Chap. 272.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Round Hill, in the county
of Loudoun.

Approved February 6, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the town
of Round Hill, in the county of Loudoun, as the same has heretofore,
or may hereafter be, laid out into lots, streets, and alleys, shall be, and
the same is hereby, made a town corporate by the name of Round Hill,
and by that name shall have and exericse the powers conferred upon
towns by chapter forty-four of the code of Virginia, and be subject to
and governed by the provisions of said chapter, applicable to towns and
all laws which may hereafter be enacted by the general assembly of
Virginia for towns, so far as the same are not in conflict with this act.

2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows: Beginning, (1)
at a sycamore tree on the graded road from Snickersville to Leesburg
on G. G. Gregg’s line, thence north twenty-seven, west sixty-six poles
to two (2); thence north thirty-one, west eighty-three, sixty poles to
three (3); thence south eighty-five, west seventeen, twenty-four poles
to four (4); thence south forty-two, twenty-five, west sixty-four poles to
five (5); thence north eighty-nine, seventy-five, west nineteen, thirty-six
poles to six (6); thence, south one, east sixty-seven, twenty-eight poles
to seven (7); thence south eighty-three, seventy-five, west twenty-seven
poles to eight (8); thence south four, east thirty-two, eighty poles to nine
(9); thence south forty-two, twenty-five, east forty-two, fifty-six poles
to ten (10); thence south eighty-eight, fiftv, east eighty-seven, sixty-six
poles to eleven (11); thence north thirty- -nine, seventy- five, east thirty-
five, thirty-two poles to twelve (12); thence north fifty, west fifteen,
thirty- -s1x poles to thirteen (13); thence north sixty- live, fiftv, east
thirty-seven, sixteen poles on the north side of said eraded road to
ince of beginning.

The gov ernment of said town shall be vested in a mavor and five
councilmen and such other officers as may be provided for by the mayor
and council, to be elected annually on the fourth Thursday of May.
from the qualified voters of said town. All persons entitled to vote in
the county of Loudoun, and who have resided within the corporate limits
of said town for three months next previous to any election, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections under this act of incorporation.

The first election under this act shall be held on the fourth Thurs-
day in May, nineteen hundred, and the following commissioners are
appointed to hold said election (Johnson Taylor, Troy C. Ballenger,
and William R. Jones), between the hours of two o’clock and six o’clock
postmeridian. Should any commissioner fail to act, the remainder are
authorized to fill the vacancy, and should there be a tie in any vote, the
commissioners shall decide any such case by lot; and immediately there-
after said commissioners shall make out and deliver to mayor, each
councilman, and such other officer or officers as may be elected, a cer-
tificate of his election, and shall administer to said mayor, councilmen
and other officer the oath of office required by the constitution and
laws of Virginia.

4, The mavor and councilmen shall constitute the council of said
town, three of whom shall constitute a quorum, to do business, and al)
the corporate powers of said town shall be exercised by the said counci!
or under its authority, except where otherwise provided by law.

The mayor shall be president of the council, and shall have al
the rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon such officer by the
general laws of the state for the government of towns of less than five
thousand inhabitants. He shall be invested with all the powers of ¢
justice of the peace within the limits of said town, and one mile bevonc
the said limits, except, however, no civil warrants shall be tried by saic
mayor.

All fines, penaltics, or imprisonments for violation of the by-law:
or ordinances of said town shall be recovered or enforced under the judg
ment of the mavor, and for that purpose he may issue process as a justic
of the peace, and for such services shall be entitled to the same fee
for like services performed by a justice of the peace.

All vacancies which may occur in the offices of mayor or councilmer
shall be filled by the council. The mavor and councilmen shall hol
their respective offices for one year, from the first Monday in June nex
succeeding their election and until their successors are elected anc
qualified. The mayor and councilmen are empowered to appoint com
missioners to hold all subsequent elections.

5. At the same time the mayor and council are elected, a sergean
shall be elected, who shall be a conservator of the peace, and be investe
with all the powers of a constable within the limits of said town, an
also have power to arrest for offense committed within the limits of th
said town, and also have power to arrest offenders within one mile of
the limits of said town, for offenses committed within the limits of said
town, or against its by-laws and ordinances and for such services the
sergeant shall be entitled to the same fees as a constable for like ser-
vices. The use of the jail of the county of Loudoun shall be allowed
the said town for the confinement and safe-keeping of all persons
arrested or sentenced to imprisonment under the by-laws or ordinances
of the said town; and the sergeant of the said town may convey any
person so arrested or sentenced to the said jail, and the jailor shall
receive such person in the same manner as if such person were com-
mitted by the justice of the peace of the said county and delivered to
the said jailor by a constable.

The council shall require such bond with approved security of the
sergeant, for double the amount of such revenues as shall come into his
hands.

6. The council of said town shall have all the powers vested in it by
the laws of the state, and it shall also have the power to mark accurately
the bounds of existing streets, and to compel the removal of obstructions
therefrom, to close or extend, widen or narrow, lay out and graduate,
pave and otherwise improve streets and alleys in the town.

7%. To secure the inhabitants from contagious, infectious, and other
dangerous diseases, to regulate the building of stables, privies, and hog
pens, to require and compel the abatement and removal of all nuisances
or anything, which in the opinion of a majority of the council or in the
opinion of the mayor (under an ordinance vesting in him such dis-
cretion), is a nuisance within said town at the expense of the person
causing the same or the owner or owners of the ground whereon the
same may be, the collection of which said expense may be enforced in
the same manner as fines due said town; to provide for the drainage of
lots by proper drain or ditches; to prevent or regulate slauchter-houses
or the exercise of any dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy business, trade
or employment therein; to prevent hogs, cows, or other animals from
running at large in the town, and may subject the owners thereof to such
levies, fines, and regulations as they may think proper; to restrain and
punish drunkards, vagrants, and street beggars; to prevent vice and
immorality; to enforce a proper observance of the Sabbath; to preserve
public peace and good order; to prevent and quell riots, disturbances,
and disorderly assemblies; to prevent and punish lewd, indecent, and
disorderly conduct or exhibitions in said town.

8. When, by the provisions of the law, the council have authority to
pass ordinances on any subject, they may prescribe punishment by fine
or imprisonment, or both, for all violations thereof: provided, that in
no case the fine shall exceed fifty dollars or the imprisonment sixty days.

Fines may be recovered upon warrants issued in the name of the town
of Round Hill before the mayor or any councilman thereof. Whenever
judgment. is rendered against any person for a fine, the officer trying
the offender may require immediate payment thereof, and default of
such payment may commit the party in default to the county jail, or
may compel him to work out such fines and costs on the street or other
improvements of said town, upon such terms as the council, by ordi-
nance, may prescribe. All fines for the violation of the ordinances of
said town shall be paid into the treasury thereof, and may be appro-
priated as the council may determine.

To meet the expenditures that may be lawfully chargeable to the
said town, the council may annually levy a town levy of so much (as
in its opinion may be necessary) upon all taxable persons and property,
resident or situate within said town, not exempted from taxation by
the laws of the state: provided, that a capitation tax not greater than
fifty cents per head on the male inhabitants of the said town over the
ave of twenty-one vears may be levied in any one year: and provided
further, that the tax so levied on the real and personal property within
the said town do not exceed twenty five cents on the one hundred dollars
of the assessed value thereof for any one vear: and provided also, no tax
shall be levied upon the stock, utensils, or implements within the limits
of said corporation which are used strictly for farming purposes; but
this provision is not intended to apply to milch cows, horses, or other
animals in domestic use.

10. The council of said town may impose, levy, and collect a license
tax on all persons doing business in said town; the council shall also
have power to levy and collect a license tax on any show, exhibition, or
merry-go-round, within one mile of the limits of the said town; to im-
pose a ‘license tax on the owners of dogs not to exceed fifty cents for
each dog, and to make provisions for the killing of dogs whose owners
fail to procure the said license and pay the said tax, and also to provide
for the killing of such dogs as have no owners.

11. The corporate limits of said town are hereby created and declared
to be a separate and distinct road district in Loudoun county, and no
road tax shall be levied on any property within said limits, for which
exemption the said town shall keep its own streets in order, and shall
not be embraced in any road district in Loudoun county.

12. The council of said town, at its first meeting shall elect a clerk.
who may be of their body, whose duty it shall be to keep a complete
record of the proceedings of the council in a book provided for that
purpose, and to also make out the tax tickets (and for that purpose
they shall have the use of the books of the commissioners of the revenue
of Jefferson and Mount Gilead districts), and shall deliver the said
tickets into the hands of the sergeant for collection, and no money
shall be paid out by the sergeant or other officer unless ordered or ap-
proved by the mavor or council.

13. The council may at any time, if it deems it best, appoint an
assessor for the town of Round Hill, whose duty it shall be to annually
assess all the personal property in ‘said corporation for taxation, and
to list all real estate, to be based on the assessment for state taxation.
The compensation of all officers of said corporation shall be fixed by the
council of said town.

14. This act shall be in force from its passage.