Chap. 212.—An ACT to enable the board of supervisors of Prince
William county to borrow money.

Approved March 12, 1878.

Whereas it is represented to the general assembly that the
counties of Prince William and Fairfax have contracted for
the erection of a bridge over Occoquan river, between the
two counties, at the town of Occoquan, and that it is be-
lieved by the board of supervisors of Prince William county
that the revenue of the county for the year eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-seven will be insufficient for defraying the
current expenses of that year, and paying the county’s pro-
portion of the cost of the said bridge, according to contract ;
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of Prince William county be and
they are hereby empowered to borrow a sum of money, not
to exceed fifteen hundred dollars, and at a rate of interest
not in excess of seven per centum per annum, to be used
only in paying the county’s portion of the cost of said
bridge. 2

2. The said board of supervisors shall issue the bonds of
the county of Prince William, signed by the clerk and coun-
tersigned by the chairman of the board, payable twelve
months after date, forso much of the said sum of fifteen
hundred dollars as may be needed to carry out the intent of
this act, and shall deposit the money so borrowed in some
bank in the city of Alexandria, subject to the orders of the
judge of the county court of Prince William in favor of the
contractor, which orders shall be given from time to time, in
pursuance with the terms of contract, and entered upon the
minutes of the court.

3. It shall be the duty of the said board, at the time of
making the annual county levy, in the year eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-eight, to provide for the payment of said
bonds in the general county levy, by including this amount
in their estimates of county expenses for that year, and levy-
ing a county tax on the land and property of the county
sufficient for defraying the ordinary county expenses, as well
as the payment of the said bonds.

4. Payment of the said bonds shall be made by the county
treasurer out of the revenue of the county for the year eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-eight, upon the order of the board
of supervisors; and it shall be the duty of the treasurer to
take in the bonds as paid by him, and return them with his
vouchers to said board at the time of his annual settlement
for the year eizhteen bundred and seventy-eight.

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