Chap. 290.—An ACT to authorize the acquisition by the town of Falls Church
of that portion of the water system of Arlington county which lies within the
limits of said town. [S B 359]

Approved March 24, 1932

Whereas, under the provisions of chapter two hundred and eighty-
four, Acts of Assembly, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the board of
supervisors of Arlington county, following an affirmative vote by a
majority of the qualified voters, installed within the limits of Wash-
ington magisterial district in said county and of the town of Falls
Church, which said town lies partly within Fairfax county and partly
within Arlington county certain water mains as part of a system of
water works for said county of Arlington, and paid for the same in
part from the proceeds of a bond issue authorized by said act, and
which bonds constitute a potential charge on all the property within
said district, including that portion thereof within said magisterial
district within the limits of the said town and in part by funds pro-
vided by owners of property within that part of the said town lying in
Arlington county and abutting on said mains; and

Whereas, subsequent thereto the town of Falls Church, acting
under the powers conferred on it by its charter, as well as by the gen-
eral laws of this State, installed a system of water works to serve that
portion of the town of Falls Church as lies within the county of Fair-
fax as well as that portion thereof lying within Arlington county and
not already served by the system previously installed by Arlington
county as aforesaid, and paid for the same with a portion of the pro-
ceeds of a bond issue authorized and approved by the requisite ma-
jorities of both its freeholders and its qualified voters at two separate
elections called for such purposes, which bond issue was in an amount
in the aggregate sufficient and intended not only to cover the cost of
installing the water works necessary for that portion of the said town
not already served, but also to cover the cost of acquisition of that
portion of the water system within said town already installed by
Arlington county as aforesaid, which bond issues also constitute a po-
tential charge on all property within the corporate limits of the entire
town, that portion within Arlington county as well as that within
Fairfax county thereby making the former property subject poten-
tially to a double charge in that respect, and

Whereas, it is the wish of the town of Falls Church to acquire at
its fair worth that portion of said system of water works within its
limits installed by Arlington county authorities as aforesaid, upon pay-
ing fair compensation to Arlington county as well as to its property
owners who made advances as aforesaid towards installing the same,
or to their successors, as may be fair and equitable, all to the end that
the said town of Falls Church may own and control the entire water
system within its borders; and,

Whereas, the county of Arlington has adopted a county manager
plan of government and the county board of said county of Arlington
are willing for the said town if an equitable agreement can be made to
so acquire the said water mains within its limits, but doubt having
arisen as to the powers of the governing bodies of said town and of
said county to carry out their wishes in this respect ; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
town of Falls Church is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire
all of that portion of the water system of Arlington county which lies
within the limits of the town of Falls Church as aforesaid, and the said
county board of Arlington county is authorized and empowered to
convey the same to the said town upon such fair and reasonable terms
and conditions as they may be able to agree upon; provided that in
such agreement fair and just provision shall be made for the refund of
the advances made by property owners of Falls Church to aid, in the
installation within the limits of Falls Church, of the Arlington county
system as aforesaid, and upon compliance with such agreement the
county board of Arlington county is authorized to cause the title to
said system of water mains, so far as it lies within the town of Falls
Church, to be conveyed to the said town of Falls Church and the limits
of said water district of Arlington county shall thereupon stand so
altered and changed as to exclude therefrom all territory and property
within the present corporate limits of the town of Falls Church either
for purposes of taxation or administration of said water system, under
the provisions of chapter two hundred and eighty-four aforesaid ; pro-
vided further, that any sum received by the authorities of Arlington
county for the water mains so acquired by the town of Falls Church
shall be covered into the water fund of Arlington county and used for
the retirement of its water bonds or for the extension of its water
mains.

2. An emergency existing requiring the same, it is ordered that
this act shall be in force from its passage.