Chap. 2.—An ACT authorizing the council of the city of Portsmouth and
the board of supervisors of the county of Norfolk to sell and convey
the present courthouse property in said city, the clerk’s office site and
the land in the rear of said clerk’s office site of said county, adjoining
said courthouse property on the west, and the land in the rear of the
municipal building of said city, adjoining said courthouse property on
the north; or, in lieu thereof, to authorize the said board to convey to
the said city the county’s interest in said property, and if so conveyed,
to authorize the said council to sell said property at public auction;
also to authorize the said council to acquire land in said city and erect
thereon a courthouse, and office building and to convey to the said
county for its courthouse, clerk’s office, and other office purposes, a
one-half interest in said land and buildings. [S B 4]

Approved March 15, 1923.

Whereas, the council of the city of Portsmouth and the
board of supervisors of Norfolk county have unanimously
adopted resolutions looking to the removal of the courthouse
jointly owned by said city and county at the northwest corner
of High and Court streets, in the city of Portsmouth, and the
clerk’s office site of said county and the land in the rear thereof,
and a portion of the municipal building site of said city, ad-
joining said courthouse property, to a more suitable point in
said city, for the reason that the same is now improperly
located and is insufficient for proper courthouse and city and
county purposes, and for this purpose have entered, or about
to enter, into an agreement touching such removal; Therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the council of the city of Portsmouth and the board of super-
visors of the county of Norfolk be and they are hereby au-
thorized to sell, in the manner provided by law, and to convey
to the purchaser, the present courthouse property at the north-
west corner of High and Court streets, in said city, the clerk’s
office site and the land in the rear of said clerk’s office site
of said county, adjoining said courthouse property on the west,
and the land in the rear of the municipal building of said city,
adjoining said courthouse property on the north, upon such
terms as may be agreed upon between them, or, in lieu thereof,
the said board of supervisors are authorized and empowered
to convey by proper deed executed by the chairman of-the said
board of supervisors and under the seal of said county, attested
by the county clerk, to the city of Portsmouth, the county’s
interest in said property upon such terms and conditions as
have or may hereafter be agreed upon between said council
and board of supervisors, and should the said property be so
conveyed to the said city of Portsmouth, the council of the city
of Portsmouth be, and it is hereby, authorized to sell the said
property at public auction upon such terms and conditions as
they may determine.

2. The city of Portsmouth, through its council, is hereby
authorized to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, sufficient
land, in said city, and erect thereon a courthouse and office
building, and to convey to the county of Norfolk for its court-
house, clerk’s office, and other office purposes a one-half interest
in said land and buildings upon such terms and conditions as
have been or may hereafter be, agreed upon between said council
and board.