CHAP. 557.—An ACT to allow the board of supervisors of Bath
county to borrow money to build a bridge.

Approved March 1, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the board of supervisors of Bath county be, and it
is hereby, authorized and empowered if, in the judgment
of a majority of said board it is advisable to do so, to
cause to be erected a bridge across Cowpasture river, on
the line of the Harrisonburg and Warm Springs turn-
pike, in Bath county.

2. That said board is hereby authorized and empowered
to borrow money in the name of and on the credit of said
county to an amount not exceeding thirty-five hundred dol-
lars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per
annum, and issue bonds therefor, either registered or
coupon, at the discretion of said board, redeemable not
later than ten years from their date, and to levy a tax not
exceeding ten cents on each one hundred dollars of the
taxable value of the said property of said county, and
apply the same to the purpose aforesaid. Said bonds
shall not be negotiated at less than their par value.

38. Said board is hereby given the power to provide a
sinking fund for the retirement of the bonds issued under
this act: provided, however, that no tax levied for such
purpose shall exceed the sum of ten cents on the one
hundred dollars of taxable value in each year.

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