CHAP. 192.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Pulaski City, in the
county of Pulaski.

Approved February 24, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the town of Pulaski station, in the county of Pulaski, as the
same heretofore has been or may hereafter be laid off in lots,
streets and alleys, shall-be made a town corporate by the name
of Pulaski city, and by that name shall have and exercise the
power conferred upon towns by the fifty-fourth chapter of the
Code of Virginia, of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and
all laws now in force, or that hereafter may be enacted, for the
government of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants.

2. The boundaries of said town shall be: commencing at
bridge number seventy-nine, on the Norfolk and Western rail-
road, west of the lot of D. M. Hofford; thence in a direct line
of the west boundary of the lands of the Bertha Zinc company,
lying north of said railroad; thence along the west boundary
of said lands to Pond Lick branch; thence down Pond Lick
branch to Tract fork of Peak creek, and across said creek to
the nearest point on the line of the lands of the Pulaski land
and improvement company; thence with the lines of the said
Pulaski land and improvement company around the western,
northern and eastern boundary of the same, to the point where
said line touches the line of the lands of the Iron Belt land,
mining and development company; thence around the northern,
eastern and southern boundary of the lands of the said Iron
Belt land, mining and development company to the corner of
the lands of G. V. Litchfield and R. D. Martin; thence south
along the line between the lands of said Litchfield and Martin
to the timber line on the foot hills north of Draper’s moun-
tain; thence west along said timber line to a point due south
of said railroad bridge; thence north to the place of begin-
ning. a , .

3. All lands contained in this area, and used strictly for
farming purposes, shall not be liable for taxation under this
corporate law.

4. Monroe H. Calfee is hereby appointed mayor of said
town, and R. S. Dudley, James Gemmel, Charles L. Leary, J.
E. Moore, Thomas Jones and Jacob Harris, are hereby ap-
pointed councilmen thereof, any five of whom shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. The said mayor
and council shall have power to levy such taxes as they may
deem necessary for the purpose of said corporation as is al-
lowed by existing laws: provided that no tax upon the real
and personal property in said corporation shall exceed ten
cents on the one hundred dollars value thereof, except that, on
the petition of three-fourths of the freeholders within the cor-
_ poration, the council may levy a corporation tax, not to exceed
the amount named in said petition; and they shall have power
to appoint a sergeant and such other officers as may be neces-
sary, and fix their salaries.
5. The said mayor and councilman above named and ap-
pointed in this act, shall remain in force until the fourth Thurs-
day in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and thereafter
until their successors shall be elected and qualified according
to law, the term of which'shall be two years; and no person
shall be eligible to be a member of this council except he be a
freeholder.

6. The said council shall have power to establish or to assist
in the establishment of an educational institution within the
corporate limits of said town, and in order thereto, the said
council shall have power to borrow money, not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, and to execute and issue bonds of said town
for the payment thereof, either coupon or registered, bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum,
payable semi-annually, which bonds may be payable on or be-
fore the expiration of twenty years from their date; and, to
provide for the payment of the interest and principal when
due, an annual tax shall be assessed and levied and a sinking
fund provided: provided, however, that no such bonds shall
be issued for said purpose by said council except upon the pe-
tition of at least three-fourths of the freeholders of said town.

7.. This act shall be in force from its passage.