Chap. 157.-An ACT to amend section 1 of the charter of the town of Tazewell
. in Tazewell county.

Approved January 27, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one of an act approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-six, entitled “an act to amend the charter of the
town of Jeffersonville, in Tazewell county” (the corporate name of
which was changed to Tazewell by an act of the general assembly of
Virginia, approved February the twenty-ninth, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two), be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: .

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That all
the territory in Tazewell county included in the following bounda-
ries, namely:

Beginning at a station one, the northwest corner of Mistress R. B.
Gillespie’s old seminary lot; thence crossing the turnpike east of the
town of Tazewell to a station two, on the north side of said turn-
pike, southwest corner of T. G. Witten’s land, and also corner of the
Tazewell court-house improvement company’s plat of lots; thence
with said company’s lines north thirty-three degrees three minutes
west, four hundred and seven and four-tenths feet, to station three;
north fifty-eight degrees twenty-seven minutes east, thirty-six feet,
to station four; north seventy-eight degrees east, four hundred
twenty-four and nine-tenths feet, to station five; north thirteen de-
grees west, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen feet, to station
six; north eighty-four degrees west, seven hundred and fifty feet, to
station seven; north thirteen degrees forty-two minutes west, fifty-
three feet, to station eight; thence north eighty-five degrees fifty-
two minutes west, one hundred and ninety-one feet, to station nine,
southwest corner of lot seven, section thirty-three on said plat of
lots; thence south four degrees forty-eight minutes west, seventy-five
feet, to station ten; thence north eighty-five degrees fifty-two min-
utes west, one thousand two hundred and seventy-five feet, to station
eleven, the northwest corner of lot one, section seven, of said plat of
lots; thence north nine degrees fourteen minutes west, one thousand
one hundred and forty-two feet, to station twelve in a former line of
the corporate limits of said town; thence with said old line north
fifty-eight degrees west, three hundred feet, to station thirteen on
the east side of old road leading to Tazewell station, and with the
east side of same south thirty-three degrees west, ten poles and nine
links, to station fourteen; south eighty-seven degrees west, eighteen
poles and seven links, to station fifteen; south seventy-seven degrees
west, three poles and sixteen links, to station sixteen; south forty-
nine degrees thirty minutes west, five poles, to station seventeen;
south twenty-two degrees forty-five minutes west, five poles and eight
links, to station eighteen; south thirteen degrees and thirty minutes
east, ten poles and sixteen links, to station nineteen; thence north
eighty-two degrees thirty minutes west, twenty-eight poles, crossing
said road to station twenty ; thence south eleven degrees east, forty-
eight poles and ten links, to station twenty-one; thence south ffty-
four degrees and thirty minutes east, thirty-seven poles, to station
twenty-two on the west side of said old road, eight feet west of J. S.
and A. P. Gillespie’s gate-post; thence south sixty-one degrees fifty-
three minutes west, thirty poles and seven links, to station twenty-
three; thence north eighty-two degrees fifteen minutes west, thirty-
six poles and twenty-one links, to station twenty-four, at a gateway
on said Gillespie’s private road; thence south sixty-seven degrees
west, thirty-six poles and three links, to station twenty-five; thence
south thirty-eight degrees east, thirty poles and fifteen links, to
station twenty-six on the north edge of the turnpike west, of the
said town; thence with north side of same, south sixty-six degrees
thirty minutes west, six poles and twenty-three links, to station
twenty-seven; south fifty-seven degrees forty-five minutes west,
twenty-six poles and eleven links, to station twenty-eight; south
sixty-eight degrees thirty minutes west, twenty poles and six links,
to station twenty-nine on H.G. Peery’s line; thence crossing said
turnpike south thirty degrees fifteen minutes east, seventy-three
poles, to station thirty; thence south seven degrees, east one hun-
dred poles to station thirty-one; south eighty-five degrees east,
twenty-six poles, to station thirty-two; thence south seventy-four de-
grees fifteen minutes east, twenty poles, to station thirty-three ;
thence south seventy-six degrees thirty minutes east, thirty-seven
polea and fifteen links, to station thirty-four; north thirty-six de-
grees forty-five minutes east, thirty poles, to station thirty-five ;
thence south twenty-one degrees east, twenty-seven poles, to station
thirty-six; thence south one degree thirty minutes west, twenty-one
poles, to station thirty-seven; thence north eighty degrees thirty
minutes east, one hundred and twenty-nine poles, to station thirty-
eight, in line between A. J. May and S. D. May; thence north seventy
degrees east, one hundred and thirty-eight poles, to station thirty-
nine, in line between S. D. May and A. J. May, junior; thence north
thirty-five degrees west, seventy-seven poles, to station forty, on
south edge of W.O. Whitman’s road; thence with south side of said
road south seventy-seven degrees forty-five minutes west, fifty-three
poles and three links, to station forty-one, opposite Amy Smith’s
southwest corner; thence north eleven degrees and thirty minutes
Fest, thirteen poles and five links, to station forty-two; thence north
seventy-five degrees thirty minutes east, sixteen poles and thirteen
links, to station forty-three; thence north forty degrees thirty min-
utes west, nineteen poles, to station forty-four; thence north sixty-
‘ix degrees thirty minutes east, thirty-seven poles and seven links,
(0 station forty-five; thence north seventy-one degrees east, sixty-
“ight poles, to station forty-six, in W.O. Whitman’s line; thence
north twenty-two degrees forty-five minutes west, forty-three poles,
°0 station forty-seven; south fifty-seven degrees west, thirty-two
poles, to station forty-eight; thence north thirty-four degrees west,
one hundred and six poles, to station forty-nine, on the south side
of the turnpike east, of said town; thence with south side of said
‘arnpike south sixty-three degrees fifteen minutes west, eight poles
b station fifty; thence south forty-nine degrees west, seven poles, to

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the beginning: with the present subdivisions of part of said terri-
tory into lots, streets, alleys, and roads, shall be, and the same is
hereby, made a town corporate, by the name of the town of Tazewell,
and by that name shall have and exercise all the powers conferred
upon towns by, and be subject to the provisions of, the forty-fourth
chapter of the code of Virginia, edition of one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-seven, so far as they may be consistent with this act.

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

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