Chap. 164.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the town
of Chatham.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the town
of Chatham, in the county of Pittsylvania, as the same has
heretofore been or may hereafter be laid off into lots, streets,
and alleys, shall be and the same is hereby made a town cor-
porate, by the name of the town of Chatham, and by that
name shall have and exercise the powers conferred upon
towns by the fifth-fourth chapter of the Code of Virginia,
edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and be sub-
ect to.all the provisions of said Code, and to all laws now in
loree, or which may hereafter be enacted in reference to the
covernment of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants,
ar as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this act.

2. The boundaries of the town shall be as follows, to-wit: Be-
vinning at. the depot of the Virginia Midland railroad, where
Hickey's road crosses said railroad; thence the bed of said
railroad, as it meanders northwest, to branch known as
White spring branch; thence up said branch, to a fork a
short distance below White’s spring; thence up said right
hand fork of said branch, to its source, near Louis Island new
rad, in Doctor Richard White’s plantation; thence north,
a direct line to said Louis Island new road; thence said
lew road, to its intersection with Ward’s springs road;
thence a direct line, in a southeasterly direction, to a
ravine which crosses the Halifax road opposite the prem:
ses and near the outer front gate of Judge J. D. Coles;
thence down said ravine, to Tanyard branch; thence down
‘aid branch, to a point where the road now crosses the same,
ut or near the residence of H. Vincellio; thence in a westerly
lirection, toa point on the Danville road, at the southern
corer of a lot belonging to Chatham school district, on
which is now located a school-house for colored children;
thence with said Danville road towards the courthouse, to
the southern corner of another lot belonging to Chatham
school district, on which is now located a school for white
children; thence the dividing line between said lot and Col-
onel W. KE. Sims, to the southwest corner of Chatham ceme-
tery lot; thence due west, to the railroad; thence up the bed
of said railroad, to the beginning.

3. There shall be a mayor and six councilmen for said
town, who shall compose ita board of council, who shall be
elected annually on and after the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, in the manner now pre-
scribed by law: provided that neither the mayor or the
members of the board of council shall be entitled to a salary
for their services as such.

4, The following persons shall compose its board of coun-
cil until the annual election on the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or until their successors
are elected and qualified according to law—namely: H. L.
Carter, John R. Whitehead, E. T. Jones, John E. Lanier, E.
S. Reid, J. Hunt Hargrove, and William B. Hurt; and the
said board shall, as soon as organized and qualified according
to law, have power to select from their body a presiding
officer, who shall be mayor of the town, and may appoint a
town collector, police justice, and other officers necessary for
the proper government of the town, and may likewise fill
any vacancies in said board occasioned by the refusal or fail-
ure of any person appointed to qualify. Said mayor and
council shall have power to levy taxes for the purposes of the
corporation: provided, that the tax so levied upon the real
and personal property in said corporation, shall not exceed
the amount of twenty-five cents upon the one hundred dol-
lars assessed value thereof. Said mayor and council shall
also have power to require the citizens of said town to work
upon the streets and alleys of the same; and whenever any
citizen shall fail, when so required, to work upon said streets
and alleys, be shall forfeit the sum of seventy-five cents for
each day he so refuses and fails to work; which said amount
shall be collected as other fines. But no citizen of said cor-
poration shall be required to work on the public roads, nor

e required to pay any road tax in Chatham magisterial dis-
trict: provided, said corporation shall keep its streets and
roads in repair within its corporate limits.

5. The authorities of the town shall, with the consent of
the county court entered of record, have the right to use the
jail of said county of Pittsylvania for any purposes for which
the use of a jail may be needed by them, under the ordi-
nances of the town or laws of the state; and in addition to
the powers conferred by chapter one hundred and ninety-six
of the Code, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
for the organization of chain-gangs, the judge of the county
court of Pittsylvania may arrange with the said council of
Chatham to take charge of, keep, and work in the corpora-
tion chain-gang, such persons as the judge of the said county
court would have authority to require to work in chain-
gangs, by the laws now in force.

6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

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

CHoap. 165.—An ACT exempting certain school property of Mecklen-
burg county from taxation.

Approved February 2], 1882.

Whereas a charitable association has purchased from
Charlies Cullis the property formerly known as Randolph-
Macon, containing ninety-four acres, with all the buildings
and other improvements thereon, and has also purchased an
adjoining tract containing three hundred and forty-eight
acres, the whole amounting to four hundred and forty-two
acres, more or less, lying and situated in the county of Meck-
lenburg, and state of Virginia; and whereas the said charit-
able association has established a school, known as the Boyd-
ton institute, for the education and advancement of the col-
ored youth of the state; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by: the general assembly of Virginia, That
for and an in consideration of the above facts, the taxes for
the years eighteen hundred and eighty, and eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-one, on said property, be, and the same are
hereby declared released.

2. And be it further enacted, That so long as the proceeds
of the said buildings and lands, or personal property, are
wholly and in good faith devoted to school purposes, the said
property shall be exempt from all taxation.

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

Chap. 164.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the town
of Chatham.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the town
of Chatham, in the county of Pittsylvania, as the same has
heretofore been or may hereafter be laid off into lots, streets,
and alleys, shall be and the same is hereby made a town cor-
porate, by the name of the town of Chatham, and by that
name shall have and exercise the powers conferred upon
towns by the fifth-fourth chapter of the Code of Virginia,
edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and be sub-
ect to.all the provisions of said Code, and to all laws now in
loree, or which may hereafter be enacted in reference to the
covernment of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants,
ar as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this act.

2. The boundaries of the town shall be as follows, to-wit: Be-
vinning at. the depot of the Virginia Midland railroad, where
Hickey's road crosses said railroad; thence the bed of said
railroad, as it meanders northwest, to branch known as
White spring branch; thence up said branch, to a fork a
short distance below White’s spring; thence up said right
hand fork of said branch, to its source, near Louis Island new
rad, in Doctor Richard White’s plantation; thence north,
a direct line to said Louis Island new road; thence said
lew road, to its intersection with Ward’s springs road;
thence a direct line, in a southeasterly direction, to a
ravine which crosses the Halifax road opposite the prem:
ses and near the outer front gate of Judge J. D. Coles;
thence down said ravine, to Tanyard branch; thence down
‘aid branch, to a point where the road now crosses the same,
ut or near the residence of H. Vincellio; thence in a westerly
lirection, toa point on the Danville road, at the southern
corer of a lot belonging to Chatham school district, on
which is now located a school-house for colored children;
thence with said Danville road towards the courthouse, to
the southern corner of another lot belonging to Chatham
school district, on which is now located a school for white
children; thence the dividing line between said lot and Col-
onel W. KE. Sims, to the southwest corner of Chatham ceme-
tery lot; thence due west, to the railroad; thence up the bed
of said railroad, to the beginning.

3. There shall be a mayor and six councilmen for said
town, who shall compose ita board of council, who shall be
elected annually on and after the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, in the manner now pre-
scribed by law: provided that neither the mayor or the
members of the board of council shall be entitled to a salary
for their services as such.

4, The following persons shall compose its board of coun-
cil until the annual election on the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or until their successors
are elected and qualified according to law—namely: H. L.
Carter, John R. Whitehead, E. T. Jones, John E. Lanier, E.
S. Reid, J. Hunt Hargrove, and William B. Hurt; and the
said board shall, as soon as organized and qualified according
to law, have power to select from their body a presiding
officer, who shall be mayor of the town, and may appoint a
town collector, police justice, and other officers necessary for
the proper government of the town, and may likewise fill
any vacancies in said board occasioned by the refusal or fail-
ure of any person appointed to qualify. Said mayor and
council shall have power to levy taxes for the purposes of the
corporation: provided, that the tax so levied upon the real
and personal property in said corporation, shall not exceed
the amount of twenty-five cents upon the one hundred dol-
lars assessed value thereof. Said mayor and council shall
also have power to require the citizens of said town to work
upon the streets and alleys of the same; and whenever any
citizen shall fail, when so required, to work upon said streets
and alleys, be shall forfeit the sum of seventy-five cents for
each day he so refuses and fails to work; which said amount
shall be collected as other fines. But no citizen of said cor-
poration shall be required to work on the public roads, nor

e required to pay any road tax in Chatham magisterial dis-
trict: provided, said corporation shall keep its streets and
roads in repair within its corporate limits.

5. The authorities of the town shall, with the consent of
the county court entered of record, have the right to use the
jail of said county of Pittsylvania for any purposes for which
the use of a jail may be needed by them, under the ordi-
nances of the town or laws of the state; and in addition to
the powers conferred by chapter one hundred and ninety-six
of the Code, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
for the organization of chain-gangs, the judge of the county
court of Pittsylvania may arrange with the said council of
Chatham to take charge of, keep, and work in the corpora-
tion chain-gang, such persons as the judge of the said county
court would have authority to require to work in chain-
gangs, by the laws now in force.

6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

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

CHoap. 165.—An ACT exempting certain school property of Mecklen-
burg county from taxation.

Approved February 2], 1882.

Whereas a charitable association has purchased from
Charlies Cullis the property formerly known as Randolph-
Macon, containing ninety-four acres, with all the buildings
and other improvements thereon, and has also purchased an
adjoining tract containing three hundred and forty-eight
acres, the whole amounting to four hundred and forty-two
acres, more or less, lying and situated in the county of Meck-
lenburg, and state of Virginia; and whereas the said charit-
able association has established a school, known as the Boyd-
ton institute, for the education and advancement of the col-
ored youth of the state; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by: the general assembly of Virginia, That
for and an in consideration of the above facts, the taxes for
the years eighteen hundred and eighty, and eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-one, on said property, be, and the same are
hereby declared released.

2. And be it further enacted, That so long as the proceeds
of the said buildings and lands, or personal property, are
wholly and in good faith devoted to school purposes, the said
property shall be exempt from all taxation.

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