j. Lindsay Almond, jr.,
when he left office last jan
uary.
The Almond budget included
$578 million in general fund ex-
penditureS-financed by gen.
eral revenues. The House
trimmed this to $573 million
and the Senate Finance Com
has put back only $371,-
760 into the bill.
Special funds in the Almond
budget remain unchanged.
Among Senate increases were
about 100000 for State offices
and local treasurers to help pay
for equipment needed to COL
lect the new Withholding tax
on income.
An item of $6S, 900 was added
to implement earlier legislation
that increased from $40 to SIS
the fees paid to medical ex-
The major cut was $3.50, 900
from an appropriation for 40
additional State police so that
only 20 will be added. This
saving was made possible be-
cause Princess Anne County
will merge with Virginia Beach
and Norfolk County will merge
with South Norfolk to become
cities next year, releasing 20
State troopers now assigned to
those areas.
ReappOrtiOnment Voted
Both branches passed legis-
lative reapportionment bills
with seats in the other
body.
The Senate. by a vote Of 20
to IL. passed a bill reappor-
tioning seats in the House Of
Delegates. Fairfax County and
Falls Church will have their
representation increased from
two to three and Alexandria
will gain a second Delegate.
The only other gain will be
q second Delegate for Virginia
Beach and Princess Anne
County, which will merge as a
city on January l.
In order to obtain these three
additional Delegates, changes
we're made in the mountainous
southwest region.
Lee County, represented by
Delegate Robert S. Orr, was
combined with Wise County,
now represented by Orby Can
trell and James Camblos, for a
total of two Delegates.
Scott County, represented by
James B. Fugate, was combined
with Washington County-Bris-
toll District, represented by
Bradley Roberts and Fred Buck,
for a total ow two Delegates.
Dickinson County, represent
ed by Bonsall Sykes, and Rus
sell County. represented by DR..
C. Elliott, were COM
bined for a total of one Dele
gate.
Fenwick Votes Nay
State Senator Charles R.
Fenwick of Arlington, was the
only one from the Washington
area voting against the House
reapportionment bill.
Later. the House passed 76
to II, the Senate reapportion-
ment bill which will give the
Fairfax-Falls Church district
q second Senator and take one
Of Richmond's three Senators
and give the seat to adjoin-
ing Henrico County.
In order for Fairfax to OBJ
tain a second Senator it was
necessary to place two suoth-
west Virginia Senators within
the same district. They are j.
Hubert Wheeler Of Lee County
and Thomas C. Phillips of
Abingdon.
Among those voting for the
Senate bill were Delegates
James M Thomson NJ Alev