Chap. 154.—An ACT to provide for removing obstructions in Little
Roanoke Creek, in Charlotte county, Virginia.

Approved November 27, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of Charlotte
county, Virginia, to impose, levy, and cause to be collected, a
tax of not exceeding ten cents per acre upon all low grounds
subject to overflow, lying on either side of Little Roanoke
creek, in said county, between Allen’s mill-dam and Roanoke
bridge, and apply said tax to the purpose of cjeaning out and
removing the obstructions from said creek, along the line of
the lands so taxed as aforesaid.

2. The said board of supervisors shall have power to divide
the lands, so subject to taxation, into districts not exceeding
four in number, and to appoint, on the application of a ma-
jority of the landholders in gny of said districts, a suitable
person to act as overseer of creek improvement, who shall
receive not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day for
each day’s actual service in superintending said improve-
ments. The said overseer shall have the power of a collector
of taxes in collecting the amount of taxes levied under the
provisions of this act: provided, that any such landholder
shall have the option of paying the amount of his tax in
work, labor and materials, upon said improvement, or in
money, as he may think proper.

3. Any person felling trees or putting any obstructions in
said creek, and not removing the same within ten days after
due notice by the aforesaid overseer, shall pay a fine of not
less than one nor more than five dollars for each and every
offence, on conviction before a justice of the peace.

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