Chap. 282.—An ACT to provide a road commission for Eastville magisterial
district, in Northampton county, and to repeal previous acts. [H B 515]

Approved March 17, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That theré is
hereby established for Eastville magisterial district, in the county of
Northampton, a district road commission, consisting of the duly elect-
ed supervisors of said district, who shall be known as chairman, and
H. S. Thomas, G. W. Holland, H. P. James, T. P. Bell, Ernest Scott
and H. H. Wilkins, 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 repairing
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 Eastville magisterial 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 shares of the county levy, for road

oses. The members of said commission provided for in this act
shall hold office for two and four years from the time of their appoint-
ment in the order named, so that three shall be appointed as herein-
after provided for, on or before January first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and three on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
SIX.
2. Upon said commission meeting and organization, the said mem-
bers shall at once select a secretary-treasurer, whose accounts shall be
audited by said commission and certified by said commission to the
board of supervisors once a year and published once each year in
some newspaper published in the same county. The said members
of said road commission shall reside in the said district during their
term of office, and, upon removal therefrom, their successor shall
be selected in the manner hereinafter provided.

3. In the event of the vacancy in such Eastville road commis-
sion, 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 corpo-
rate, and shall be known and designated as “the Eastville road com-
mission,” and as such shall have the nght to contract and be con-
tracted with, sue and be sued.

5. Said district road commission selected under this act shall
qualify before the clerk of the circuit court and in the manner pro-
vided by law for qualifications of magisterial district officers, and the
treasurer shall, at the time of his qualification and before he enters
upon the discharge of his duties, give bond for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties with security in the sum of two thousand dollars
by guarantee company, the premiums to be paid out of the road
funds, and shall receive a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars
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, and for their services in attendance upon said meeting,
the members thereof in attendance shall receive a per diem of four
dollars, 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 hereby authorized and
empowered to adopt such methods and materials as in its judgment
may seem best suited to the requirements of said district, 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 hereby
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.