Chap. 93.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act
to create the city of Hopewell, in the county of Prince George; to provide
temporary and permanent officers for its organization and management and
to authorize the assessment and collection of revenue necessary for the
permanent improvement and government of said city, approved February
26, 1916, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, a

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Became a law without the signature of the governor March 4, 1930.

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
ten of an act entitled an act to create the city of Hopewell, in the
county of Prince George; to provide temporary and permanent officers
for its organization and management and to authorize the assessment
and collection of revenue necessary for the permanent improvement
and government of said city, approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred and sixteen, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved
March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 10. The council shall have control of all fiscal and municipal
affairs of said city and all of the real and personal property; and may
make all ordinances and by-laws relative to the same as it deems
proper, and from time to time may make, amend and re-amend any
and all ordinances for the proper regulation, management and govern-
ment of the said city not in conflict with the Constitution and statutes
of this State or of the United States, and may impose fines and penal-
ties for the violation or non-observance thereof. It shall be the duty
of the council, annually, to make such levies on all property, persons,
business and privileges that are permitted by law, as will, when collected,
bring into the city treasury sufficient sums as nearly as may be, to pay
all of the expenses for maintaining and governing the said city, and to
pay interest and create a reasonable sinking fund for all indebtedness
that may from time to time be due by the city on account of the issue
of bonds or otherwise; and to that end, the said council is hereby
fully authorized and empowered to levy and collect all proper levies
and taxes upon persons, properties, privileges and business, not pro-
hibited by law; and it may impose and collect local assessments for
improvement within the limits provided by the Constitution and gen-
eral laws of the Commonwealth. The council shall have full power
to enact, establish and prescribe for the enforcement by proper authority
of any and all ordinances that in its judgment may be proper, expedient
and advisable to promote the health, protection and general welfare
of the said city and of its inhabitants, and to protect persons and
property therein from danger, damage or destruction by fire or other-
wise. And to effectuate the powers conferred by general laws, as
well as the powers herein specifically provided, said council may em-
ploy all such persons as may be necessary, and fix and pay their com-
pensation.

To borrow money, from time to time, in anticipation of the col-
lection of the revenue for the then current year, and to issue, from
time to time, certificates, bonds, notes or other obligations therefor;
provided, that the certificates, bonds, notes or other obligations mature
within one year from the date of their issue, and the total issue of
said certificates, bonds, notes or other obligations does not exceed the
estimated revenue for such year.

2. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall
be in force from its passage.