Chap. 146.—An ACT to provide for an election by the qualified voters of
Grafton magisterial district, in the county of York, State of Virginia.
for a bond issue by said district, for the purpose of building a high .school
in said district for white children, and to determine by said election at
what place in said district said school shall be built. [H B 239]

Approved March 10, 1920.

1. .Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That upon
a petition signed by twenty-five qualified voters of Crafton magis-
terial district, York county, Virginia, addressed, and presented to
the circuit court of York county or the judge thereof in vacation.
the said circuit court or the judge thereof in vacation shall order
an election in said Grafton magisterial district to be held not
sooner than thirty days from entry of the order, to ascertain the
sense of the voters of said district as to whether or not there
shall be a bond issue for the purpose of building a high school in
said district for white children, and as soon as practicable after the
entry of said order the sheriff of York county shall post a copy of
said order at the voting place in said district and at such other places
as the court or judge may direct, and if the returns of said election
shall show that a majority of the votes cast are for a bond issue
for said purpose, then the supervisors of York county shall issue
such bonds on the faith and credit of said Grafton magisterial dis-
trict for said purpose. Said bonds shall be for one hundred dollars
each or some denomination thereof and shall bear interest at a rate
of not more than six per centum per annum. No bonds issued under
this act shall be made payable for a period greater than thirty
years from date and shall not be sold so as to net the district less
than par value.

Bonds issued under this act shall not exceed ten thousand dollars,
nor shall there be more bonds issued than is -“Mecessary for the pur-
poses. of this act. |

It shall be determined by the voters in an election held under
this act at what place in said. district said school shall be built.

In event land cannot be purchased for building said school, then the
proper persons authorized by general law to condemn land for school
purposes shall proceed. to condemn not more than two acres of high
level land.at-the place determined upon by the voters for the purpose
of building such school and providing a playground around and adja-
cent to said school..

The school board of said district may in their discretion build a
three-room bungalow from the proceeds of bonds sold under this act
to be used by the teachers of said school as a home during the school
term, and furnish the same.

An election held under this act shall be held as "general elections
are held, and all persons in said districts who are qualified to vote
at the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty shall be qualified to vote in said election. No election shall
be held under this act unless a petition therefor shall be filed with
the court or judge thereof in vacation within one year from the ap-
proval of this act.

In event bonds are issued under this act then the supervisors of
York county shall make a special levy on the property in Grafton
magisterial district for the purpose of paying the interest accruing
upon said bonds and to create a sinking fund for the payment of said
bonds at their maturity and for the further purpose of maintaining
said school.

No funds arising from the sale of bonds under this act shall be
used for any purpose not herein authorized.

As there is immediate need for a high school in said Grafton
magisterial district, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act
shall be in effect from its passage.