Chap. 313.—An ACT to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Wil-
liamsburg, in the county of James City, Virginia, to dispose of the jail lot
with the buildings thereon in said city, and to pass title to same.

Approved March 17, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the mayor
and council of the city of Williamsburg be, and they are hereby, author-
ized and empowered to make sale of the lot of land situate in said city
known as the “jail lot,’ on which is located the jail building now used
by said city and by the county of James City, said sale to be made at
public auction in front of the courthouse door of said city, after adver-
tising the same for at least thirty days by written or printed notices posted
at said courthouse door and at two or more other public places in said
city, upon such terms as may be prescribed by said council: provided,
however, that said sale shall not be made except by a two-thirds vote of
the members elected to said council: and provided, further, that said
property shall not be sold until there has been provided and accepted for
use by the city of Williamsburg and county of James City a suitable and
convenient jail. The proceeds from such sale to be used by said council
in the construction of a new jail.

2. The mayor of the said city is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver to the purchaser of said property a good and sufficient
deed attested by the clerk of said council with the corporate seal of said
city, conveying the said lot, when thereunto requested by said council and
subject to the provisions hereinabove set forth.