Chap. 901.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 8, 1898,
entitled an act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of “Amherst
county to issue bonds fur the purpose of refunding the county debt.

Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act ap-
proved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled an
act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Amherst
county to issue bonds for the purpose of refunding the county debt, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
board of supervisors of Amherst county be, and itis hereby, authorized
and empowered to issue bonds, coupon or registered, to an amount not
exceeding forty thousand five hundred dollars; s said bonds to he issued
in denominations of five hundred-and one thousand dollars, and to run
for twenty years, bearing interest at the rate of not exceeding five per
centum per annum, payable semi-annually; the proceeds arising from
the sale of said bonds to be used for the sole purpose of retiring:

First. Thirteen thousand five hundred dollars of bonds issued by
resolution of the said board passed on the eighth of November, eighteen
hundred and eighty-two, under an act approved January fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and cighty- two, authorizing the purchase of the free
bridge across James river at Lynchburg, which said bonds are dated
November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and payable fifty
years from date with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum,
but redeemable at any time at the option of the said board of super-
visors.

Second. For the purpose of retiring twenty-seven thousand dollars of
bonds issued by the resolution of said board of supervisors on the first
of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, under an act approved
February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and elehty-eight, author-
izing the supervisors of Amherst county to issue bonds for the purpose
of retiring outstanding bonds, which said last-named bonds are dated
first of January, eighteen hundred and cighty-nine, and payable twenty
years after date with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum,
but redeemable at any time at the option of the said board of super-
visors.

§ 2. The bonds authorized to be issued under this act shall be signed
by the chairman of the said board of supervisors and under the seal of
the said board.

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