Chap. 562.—An ACT to extend the limits of the city of Danville so as to em-
brace the town of Neapolis, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, and to annex
and unite said city and said town in one city under the name of “ City of
Danville,” and to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 1, sections 2 and 3
of chapter 3, sections 1 and 2 of chapter 4, and section 5 of chapter 5 of an
act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Danville, approved February

Approved March 2, 1896.

Whereas at an election held in each the city of Danville and
town of Neapolis, on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly
of Virginia, entitled “An act to authorize a vote in the city of Dan-
ville and town of Neapolis upon the question of annexing and unit-
ing said city and said town in one city” under the name of city of
Danville, approved twenty-first of January, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, it was determined to annex and unite said city and said
town in one city, upon the plan and terms in said act mentioned;
now, therefore, to carry into effect the intent and purposes of said
act, and the wishes of the people of both said city and said town, as
expressed at said election:

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
one and sections two and three of chapter three, sections one and
two of chapter four, and section five of chapter five of an act enti-
tled ‘“‘An act to incorporate the city of Danville,” approved seven-
teenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

CHaPpTerR I.

§ 1. That the boundaries of the city of Danville, as defined by the
act approved twenty-eighth January, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, entitled “An act to extend the limits of the town of Dan-
ville,” and the act entitled “An act to incorporate the city of Dan-
ville,” approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and ninety,
be extended so as to annex to the said city and embrace within its
limits the town of Neapolis, adding to and including in said city the
following described territory and the inhabitants thereof, namely:
Beginning in the present boundary line of said city at’a point fifty
feet from the ordinary shore line of the right bank of Dan river, on
the line of the upper side of the dam across said river above the
upper bridge, usually called the Union street bridge; thence in a
northerly direction across said river with the upper side of said dam
and with the face of the bulk-head thereof to the road leading from
the Union street bridge to the Henry county road; thence along the
western side thereof to the said Henry county road, crossing same
and with the northern side thereof to its intersection with Keen’s
old mill road, or Walker street; thence across said Walker street
and with the fence of E. S. Arnett south eighty degrees east,
to the southwest line of the right of way of the Virginia Midland
railway; thence along the southern and western line of said rail-
way about one-half mile to a stone culvert near the mouth of the
deep cut; thence a straight course to the northwestern corner of
the lot of land of David Tyree, senior, as now enclosed on Frank-
lin turnpike road; thence crossing said turnpike road and continu-
ing the same course to the Bradley road; thence crossing said Brad-
ley road a straight course to the line of M. B. Hodnett on Fall creek ;
thence down said creek, as it meanders, to Dan river, and across
said river in a line at right angles with the general course thereof to
the present boundary line of the city of Danville, fifty feet from the
ordinary shore line of the right bank of said river; thence up said
river with said boundary line, continuing fifty feet from the ordi-
nary shore line to the point of beginning on the said dam; and the
territory therein embraced shall be deemed and taken as the city of
Danville, and the inhabitants of the city of Danville, for all pur-
poses for which cities and towns are incorporated, shall constitute
and continue to be one body politic in fact and in name, under the
style and denomination of the city of Danville, and as such shall
have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, and
privileges, and be subject to all the duties and obligations apper-
taining to and incumbent on said city as a municipal corporation.

§ 2. That said annexed territory shall constitute one or more wards
of the new city of Danville, as may be hereafter determined, and
shall have in the council thereof equal representation according to
population with the other wards in said city.

3. That until a reapportionment of said city, or new adjustment
of the several wards of the city shall be had, the said annexed ter-
ritory shall constitute and be known as the Fourth ward of the said
city, and shall be entitled to five councilmen.

§ 4. That in the said annexed territory the public free schools
shall be preserved and maintained with like advantages and with
like degree of efficiency as such schools are maintained in the terri-
tory embraced within the present limits of Danville, in accordance
with the law of this state.

§ 5. That no license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in said
annexed territory shall be granted by the corporation court of the
city of Danville until it shall be clearly shown in some proper and
legal way that public sentiment and a majority of the registered
voters of said annexed territory shall be in favor of such licensing
and sale of intoxicating liquors, but the inhabitants of said annexed
territory shall not at any time vote upon the licensing and sale of
intoxicating liquors in the other wards of said city, or in the said
new city at large.

§ 6. That the new city formed by the provisions of this act shall
take all the franchises, property and assets, and assume and provide
for all the debts and liabilities of the present city of Danville and
town of Neapolis by equal and uniform taxation.

§ 7. That for the purposes of the municipal election to be held in
the city of Danville in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, the
said annexed territory shall be considered as a part and parcel of
paid city, and the legally qualified voters of said annexed territory
shall have the right to vote in said election as other citizens of the
city of Danville, and at that time there shall be no election held in
Neapolis for municipal officers under the charter of the town of
Neapolis.

CuHaptTer III.

§ 2. There shall continue to be held in the city of Danville at least
twice in each year, a circuit court for said city, the jurisdiction
whereof shall extend to all cases made cognizable therein by the con-
stitution and Jaws of the state arising within the corporate limits of
said city, as established by this act, or as may be hereafter estab-
lished by act of assembly, and for one mile beyond the limits of said
corporation, over which the circuit court of Pittsylvania has hereto-
fore had jurisdiction. And the said court shall be convened and
held at such times as may be fixed by law by the judge of the judicial
circuit in which said city is or may be.

§ 3. The jurisdiction of said corporation court, except as to matters
of police, which shall belong to the council, shall be the same as the
constitution and laws now provide, and the said court shall have
jurisdiction not only within the corporate limits of the city of Dan-
ville, as prescribed by this act, or as may hereafter be prescribed by
any act of the general assembly of Virginia with respect thereto, but
also for the space of one mile without and around the limits of said
city.

CuaprTer IV.

§ 1. The regular election of all municipal officers, who, under the
provisions of this charter, are to be chosen by the vote of the people,
shall be held on the fourth Thursday in May, at the court-house, in
said city, and at such other places as the corporation judge may direct
or designate as precincts or voting places. At such election there
shall be elected two councilmen from each, the first, second and third
wards, who shall serve for four years, and at the election to be held in
May, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, there shall be elected from the
fourth ward five councilmen, of whom three shall serve for two years
and two for four years, and thereafter there shall be elected every
two years councilmen from ssid fourth ward for the term of four
years, to fill vacancies in the council arising from expirations of
office of councilmen from said fourth ward.

At the elections provided for in this section there shall also be
elected one mayor, one alderman for each ward of said city, one com.
monwealth’s attorney, who shall be attorney for both corporation and
circuit courts, one clerk, who shall likewise be clerk of both saic
courts, one sergeant, one treasurer, and one commissioner of the rev
enue. All these officers shall enter upon their duties on the first day
of July succeeding their election, and (except councilmen, who shall
hold as herein provided) shall hold for the following terms, namely:
The mayor, aldermen, sergeant and commonwealth’s attorney, for
two years; the treasurer, for three years; the commissioner of the
revenue, for four years; and the clerk for six years; provided that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with, or va-
cate the office of any municipal officer of the city of Danville, whose
term of office does not expire on the first day of July, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six; provided, further, that where more than one
alderman is required for the proper discharge of the duties of that
office in any ward of said city, the judge of the corporation court
shall be empowered to appoint a discreet and competent person to
the said office until the next succeeding election for such officials, at
which election an alderman may be elected in one or more of said
wards, wherever needed, in addition to the one provided for in the
foregoing part of this section.

In cases of vacancy arising in any municipal office herein men-
tioned, except as otherwise provided, and in case of any special
election ordered by the city council for any object not provided for
in the general election laws of the state, it shall be the duty of the
council to certify the same and communicate the facts and their
order to the judge of the corporation court, who shall issue his writ
for an election to fill the vacancy named, or to carry out the objects
for which a special election is desired, in the manner prescribed by
the general election laws of the state.

§ 2. No person shall be eligible to any municipal office unless he
be a resident of the city and has been a resident for at least twelve
months before his election; nor shall any person be capable of hold-
ing at the same time more than one of the elective offices mentioned
in this act, and removal from the city of any one holding any muni-
cipal office shall vacate the same; provided that for the purposes of
the election to be held in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for
municipal officers of the city of Danville, residents in the town of
Neapolis shall be equivalent to residence in the city of Danville.

CHAPTER V.

§ 5. In criminal cases under the laws of the state, he shall exer-
cise all the power and authority of a justice of the peace, not only
within the corporate limits of said city, but for the space of one mile
without and around the same; and in enforcing the laws and ordi-
nances of the city he shall have authority to impose and collect all
fines and penalties together with costs, and inflict such other pun-
ishments as by the said laws and ordinances are ordained as a pen-
alty for any breach thereof, and except where otherwise provided ;
the said last-named fines, penalties and punishments for the violation
of the laws and ordinances of said city, may, in the sound discretion
of the mayor, be imposed, collected and inflicted by him, in addition
to the punishments prescribed by the laws of the state for such

offences.
2. And be it further enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That this act shall go into effect on the first day of July, eighteen
hundred and ninety-six, except that section seven of chapter one, as
hereinabove set out, shall for the purposes therein named, go into
effect on the passage of this act.