CHAP. 39.—An ACT to authorize the trustees of the parsonage
property of Hicksford Circuit Methodist church, south, to
rrow the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars on said
parsonage property, and to secure the same by deed of trust, &c

Approved January §, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That W. H. Briggs, W. M. Powell, E. C. Tredway, I. H.
Cato, J. W. Fuller, W. R. Pair, Henry Myrick and J. A.
Hartley, trustees of the parsonage property belonging to
Hicksford Circuit Methodist Episcopal church, south, in
Greenesville county, Virginia, or any five of them, be,
and the same are authorized and empowered, to
borrow the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to
liquidate the debt due on the purchase price of said
parsonage property; and said trustees, or any five of
them, are fully empowered to execute note or notes, paya-
ble at such time as they may agree upon to the lender of
said money, bearing 81x per centum per annum interest,
and to secure the same and al] renewals thereof by a deed
of trust on all of said parsonage property.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CHapP. 40.—An ACT to authorize the city of Fredericksburg to
build and operate a bridge across the Rappahannock river at
Fredericksburg.

Approved January 10, 1890,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That it shall be the duty of the mayor and common
council of Fredericksburg, when petitioned by fifty voters
of the city, one-half of whom shall he freeholders, to
cause a vote of said city to be taken at the next election
for any of the city officers, or upon notice not to exceed
thirty days, advertised by hand-bills and by publication
once a week in the Fredericksburg “ Star” and the “ Free
Lance,” upon the question of authorizing the common
council of said city to build a bridge across the Rappa-
hannock river at some point between Fauquier and Prussia
streets of said city, with authority to condemn or purchase
any rights and sites necessary therefor on either side of said
river, the entire cost of building said bridge not to exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars; such vote to be taken at the
usual voting places in the upper and jower wards of
Fredericksburg, pursuant to section twelve hundred and
forty-four of the code of Virginia of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, except that on the ballots used shall be
printed or written “For the Bridge” or “ Against the
Bridge,” instead of “ For the Subscription ” and “ Against
the Subscription,” as provided by said section. If it shall
appear that a majority of the qualified voters voting at
the election, which shall include a majority of the free-
holders so voting, are in favor of building the said bridge,
then the common council of Fredericksburg is authorized
to proceed at once to the completion of the work, and to
the purchase or condemnation of the rights and sites
aforesaid in the manner provided for by chapter forty-
three, code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, for
establishing roads and landings.

2. The mayor and common council of Fredericksburg
are authorized to issue coupon and registered bonds, and
to execute a deed of trust to secure the same, and to
create a loan in the name of and binding the city of
Fredericksburg, for the purposes mentioned in the first
section of this act, to an amount not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not to
exceed six per centum per annum, redeemable in ten
years and payable in thirty years, and to negotiate said
bonds at a rate not lower than their par and face value,
said bonds to be secured by a deed of trust on said bridge
and all the rights pertaining thereto; and said common
council is hereby directed to levy an annual tax on the
real and personal property of said city of Fredericksburg,
not to exceed fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars, to
pay interest on the said bonds, to provide for the expense
incident to operating said bridge, and to create a special
sinking fund of five hundred dollars per annum to pay
said bonds at maturity.

3. Said mayor and common council are authorized to
operate said bridge; to make said bridge a free bridge, or
to charge toll at a rate not to exceed two cents each way
for one foot passenger, four cents each way for every man
on horseback, and two cents a wheel each way for every
carriage, cart, wagon or vehicle, two cents for each horse
and one cent for each head of cattle, and one and one-
half cents per head for each head of sheep and hogs; or
it may be made free to the citizens of Fredericksburg
only; or to any portions of Stafford or King George
counties upon the payment of a specific sum of money
annually to the treasurer of Fredericksburg, said sum to be
agreed upon by said common council and by authorized
parties of said portions of said counties, and said mayor
and common council are authorized to condemn or pur-
chase all necessary landings on either side of said Rappa-
hannock river and rights of way over any lands or lots
to any street or public road.

4. The title to said bridge and all rights in this act
mentioned shall be in the city of Fredericksburg.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and all
acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.