Chap. 344.—-An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto ten
new sections, numbered 3074-a to 3074-i, both inclusive, authorizing and
empowering cities and incorporated towns in this Commonwealth to acquire
by lease, purchase or condemnation proceedings any land within, or (with
the consent of the local authorities where such land is situated) without the
limits of said cities or towns for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
municipal airports or aviation landing fields, and to establish, construct,
improve, equip, maintain and operate said airports or landing fields, and
to provide for the procedure in cases of condemnation and the extent of
title acquired; authorizing the lease by the said cities or incorporated
towns of the whole or portions thereof to individuals or corporations and
the operation of the same, or any part thereof, on such terms and subject
to such conditions as may be provided by the local legislative body of said
city or incorporated town, and the lease thereof to the government of the
United States upon nominal or other rental, or without consideration for
aviation, mail delivery or other aviation purposes. [H B 192]

Approved March 24, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto ten new sections num-
bered thirty hundred and seventy-four-a to thirty hundred and seventy-
four-i, both inclusive, and reading as follows:

Section 3074-a. That all cities and incorporated towns or one or
more cities or incorporated towns jointly within this Commonwealth
are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, establish, construct,
own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain and operate airports for
the use of airplanes within or without the limits of such cities or towns,
and may use for such purpose or purposes any property suitable there-
for that is now or may at any time hereafter be owned or controlled
by any such city or town, provided, however, that no such city or town
shall operate any airport without the permission of the State corpora-
11on commission first had and obtained.

Section 3074-b. Any lands acquired, owned, controlled or occu-
pied by such cities or towns for the purposes enumerated in section
hirty hundred and seventy-four-a hereof shall and are hereby declared
o be acquired, owned, controlled and occupied for a public purpose,
and as a matter of public necessity, and such cities or towns shall have
he right to acquire the properties for such purpose or purposes under
he power of eminent domain as and for a public necessity.
Section 3074-c. Private property needed by a city or incorporated
town for an airport or landing field shall be acquired by purchase, if
the city or town is able to agree with the owners on the terms thereof,
and otherwise by condemnation in the manner provided by law under
which the city or town is authorized to acquire real property for public
purposes other than street purposes, or, if there be no such law, in the
manner provided for by chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the
Code of Virginia.

Section 3074-d. The title acquired by the city or town exercising
the power of eminent domain shall be in fee simple.

Section 3074-e. The purchase price or award for real property
acquired for an airport or landing field may be paid for by the appro-
priation of moneys available therefor or wholly or partly paid from
the proceeds of the sale of bonds of the city or town as the local legis-
lative body of the city or town shall determine, and such city or town
is hereby authorized to issue bonds for such purpose or purposes, sub-
ject, however, to the adoption of a proposition therefor at a municipal
election, if the adoption of such a proposition is a prerequisite to the
issuance of bonds by such municipality for public purposes generally.

Section 3074-f. The local legislative body of a city or incorporated
town which has established an airport or landing field and acquired,
leased or set apart property for such purpose, may construct, improve,
equip, maintain and operate the same, or may vest jurisdiction for the
construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation there-
of in any suitable officer, board or body of such city or town; provided,
however, that no such city or town shall operate an airport without the
permission of the State corporation commission first had and obtained.
The expenses of such construction, improvement, equipment, mainte-
nance and operation shall be a city or town charge as the case may be.
The local legislative body of such city or town or each such body where
such airport is jointly operated may adopt regulations not in conflict
with the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State
corporation commission or which may hereafter be adopted and/or
promulgated by it and establish fees or charges for the use of such
airport or landing field or may authorize an officer, board or body of
such city or town having jurisdiction to adopt such regulation and
establish such fees and charges. The local police authorities of any
city or incorporated town shall have jurisdiction on the premises of
any airport or landing field operated either individually or jointly by
such city or incorporated town.

Section 3074-g. Any city or town acquiring land under the pro-
visions of this act may individually or jointly where so operated lease
the same, or part thereof, to any individual or corporation desiring
to use the same for the purpose of operating an airport or landing field,
or for the purpose of landing or starting an airplane therefrom or for
other aviation purposes, and on such terms and subject to such con-
ditions and regulations as may be provided, and any city or town may
enter into a contract in the form of a lease providing for the use of said
land, or any part thereof, by the government of the United States for
the use by said government of said land for aviation, mail delivery or
other aviation purposes upon nominal or other rental or without .con-
sideration, provided, however, that such lease to an individual or a
corporation or to the government of the United States shall not be of
any force, effect or validity until the same shall be approved by the
State corporation commission of Virginia.

Section 3074-h. The local authorities of a city or town to which
this act is applicable, having power to appropriate money therein, may
annually appropriate or cause to be raised by taxation in such city or
town a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions. of this act.

Section 3074-1. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
all hereby repealed.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its pas-
sage.