Chap. 47.—An ACT to legalize, validate, and confirm a certain ordinance of
the city of Charlottesville approved by the mayor on May 7, 1920, and a
certain election held in the city of Charlottesville June 8, 1920, both of
which relate to the negotiation of a city loan of not exceeding $953,000.00,
and to the issuance by the city of coupon bonds therefor, and to legalize,
validate and confirm all other proceedings of the said city, its officials and
agents relating to the said loan and the said bond issues and to authorize the
mayor and councils of the city to proceed to issue and sell such bonds to the
amount of $935,000.00 for. the following municipal purposes; $200,000.00 for
water supply; $50,000.00 for sewers; $35,000.00 for gas; $25,000.00 for
existing unbonded debt; $480,000.00 for strects; $125,000.00 for government
buildings, and $20,000.00 for fire department equipment; and to declare said
bonds, when executed, valid and binding obligations of the city of Charlottes-
ville. [S B 116]

Approved February 17, 1922.

Whereas, an ordinance was adopted by the common council of
the city of Charlottesville, on the fourth day of May, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty, and was concurred in by the board of aldermen
of the said city, and approved by its mayor, on the seventh day of
May, nineteen hundred and twenty, by which it was ordained that
the said city negotiate a loan not exceeding nine hundred and fifty-
three thousand dollars, and issue coupon bonds therefor to extend and
improve the city’s water supply and for other municipal purposes.
and wherein it was ordered that an election be held by the qualified
voters of the said city to approve and sanction the issue of such
bonds; and

Whereas, by virture of an order of the corporation court for the
city of Charlottesville entered on the eighth day of May, nineteen
hundred and twenty, an election was held on the eight day of June,
nineteen hundred and twenty, by the duly qualified voters of the
said city for the purpose of determining the question whether the
issue of such bonds should be approved and sanctioned ; and

Whereas, the canvass of the returns of said election showed that
the sum of two hundred thousand dollars was voted to extend and
improve the city’s water supply, that the sum of fifty thousand dol-
lars was voted for sewers, that the sum of thirty-five thousand dol-
lars was voted for gas, that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars
was voted for existing unbonded debt, that the sum of four hundred
and eighty thousand dollars was voted for strvets, that the sum of
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars was voted for govern-
ment building, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars was voted
for fire department equipment, and that the sum of eighteen thousand
dollars for remodelling armory was defeated at said election, said
canvass of the returns showing that the issuance of bonds to the
amount of nine hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, as above
set forth, was sanctioned at said election; and

Whereas, the said city has been unable to sell and dispose of
said bonds by reason of doubt as to the legality of the ordinance
and election above recited and of the other proceedings of the said
city, its officials and agents, relating to the loan and bond issue au-
thorized thereby; now therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted that the general assembly of Virginia
hereby validates, legalizes and confirms ‘a certain ordinance adopted
by the common council of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, on
the fourth day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty, and concurred
in by the board of aldermen of the said city, and approved by its
mayor, on the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty,
wherein it was ordained that the said city negotiate a loan not ex-
ceeding nine hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars, and issue
coupon bonds therefor on terms therein prescribed, for the following
municipal purposes:

Two hundred thousand dollars for water.

Fifty thousand dollars for sewers.

Thirty-five thousand dollars for gas.

Twenty-five thousand dollars for existing unbonded debt.

Four hundred and eighty thousand dollars for streets.

One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for government
building.

Twenty thousand dollars for fire department equipment.

Eighteen thousand dollars for remodeling armory.

and wherein it was further ordained that the proceeds of such bonds
be used exclusively for such purposes, and that the amount apportioned
for bonding floating debt, for erection of a government building,
for the betterment of the fire department, and for remodelling the
armory should not be increased, but that any or all of these four
named apportionments, and if necessary, the apportionment for
streets, might be reduced and the sum of the reduction added to the
amount apportioned to water supply improvement, and that if not
more than two hundred thousand dollars be required for water supply
improvement any unexpcnded remainder of the sums apportioned
to the utilities named might, after such utilities have been properly
provided for, be assigned to streets ; and also validates, legalizes and
confirms a certain election held on the eighth day of June, nineteen
hundred and twenty, pursuant to the terms of the said ordinance at
which the question of the issue of said bonds was submitted to the
duly qualified voters of the city of Charlottesville, and-at which all
of the said issue, except eighteen thousand dollars for remodelling
armory, was sanctioned and approved by the affirmative vote of a
majority of said qualified voters, including a majority of the votes
cast by tax payers at such election; and also validates, legalizes and
confirms all other proceedings whatsoever of the said city of Char-
lottesville, its officials and agents, relating to the said loan and the
said bond issue.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted that the mayor, common council
and board of aldermen of the said city are hereby authorized, without
further sanction or approval by the qualified voters or tax payers
of the said city than that given at said election, to proceed to issue
and sell bonds of said city’ as in said ordinance provided, but not
exceeding nine hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars in amount ;
and that the said bonds when executed and delivered pursuant to law
shall be valid and binding obligations of the city of Charlottesville,
Virginia.

Sec. 3. It appearing that an emergency exists by reason of the
fact that said city has already undertaken the construction of a
filtration plant and other public utilities, contemplated at said election,
this act shall be in force from its passage.