Chap. 147.—An ACT to provide for a re-assessment of the lands in
Brambleton ward in the city of Norfolk.

Approved February 18, 1888.

Whereas the land books of the county of Norfolk are in a
condition from which it is impossible to obtain a correct
transcript therefrom of the lots of land thereon now em-
braced within the limits of Brambleton ward in the city of
Norfolk; and whereas it has become necessary for the pur-
poses of taxation that said lots, with their improvements, be
transferred to the land books of the city of Norfolk; there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the judge of the corporation court of the city of Norfolk
shall, immediately upon the passage of this act, appoint some
discreet person whose duty it shall be to define the lots of
land in Brambleton ward in said city, and to place the same,
with the names of their owners, in a clear, legible hand-write
upon the land books of said city, with their present assessed
values, as made in pursuance to an act of the general assem-
bly of Virginia, entitled an act to provide for a new assess-

ment of the real estate of Tanner’s creek magisterial district
of Norfolk county, approved March one, eighteen hundred
and eighty-six.

2. That said person so appointed shall be further em-
powered to place on said land books all lots of lands and
improvements on lots in said ward which do not now appear
on the land books of Norfolk county; and to charge in the
names of the present owners, all lots of land with their im-
provements, wherein changes may have been occasioned since
said last assessment by reason of sale or otherwise. And
whenever any of said lots or improvements do not appear to
have been assessed on the land books of said county, to assess
the same on the land books of said city as the rates of the
present assessed values of the lots of land and improvements
of adjacent property holders in said ward.

f 3. The appointment of said assessor shall be made upon
the recommendation of the local improvement board, and the
expenses of said re-assessment shall be paid out of taxes of
said ward.

4. Such assessor shall be paid such sum for his services as
is provided by section nine of chapter one hundred sixteen of
an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved Novem-
ber twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

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