Chap. 620.—An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Chesterfield county
to create a general road fund, and to provide for the permanent improvement of
roads.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted hy the general assembly of Virginia, That the board
of supervisors of Chesterfield county shall create a general road fund by
setting apart and appropriating thereto one-half of the road fund of each
district of said county in each year, including the levies for the year
nineteen hundred and one, which general road fund and such other
moneys as may be lawfully appropriated thereto shall be expended only
towards the permanent improvement of the public roads of said county
as is contemplated by this act.

2. The said board of supervisors shall have the authority, and it shall
be its duty, to cause such road or roads, or parts of roads, in said county
as it may, from time to time, designate to be built, improved, or repaired
in a permanent manner, or as nearly so as may be practicable, and to
that end may employ such agents or engineers as may be necessary, and
fix their compensation, purchase machinery, supplies, and materials, and
perform any other act necessary to carry out the spirit of this act. It
shall also have authority to forbid the public from traveling on such
road, or portion of road, while the same is being built, improved, or re-
paired, and thereafter when such travel would, by reason of weather con-
ditions, in the opinion of said board, greatly damage such road. It may
make all necessary contracts, plans, and specifications, and shall require
proper bonds from all agents and contractors for faithful performance
of duties or contracts. All work and contracts shall be done and _ per-
formed to the satisfaction of the board, and all moneys shall be paid hy
the warrant of said board.

The said board of supervisors shall have authority, if, in its opinion,
it shall be judicious to do so, to require all persons who may use wagons,
carts, or other vehicles in said county to provide such wagons, carts, or
vehicles with tires of such width as said board may prescribe, upon such
conditions as said board may prescribe; and may prescribe such penalty
for the failure of any person to comply with such requirement or order
as said board may deem just.

4, The said board of supervisors shall have the authority to appro-
priate to the general road fund provided for by this act any balance that
may remain at the end of any fiscal year to the credit of the county fund
or levy, or so much of said fund or levy as said board may deem it wise
to appropriate.

5. No supervisor or other public officer shall have any interest in any
work or contract done or had under the provisions of this act.

6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby r-
pealed.

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