Chap. 57.—An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to
provide for the abandonment and closing of certain roads and railway
crossings. {H 195]

Approved February 27, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. Section 1. The governing body of any county which has
chosen or hereafter chooses not to be included in the provisions of
chapter four hundred fifteen of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen
hundred thirty-two, as amended, whenever it deems that any part of
the roads subject to its jurisdiction is no longer required or an
existing crossing by any such road of the lines of a railway com-
pany by such road is no longer necessary as a part of such road
system, may abandon the section of road, or the crossing by the road
of the lines of a railway company, or the crossing by the lines of the
railway company of such road as the case may be.

Section 2. The procedure for any such abandonment described
in the preceding section shall be governed by the provisions ap-
plicable to the State Highway Commission as provided in chapter
two hundred twelve of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred
twenty-six and all provisions applicable to the State Highway Com-
mission shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the governing body of
the county.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its pass-
age.