Chap. 595.—An ACT to provide for the enumeration of the popu-
lation of towns claiming to have five thousand or more inhab-
itants witha view of being chartered as cities in accordance with
the constitution. .

Approved March 2, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That any town in the state claiming to have a population
of five thousand or more, and wishing to be incorporated
as a city, may, through its mayor and council, apply to the
county court of the county in which it is situated, or to the
judge thereof in vacation, to have a legal enumeration of
its population. When said application is made it shall be
the duty of said court, or the judge thereof in vacation,
forthwith to divide such town into four districts, with
well-defined boundaries, numbered one, two, three, and
four, and to appoint for each of said districts two enume-
rators, one of whom shall be a resident of the county in
which said town is situated outside of said town, and re-
commended by the board of supervisors of said county,
and the other a resident of said town, and recommended
by the council thereof. In the absence of recommenda-
tions the judge must proceed to make the aforesaid ap-
pointments. Before entering on their duties they shall
take an oath, before some notary public or other officer
qualified to administer oaths under the laws of this state,
for the faithful discharge of their duties. |

2. The said enumerators shall at once proceed to enume-
rate the actual bona fide inhabitants of their respective
districts. They shall report tothe said judge the result of
their enumeration and a list of the persons enumerated by
them. If they shal] disagree as to whether a person or
persons shall be enumerated they shall report their dis-
agreement to the said court or the judge thereof in vaca-
tion, who shall take evidence and determine whether the
said person or persons are actual bona fide inhabitants of
said town. If he shall find they are, he shall add their
names to said list.

3. The said court or the judge thereof in vacation shall
cause to be tabulated and consolidated said lists showing
the whole number of inhabitants in said town, and enter
the result thereof in the record of his court, the costs of
which shall be the same as is paid for like work in other
proceedings.

4. The said judge shall allow each enumerator three
dollars per day for each day actually employed by him in
making said enumeration. He shall certify the allowance
to the enumerators, and costs, to the council of said town
for payment out of the town treasury, and the same shall
be a legal charge upon said town.

5. This act shall be in force from the date of its pas-
sage.