CHAPTER 497

An Act to amend Chapter 712 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved
April 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the city of Harrisonburg,
by adding a section numbered 18.1, providing the method of and cer-

tain limitations on exercise of the power of eminent domain by the city.

(H 632]
Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That Chapter 712 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8,
1952, which provided a charter for the city of Harrisonburg, be amended
by adding a section numbered 13.1 as follows:

§ 18.1. In the exercise of the power of eminent domain conferred by
§ 18 the city may proceed under the provisions of Title 25 of the Code of
Virginia, or other general law, subject to the provisions of § 25-233 of the
Code of Virginia, by the method provided for the State Highway Commis-
sioner under Article 5 of Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Code; provided that
as to the acquisition of property lying outside the corporate limits of the
city, such power shall be exercised only in connection with parks, electric
lines and systems, water supplies, water systems, water works, sewerage
systems, sewage disposal plants, and facilities related thereto.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.