Chap. 39.—An ACT to provide a road commission for Capeville magis-
terial district, in Northampton county, and to repeal preview? acts.

B. 77.)
Approved February 17, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
there is hereby established for Capeville magisterial district, in
the county of Northampton, a district road commission, con-
sisting of R. D. Stevenson, William W. Dixon, George F. Parra-
more, Marion Scott, A. Preston Scott, Kemper Goffigon and M.
S. Wilson, which commission shall have exclusive control of all
roads and bridges within the limits of said district, and also
of all taxes levied for road purposes and for building and repair-
ing bridges; and of all moneys which may be borrowed by the
board of supervisors, under any law now existing, or which may
hereafter be enacted for the purpose of building, improving and
maintaining the public roads and bridges in said Capeville mag-
isterial district, and all taxes levied for road purposes and for
building and repairing bridges within the said district, that is
to say, that the taxes levied in the said magisterial district for
road purposes shall be expended in said district, including its
share of the county levy for road purposes. The members of
said commission provided for in this act shall hold office for
two, four and six years from the time of their appointment in
the order named, so that two shall be appointed, as hereinafte:
provided for, on or before November first, nineteen hundred anc
eighteen, two on or before November first, nineteen hundred anc
twenty, and three on or before November first, nineteen hundrec
and twenty-two.

2. Upon said commission meeting and organizing, the saic
members shall at once select a chairman, clerk and treasurer
the last two shall be one, whose accounts shall be audited by
said commission and certified by said commission to the boarc
of supervisors once a year and published once each year in some
newspaper published in the same county. The said members o!
said road commission shall reside in the said district during thei
term of office, and upon removal therefrom, their successor shal.
be selected in the manner thereinafter provided.

3. In the event of the vacancy in such Capeville road com-
mission, whether caused by death, resignation, or removal from
office or from the district for which they were appointed, or
by expiration of term of office, such vacancy shall be filled by the
circuit court of said county or the judge thereof in vacation.

4. Said commission hereby provided for shall be a body,
corporate, and shall be known and designated as “‘the Capeville
road commission,” and as such shall have the right to contract
and be contracted with, sue and be sued.

5. Said distriet road commission selected under this act
shall qualify before the clerk of the circuit court, and in the
manner provided by law for qualifications of magisterial dis-
trict officers, and the treasurer shall, at the time of his qualifica-
tion, and before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, give
bond for the faithful performance of his duties, with security
in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), by guarantee com-
pany, the premiums to be paid out of the road funds, and shall
receive a salary of two hundred dollars ($200) per annum, in
full compensation for his services for receiving and disbursing
all funds that may come into his hands as such treasurer and for
performing the duties of secretary.

6. The said commission shall meet at some convenient place
in said district, or in the town of Cape Charles, and for their
services in attendance upon said meeting, the members thereof
in attendance shall receive a per diem of four dollars ($4), but
members of said commission shall not receive pay for more than
twelve meetings In any one year.

7. The said district road commission is thereby authorized
and empowered to adopt such methods and materials as in its
judgment may seem best suited to the requirements of said dis-
trict, employ such engineers, road builders and operatives, teams
and machinery as to it may seem fit, and make reasonable and
proper regulations as to location, construction and maintenance
of the roads and bridges of said district, and do generally and
perform all acts necessary for the effectuation of the interests
and purposes hereof.

8. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are here-
by repealed.

9. An emergency arising by reason of the importance of
the immediate execution of the provisions of this act, the same
shall be in force from its passage.