Chap. 448.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 13, and 21 of an act

entitled an act to provide for a new charter for the town of Farmville, ap-
proved February 10, 1890.

Approved February 20, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That so much
of the land as lies and is contained within the following boundaries:
Beginning at a point on the Appomattox river above and west at a memo-
rial stone planted at a beach tree now on said river; thence south twenty-
nine degrees, west two hundred and forty-five and one-fourth poles to
a memorial stone on the lands now owned and occupied by Albert Hurd:
thence south sixty-one degrees, east two hundred and forty-one and one-
half poles to a memorial stone planted on N. E. Venable’s survey; thence
rorth twenty-nine degrees, east three hundred and thirty-six and one
halt poles to a memorial stone planted on the Appomattox river; thence
up said river as it meanders to the beginning (being the same limits as
are prescribed in section one of an act approved March nineteen, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-two, entitled an act to define and extend the
corporate limits of the town of Farmville, in the county of Prince
Edward), shall be, and is hereby, made a town corporate of the name and
style of the town of Farmville, and by that name and style shall sue
and be sued, and shall have and exercise all the power, and shall be
subject to all the provisions of the code of Virginia, except so far as
may be herein otherwise provided for.
$13. The council so constituted shall have power within said town
to lay off, open, curb, and pave streets, alleys, walks, and gutters for
the public use, and to alter, improve, and light the same, and have them
kept in good order and free from obstruction on or over them; to
regulate the width of sidewalks on the streets and to order the side-
walks, footways, and gutters to be curbed, paved, and kept in good order,
free and clean by the owners and occupants thereof; to vacate and dis-
continue such streets and alleys; to lay off public grounds, and to pro-
vide, contract for, and take care of all buildings necessary for the use
of the town; to establish and regulate markets, to prescribe the time for
holding the same, and what articles shall be sold in such markets; to
prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything
dangerous, offensive, or unwholesome; to protect places of divine wor-
ship in or about the premises where held; to abate, or cause to be abated,
anything which, in the opinion of the majority of the whole council,
shall be a nuisance; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other
combustibles; to provide in and near the town, places for the burial of
the dead, and to regulate interments in the town; to provide for the
building of houses or other structures, and for the making of division
fences, and for the drainage of lots by proper drains and ditches; to
make regulations for guarding against danger or damage from fires; to
provide for the poor of the town, and appoint and publish the places
of holding the town elections; to provide a revenue for the town, and
appropriate the same to its expenses, and to provide the annual assess-
ment of taxable persons and property in the town; to establish rules for
the transaction of business and for the government and regulations of
its own body; to promote the general welfare of the town, and to pro-
tect the property of persons therein, and to preserve peace and good
order therein; keep a town guard; to appoint and order out a patrol for
the town in like manner and for like purposes, within the same as the
patrol may be ordered out by the county court or a justice within the
county; to require and take from the sergeant and treasurer bonds with
such securities and in such penalty as the council may see fit, which
bond shall be made payable to the town by its corporate name, and con-
ditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties; to permit or prohibit
the establishment of new places for the interment of the dead in or near
the town, and to regulate the same; to erect or authorize or prohibit
the erection of gas-works, electric-light works, or water-works in or near
the town; to prevent injuries to the same; to prohibit the pollution of
the water which may be provided for the use of the town; to regulate and
provide for the weighing and measuring of hay, coal, and other articles
sold or for sale in said town; to regulate the transportation thereof
through the streets; and to enable the authorities of said town more
effectually to enforce the provisions of this section, their jurisdiction is
hereby declared to extend one mile beyond the corporate limits.

8 21. The council of the said town of Farmville is hereby authorized
to make and issue the registered or coupon bonds of said corporation,
payable thirty years after their date, but with the right in the said town
to anticipate their payment after the expiration of five years, bearing
interest at not more than six per centum per annum, payable semi-an-
nually, said bonds to be issued to be used exclusively in paying off and
discharging the principal and interest of the present bonded debt of the
corporation of Farmville, whenever the same becomes due and payable;
suid registered and coupon bonds shall be regularly numbered, signed
by the mayor, clerk, and treasurer of the town and recorded in a book
kept for that purpose.

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