An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1889/1890 Private Laws |
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Law Number | 415 |
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CHAP. 415.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 48 of chapter
5 of an act approved February 12, 1890, entitled an act to change
the name of the town of Goodson to the city of Bristol, and pro-
vide a new charter for the same.
Approved March 3, 1890.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section forty-eight of chapter five of an act approved
February twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled
an act to change the name of the town of Goodson to the
city of Bristol, and provide a new charter for the same, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
$48. The city council may, in the name of and for the
use of the city, contract loans or cause to be issued certi-
ficates of debt or bonds: provided, no such certificate of
debt or bonds shall be issued except by a two-thirds vote
of the council, but such loans. certificates, or bonds shall
not be irredeemable for a period greater than thirty-four
years: provided, further, that the council of said city may,
upon the application of the president of any company in-
corporated by the general assembly for a work of internal
improvement or other purpose, submit to the qualified
voters of said city, in the manner now prescribed by law,
the question of subscribing to the capital stock of such
company such an amount not exceeding seventy-five thou-
sand dollars to any one company, and upon such terms and
conditions as may be stated in the order of the council
submitting the question. Said city of Bristol is author-
ized to subscribe to the capital stock of such company any
amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars to any
one company, and upon such terms and conditions as may
be stated in the order of said council as aforesaid, and if
the requisite number of voters, as provided in chapter
fifty-one of the code of Virginia, be cast in favor of the sub-
scription then it shall be the duty of said council to make
said subscription upon the terms and conditions stated in
the order, and to levy and collect such an amount of taxes
per annum as may be necessary to pay the interest and pro-
vide a sinking fund on the bonds of the city, which may
be issued for the purpose of paying such subscription.
All contracts for erection of public improvements within
the jurisdiction of the city council shall be let to the low-
est bidder, and notices shall be given, at least thirty days
before the work if finally Jet, by advertising in one or more
newspapers published in the city, and the party to whom
said contract shall be let shall give such bond as the coun-
cil may require, but in no event shall any contract be let
to any member of the city council, nor shall any member
have any interest in such contract.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
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