CHAP. 144.—An AC T to incorporate Lee district, in the county of
enriceo.

Approved January 31, 1890,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia.
That the territory in the county of Henrico, bounded on
the east by the corporation line of the city of Richmond.
on the north by the Broad street road, on the west by the
boulevard and the property of the city of Richmond known
as “ Reservoir park,’’ and on the south by Ashland street.
is hereby incorporated and constituted a body politic by
the name of “ Lee district.” The purpose of erecting this
district is to enable the property-owners therein to raise
funds by special tax to improve streets, to provide for drain-
age, and other local necessities. It remains a part of the
county and magisterial district to which it now belongs,
and is subject in all respects to the county government, ex-
cept in so far as may be hereinafter provided. And noth-
ing contained in this act shall deprive the said district of
its right to have a fair proportion of the county road tax
applied to the improvement of roads within the territory
above described.

2. The board of supervisors of Henrico county shall an-
nually levy upon the real estate of the said district, at the
time of making the county levy, a taxof not more than
twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars for the use of the
streets, roads and local improvements in the said district,
which shall be collected as other county taxes are collected.
The fund so collected shall be kept separate by the county
treasurer from all other taxes collected by him, and shal
he paid out only as provided for in this act.

3. There shall be three commissioners of roads for the
said district, who shall hold office for two years and shal
he appointed by the judge of the county court of Henrico
The first appointment of said commissioners shall be made
at the first term of the court after this bill becomes a law
and the commissioners so appointed shall hold office unti.
the thirty-first dav of December, eighteen hundred anc
ninety-one. Their successors shall be appointed at the
December term, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, anc
every second year thereafter. In making such appoint.
ments the judge shall designate which of them shall be
chairman. The said commissioners shall be owners of rea:
estate in the said district, and the chairman shall give
bond in the sum of five thousand dolfars, with sureties tc
be approved by the said judge, conditioned for the faithful
discharge of the duties of his office. The said commission-
ers shall decide upon al] questions concerning the open-
ing and improvement of streets, roads, and so forth, with-
in their district, and shall cause such openings and im-
provements to be made. They shall meet whenever called
by the chairman, and receive one dollar for each meeting
which they attend. They shall appoint an overseer of
roads for the district, who shall superintend the construc-
tion of roads, streets and culverts and all improvements
thereof. His salary shall be fixed by the commissioners.
All accounts and expenses incurred by said commissioners
shall be paid by warrants on the treasurer, signed by
the chairman of the board. The said commissioners
shall annually notify the board of supervisors of the
amount of tax required to be levied for the year.

4. Whenever any person or persons shall desire to im-
prove any road or street, or have a culvert constructed to
an extent beyond that proposed by the commissioners, they
may make written application to the commissioners, sta-
ting in the application the nature of the improvements to
be made, and offering to pay one-half of the cost of such
improvements. If the board, on consideration thereof,
shall be of opinion that the interests of the public will be
promoted thereby, they may order the improvement to be
made, in preference to other work. But the parties making
such application shall deposit their half of the cost with
the chairman of the board before the work shall be com-
menced.

5. The commissioner of the revenue for the upper dis-
trict of Henrico county shall annually extend on his
hooks against each tract or lot of land within said incor-
porated district. the amount of tax imposed under section
two of this act; and it shall be the duty of the treasurer
of the county to collect said tax at the same time and in
the same manner as other county taxes are collected; and
all liens and remedies now existing, for the collection of
other delinquent taxes, shall he in force and operative as
to the special tax imposed by this act.

6. All taxes assessed and collected under the provisions
of this bil] upon the property known as the “ William C.
Allen addition,” in which addition is situated the “ Lee
monument,” shall be expended in making improvements
on the streets, avenues and alleys of said “William C.
Allen addition.”

7. This act shall be in force from its passage, and the
tax herein authorized shall be assessed for the vear eigh-
teen hundred and ninety.

8. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed. |

CuHaP. 145.—An ACT for the relief of Perry Wright, of Alleghany
cou:.ty.

Approved February 1, 1890.

Whereas at a county court held for the county of. Alle-
ghany, Frederick Aritt and Perry Wright were jointly in-
dicted for unlawful fishing; and whereas at the February
term, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, of said court,
said Aritt was tried for said offense and acquitted thereof,
and at the February term, eighteen hundred and eighty-
nine, of said court, the said Perry Wright, without any
defense being interposed in his behalf, was tried and a
fine of twenty dollars assessed against him; and whereas
at the March term, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the
said Wright was tried in said court for carrying a con-
cealed weapon and fined twenty dollars, he not appearing
to defend the said indictment; and whereas the said
Wright is a youth of the age of seventeen years, whose
mother ig a poor widow and much in need of his services,
but he being absent from the state because of such fines,
she is deprived of such services; and whereas the judge
of the county court of said county, together with a large
number of the citizens of said county, have petitioned
the general assembly to release said fines; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the fines aforesaid of twenty dollars each, imposed
upon the said Perry Wright at the February and March
terms, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, of the county
court of Alleghany county, be, and the same are hereby,
released.

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