Chap. 189.—An ACT providing how a subdivision of land into villa sites, blocks,
lots, streets and alleys, in Fairfax county, shall be made; certificates of
source of title, boundary markers, recordation, power of board of super-
visors to regulate and effect of copies of plats or extracts therefrom attested
by the clerk in whose office recorded. [11 B 305]

Approved March 14, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any
xwner or proprietor of a tract or tracts of land, situated in Fairfax
county, desiring to subdivide the same, or a part or parts thereof,
nto villa sites, blocks, lots, streets and alleys, or in any manner
whatever, for the purpose of description or identification, shall
cause a plat of such subdivision with reference to known or perma-
1ent monuments to be made, which shall accurately describe all
the subdivisions of such tract or tracts of land, giving the dimen-
sions and courses and distances thereof in such manner as will
enable each villa site, lot, block, street or alley to be accurately de-
scribed by metes and bounds, courses and distance to be calculated
to the true meridian. There shall be endorsed upon each plat a cer-
tificate of the surveyor making the same setting forth the source of
title of the owner of the tract or tracts, giving specifically the date
and place of record if by deed or will, and the place of record of the
last instrument in the chain of title if by descent. When the said
plat shall be of land acquired from more than one source of title the
outlines of the several tracts shall be indicated by red lines drawn
upon said plat and the respective tracts properly identified either
upon said plat or in the said certificate. A monument of stone,
concrete, iron or some other like durable substance shall be placed
at least two feet in the ground at each corner of the outer lines of
the said subdivision, and the said surveyor shall so certify upon
the said plat and accurately indicate the location of said monu-
ment thereon and shall further certify that all of the land included
in the said subdivision is within the boundaries of the original
tracts of the said owner. The clerk of the circuit court of Fairfax
county shall not admit to record any such plat unless the same
shall comply fully with all the requirements of this act.

2. The board of supervisors of Fairfax county shall have the
power to pass reasonable regulations to promote uniformity in the
layout of streets and alleyways, including the right to fix the mini-
mum width thereof; to prevent duplication in the names of sub-
divisions or streets or alleyways; and to prevent the recording of
any plat that does not comply with said regulations.

3. Descriptions of lots or parcels of land in such subdivision,
according to the number and designation thereof on said plat, con-
tained in conveyances, mortgages, or other instruments or for the
purpose of taxation, and copies of said plats or extracts therefrom
properly attested by the clerk in whose office the same are recorded,
shall have the same force and effect as copies of deeds now have,
and shall be deemed proper descriptions and good and valid for all
intents and purposes.

4. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this
act, in so far as they relate to Fairfax county, are hereby repealed.