Chap. 377.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Newbern, in the county
of Pulaski, and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the
town of Newbern, in the county of Pulaski, approved March 4, 1872.

(H. B. 418.)
Approved March 20, 1916.

_ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the town of Newbern, in the county of Pulaski be, and the same
is, hereby made a town corporate, and by the name shall have
and exercise all power conferred upon towns for the govern-
ment of the same, which are now in force, or may hereafter
be enacted.

2. The boundaries of the said town shall be as follows: Be-
ginning at the intersection of the west line of the Thorn spring
road with the northwest line of the town lots along Main street;
thence with said line to a point in H. Alexander’s field where
the northeast line of H. A. Farris’s lane intersects; thence with
said line of Farris’s lane to the point of intersection with south-
east line of town lots lying along Main street; thence with said
southeast line of town lots to the southeast corner of H. D.
Smith’s lot; thence with the northeast line of H. D. Smith’s
lot and the lot of Henry Houston to the southeast corner of
Houston’s lot; thence with the southeast line of Houston’s lot
to the northeast line of u:e cross street; thence along the north-
east line of the cross street to the southwest corner of H.
Alexander’s store lot; thence with the southeast line of the town
lots to the point of intersection with the southwest line of
Thorn spring road; thence with the southwest line of Thorn
spring road to the beginning.

3. The first officers of said town, under this charter, shall
be as follows: J. P. Fizer, mayor, and H. A. Farris, C. B. Ander-
son, H. Alexander and W. C. King, town council. The said
mayor and councilmen shall continue in office until the fourth
Thursday in November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and
thereafter until their successors shall be elected and quali-
fied. Any three of the said councilmen shall constitute a quo-
rum of the said council for the transaction of business.

4. The council shall have authority to levy a water tax
againsc each and every head of a family of said town, and may
enforce the collection of the same in accordance with the laws
governing the collection of taxes on real and personal property.
Any person who shall divert, use, apply, or draw off any part
of the water supplied by the water system of the town with-
out first obtaining the consent of the council shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of twenty dollars pay-
able to the treasurer of the said town. Said council may im-
pose a license upon dogs, and may assess and collect an annual
tax on all real and personal property in said town subject to
local taxation not exceeding in any one year fifty cents on
every one hundred dollars of value thereof.

5. The council shall have authority to pass ordinances to
regulate the use of the streets of said town, to maintain order
and enforce the laws and ordinances of said town; provided
that any ordinance of said council may be vetoed by the mayor
and shall not be approved unless passed over his veto by a two-
thirds vote of the members elected to the council.

6. The council shall not contract any debt for said corpo-
ration in excess of one thousand dollars in any one year.

7. An act entitled an act to incorporate the town of New-
bern, in the county of Pulaski, approved March fourth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, and all other acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

8. An emergency existing by reason of the necessity for
certain improvements in said town this act shall be in force
from its passage.