Chap. 468.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1371 of the code of Virginia
in relation to the management and leasing of the Norfolk county ferries.

Approved February 23, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one thousand three hundred and seventy-one of the code of Virginia,
in relation to the management and leasing of the Norfolk county ferries,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$1371. How regulated and managed.—The said ferries shall be reg-
ulated and managed by a committee of six, three of whom shall be ap-
pointed by the council of the city of Portsmouth and three by the
board of supervisors of Norfolk county; and the said committee shall
be under the control of the said council and board of supervisors in the
management of said ferries. The said council and board of supervisors
are hereby authorized, if they deem best for the interest of said city
and county, after advertising the same for thirty days previous to the
day of lease, to lease out the said ferrics, or any part thereof, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, fora term of ten vears, at the expiration
of which said term they may again lease the same, and continue to
lease the same, for terms not exceeding ten vears each, upon such terms
and conditions as the said council and board of supervisors shall deter-
mine, and may require bond or bonds from the lessee or lessees, in such
sums as they may deem best for the faithful performance of the terms
of the lease, and with securities deemed by them sufficient, which bond
or bonds shall be made payable to the city of Portsmouth and Norfolk
county: provided, that said council and board of supervisors may lease
out the said ferries as a whole, or in such parts as they may deem best
for the interest of the said city and county: and provided further, that
said council and board of supervisors may arrange a schedule for the
ferries between the town of Berkeley and the city of Norfolk and be-
tween the town of Berkeley and the city of Portsmouth different from
that between the said cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, so as to make
the trips between the said town of Berkeley and said cities less frequent
than those between the said cities; but in the event of a change of the
present schedule the trips between the said town of Berkeley and said
cities shall not be less than twelve minutes.
2. This act shall take effect from its passage.