Chap. 112.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of article 1 and section 7 of
article 4 of an act enutled * ‘an act Incorporating the town of Barton Heights,
in Henrico county,’ approved January 30, 1Su6.

Approved Jauuary 25, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
four of article one and section seven of article four of an act entitled

‘an act incorporating the town of Barton Heights, in Henrico county,”
approved January thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Article 1. $4. The sergeant of said town shall be a conservator of
the peace, and for that purpose shall be vested with all the powers of a
constable within the corporate limits of said town, and ‘to the distance
of one mile beyond; and shall have power to arrest offenders anywhere
within the county of Henrico, for offences committed within said town,
and convey any person to the jail who may be ordered by the mayor to
be committed, charged with any offence against this commonwealth, there
to be dealt with as if committed by a Justice of the peace, and shall be
entitled to the same compensation as a constable would be for like ser-
vice. Le shall hare control of the police force, whether regular or special.
He shall be treasurer of said town, and as such shall receive and keep all
money paid in tares or otherwise, and shall disburse upon the order of the
said council, We shall, unless otherwise provided by the council, collect
the town taxes and all fines imposed for the violation of the by-laws
or ordinances of said town, and for this purpose shall be clothed with
like powers to enforce the same as a sheriff or constable now has. He
shall also perform such other ministerial duties as may be imposed |
upon him by said council, and for his services shall receive a reasonable
compensation to be fixed by the council. Until the said town shall erect
a jail of its own it is hereby authorized to use the jail of Henrico county:
provided, that for offences committed against the ordinances of the town
the said town shall pay for their maintenance whilst confined in the jail
of the county. The said sergeant shall give bond, payable to the town
of Barton Heights, with good security, to be approved by the council o!
said town, in a penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more
than three thousand dollars, conditional for the faithful discharge of the
duties of his office.

Article 4. § 7. That it shall be lawful for the council of said town to
borrow a sum of money, yearly, sufficient to defray the current expenses
of said town: provided this sum does not exceed seventy-five per centun
of the total tax, and that no loan of this character shall be obtained
until the similar one of the preceding year has been liquidated, or its
liquidation made simultaneously with anew loan. It shall be further
lawful for the said council to borrow a sum of money not exceeding the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended by said council in
the exercise of the powers conferred upon them in this charter: pro-
vided, however, that the bonds issued for such money shall not be made
payable within less than thirty years from their date, and that it shall be
the duty of the council to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pav off
said bonds at their maturity: provided, further, that said council shall
not have authority to borrow said sum of money, or any part thereof,
until the expediency of said loan shall be submitted to a vote of the
voters of said town, at an election to be held for that purpose, at such
time as said council shall adopt, and decided upon by the majority of
the registered voters of said town.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage

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