Chap. 401.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 chapter 73 of the acts of
assembly for the extra session of 1887, entitled an act to amend an act en-
titled an act for working the public roads of Fairfax county.

Approved February 20, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion three of chapter seventy-three of the acts of assembly for the
extra session of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled an act
to amend an act entitled an act for working the public roads of
Fairfax county, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3. The board of supervisors of said county shall have the power,
and it shall be their duty, to make such rules and regulations as
they may think proper to secure an efficient and thorough work-
ing of the roads of said county, such rules and regulations to
prescribe the method of working, the time of the year for working,
the material to be used, the grade of the roads, and whatever else
may be thought necessary to carry out the purpose of this section,
such rules and regulations to be from time to time published, in the
discretion of the board, for the information of the public and the
officials created by this act. Such rules and regulations shall be
obeyed and executed ‘y all of the officials and employees created by
or mentioned in this 4:t. The board of road commissioners of each
district shall see that the overseers of said district work the roads
therein in accordance with said rules and regulations and in accord-
ance with any specific directions in writing that the board of road
commissioners may give to the overseers, not in conflict with such
rules and regulations. The board of road commissioners may pur-
chase the necessary implements for working the roads, but no board
shall incur any debt, or draw orders upon the county treasurer in
excess of the amount then available for that district. Nothing con-
tained in this act shall be construed as having any reference or
application to the Little river turnpike road, running from the Lou-
doun line to the Alexandria line; to the Warrenton turnpike road,
running from the Prince William line to the Little river turnpike;
to the Alexandria turnpike road, running from the Loudoun line
through the town of Falls Church to the Alexandria line, and to the
road running from Harrison’s crossing to Annandale.

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repealed.

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