CHAPTER 3

AN ACT to validate all proceedings in the creation of any sanitary
district in the State and all proceedings in connection with
bond issues of such sanitary districts, and to make the bonds
binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the santtary
district issuing the same. [H 8]

Approved February 7, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:
1. § 1. All proceedings had in the creation of sanitary districts
in the State prior to the effective date of this act, whether under
general law or by special act, are validated and confirmed, and all
such districts so created or attempted to be created, under existing
general law or by special act, are declared to be validly created and
established, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the
creation thereof, including any curable unconstitutionality of a pro-
cedural character, such as failure of the act to correspond with title
and such constitutional questions.

§ 2. All proceedings had and all elections held in any sanitary
district of the State prior to the effective date of this act, whether
under general law or by special act, to provide for and in respect
to the contracting of bonded indebtedness and the authorization,
issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of bonds by or on behalf of
such district prior to the effective date of this act, whether under
general law or by special act, are ratified and confirmed, notwith
standing the lack of power of the governing body of the county ir
which such district is located to authorize and issue such bonds 01
to execute, sell, or deliver the same, and notwithstanding any}
defects or irregularities in such proceedings or elections concernin}
such execution, sale, or delivery, and notwithstanding any curabl
unconstitutionality of a procedural character, such as failure of th
act to conform to the title and such other constitutional questions
and such bonds so issued or to be issued are and shall be binding
legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such sanitary district.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.