Chap. 409.—An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Keysville, Charlotte
. county.

Approved February 2%, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Keysville, in the county
of Charlotte,” approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, be, and is hereby, re-enacted and amended so as to read
as follows:

§ 1. That the town of Keysville, in the county of Charlotte, as the
same has been or may be laid off into lots, streets, and alleys, shall
be, and the same is hereby, made a town corporate by the name of
Keysville, and by that name shall have and exercise all the powers,
rights, privileges, and immunities, and be subject to all the provi-
sions of chapter fifty-four of the code of Virginia of eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-three, so far as the same relates to towns of less
than five thousand inhabitants, and are not in conflict with the
powers herein conferred.

§ 2. That the boundaries of said town shall be as follows, begin-
ning as follows, namely: In the centre of King’s road opposite the
post-office; thence southeasterly five-eights of a mile to a point where
the lands of Miss Shelburne, F. J. Gregory, and G. R. Glinn join on
the Keysville and Lunenburg courthouse road; thence south, fol-
lowing G. R. Glinn’s eastern line, to where it joins the lands of
Garland and Wilson, on the Keysville and Chase City dirt road;
thence following this road southward to the corner of Garland and
Wilson and the land of Mister Duffer; thence southwest, following
Garland and Wilson and Mister Duffer’s line to the Richmond and
Mecklenburg railroad, to a point where Garland and Wilson, Mis-
tress Jane T. I’Anson, and G. R. Glinn join ; thence west to line of J. R.
Bailey and Mistress Jane T. I’Anson on along the line of J. R. Bailey
and J. F. Sharp to a point where the lines of J. R. Bailey and J. F.
Sharp meet; thence along the line between J. R. Bailey and R. G.
Bailey across the Keysville and Drake’s Branch dirt road and across
the Southern railway; thence following the line of John D. Priddy,
deceased, Elizabeth Foster, Shotwell Powell, and the lands of Hard-
man and Rummell, toa point where the public school-house lot
joins Charles Hawkins, on the Keysville and Smithville road; thence
following said road eastward to where A. W. Keeling and Mount
Ellis church lot join; thence following A. W. Keeling’s line, Mount
Ellis church lot line, Hardman and Rummel] and C. E. Atwell, run-
ning north and following said Atwell’s and R. W. Priddy’s line to
where the said R. W. Priddy and A. L. Van Ness corner; thence
east following R. W. Priddy and A. L. Van Ness line to Keysville
and Farmville road; thence following Keysville and Farmville road
south to a point on the Southern railway where Shotwell Powell and
Edward Thompson join; thence east along the line between Hard-
man and Rummel! and Anthony Hankins and Shotwell Powell;
thence to the Bagby’s mill road; thence north along the Bagby’s
mill road to line between lands of E.N. and Z. T. Gee, and W. B.
Green and Wyatt Gaines toa point where the lands of F. J. Gregory,
Wyatt Gaines, M. H. Asher, and Miss Shelburne join; thence south
along the line to corner of F. J. Gregory, Miss Shelburne, and G. R.
Glinn, on Keysville and Lunenburg courthouse road; thence to the
beginning.

§ 3. That J. O. Shelburne, mayor; E. H. Jeffress, R. W. Priddy,
F. J. Gregory, R. G. Bailey, J. W. Morton, and H. W. Gamble, coun-
cilmen at the time of the amendment of this charter, shall continue
in office until their successors shal] be duly elected according to
law, and have qualified. And all ordinances and by-laws now in
force shall be valid until amended or repealed by the council.

84. That hereafter any person applying to the county court of
Charlotte county for license to sell ardent spirits, in any way, within
the corporate limits of said town of Keysville, or within one mile of
the limits thereof, shall produce before said court a certificate from
the council of said town to the effect that the applicant is a suitable
pereon, and that no good reason is known to said council why said
license should not be granted; and said court shall not grant any
such license until and unless such certificate be given and produced
before said court.

§ 5. That an election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and every two years thereafter,
according to plan for conducting general elections in the state of
Virginia, at which shall be chosen by the electors of said town a
mayor, 8ix councilmen, and a town sergeant, who shall hold office
for two years, from first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-
81x, or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
The town sergeant must execute bond for faithful discharge of the
duties of his office. And he shall be liable to suspension by the
mayor for willful neglect of duty or immorality. Andon trial by
the town council may be removed by said council, who shall elect
his successor.

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