CHAPTER 103

AN ACT to authorize the board of county supervisors of the
county of Warwick to construct, maintain and operate cer-
tain harbor facilities; to prescribe the powers of the board
en connection therewith.

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Approved March 4, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The board of county supervisors of the county of
Warwick is hereby authorized to expend revenues of the county
for the construction, maintenance and operation of harbor facili-
ties at the confluence of the James River and Deep Creek in
such county. In the construction, maintenance, and operation
of such facilities, the board of county supervisors shall have
the powers specified in the following sections.

§ 2. The board may acquire, lease, construct or maintain
and operate, landings, wharves, docks and piers, and the ap-
proaches to and appurtenances thereof, tracks, spurs, crossings,
switchings, terminals, warehouses and terminal facilities of
every kind and description necessary or useful in the transpor-
tation and storage of goods, wares and merchandise, perform
any and all services at such facilities in connection with the
receipt, delivery, shipment and transfer in transit, weighing
marking, tagging, ventilating, fumigating, refrigerating, icing
storing and handling of goods, wares and merchandise, pre-
scribe and collect charges from vessels coming into or using any
landings, wharves, docks, and piers, operated and maintained
by the board and from persons using any of the other facilities
of the board, and lease any and all of such facilities or any con-
cessions properly incident thereto to any person, firm or corpo-
ration for the maintenance and operation of any and all of such
facilities on such terms and conditions as it deems proper.

§ 8. The board may acquire, hold and dispose of such
personal property as is necessary to carry out the purposes of
this act and acquire by purchase or lease, on such terms and con-
ditions and in such manner as it deems proper, or by gift, such
real property or such rights, easements, or estates therein as
are necessary for such purposes, and sell, lease, and dispose of
the same or any portion thereof or any interest therein when-
ever it becomes expedient to do so.

§ 4. The board may fix and charge tolls, fees and any
other charges for the use of or for services rendered by any of
the facilities it is authorized hereunder to maintain and operate.

§ 5. The board may appoint and employ such officers,
agents and employees as are necessary to carry out the purposes
of this act and fix their compensation and prescribe their duties.

The board may do all other acts and things which are
reasonably necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes
and powers given herein.