Chap. 74.—An ACT to amend sections one and two of an act to pro-
vide for the disposition of the proceeds of Norfolk County Ferries, ap-
proved February 26, 1876.

Approved February 7, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections one and two of an act to provide for the disposition
of the proceeds of Nortolk county ferries, approved February
twenty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. The ferries which now ply, by authority of law, between
the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, and Wellington Point
or Berkely, knowgas Norfolk county ferries, shall continue to
run as now authorized by law, and shall be the joint and
equal property of said city of Portsmouth and the county of
Norfolk.

§ 2. The said ferries shall be regulated and managed by a
committee of six, three of whom shall be appointed by the
councils of the city of Portsmouth, and three by the board of
supervisors of Norfolk county; and the said committee shall be
under the control of the said council and board of supervisors
in the management of said ferries. And the said council and
board of supervisors are hereby authorized, if they deem best
for the interest of said city and county, after advertising the
same for thirty days previous to the day of lease, to lease out
the said ferries, or any part thereof, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for a term of ten years, upon such terms and
conditions as the said council and board of supervisors shall
determine, and may require bond or bonds from the lessce or
lessees, in such sums as they may deem best for the faithful
performance of the terms of the lease, and with sureties
deemed by them sufficient, which bond or bonds shail be made
payable to the city of Portsmouth and Nortolk county : pro-
vided said council and board of supervisors may lease out the
said ferries as a whole, or in such parts as they may deem
best for the interest of the said city and county.

2. All acts and parts of acts, so far as they are in conflict
with this act, are hereby repealed.

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