Chap. 412.—An ACT to authorize the supervisors of Warren county to borrow
$15,000, to be used in the building of a bridge and approaches thereto over
the south branch of the Shenandoah river at or near Carson’s ford, in said
county.

Apovroved December 10, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the board
of supervisors of Warren county be, and it is hereby, empowered to bor-
row upon the credit and faith of the county of Warren, and to appro-
priate towards the ercction of a bridge and approaches thereto over the
south branch of the Shenandoah river, at or near Carson's ford, in said
county, such sum or sums of money as said board may think proper: pro-
vided, said sum so borrowed and appropriated does not exceed the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars.

2. The said board of supervisors may issue the registered or coupon
bonds of said county, in the sum of one thousand dollars each, or any
multiple thereof, payable in thirty years from their date, or upon cal]
of said board of supervisors at any time after twenty years from their
date, bearing interest not exceeding five per centum per annum, the in-
terest to be paid on the thirty-first day of December of each year. The
said bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors,
be countersigned by the county clerk, and have the seal of the county
affixed.

3. The said bonds, when so issued, may be delivered for negotiation
to such agent or agents as said board of supervisors may elect; but before
such delivery of said bonds to said agent or agents, he, or they, as the
case may be, shall execute bond, with good security, in such penalty as
the said board of supervisors may think reasonable, conditioned for ths
faithful discharge of their trust as such agent or agents.

4. Said bonds shall be negotiable, and the proceeds thereof shall be
paid into the hands of the treasurer of Warren county, to be held, and
paid out by him, upon the order of the board of supervisors; and the
said treasurer, and the sureties on his official bond as such treasurer,
shall be held responsible for said money in the same manner as for other
county funds coming into his hands.

5. The act entitled an act to authorize the supervisors of Warren
county to borrow twelve thousand dollars, to be used in the building
of a bridge and approaches thercto over the south branch of the Shenan-
doah river at or near Carson’s ford, in said county, approved April four-
teenth, nineteen hundred and three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

G. By reason of the said board of supervisors of Warren county hav-
ing contracted for the construction of said bridge, which is now in pro-
cess of construction, and the money being needed to pay the contract
price on or before January first, nineteen hundred and four, an emer-
gency exists for this act to take effect at once, therefore this act shall be
in force from its passage.