Chap. 371.—An ACT to Authorize the County of Albemarle to Borrow
Money to Rebuild Bridges Detsroyed by the Recent Flood of Septem-
ber, 1870.

Approved November 1, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of Albemarle county be and they are
hereby authorized and empowered, at any meeting at which a
majority of said supervisors shall be present, to issue bonds,
in the name of the county of Albemarle, for a sum not exceed-
ing in the aggregate thirty thousand dollars, and to sell the
same, and with the proceeds of sale to rebuild the bridges be-
longing to said county destroyed by the recent flood ot Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and seventy.

2. That the bonds issued in pursuance of this act shall be
made payable within not less than two nor more than ten years
from the date thereof, and shall bear interest, payable annually,
at a rate not exceeding ten per centum, and shall be signed by
the president of the said board of supervisors, be attested by
the clerk of the county court of Albemarle, and have the seal
of the said court affixed thereto.

3. That the debts contracted and evidenced by said bonds
shall be levied for by the said board of supervisors upon such
subjects of taxation as are or may be liable by law for the
county levy; and that the faith of the said county is pledged
for the punctual payment of the principal and interest of said
bonds, when the same shall become due.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.