Chap. 291.—An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Clarke
county to build, construct, and maintain a bridge over the Shenandoah river at
or near Castleman’s ferry, and one over the Shenandoah river at or near Berry’s
ferry, in Clarke county.

Approved March 25, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Vitpinia, That the board
of supervisors of the county of Clarke be, and they are hereby, authorized
and empowered, as hereinafter provided, if, in their judgment, it is ad-
visable so to do, to cause to be built and constructed two suitable bridges,
with the necessary approaches thereto, across the Shenandoah river, one
of them to be located at or near Castleman’s ferry, and the other to be
located at or near Berry’s ferry, in said county of Clarke, the total cost
of said bridges not to exceed forty thousand dollars.

2. That the said board of supervisors is authorized to condemn or pur-
chase any rights and sites necessary therefor on either side of said river
in the manner provided for by statute.

3. That the said board of supervisors is authorized and empowered to
borrow, from time to time, a sum or sums of money, not exceeding in
the whole the sum of forty thousand dollars, to be expended in the erec-
tion and construction of said bridges in said county, and to issue the
bonds of the said county for the loan thereof. The said bonds shall be
either registered or coupon, in denominations of one hundred dollars
each, or multiples thereof, in such form as the said board may prescribe ;
shall be signed by the chairman of the said board and countersigned by
the clerk thereof; shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per
centum per annum, payable semi-annually at the office of the treasurer
of the said county, and shall be payable not exceeding twenty years after
date at said office, and may, in the discretion of the said board, be redeem-
able at such time or times as the said board may prescribe. The said
bonds, though of the same issue, may be made payable at different times,
so that the same may mature and become due and payable at different
and varying periods; but no bonds issued under this act shall be sold or
negotiated at less than par. :

4. The said board is given hereby full power to construct said bridges
with reference to the subjects mentioned in the foregoing sections in such
manner as may seem to them best for the public interest, and to carry
into effect the provisions and purposes of this act.

5. The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to receive pri-
vate subscriptions to aid in constructing and building said bridges, said
subscriptions, however, to be received and considered as a gift to said
county; and when the said board shall have ascertained by the receipt
of sealed proposals or otherwise that the cost of said bridges, together
with the necessary approaches thereto, can be secured at a total cost to
said county not exceeding the sum of forty thousand dollars, exclusive of
said subscriptions, then the said board shall be authorized to contract
for the same.

6. The said board of supervisors shall annually include in the levy
upon the property and lawful subjects of taxation in the said county, as
a part of the county levy, a sum and tax sufficient to pav the annual
interest on the said bonds, and in such manner as the said board deems
best create a sinking fund to pay off the said bonds at or before maturity.

7. The title to said bridges, and all rights pertaining to the same, shall
be in the county of Clarke, and said bridges shall be and remain the
property of said county of Clarke; but before said supervisors shall con-
tract for said bridges, or issue the bonds hereinbefore provided for, said
bond issue shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said county at
some general election as to whether said bonds shall be issued or not.
At said election, should a majority of the qualified voters favor said bond
issue, then said supervisors are hereby authorized to issue said bonds.

8. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.

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