Chap. 70.—An ACT to empower the councils of the city of Norfolk to acquire all
lands and water that may be necessary or advisable for enlarging or improving

the water supply of the city of Norfolk, or preventing the pollution of said
water supply.

Approved January 20, 1898.

Whereas by an act approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-three, entitled an act to amend and re-enact first sec-
tion of an act approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the first and fourth
sections of an act entitled an act to authorize the city of Norfolk to con-
struct water-works for the use of the people of said city, passed January
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the city of Norfolk was
allowed to acquire land for its water-w orks not exceeding one thousand
acres; and

Whereas by the fifth clause of section nineteen of the present charter
of the city of Norfolk the councils are given power to establish, enlarge
or extend water-works for the city; and

Whereas a doubt might arise as to the power of the city to enlarge its
works by acquiring more than one thousand acres; and

Whereas the councils of the city of Norfolk have passed a resolution
for the acquisition of certain property, being a part of the property
known as Little creek, as an additional water supply, which said pro-
perty, together with that already held by the city for its water-works,
excecds one thousand acres; and

Whereas it is desirable that the city of Norfolk should have power to
acquire all Jand that may be necessary or advisable, from time to time,
for increasing its water supply, and for preventing the pollution of said
water from impure drainage and otherwise, and should not be limited
to any certain amount: now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the coun-
ils of the city of Norfolk shall have power to acquire, by purchase,
rift, lease or condemnation, such lands, including water, as may, from
ime to time, be necessary or advisable for enlarging or improving its
water supply, or for preventing the pollution of the same from impure
drainage or otherwise.

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