An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1899/1900 |
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Law Number | 532 |
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Chap. 532.—An ACT to authorize the United States government to acquire
title to and jurisdiction over certain lands situate on Cape Henry, in
the county of Princess Anne.
‘Approved February 26, 1900.
Whereas it has been represented to the general assembly of Virginia
that it may be desirable for the United States to acquire, by purchase,
certain lands on Cape Henry, in the county of Princess Anne, on the
Atlantic ocean and the Chesapeake bay, for the purpose of erecting for-
tifications and other military purposes; therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the consent
of the commonwealth be, and is hereby, given to the said purchase, and
when the same shall have been made, jurisdiction is hereby ceded to
the government of the United States, so that congress and the authorities
of the Federal government shall have all lawful power and contro] over
and in the same as specified in the seventeenth clause of the eighth sec-
tion of the first article of the constitution of the United States: pro-
vided, however, that the consent herein given shall not extend to the
purchase or acquisition of more than four thousand acres of land for
the purpose aforesaid: and provided further, that the state retains juris-
diction over the same in all matters relating to the violation of the laws
of the state, to the execution and service of all processes issued by or
from the courts, magistrates, or other state officers in pursuance of
law, and in all other matters not incompatible with the consent herein
given, and the rightful authority of the United States thereby acquired
or to be acquired under this act: provided further, that all right and
title to the said land shall revert to the state of Virginia in the event
that the United States government shall fail or cease to use the said
land for the purpose herein set forth.
2. That the said real estate, and the buildings, structures, docks, or
improvements that may be erected thereon by the United States govern-
ment are hereby exempted from any tax to be imposed by this state,
or the constituted authorities of Princess Anne county, so long as the
same shall be held and used by the general government for the purpose
hereinbefore mentioned and no longer.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.