Chap. 78.—An ACT to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Wil-
liamsburg, in the county of James City, Virginia, to sell and dispose of
the lot of land situated on Francis street, in said city, known as the
“colored school lot,” and to pass title on same.

Approved March 2, 1910.

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 on Francis
strect, in said city, known as the “colored school lot,’ on which was
located a public school building, which building has been removed to
another location in said city, said sale to be made at public auction in
front of the courthouse door of said citv, after advertising the same for
four successive weeks in the Virginia Gazette, a newspaper in said city,
and for at least thirty days, by written 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: provided, 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 publie school purposes.
2. The mayor of 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 attached, conveying the said lot, when requested by said council,
and subject to the provisions hereinbefore set forth.