Chap. 262.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘‘an act to au-
thorize and empower the board of supervisors of anv county in this
State, in their discretion, to contribute and expend annually, out of
the general county levy of the said county, a sum of money for the
purpose of promoting agriculture in said county,” approved March
17, 1900.

Approved March 14, 1912.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled ‘“‘an act to authorize and empower the board of
supervisors of any county in this State, in their discretion, to con-
tribute and expend annually, out of the general county levy of
the said county, a sum of money for the purpose of promoting
agriculture in said county,” approved March seventeenth, nine-
teen hundred, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of any county of this State be, and they
are hereby, empowered, in their discretion, out of the general
county levy of said county, to apply and expend annually a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars in each year for the purpose
of promoting agriculture in said county; provided, however, that
the board of supervisors of Wythe county be, and they are hereby,
empowered, in their discretion, out of the general county levy of
said county, to apply and expend annually a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars for the purpose of promoting agriculture
and stock-raising in said county, under such rules, regulations
and restrictions as may be provided by said board of supervisors,
and said board of supervisors of said county of Wythe may, in
its discretion, combine three years’ appropriation and thereby
apply and expend a sum of not exceeding three thousand dollars
in one year, but in such latter case said board of supervisors shall
not expend any further sum for such purposes until the time has
expired for which said levies were chargeable.