CHAPTER 292

An Act to amend Chapter 155 of the Acts of Assembly of 1912, approved
March 12, 1912, which incorporated the town of Dillwyn in the county
of Buckingham, by adding a section numbered 8-a authorizing the
town to construct a water supply and sanitary sewer system, and to
issue bonds therefor; and providing for a referendum. ra 4813

Approved March 10, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 155 of the Acts of Assembly of 1912, approved March
12, 1912, be amended by adding a section numbered 8-a as follows:

§ 8-a. In addition to the other powers conferred upon the council
by general law the council shall have power to acquire, construct, recon-
struct, maintain and operate a water system and sanitary sewer system
or sewer systems to serve the town. In the exercise of such power the
council shall have authority to acquire lands or interest therein where
reasonably necessary for the proper exercise of such power.

In order to obtain the funds with which to provide such water and
sewer systems, the council shall have power to issue bonds in accordance
with the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Code of
Virginia. :

The council shall have power to operate the water system and sewer
system as a single combined undertaking as that term is used in paragraph
(b) of Section one hundred twenty-seven of the Constitution. .

In order to provide for the payment of such bonds the town shall levy
taxes without limit as to rate upon real and personal property subject to
taxation by the town and the revenue therefrom together with the rents,
fees and charges from the system shall be employed to pay the principal
and interest of such bonds.

The council shall have power to fix and prescribe the rents, fees and
charges of ‘persons using such system and to provide that unpaid charges

shall constitute a lien upon the property served, when properly recorded

and ne in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Buckingham
ounty.

_ The council shall have further power to construct the system as a
single undertaking in which event the same shall constitute a single under-
taking as defined in § 127(b) of the Constitution.

As used in this section the following terms shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed them, unless the context requires a different
meaning:

(a) The term “water system” shall mean all plants, systems, facilities
or properties used or useful or having the present capacity for future use
in connection with the supply or distribution of water, and any integral
part thereof, including water supply systems, water distribution systems,
reservoirs, wells, intakes, mains, laterals, pumping stations, standpipes,
filtration plants, purification plants, hydrants, meters, valves and equip-
ment, appurtenances, and.-all properties, rights, easements and franchises
relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the council for
the operation thereof.

(b) The term “sewer system” or “sanitary sewer system” means pipe
lines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other con-
structions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conduct-
ing sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes to a point of disposal.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.