Chap. 316.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sub-section 5 of section 17 of chapter
3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Radford, Virginia, approved
January 22, 1892, and to authorize the city council of said city to acquire and
build bridges across New river from Radford city to Pulaski county.

Approved March 26, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sub-section
five of section seventeen, chapter three, of an act entitled an act to incor-
porate the city of Radford, Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

Fifth. To close or extend, widen or narrow, lay out, graduate, curb,
and pave, and otherwise improve streets, sidewalks, and public alleys of
said city, and have them kept in good order and properly lighted; and
over any street in the city which has been or may be ceded or conveyed to
the city by proper deed, they shall have like power and authority as over
streets and alleys. They may build bridges in and culverts over said
streets, and may acquire and build bridges across New river from Rad-
ford city to Pulaski county, Virginia, and may prevent or remove any
structure, obstruction, or encroachment over or under, or in any street,
sidewalk, or alley in said city, and may permit shade trees to be planted
along said streets, but no company shall occupy with its works or any
appurtenances thereof the streets, sidewalks, or alleys of the city without
the consent of the council duly entered in its records. In the meantime
no order shall be made and no injunction shall be awarded by any court
or judge to stay the proceedings of the city in the prosecution of their
work, unless it be manifest that they, their officers, agents, or servants
are transcending the authority given them by this act, and that interposi-
tion of the court is necessary to prevent that which cannot be adequately
compensated in damages.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.