Chap. 755.—An ACT authorizing the town of Emporia to issue bonds and
borrow money for the purpose of establishing a system of water-works for
said town, supplying and maintaining electric lights for said town, for im-
provements of the streets of said town, and for establishing a system of
sewerage for said town.

Approved March 5, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
council of the town of Emporia may, for and in the name of the said
town, cause to be issued coupon bonds (the form of which shall be pre-
scribed by the council), not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of
thirty-five thousand dollars, and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding
six per centum per annum, and payable, in the discretion of the council,
not less than thirty nor more than thirty-five years from their date:
provided, however, that the money arising from the sale of the said
bonds shall be issued and applied by the said council for the purpose of
establishing a system of water-works and for supplying and maintaining
electric lights and for the improvement of the streets and for establishing
a system of sewerage for said town: provided further, that such bonds
shall not be issued or be valid unless and until the question of issuing
the same shall have been first submitted to the legal voters of the said
town for their approval at an election to be had and conducted and
returned as near as may be in the manner and by the officers as provided
by sections twelve hundred and forty-three and twelve hundred and
forty-four of the code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
after having given notice thereof by publication for four weeks suc-
cessively, if any be published in said town, such election to be held at
such time as a majority of the council of said town shall direct. The
said election shall be ordered by a majority of the council of the said
town: and provided further, that the said bonds shall not be issued unless
and until the same shall be sanctioned by two-thirds of the qualified
voters of the said town voting upon the said question, which two-thirds
shall include a majority of the votes cast by theefreeholders at said
election; also a majority of the registered voters of the said town. The
said election shall be by viva voce vote, and only those who are legal
voters of the said town under the laws of Virginia shall have the right
to vote. The word freeholder as used in this section shall be considered
to embrace only a full ownership of the fee simple at law or in equity
or an estate for life. The council shall cause to be prepared at least
thirty days prior to any election hereunder a list of the legal voters in
the said town owning such freehold estate, and shall cause the same to
be published in a newspaper published in the said town for at least once
a week for four weeks prior to any such election. The council shall at
least ten days before any such election convene in session, and at such
session revise and correct such list if there be error therein. Such list,
when so revised and corrected, shall be conclusive on any question as
to who constitutes the legal vote of said town owning a freehold estate
and entitled to vote at such election. Any bonds issued under the pro-
visions of this section shall be regularly numbered, signed by the mayor,
clerk, and treasurer of the said town, and recorded in the book kept for
that purpose.

2. Said town of Emporia shall have the power, and is hereby author-
ized, through its proper officers, to order and make such town levies as
may be necessary to be made in order to raise the amounts necessary to
pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the same become due.

3. All acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

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