Chap. 559.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 15 and 16 of an act enti-
tled an act to incorporate the town of South Boston, in the county of Hali-
fax, approved January 30, 1888. ,

Approved February 29, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions fifteen and sixteen of an act entitled an act to incorporate the
town of South Boston, in the county of Halifax, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 15. The council of the said town is hereby invested with the
power and charged with the duty of taking care of the poor within
the limits of the said town; and the said council and the board of
supervisors of Halifax county are authorized and empowered to con-
tract, on such terms as may be equitable and just, for the removal to
and for their care and support at the poor-house of said county of
such poor persons as may become a charge upon said town.

§ 16. No citizen of said town shall be required to work on the pub-
lic roads, nor shall the property within the limits of said town be
assessed with any tax or levy for keeping the public roads in order
or for any poor rates or school taxes except such as are levied by the
state or by the council of said town: provided, however, that nothing
in this act contained shall be construed to exempt the inhabitants of
or property within the said town from any other county levy or tax
levied or that may be levied in the said county of Halifax, but the
same shall be liable to all other county levies and taxes in the same
manner as if this act had not been passed; and it is further pro-
vided that the amount of the county levy for which the citizens of
the town of South Boston and the property within said town may be
liable shall be ascertained each year by the council of the said town
and the board of supervisors of Halifax county, and shall be levied
by the council of the said town as other taxes are levied, and col-
lected as other taxes, and the amount paid by the treasurer of the
said town to the treasurer of the said county.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.