Chap. 233.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 12, 27 and 28 of chapter 577
of the acts of the assembly of Virginia 1895-96 entitled an act to amend the
charter of the town of Waynesboro.

Approved February 8, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
twelve, twenty-seven and twenty-eight of chapter five hundred and
seventy- seven of the acts of the assembly, approved March third, eighteen
hundred and ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§ 12. The said council shall have power and authority to make all
necessary provisions to prevent accidents by fire, such as the purchase
of fire-engines, hooks and ladders, and other fixtures useful for such
purpose. They shall have power to provide, maintain and operate water-
works; to supply the town and the citizens thereof with water for any and all
purposes by means of pumps and water-works, or in any way by them
deemed to be for the best interests, comfort and safety of the town ana
the citizens thereof, and for such purpose may levy and collect a water tax
trom all persons, families, firms or corporations using water from the saia
pumps, water-works or other water fixtures in said town or within one mile
thereof. They shall have power to make and enforce such rules and. restriction:
as they may deem best for the requlation of the water supply of said town.
They shall have the power to lery a special water tax on buildings and in
surable personal property in said town for such fire protection as may be
afforded and furnished by such water supply, but said special tax shall no
ecceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars of the assessable value of saic
hualdings and insurable personal property. Said special water tax shall be ¢
lien on such buildings aad insurable property, and may be collected and th
payment thereof enforced in the same manner as other corporation tases. Th
suid council shall have power to cloxe any wells or springs matitained by saic
town of in their judgment they deem it proper to do so. They shall hav
power to contract for lighting the streeta and town buddings. They shal
have power to provide for the interment of the dead, and to regulate the
same, and to establish within the corporate limits of the said town, or witht
one mile thereof, such cemetery or cemeteries as may be decmed necessury for
that purpose, and @o far gesection one thousand Jouornduaredied and fourteer
of the code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and eiqhty-seven,
may conflict with the provisions of this act the said séction shall be wholly
repetled and inoperative, and shall be so construed. They shall have
power to establish a market and make ordinances for the manage-
ment thereof. They shall have power to open new streets and alleys,
and to widen, grade, pave and improve existing streets, sidewalks,
allevs, gutters and bridges, and for such purpose may levy and col-
lect a special road tax not to exceed fifteen cents on the one hundred
dollars’ value of taxable property. They shall have power to prevent
the obstruction of streets, allevs, sidewalks, gutters, and so forth, by
the hitching of horses, standing of wagons, or in any way whatever by
imposing a reasonable fine for such offences. They may also punish by
fine the firing of guns or pistols, the setting fire to powder and other
combustible or explosive material, the running and fast driving of horses
and other animals on the streets and alleys, and all else detrimental to
the peace and good order of the town. They shall have power to pre-
scribe rules for the orderly building of houses and their proper location,
such as stables, water-closets, hog-pens, catt'e-sheds, as well as dwell-
ings, stores and ‘shops. They shall have power to prohibit all animals,
except milech cows, from running at large and beyond their owners’
premises, and to pass all by-laws and ordinances not contrary to
the constitution and laws of the commonwealth and of the United
States, which said council may deem necessary for the carrying into effect
such powers and privileges as have or may hereafter be vested in thein.
They shall also have power before the mayor or acting mayor to regu-
late the police and to enforce all laws, by-laws and ordinances of said
town by a penalty not exceeding the penalty fixed by the common-
wealth for like offences; said penalty of fine to be paid into the corpora-
tion fund: provided, that in eases where the provisions of this charter author-
ize the Guposition of larger fines for offences designated herein than the gen-
eral law iinposes the provisions of this charter shall govern, and in all other
cases the fines and pruishments shall be fired hy ordinances enacted by said
council, The fines and punishments rinposed by all such ordinances shall in
no case exceed those Tmposed by the qeneral law, They shall have power to
amend or repeal any by-law or ordinance, or remit any fine or taxes
that mav to them seem proper and just. Any ordinance or by-laws
may be enforced by fine or imprisonment, or both, or in lieu of fine by
labor in chain-gang or otherwise, at the discretion ‘of the mayor.

$27. This act shall not be construed to repeal or in otherwise affect
the act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February first,
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled an act to enlarge the powers
of the corporation of W ayneshoro, Virginia, in regard to the interment
of the dead; aud in sa far as sertiou ane Mannan four hundred and four-
teen of the rade of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seren,
may conflict with the provisions of said act, the said section shall be wholly
moperative cul of no cffect, and shall be construed as repealed by said act,
so fur as the corporation of Waynesboro, Virginia, is concerned. The said
council shall have entire control over the old. cemetery now in the corporate
limits of Waynesboro, with power to make such rules and regulations as may
be necessary for the proper control and requlation of the same.

8°28, This act shall be in force from its passage.