Chap. 162.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 1, of the charter of
the city of Danville, Virginia, so as to include in one act the entire description
of the corporate lines of the said city, and to thus present the said lines as a
whole; to render accurate some ambiguities in the courses of the lines of the
town of Neapolis, annexed to the city of Danville, by an act entitled an act to
extend the limits of the city of Danville, approved 2d day of March, 1896, and
to include the description set forth in an act entitled an act to extend the limits
of the town of Danville, approved 28th January, 1867, and the description set
forth in said act, approved 2d March, 1896.

Approved April 20, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the territory
contained within the following limits, to-wit: Beginning ata point in the
middle of south Main street, on the north side of the Southern railroad,
and forty feet from the middle of the said track and running thence
north fourteen degrees, west two thousand and sixty-nine feet, five inches,
to the intersection of Caswell and west Main streets, at southwest corner ;
thence north thirty-four degrees, ten minutes east, crossing west Main
street, seven hundred and seventeen feet, nine inches, to white oak tree,
near head of Doe’s spring branch; thence down said branch north no de-
grees, fifteen minutes, west eight hundred and fifty-three feet, nine inches ;
thence north thirteen degrees, east six hundred and twenty-one feet, one
inch; thence north six degrees, nine minutes, west five hundred and ninety-
nine feet, four inches; thence north two degrees, thirty-eight minutes,
east seven hundred and fifty-four fect, nine inches; thence north twenty-
seven degrees, twenty minutes, west one thousand one hundred and
twenty-six fect, eight ‘inches: thence north nine degrees, fifteen minutes,
west five hundred and fifty-eight feet to Dan river, at the mouth of branch
and fifty feet from the bank, into the river; thence down the river and
fifty feet from the bank and parallel with it, north sixty-five degrees,
fifty-nine minutes, east five hundred and twenty-four feet, one inch;
thence north eighty- three degrees, twenty-seven minutes, east five hundred
and seventy-six feet, eight inches ; thence north cighty-six degrees, twenty-
eight minutes, east six hundred feet, nine inches; thence due east one
thousand one hundred and seventy feet; thence south fifty-one degrees.
forty-eight minutes, cast two hundred and one feet to the top of the
dam ; thence north thirty -three degrees, fiftv-six minutes, east one thou-
sand ‘and nineteen fect, four inches, crossing the river to the north side te
a point on the stone bulk-head at the w ater's edge; thence up the rivet
along the edge of the water at common water north thirty-seven degrees

twenty- -sever, minutes, west three hundred and sixty feet; thence continu.
ing the line in same course, north thirty-seven degrecs, twenty-seven
minutes, west three hundred and thirty-nine feet, three inches, leaving
the water's edge to a point on the south side of the Henry road: thence
north seventy-one degrees, twenty minutes, east nine hundred and ninetv-
one feet along the north side of Ienry street to the intersection of Henry
street with the Walker road: thence continuing the same direction north
seventy-one degrees, twenty minutes, east five hundred and twenty-eight
feet, five inches, crossing the Walker road to a point on the west side of,
and ‘forty feet from, the middle of the Southern railway company’s track:

thence parallel with said railroad track and forty fect from the middle
of said track north fourteen degrecs, thirty-one minutes, east one thousand
and sixty-nine feet, one inch, north nine degrees, thirty minutes, east four
hundred and twenty-one feet, six inches; thenee due north three hundred
and twenty feet, nine inches; thence north five degrees, twenty-one
minutes, weet one thousand one hundred and thirty-five feet, nine inches:

thence north twelve degrees, fortwfive minutes, west one hundred
and forty-three feet, two inches, to a point opposite a pipe culvert. under
the railroad track: thence south eightv-nine degrees, four minutes, east
three thousand eight hundred and seventeen feet to a point on the west
side of north Main street, which point is the northern corner of Tyree’s
yard fenee as it now stands; thence south seventy-four degrees, twenty-
eight minutes, east one thousand five hundred and thirty-four feet, six
inches, to a point on the northern side of the Bradley road, which point is
in front of a house belonging to Edward Smith; thence crossing said road
south four degrees, forty minutes, west three thousand three hundred and
ninety-eight feet, five inches, to the edge of water in Fall creek, which
point is also i in the boundary line div iding the Shepherd lands from thase
of M. B. Hodnett: thence down Fall creek south forty-three degrees.
eleven minutes, west one hundred and eighty-six feet, seven inches, south
twenty-four degrees, nine inches, west one hundred and sixty-two feet,

south forty -cight degrees, twenty minutes, west cight hundred and six feet,
south thirty-one degrees, fifty-one minutes, west six hundred and twelve
feet, three inches, south eight degrees, thirty-two minutes, west three
hundred and twenty-four feet, south five degrees, fifty-two minutes, west
one thousand one hundred and sixty-three “foot, south twenty-eicht de-
grees, twenty-eight minutes, cast four hundred and forty-six fect, five
inches, south thirty-six degrees, twenty-two minutes, west five hundred
and seventy-three feet, nine inches, south sixteen degrees, west three hun-
dred and ninety-seven feet, four inches, to edge of common water in Dan
river; thence crossing the river south fifty -two degrees, eight minutes,
west six hundred and eleven fect, three inches, to a ‘point fifty feet from
the south bank of the river; thence down the river fifty feet from, and

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parallel with, its southern bank south thirty-eight degrees, east three hun-
dred and seventy-eight feet, seven inches, south twenty degrees, fifty-
eight minutes, east four hundred and thirty-six feet, eight inches, south
two degrees, fifty-seven minutes, east seven hundred and eighty-nine feet,
three inches, south twelve degrees, nine minutes, east eight hundred and
ninety-five feet, five inches; thence leaving the river south seventy-three
degrees, fifty minutes, west two thousand one hundred and seventy-two
feet, five inches, crossing the tracks and right of way of the Southern Rail-
way Company toa point forty fect from the middle of the main track of
said road; thence up the said railroad on the northwest side by a line
forty feet from the middle of said main track and parallel with it south
forty-seven degrees, west two hundred and eighty-seven feet, eight inches,
south sixty-one degrees, three minutes, west two hundred and ninety-seven
feet, three inches, south sixty-six degrees, forty-one minutes, west four
hundred and sixty-six feet, six inches, south sixty-nine degrees, fifty-nine
minutes, west four hundred and seventy-seven feet, six inches, south
eighty-four degrees, forty-three minutes, west one hundred: and sixty-nine
feet, five inches, north eighty-one degrees, twenty-nine minutes, west two
hundred and ninety-three feet, one inch, north sixty-seven degrees, twenty-
five minutes, west two hundred and seventy-one feet, eight inches, north
fifty-nine degrees, seven minutes, west two hundred and sixty-one feet,
four inches, north sixty-nine degrees, five minutes, west five hundred and
thirteen feet, four inches, south eighty-seven degrees, twenty-seven
minutes, west four hundred and forty-seven feet, eight inches, south
seventy-six degrees, thirty-three minutes, west two thousand five hundred
and seventy-seven feet, five inches, to the middle of south Main street at
the beginning, shall be deemed and taken_as the city of Danville, and the
inhabitants of the city of Danville, for all purposes for which towns and
cities are incorporated, shall continue to be one body politic, in fact and
in name, under the style and denomination of the “city of Danville,” and
as such shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers
and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and obligations now apper-
taining to, and incumbent on, said city as a municipal corporation.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.