Chap. 548.—An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of
Grayson county to submit to the voters of the county of Gray-
son, the right to subscribe to the capital stock of any chartered

company.

Approved March 4, 1890

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia
That the board of supervisors of the county of Graysor
may, upon the application of the president of anv con-
pany incorporated by the general assembly for a work 0°
internal improvement, or other purpose, submit to th-
qualified voters of said county, in the manner now pre
scribed by law, the question of subscribing to the caputs!
stock of such company such an amount, not exce<dins
one hundred thousand dollars to anv one company, and
upon such tenor and condition as may be stated in the
order of said board submitting the question. Said counts
board is authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of
such company any amount, not exceeding one hundrai
thousand dollars to any one company, and upon uct
terms and conditions as may be stated in the order of said
board as aforesaid; and if the requisite number of votes.
as provided in chapter fifty-one of the code of Virginia.
be cast in favor of the subscription, then it shal] be th
duty of said board to make such subscription upon the
terms and conditions stated in the order, and to levy ard
collect such an amount of taxes per annum as may
necessary to pay the interest and to provide asinking fund
for the payment of the principal, and said board, for th-
amount of any such subscription, is authorized to iss
the bonds of the county, which bonds are to be payable as
provided in the order of said board.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CuyapP. 549.—An ACT to amend sections 6, 7, and 9 of chapter 28
of acts of assembly for the sessions 1878-79, entitled an act to
incorporate the town of Herndon, in Fairfax county.

Approved March 4, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That sections six, seven, and nine of an act approved
January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine,
entitled an act to incorporate the town of Herndon, in the
county of Fairfax, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§6. The council shall have power to mark accurately the
bounds of existing streets; to lay off new streets, alleys,
and sidewalks; to provide for order and quiet and the ob-
servance of the Sabbath within the corporation; to pro-
vide and protect shade-trees; to establish a fire depart-
ment, with suitable and necessary conveniences; to regu-
late in reference to contagious diseases ; to pass ordinances
to carry into effect-the object of this incorporation, and
to punish the violation of the same by fine and imprison-
ment; to prevent hogs, dogs, and other animals from
running at large in said town, and subject the same to
such taxes and regulations and the dogs to such ordi-
nances of confiscation as they may deem proper: provided,
that private property for public use may be taken in the
manner now provided by law, and for that purpose the
mayor’s court of said town shall have the same jurisdic-
tion for the condemning of land for streets of said town
as the county court has for condemning of land for roads
in the county: provided, further, that all taxes, penalties,
and fines imposed and collected under the aforesaid au-
thority in reference to hogs, dogs, or other animals, shall
be and constitute a part of the public free-sehool fund of
said town; and provided, further, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to interfere with the existing
right of the county of Fairfax to collect a tax from the
owners of dogs in said town.

§7. The council may annually levy a tax for roads and
corporation purposes,which on no property shall exceed fifty
cents on the one hundred dollars valuation; except that
on a petition of two-thirds of the freeholders within the
corporation, the council may levy a corporation, road or
school tax not to exceed the amount named in said peti-
tion. And in any case where taxes and levies on real
estate are delinquent, and have been returned according
to the provisions of section ten hundred and forty-six of
the code of Virginia, the council in addition to the power
it now has under the general law to*nforce the collection
of delinquent taxes and levies shall have the right to pro-
vide for the renting of such real estate topay the amount
of delinquency and the costs of renting.

$9. The following are hereby declared to be the bounds
of the said town of Herndon: Beginning at the southwes:
corner of William Ulrich’s farm, on the county road, and
running thence southeasterly on the line between UIrich’s
and Coleman, also on the line between Williams and the
Webster farm, and across the lands of C.H. Bliss to the
Thornton tract; thence with the Thornton line between
Bliss and Thornton, Saul and Thornton, J. H. Barker, and
Thornton to the corner of Gunnell farm; thence between
J. H. Barker and Gunnell to the corner of Mistress Milly
Barker’s land; thence between Mistress Barker and Gun-
nell to the corner of Vanduesen’sland; thence along Van-
deusen’s line northwesterly to Folly Lick; thence up Folly
Lick to the southeast corner of Horace Paine’s land; thence
northwesterly between Paine’s and Orrison’s and Paine and
Carper toa point in line with the northwesterly line of
Benjamin Caywood’s farm; thence southwesterly on a
line of Caywood to the southwest corner of Laonhardt’s
farm; thence southeasterly with Laonhardt’s line to the
county road; thence to the place of beginning.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.

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

CHAP. 550 —An ACT to remove the political disabilities of David
McCaw, M D

Approved March 4. 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia
(two-thirds of both houses concurring), That the disabilt-
ties of David McCaw, M. D., incurred under clause three
of section one of article three of the constitution of Vir-
ginia, with reference to duelling, be, and the same are
hereby, removed.

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

CHAP 551.—An ACT to empower the trustees of the Church of
the Disciples, worshiping at Charlottesville, to sell and convey
a part of their church lot.

Approved March 4, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the trustees of the Church of the Disciples, worshiping at
Charlottesville, are hereby empowered to sell and convey
such portion of their church lot as they may deem proper.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CuHaAP. 552.—An ACT in relation to wild fowl] in the county of
Princess Anne.

Approved March 4, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That an act approved January thirty-first, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety, for the protection of wild fowl in the
waters of Back bay and its tributaries, in the county of
Princess Anne, is hereby declared inoperative between the
fifteenth of March and the thirtieth of September of each
year.

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

CHapP. 558.—An ACT to allow Thomas N. Walker and Manly
Broaddus to construct a movable boom across Mattaponi river.

Approved March 4, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That Thomas N. Walker and Manly Broaddus, of the
county of King and Queen, be, and they are hereby, au-
thorized to construct a movable boom across Mattaponi
river, at or near Gilbert’s old mill-site, for the purpose of
floating wood, ties, and other lumber down said river; but
this act shall be subject to the right of repeal or amend-
ment by the general assembly.

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