Chap. 76.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Virginia Beach, in the county
of Princess Anne, Virginia.

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Approved March 6, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the fol-
lowing described territory in Princess Anne county be, and is hereby,
incorporated as a town, to be known as Virginia Beach.

2. Beginning at a point in the county of Princess Anne, on the
Atlantic ocean, where the Chautauqua by the sea and W. H. Hall’s line
adjoin; thence running northerly along Atlantic ocean to Twenty-sixth
street to Linkhorn bay; thence running southerly along Linkhorn bay
and following the westerly boundary of the Virginia Beach development
company’s property until it strikes Parks avenue, as shown on the plat
of Virginia Beach, recorded with the deed to Robert M. Hughes, duly
recorded in the clerk’s office of Princess Anne circuit court, July twenty-
first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; thence running south down
the centre of Parks avenue through the property now or formerly the
Atlantic investment company until it strikes the lines of the Virginia
Beach development company’s property; thence following the boundary
of the Virginia Beach development company’s property to a cove in
Lake Rudee; thence running eastwardly along the southern boundary of
the Virginia Beach development company’s property to a point in Hall’s
line: thence eastwardly in a straight line to the point of beginning.
3. The said town and its officers shall have all the powers and privi-
leges and be subject to all the restrictions provided by the general laws
of this Commonwealth for the government of towns and the powers of
officers of towns.

4. Until the regular election held on the second Tuesday in June,
nineteen hundred and six, the following shall be the officers of said
town: B. P. Holland, mayor; D. Stormont, W. J. O’Keef, A. J. Ackiss,
James S. Groves, J. P. Jones, and W. J. Wright, councilmen. The
counci] shall appoint a recorder and a sergeant.

5. To improve the sanitary conditions and secure police protection at
once, an emergency exists, and it is ordered that this bill be in force from
its passage.