Chap. 484.—An ACT to abolish the special town school district of the Town of
Falls Church, in Fairfax County, except for the purpose of representation on the
county school board; to provide for the transferring of all property owned by
or held for the use of said town school district, including all funds standing to
the credit of the district, to the county school board; to provide that all out-
standing bonds and other valid obligations of said district shall constitute valid
obligations of said county; to provide for levying taxes for the payment of such
bonds and obligations; and to provide that if and when it shall be determined in
the manner prescribed by law, that the Town of Falls Church has sufficient
population to constitute it a city of either the first or second class, the schools
within the boundaries thereof shall be under the jurisdiction of the county school
board of Fairfax County, and the school taxes thereafter levied upon the
property within such boundaries, shall be annually levied and collected by the
city and paid over to the county. [H B 545]

Approved April 7, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:
Section 1. The special town school district composed of the Town
f Falls Church, in Fairfax County, 1s hereby abOMsned save Cnn) ete
yurpose of representation, and for that purpose, the area contained within
he corporate limits of said town shall constitute a separate school district
sf said county and shall be entitled to representation on the county school
yoard by one member, to be hereafter appointed by the town school board
yf three members appointed by the town council, provided that the present
member of the county school board, representing the Town of Falls
Church, shall continue to serve until the expiration of the term for which
he was appointed.

Section 2. All property of every kind and character, heretofore
acquired by, or in any manner held for the use of, said town school dis-
trict, including all school funds standing to the credit of the district, for
whatever purpose levied and collected, or received, are hereby transferred
to and vested in, and shall hereafter be under the management and control
of the county school board of Fairfax County ; and to the end that the
legal title to any real estate so acquired by said district board may be
more effectually vested in said county board, the present members of said
district school board shall, for and on behalf of the board, convey all such
real estate to the said county school board by apt and proper deed, to be
approved by the circuit court of said county, or the judge thereof in
vacation, subject to any applicable provisions of section six hundred and
seventy-six of the Code of Virginia.

Section 3. All outstanding unpaid bonds and other valid obligations
of said town school district, of every kind and character, are hereby
declared to be, and shall hereafter constitute, valid primary obligations of
the County of Fairfax, and the board of supervisors of the county shall
provide for levying and collecting taxes for the payment of such bonds
and obligations in the manner prescribed by law.

Section 4. If and when it shall be determined in the manner pre
scribed by law, that the Town of Falls Church has sufficient population tc
constitute it a city of either the first or second class, the schools withit
the boundaries thereof shall continue to be a part of the school district 0
Fairfax County, and under the jurisdiction of the school board of saic
county, of which board one member shall be appointed in the manne
provided in section one of this act, for the said City of Falls Church
provided that the school taxes levied upon the property within the cor
porate limits of the city, shall be annually levied and collected by the cit
and paid over to said county, which levies shall always be at the sam
rate as the school levies made by the county on the property in Fall
Church magisterial district.

Section 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provision
of this act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.