CHAP. 182.—An ACT to allow the James river marl and bone
ee a pompany to erect a wharf on James river near Jor-
an’s Point.

Approved February 6, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the James river marl and bone phosphate company
be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect a wharf on
James river near Jordan’s point, for the purpose of ship-
ping and receiving freights and passengers on or from ves-
sels or steamers, and be subject to all the laws of Virginia
governing wharves erected in the waters of the common-
wealth. The said James river marl and bone phosphate
company shall have the right to charge such compensa-
tion for the use of said wharf as may have been agreed
upon by and between the parties, and provided that the
said wharf shall not interfere with navigation; and pro-
vided also that this act shall at all times be under the
control of the general assembly.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CHapP. 188.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act
entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Suffolk,
in forve March 19, 1872, and section 16 of the same act, as
amended by an act ‘approved March 1, 1875, as amended by an
act approved February 8, 1884.

Approved February 6, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section thirteen of an act entitled an act to provide
a new charter for the town of Suffolk, in force March the
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two; and sec-
tion sixteen of an act entitled an act to provide a new
charter for the town of Suffolk, in force March the nine-
teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as amended by
an act of the genera] assembly approved the first day of
March, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as amended
by an act of the general assembly approved the eighth
day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be
amended and re-enacted go as to read as follows:

§13. The council so constituted shall have power within
said town to lay off, open, curb, and pave streets, alleys,
walks, and gutters for the public use, and to alter, 1m-
prove, and light the same, and have them kept in good
order and free from obstructions on or over them; to reg-
ulate the width of the sidewalks on the streets, and to
order the sidewalks, footways, and gutters to be curbed,
paved, and kept in good order, free, and clean, by the
owners and occupants of the adjacent lots; to lay off
public grounds and to provide, contract for, and take care
of al] buildings necessary for the use of the town; to
establish and regulate markets; to prescribe the time for
holding the same, and what articles shall be sold in such
markets; to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or
individuals from anything dangerous, offensive, or un-
wholesome; to protect places of divine worship in or
about the premises where held; to abate, or cause to be
abated, anything which, in the opinion of the majority of
the whole council, shall be a nuisance; to regulate the
keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles : to regu-
late or prohibit the blowing or sounding of whistles on
steam engines; to provide in or near the town places for
the burial of the dead, and to regulate interments in and
near the town; to provide for the building of houses and
other structures, and for the making of division fences,
and for the drainage of lots by proper drains and ditches;
to make regulations for guarding against danger or dam-
age by fires; to appoint and publish the places for hold-
ing the town election; to provide a revenue for the town,
and to appropriate the same for its expenses, and to pro-
vide the annual assessment of taxable persons and prop-
erty in the town; to establish rules for the transaction of
business and for the government and regulation of its own
body; to promote the general welfare of the town and to
protect the property of persons therein, and to preserve
peace and good order: to keep a town guard; to appoint
and order out a patrol for the town in like manner and
for like purposes within the same as the patrol may be
ordered out by the county court or a justice within the
county; to require and take from the sergeant, treasurer,
and clerk of the market,-bonds with such securities and
in such penalty as the council mav see fit, which bonds
shall be made payable to the town by its corporate name
and conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties ;
to regulate and provide for the weighing and measuring
of hay, coal, wood, or other articles sold or for sale in
said town, and to regulate the transportation thereof
through the streets. And to enable the authorities of said
town more effectually to enforce the provisions of this
section, their jurisdiction is hereby declared to extend
one mile beyond the corporate limits.

§16. The council of said town shall annually make, or
cause to be made and entered upon the record of its pro-
ceedings, an estimate and statement of all sumsof money
which may lawfully be or may lawfully become chargea-
ble to said town, and which ought to be paid within one
year, for any and all purposes, including for the poor and
public schools, together with a statement of the purposes
or objects for which said sums of money may be or may
become so chargeable to said town, and shall raise by levy
so much money as in its direction shall be sufficient to
meet all just demands against the corporation or town on
any account, including the poor and public schools. The
said levy may be made upon dogs, and upon such male
persons of said town and over the age of twenty-one years,
and upon all such real and personal estate, and all such
other subjects of taxation (except the hall of the Friends
of Temperance and the armory of the Suffolk Grays, and
the lots upon which said hall and armory are situated) as
may be subject to state taxation and not exempt from tax-
ation by the constitution and laws of the state: provided,
however, that the said levy for the benefit of the poor may
be such annually as may be necessary to enable the coun-
cil to provide for them, and for the benefit of the public
schools, it shall not annually exceed the levy or tax
allowed by the general laws of the state for such pur-
poses, and for all other purposes of said town it shall not
annually exceed one per centum of the assessed value of
the taxable subjects or property, nor fifty cents per head
per annum upon persons in said town at the time said levy
may be made; and provided, further, that no town tax nor
levy shall be imposed upon the bonds of said town; and
provided, further, that the assessment of property within
said town for town taxation shall in no case exceed the
value at which such property may be assessed for the pur-
pose of state taxation; and provided, further, that the said
town taxes may be-assessed or levied and collected in the
same manner in which state taxes are levied or assessed
and upon the same subjects of taxation.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.