Chap. 134.—An ACT to amend the Charter of the Town of Suffolk.
Approved March 1, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections two, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-three and thirty-four
of an act entitled an act to-provide a new charter for the
town of Suffolk, in force March nineteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows: ,

§ 2. The municipal authorities of said town shall consist
of a mayor and five councilmen, who shall be residents of
said town, and qualified by the constitution and laws of the
state to hold office. They shall be elected on the fourth
Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, for a
term of one year, and on the fourth Thursday in May, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-six, for a term of two years, and
every two years thereafter for alike term. They shall begin
the discharge of their duties as such authorities on the first
day of July next succceding the election.

§ 16. The council shall cause to be made up, annually, and
entered upon its journal, an accurate estimate of all sums of
money which are or may lawfully become chargeable on said
town, and which ought to be paid within one year; and the
said council shall raise by levy so much money as, in its dis-
cretion, shall be sufficient to meet all just demands against
the corporation ; and the levy so made may be on all male
persons who are residents of the said town, and over twenty-
one years of age; upon dogs; upon real and personal ‘estate
within said town, and on all other subjects of taxation not
inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state:

rovided however, that the tax in any one year shall not ex-
ceed three-fifths of one per centum of the taxable property
of the said town: and provided further, that there shall be
no tax imposed on the bonds of the town.

§ 17. The council may, in the name and for the use of the
said town, contract loans and cause to be issued certificates
of debt or bonds; but the amount of such certificates or
bonds outstanding, shall not, at any time, exceed four thous-
and dollars.

§ 33. In every case where a street in said town has been
encroached upon by any fence, or shall be encroached upon
by the erection hereafter of any building, fence, or otherwise,
the council may require the owner or owners, if known, and
if unknown, the occupant or occupants of the premises, 50
encroaching to remove the same. If such removal shall not
be made within the time ordered by the council, it.may im-
pose a penalty not exceeding five dollars for each and every
day it is allowed to continue thereafter, and may cause the
encroachment to be removed, and collect from the owner all
reasonable charges therefor, with costs, by the same process
that they are empowered to collect taxes. This section shall
not be so construed as to authorize the removal of porches
already on the sidewalk.

§ 34. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage