Chap. 289.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 192 of the Acts of
1885-6, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Pulaski City, in
the county of Pulaski.

Approved February 29, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
chapter one hundred and ninety-two of Acts of Assembly of
eighteen hundred and eighty-five-eighty-six, entitled an act
to incorporate the town of Pulaski City, in the county of
Pulaski, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. 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 cor-
porate by the name of Pulaski; 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 here-
after 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
railroad, west of the lot of D. M. Hufford; thence in a direct
line of the west boundary jof 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 track fork of Peak creek, and across
said creek to the nearest point on the line of the lands otf 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 com-

any; thence around the northern, eastern, and southern
oundary 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 tim-
ber lines on the foot hills north of Draper’s mountain; thence
west along said timber line to a point due south of said rail-
road bridge; thence north to the place of beginning.

§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 Gemmell, Charles L. Teany, J.
E. Moore, Thomas Jones, and Jacob Harris are hereby
appointed councilmen thereof; any five of whom shall con-
stitute 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 ot said corporation,
as is allowed by existing laws: provided that no tax upon
the real and personal property in said corporation shall
exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars value thereof,
except that on the petition of two-thirds of the freeholders
within the corporation, the council may levy a corporation
tax not exceeding an additional twenty cents on the one hun-
dred dollars; and they shall have power to appoint a ser-
geant and such other officers as may be necessary, and fix
their salaries.

§5. The said mayor and councilmen above named and
appointed in this act, shall remain in force until the fourth

hursday 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 mayor or 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 before the expiration of twenty years
from date; and to provide for the payment of the interest

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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 coun-
cil, except upon the petition of at least three-fourths of the
freeholders of said town.

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