CHAPTER 35

n Act to create the Virginia Beach Erosion Commission and to pre-
scribe the powers, functions and duties of the Commission so A408)

Approved February 14, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: oo

§ 1. A Commission is hereby created for the City of Virginia
ach to be known as the Virginia Beach Erosion Commission which is
be composed of five members to be appointed by the Governor. All
e said members of the Commission shall be citizens of the City of
rginia Beach. Two members of the said Commission shall be appointed
- 4 term of two years and three members of the said Commission shall
appointed for a term of four years. Upon the expiration of the term
the members appointed for two years, their successors shall be ap-
nted for 2 term of four years. The said Commission shall be a body

rate invested with the rights, powers and authority and charged
the duties set forth in this section. The Commission may elect one
of its members as chairman and may appoint such officers and agents
as it may require. A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum.

§ 2. The Virginia Beach Erosion Commission hereby created shall
have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes
for which it is created, including the following powers in addition to
others herein granted:

(a) To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter same at pleasure;
to have perpetual succession; to make and execute instruments necessary
and convenient to the exercise of the powers of the Commission; and to
make and from time to time amend and repeal by-laws, rules and regula-
tions not inconsistent with law to carry out the general purposes of the
Commission.

(b) The general purpose of the Commission hereby created is to
stop, impede or correct erosion along the Atlantic Coast in the City of
Virginia Beach, and to this end, the said Commission shall have power
to erect, construct and maintain jetties, groins, sea walls, to pump or
otherwise place sand or any kind of material upon the Beach for the
purpose of correcting or controlling erosion; to acquire land, rights of way,
sand, or any kind of material to attain or carry out the objects of the
Commission; to improve, beautify, maintain and preserve the ocean front
in the City of Virginia Beach; and to provide for the construction, recon-
struction, improvement, alteration, repair, or replacement of any jetty,
groin, sea wall, sand or other material.

(c) To contract with any person, firm or corporation for the per-
formance of such act or acts necessary to carry out the purposes for
which the Commission is created.

‘ (d) The Council of the City may appropriate such funds to the said
Commission as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes for which
this Commission is created.

(e) The Commission may accept and expend to carry out the purposes
of this act any gift, grant or donation from any public or private source.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.