Chap. 253.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the first and second sec-
tions of an act entitled an act to authorize the council of the town
of Gordonsville to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing water-
works, approved February 9, 1888.

Approved February 24, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the first and second sections of an act entitled an act to
authorize the council of the town of Gordonsville to issue
bonds for the purpose of constructing water-works, approved
February ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

> §1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the council of the town of Gordonsville is hereby authorized,
for and on behalf of said town, to issue, or cause to be issued,
bonds to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars each,
for the sum of one to five hundred dollars, bearing interest
at the rate of not exceeding six per centum per annum, pay-
able annually, the principal of said bonds being payable
twenty years after their date.

§2. The said bonds shall be signed by the president, and
countersigned by the secretary, of the said council, and sold
or negotiated, and the proceeds used in the construction or
purchase of water-works, pipes, mains, reservoirs, and other.
appliances for the furnishing of said town, the citizens
thereof, and persons residing near thereto with a supply of
water; and when furnished to such citizens or persons, the
same to be on such terms as may be from time to time fixed
by such council.

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