Chap. 220.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act ap-
proved March 7, 1884, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the
charter of the town of North Danville, and section 8 of an act ap-
proved February 26, 1886, entitled an act to amend and re-enact
sections 3 and 8 of an act approved March 7, 1884, entitled an act to
tunend and re-enact the charter of the town of North Danville, as
amended by an act approved August 23, 1884.

Approved May 14, 1887.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section second of an act approved March seventh, eighteen
hundred and cighty-four, entitled an act to amend and re-
enact the charter of the town of North Danville, and section
eight of an act approved February twenty-six, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-six, entitled an act to amend and re-enact
sections three and eight of an act approved March seventh,
eighteen bundred and eighty-four, entitled an act to amend
and re-enact the charter of the town of North Danville, as
amended by an act approved August twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and cighty-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§2. That portion of the county of Pittsylvania included in
the following boundaries, to-wit: Beginning at Fall creek
where the southern line of W. B. Hodnett’s land strikes the
said creek ; thence down the said creck as it meanders to the
Dan river; thence into the said river to a point fifty feet dis-
tant from the ordinary shore line; thence up Dan river keep-
ing the same distance from the ordinary shore line to a point
opposite the mouth of the second branch above the dam
across said river; thence to the middle of the month of said
branch and up said branch to the northern margin of the
Henry road; thence along said road to its intersection with
Keen’s old mill road and Walker street; thence leaving said
Henry road and with the fence of E. S. Arnett, south eighty,
east three hundred and fifty feet to the southwest rail of the
Virginia Midland railway; thence along the southern and
western edge of the said railroad about one-half a mile toa
stone culvert near the mouth of the Deep cut; thence a
straight course to the northwestern corner of David Tyrce's
(senior) lot of land as now enclosed on the Franklin turn-
pike road; thence crossing the said turnpike road and con-
tinuing the same course until it strikes the Bradley road;
and thence crossing the said Bradley road a straight course
to the beginning at Hodnett’s line on Fall creck, be and the
same in hereby incorporated and continued by the name of
the town of North Danville, and by that name shall continue
to have all the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises pro-
vided by Jaw for towns containing less than five thousand
inhabitants, and shall be subject to and governed by all the
laws of this State now in force, or which may be hereafter
enacted by the general assembly for such towns, not inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act.

§8. The council of said town shall have all the powers
which are now or may hereafter be by law vested in the
council or mayor and council of towns of less than five thou-
sand inbabitants, except that the councilmen shall not have
the powers of justices or conservators of the peace. They
shajl bave, specifically, powers to lay and collect taxes on
such property, business, and professions, and such other sub-
jects of taxation as are or may be taxed by the State: pro-
vided that the rate of taxation shall not exceed for any one
year in addition to the school tax, and the tax levied on ac-
count of the debt of the county of Pittsylvania, of one hun.
dred cents for each one hundred dollars of the assessed value
of real and personal property, on sucb property as is assessed
and assessable, and the poll tax shall not exceed fifty cents
for each male taxable person for any one year. The council
shall have power also to fix fines and penalties for the viola-
tion or non-performance of town ordinances, which shall be
collectable before the mayor or one of the justices of the said
town, and to provide for imprisonment in case of non-pay-
ment of fines. To establish markets in and for said town,
erect suitable buildings therefor, prescribe the times and
places for holding the same, and to enforce such regulations
as shall be necessary or proper to prevent huckstering, fore-
stalling, and regrating. o establish and enlarge water
works, gas works, or other artificial lights within or without
the limits of said town, contract or agree with the owners of
any land for the use or purchase thereof, or may have the
same condemned for the location, extension, or enlargement
of said works, the pipes connected therewith, or any fixtures
or appurtenances thereof. They shall have power to protect
from injury by adequate penalties, the said works, pipes, fix-
tures, land, or anything connected therewith, within or witb-
out the limits of suid town. and to prevent the pollution of
water by prohibiting the throwing of filth or other offensive
matter therein, or in other places where the water may be
affected thereby, and such prohibition may be enforced by
proper penaltics. To close, extend, widen, narrow, lay out,
graduate, improve, and otherwise alter streets and public
alleys in said town, and bave them properly lighted and kept
in good order, and they may make or construct sewers and
ducts through the streets and public grounds of the said
town, and through any places whatsoever when it may be
decmed expedient by the council. The council may have
over any street or alley in the town which has been or may
be ceded to the town, like authority as over other streets or
alleys; they may build bridges in or culverts under said
streets and alleys, and prevent or remove any structure, ob-
struction, or encroachment, over, under, or in any street or
alley or sidewalk thereof, and may have shade trees planted
along the said streets. They may also regulate the size,
materials, and construction of buildings hereafter erected in
such manner as the public safety and convenience may re-
quire. ‘Io provide in or near the town, Jands to be appro-
priated, improved, and kept in order as places for the inter-
ment of the dead, and charge for the use of grounds in said
places of interment, and regulate the same: provided that all
moneys received for the use of such grounds shall be set
apart and uscd for the improvement of cemeteries; may pre-
vent the burial of the dead in the town except in the public
burying ground; may regulate burials in said grounds, and
may require the keeping and return of bills of mortality by
the owners or keepers of all cemeteries. To require and
compel the abatement and removal of all nuisances in said
town at the expense of the person or persons causing the
sume, or the owner or owners of the land whereon the same
may be. To prevent or regulate slaughter houses or soap
and candle factories in the said town, or the exercise of any
dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy business, trade or employ-
ment therein; and to regulate the transportation of coal or
other articles through the streets and alleys of the town. To
prevent hogs, dogs, or other animals from running at large
in the town, and may subject the same to such levies, regula-
tions, and taxes as they may think proper; and the council
may prohibit the raising or keeping of hogs in tbe city. In
order to carry out the provisions of this section relative to
the establishment of water works and artificial lights, the
council shall have power to borrow money to the amount of
forty thousand dollars, and issue therefor the bonds of the
town to run for thirty years or less, and be redeemable after
ten years, and to bear interest at a rate not greater than six
per centum per annum, payable semi-annually; and shall
have authority to levy in addition to the tax already autho-
rized by law, a tax to be known as the water and light tax
on the real and personal property of tho citizens of the town,
not to exceed in any one year ten cents on the one hundred
dollars of the assessed value of such property to be used in
paying the interest on said bonds, or to create a sinking fund
to redecm said bonds. ‘They shall have power also to estab-
lish and maintain a fire department in said town, and provide
for the regulation and government of the same, and to com-
pel the residents of the town to aid and assist the fire depart-
ment when necessary. To establish fire limits in said town
within which no buildings shall be erected without the con-
sent of the council, unless the outer walls thereof’ be of brick,
stone, or some other incombustible material. ‘To assess the
cost of paving the sidewalks in said town in whole or in part
upon the real estate abutting on such sidewalks, and collect
the same from the owners of such real estate as taxes are
collected: provided that the cost of paving no sidewalk shall
be assessed as aforesaid, unless such paving be done at the
request of two-thirds of the property owners on such street,
or be directed by unanimous vote of the council.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.