CHAP. 128.—An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the
town, now city, of Hampton, in Elizabeth City county, Virginia, ap-
proved May 23, 1887, by adding thereto section 18, authorizing the
council of said city to prescribe by ordinance the limits within which
no buildings shall be constructed except of brick, stone or other in-
combustible material, with fire proof roof; and to impose a penalty
for violation thereof. (H. B. 196.)

Approved March 9, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the charter of the former town, now city, of Hampton, Virginia,
be amended by the addition thereto of section eighteen, which
shall read as follows:

Sec. 18. For the purpose of guarding against the calami-
ties of fire the council of said city may, from time to time, pre-
scribe by ordinance the limits within which no buildings shall
be constructed except of brick, stone or other incombustible
material, with fire-proof roof, and may impose a penalty for the
violation of any such ordinance.
2. By reason of the fact that a number of buildings are
about to be constructed in certain congested districts of the said
city of Hampton, it is hereby declared that an emergency exists,
and that this act shall be in force from its passage.