Chap. 218.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled
an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 30, 1871, en-
titled an act to incorporate the town of Strasburg, in Shenandoah
county, approved March 19, 1884. (H. B. 272.)

Approved March 17, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section nine of an
act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled an act to
incorporate the town of Strasburg, in the county of Shenandoah,
approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 9. The said council shall have power and authority to
make all necessary provisions to prevent accidents by fire, and
to purchase engines, hose, fire hooks, ladders, and other fixtures
useful for preventing accidents by fire, and to organize fire com-
panies. The council of said town shall also have power and
authority to negotiate any loan or loans for the purpose of buy-
ing necessary real estate, and for the erecting of public build-
ings, and for the general improvement of the said town, and
shall also have authority to issue registered or coupon bonds
for said loan, payable at not more than twenty years after date
of said bonds, bearing interest at a rate not greater than six
per centum, payable annually; provided, the said loan shall be
sanctioned by the qualified voters of the vown, in accordance
with the general law regulating the issuing of bonds by cities
and towns.

2. It being important that the town of Strasburg shall have
the power to provide a building for a town hall, council chamber,
jail, et cetera, at the earliest practicable time, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this act shall be in force from its passage.