CHAP. 322.—An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors
of Henrico county to sell and convey the poor-house farm, belonging
to the said county, or any part thereof, and to employ land agents to
make sale of the said farm. (H. B. 435.)

Approved March 20, 1916.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

the board of supervisors of the county of Henrico is hereby
authorized and empowered to sell, either publicly or privately,
the poor house farm, or any part thereof, belonging to the said
county, for cash or upon terms of credit, as the said board of
supervisors may determine and prescribe. If the sale be. for
part cash and a part upon credit, the said board of supervisors
shall take from the purchaser bonds carrying interest from the
date of sale for the deferred payments, payable to the said board
of supervisors, and to be secured in such manner as the said
board of supervisors may determine and prescribe.

2. The said board of supervisors shall have the power and
is hereby authorized to employ one or more land agents to make
sale of the said poor house farm, or any part thereof, upon such
terms as the said board of supervisors may prescribe; but, in
no event, shall the board of supervisors pay or agree to pay
said land agents any sum of money or any commissions until
the land agent shall have made sale of the poor house farm,
and the said sale shall have been confirmed by the circuit court
of Henrico county, or the judge thereof in vacation, as herein-
after provided.

3. All sales made by the board of supervisors, or by any
land agent employed by the said board of supervisors, shall,
with a statement of the amount of commissions the board be-
lieves should be paid to the agent making the sale, if the sale
be made by the agent, be reported by the said board of super-
visors to the circuit court of Henrico for its approval or con-
firmation. The said circuit court, or the Judge thereof in vaca-
tion, may approve and confirm any sale so made, or may refuse
to approve or confirm any sale so made and so reported to the
said court. Should the said circuit court, or the judge thereof
in vacation, approve and confirm any sale made by the board of
supervisors of said county or any land agent, the said circuit
court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall direct what com-
mission shall be paid to the agent making the sale, if the sale
be made by an agent.. The proceeds of any sale of the said
poor house farm, or any part thereof, shall be paid to the county
treasurer of said county of Henrico, and kept by said treasurer
as a part of the general county fund, to be paid out as directed
by the said board of supervisors.

4. The said board of supervisors of Henrico county shall,
by proper deed, with special warranty, convey to the purchaser
the said poor house farm or any part thereof, when the said
purchaser or purchasers shall have paid all of the purchase
money, or shall have secured the payment of the deferred pay-
ments in such manner as the said board of supervisors may pre-
scribe and direct.

5. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with or inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.

6. The board of supervisors of the said county of Henrico
yelieving it to be to the best interest of the said county of Hen-
rico to sell the said poor house farm, either privately or publicly,
at once, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall be
n force from its passage.