Chap. 386.—An ACT to authorize the city of Staunton to condemn the right of
way through the grounds of the Virginia female institute in said city of
Staunton, for the extension of Baldwin street.

Approved February 19, 1896.

Whereas for the convenience and safety of the residents of the
northwestern part of the city of Staunton, and to afford them proper
fire and police protection, it is necessary for the said city to open
Baldwin street through property owned by the Virginia female in-
stitute, incorporated under the laws of Virginia for educational pur-
poses; and whereas the said land is exempt from condemnation pro-
ceedings under chapter forty-six of the code, by virtue of section
eleven hundred and one of said chapter; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the city
of Staunton be, and it is hereby, authorized and empowered to con-
demn, for the purpose of extending Baldwin street through the land
of the Virginia female institute, right of way through said land for
said street sufficient to give to said etreet a width of forty feet.

2. The authority conferred by the first section of this act shall be
exercised upon the conditions provided, and the just compensation
to be paid for said real estate shall be ascertained and made in the
mode provided in chapter forty-six of the code.

3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith shall be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.

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