Chap. 399.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 4 of an act entitled an
act to amend an act passed March 29, 1848, entitled an act to establish the town
of Montercy as the seat of justice for Highland county, approved March 17,
1876.

Approved February 19, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
one and four of an act entitled ‘‘ An act to amend an act passed March
establish the town of Monterey as the seat of justice for the county of
Highland,’’ approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-
six, be amended and re-enacted so ax to read as follows:

§1. That the boundaries of the town of Monterey, in the county of
Highland, shall be as follows: Beginning at a locust post at the south-
east corner of the cemetery, south sixty-four, east one hundred and
thirty-two and six-tenths poles to a point in O. Wilson's meadow,
crossing the Moorefield and South Branch pike at seventy-four poles;
south thirty-six and one quarter, west one hundred and forty-seven and
one quarter poles, to a point in B. EB. Fleisher’s meadow, crossing High
street at fifty-five poles; north sixty-four, west one hundred and nincty-
two poles toa pointin &. 3B. Sieg’s field, crossing Spruce street at one
hundred and twenty-one poles; north thirty-six and one quarter, east
one hundred and forty-seven and one quarter poles, to a point on L. HH.
Stephenson's hill, crossing High street at one hundred and twenty
poles; south fifty-four, east fifty-nine and four-tenths poles, to the be-
ginning; and that the same be, and is hereby, made a town corporate
by the name of Monterey, and by that name shall have and exercise al]
the powers conferred by chapter forty-four of the code of Virginia, so
far as the same may be applicable and not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act; and the strects and alleys of said town shall remain
as now located.

$4. That so much of the pasture and meadow land as are included
within the boundaries aforesaid shall not, until the growing wants of
the town require it, be laid off into town lots, or subject to taxation for
town purposes.

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