Chap. 199.—An ACT to amend section 2 of chapter 327 of the acts of the
general assembly of Virginia, for 1902, and approved March 28, 1902, as
amended by section 2 of the acts of the general assembly, extra session of
1923, chapter 53, and approved March 21, 1923, and pertaining to the charter
of the town of Pennington Gap, Lee county, Virginia. [H B 150]

Approved March 22, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
two of chapter fifty-three of the acts of the general assembly for nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, approved March twenty-first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 2. The limits of said town of Pennington Gap, Lee county,
Virginia, shall hereafter be as follows:

Beginning at beech tree northeastwardly of the late residence of
Sam L. Cecil, and which is station number one, and marked as corner,
thence north thirty-eight degrees, west five hundred and eighty-six
feet, thence north seventy-five degrees, west two hundred and eighty-
six feet, thence south fifty-four degrees, west three hundred and forty-
five feet, thence south twelve degrees and thirty minutes, west three
hundred and thirty-six feet, thence south thirty-five degrees, west one
hundred and fourteen feet, thence south fifty-four degrees, east six
hundred and thirty-one feet, thence south thirty-five degrees and thirty
minutes west one hundred and eighty-three feet, thence south fifty-
two degrees, west eight hundred feet, thence south sixty-eight degrees,
west ten hundred and fifty feet, thence south one degree and thirty
minutes east one hundred and seventy feet, thence south sixty-one
degrees, west six hundred and fifty feet, to a set stone on the eastern
line of the E. I’. Cecil plat of the addition to the town of Pennington
Gap, thence north nine degrees west two hundred and thirty feet,
thence north thirty-six degrees east three hundred and four feet, thence
north thirty-five degrees, west one hundred feet, thence south fifty-one
degrees and forty-five minutes, west eight hundred and seventy-three
feet, thence south sixty-six degrees, west seven hundred and fifty-
three feet, thence south twenty-four degrees, east six hundred and
sixty feet to a point on the southern line of Lee avenue, thence with
the southern line of said Lee avenue south sixty-six degrees and
thirty-seven minutes, west one hundred and forty-two feet to a point
on the western line of the E. F. Cecil tract of land, thence with the
same south thirty-six, west crossing a road one hundred and thirty-
eight feet to a point on the southern side of the State pike road num-
ber four hundred and eleven, thence south sixty degrees and thirty
minutes, east fifteen feet to the old line of the E. F. Cecil and George
H. Myers tract of land, thence south thirty-five degrees and fifteen
minutes, east five hundred and thirty-two feet to two small poplar
trees, and crossing the centre line of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road at two hundred thirty-nine feet, thence through the lands now
owned by W. S. Peters, so as to include his dwelling house and curti-
lege, north sixty-one degrees and forty-five minutes, east four hundred
and ninety-six feet to a red elm tree southward from said Peters’ dwell-
ing house, and southward from his spring about thirty feet, thence
north nineteen degrees, west one hundred and forty-three feet, a point
on the southern line of the right of way line of said Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company, thence north seventy degrees, east two
thousand and six hundred and sixty-three feet, thence south sixty-
nine degrees and thirty minutes, east three hundred and sixty-four
feet, thence north forty-nine degrees and thirty minutes, east three
hundred and seventy-seven feet, thence north thirty-five degrees, east
one hundred and eighty-four feet, thence north sixty-eight, east five
hundred and twenty-seven feet, thence north twenty-six, east two
hundred and seventy-seven feet, thence south eighty-six degrees and
thirty minutes, east four hundred and twenty-nine feet, thence south
thirty degrees, east four hundred and twenty-one feet, thence north
forty-eight degrees, east two hundred and seventy-three feet, thence
north fifty-seven degrees and thirty minutes, east eleven hundred and
thirty-five feet, thence north fifty-nine, east seven hundred and seventy-
four feet, thence north sixty-four degrees and thirty minutes, east
five hundred and thirty-seven feet, thence north sixty-three degrees,
east six hundred and fifty-two feet; thence north forty-seven degrees
and thirty minutes, west three hundred and eighty feet; thence north
twenty-nine, west one hundred and eighty-nine feet; thence north one
degree and thirty minutes, east nine hundred and twenty-nine and one-
half feet to a rock; thence north seventy-six east four hundred feet;
thence north seven degrees, west ten hundred and ninety-six feet,
thence south eighty degrees and forty-five minutes, west four hun-
dred and eighty-three feet; thence south fifteen degrees and thirty
minutes, east two hundred and twenty-four feet; thence south seventy-
one degrees west ten hundred and eleven feet; thence north twenty-
four degrees, west one hundred and sixty-three feet; thence south
sixty-five degrees west, twenty-one hundred and forty feet to the be-
ginning point.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage. :