Chap. 186.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Ridgeway, in
Henry county.

Approved February 7, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the town of Ridgeway, in the county of Henry, as
the same has been or may 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 Ridgeway, and by thai
name shall have and,exercise all the powers conferred
upon towns of less than five thousand inhabitants, except
as herein otherwise provided.

2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows:
Beginning at a dogwood on the road leading toward Madi-
son, near the residence of Mrs. George K. Jones; thence
north six east thirty-four poles to a peach tree; thence
north twelve east two hundred and forty poles, crossing
the Roanoke and Southern railroad and two branches to a
rock in the road leading to Horse Pasture; thence with
said road as it meanders seventy-three poles to a rock in
the road leading to Martinsville; thence south seventy-
two and a half east fifty poles, crossing said railroad to
an ash at a spring; thence south fifty-nine east ninety-
six poles to a rock on a ridge; thence south fifty-four and
a half east one hundred and thirty-one poles, crossing a
branch to a rock; thence south forty east fifty-nine poles
to a white-oak on the Leaksville road; thence with the
same as it meanders south thirty-one west forty-two poles,
south six west thirty poles, south sixty-four west twenty-
nine poles to a chestnut stump; thence off south sixteen
west seventy-four poles to a rock; thence south seventy-
five west one hundred and sixty-eight poles to the north-
west corner of a barn; thence north sixty-six west one
hundred and thirty poles, crossing a branch to Pointers,
and thence north seventeen west thirty-eight ‘poles to the
beginning.

3. John O. Coan is hereby appointed mayor of said
town, and W. F. Perry, W. A. Garrett, John C. Jones,
George J. Griggs, W. H. Norman, and George QO. Jones
councilmen thereof; and they shall have and exercise all
the powers and perform all] the duties incident to such
officers under chapter forty-four of the code of cighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, and shall remain in office until
the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety,
and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

4, The citizens of said town are in nowlse exempt by
anything herein granted, or granted by the genera] laws
governing such towns, from liability to working and
keeping in order the public roads of the county.

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