Chap. 442,—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5220 of the Code of Tee ea
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Approved March 21, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fifty-two hundred and twenty of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5220. Alteration and vacation of streets.—Streets and
alleys so platted and laid out, or which have been platted or laid out
under any plat heretofore recorded, may be altered or vacated in the
manner provided by law for the alteration or discontinuance of high-
ways. In the alteration and vacation of such streets and alleys in cities
and towns, the councils thereof shall exercise the same powers as are
granted to and vested in the boards of supervisors of the counties by
general law in relation to the discontinuance of county roads and land-.
ings, which shall be in addition to the powers contained in the charter of
any city or town and any powers now had by such councils under the
common law or by statute. .

2. Anemergency existing, this act shall be in force from its passage.