Chap. 112.—An ACT to amend an act approved February 8, 1901, entitled an act
to empower the school board of Battletown district, Clarke county, to borrow
money to retire outstanding bonds and other indebtedness.

Approved March 4, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the Battle-
wn district school board, of Clarke county, be, and is hereby, au-
1orized and empowered to borrow, upon the faith and credit of said Bat-
etown district, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, and to issue
onds for the same, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per
entum, payable annually or semi-annually, for the purpose of retiring
utstanding six per centum bonds and other indebtedness now payable,
id new bonds to be issued in such amounts and payable at such time or
mes upon such conditions as said board may see fit to impose. The
oard of supervisors of said county of Clarke, at the request of said dis-
rict school board, shall embrace in its annual district (Battletown) levy
a sum sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds and to provide
a sinking fund, which shall be held and applied by said district board to
the payment of the principal of said bonds: provided, however, that said
levy by the supervisors shall not exceed ten cents on every hundred dollars
of taxable property within said Battletown district.

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