Chap. 77.—An ACT to authorize and empower the mayor and council of the
city of Williamsburg, in the county of James City, Virginia, to sell and
dispose of the lot of land situated on the west side of England street, in
said city, known as a part of Ireland street, and to pass title to same.

Approved March 2, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the genera] assembly of Virginia, That the
mayor and council of the city of Williamsburg be, and they are hereby,
authorized and empowered to make sale of the lot of land situate on
England street, in said city, and known as a part of “Ireland street,”
commencing on the west side of England street, and running west to
another part of said street heretofore closed, which closed portion
originally ran through the property of the Eastern State Hospital, located
in said city, said sale to be made at public auction, in front of the court-
house door of said city, after advertising the sale for four successive
wecks in the Virginia Gazette, a newspaper published in the city of
Williamsburg, and for at least thirty days, by writteh or printed notices
posted at said courthouse door and in two or more other public places
in said city, upon such terms as may be prescribed by said council: pro-
vided, however, that said sale shall not be made except by an ordinance
or resolution passed by a recorded affirmative vote of three-fourths of
all the members elected to the council. The proceeds from such sale to
be used by the council for public improvements in said city.

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