The Virginia News Letter - Local Government Editions

The scope of the taxing corporation under the name of, for ex- power are the police power, the financial power is therefore a matter of central ample, the ."City of lexandria." The power, the power of eminent domain, importance to a local government since sections relating to the governing body and the ordinance-making power. [...] A more be in serial form, payable in annual tion where provision is made for the effective answer, however, may be found installments the first of which shall granting of charters to cities and towns in the results of an examination of the be payable not more than one year by the vote of at least two-thirds of the status of the city and the county in Vir- from the date of issuance of such members. [...] ginia courts in general has been to rec- the status of the Virginia county is ognize and approve municipal acts un- The Power of Eminent Domain not significantly different from thatdertaken under the broad grants of dis- of the Virginia city and town 0 far Finally, the power of eminent domain, cretionary powers as set forth in summary as the legislative authority of the namely the power to take pr. [...] As municipality to at least a coequal Incorporate": The Evolution of far as the general-purpose units of local position with the county by the end of City-County Separation in Virginia government are concerned-namely the the nineteenth century; (4) the (Charlottesville: University Press of county, city, and town-at least one of appearance of the urban county in the Virginia, 1967) presents an auth. [...] A number of city-county consolidation, means an reasons have been advanced for the THE RISE OF THE MUNICIPALITY increase in the number of primary development of the county as the The pattern of county government in political subdivisions in Virginia.