Chap. 205.— An ACT to establish Norton school district. in Wise county,
Approved May 8, 1903,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the fel-
lowing territory, which is now in Gladeville school district. in) Wise
county. be, and the same is hereby, constituted a school district. by the
name of the Norton school district—to-wit: Beginning at a chestnut
post. berg the nertheast corer of Spruce and Eleventh streets, and
corner to plat number one of the Norton Land and Improvement Com-
pany. which plat is recorded in the office of the clerk of the said court
of Wise county. in decd book twenty-six, pages one hundred and fifty-
one, et cetera: thence south sixty-six degrees, west four hundred and
seventy-two fect, to a point on the line dividing the Jands of the Nor-

on
ton Land and Improvement Company and Patrick Hagan; thence vw
their division line south one degree forty minutes, east two th
sand one hundred and ninety feet, to a white oak and poplar on
bank of Benjamin’s branch, south eighty-four degrees — fifty-
minutes, east two hundred and sixty-seven and seven-tenths fcet. er
Ing the Louisville and Nashville railroad, to a dead pine, south fi
four degrees five minutes, cast three hundred and one and nine-ter
feet, to a sourwood, chestnut and locust, south six degrees twenty-
minutes, west two hundred and fifteen feet to a stake, south tive
grees fifty-seven minutes, west three hundred and seventy-five and

tenths feet to a locust, south forty-five degrees twenty minutes, 1
two thousand four hundred and forty-two and seven-tenths fect t
chestnut oak near the top of Stone mountain, south fifty-seven dex
sever, minutes, east five hundred and forty-foyr and six-tenths fee
a pitch pine near a cliff of rocks and corner to the lands of the >
ton Land and Improvement Company and Patrick Wagan: the
leaving the lands of Patrick Hagan, and with the dividing lines of
lands of the Norton Land and Jmprovement Company, north et
nine degrees and forty-four minutes, east three thousand nine hime
and fifteen feet to the “Lone Rock”; thence north thirty-seven dee
fifteen minutes, east five thousand and sixty-two and seven-tenths |
passing through the lands of the Norton Land and TImprevement ©
pany and the lands of Mistress LL.D. S. M. Frazier and the lands of
Virgima Coal and Tron Company; thence with their division Tine ne
sixty-seven degrees fifty minutes, east one thousand five hundred

twenty-seven and six-tenths feet to a stake: thence Jeavine the lin
the Virginia Coal and Tron Company and passing through the ds
of the Norton Land and Improvement Company north twenty-t
deerces west, crossing the Norfolk and Western railroad. five Thane
and cighty-seven feet to the centre of Guest’s river, up the maida
sald river as if meanders three thousand: six hundred and) twenty--
feet: thence south sixty-six degrees west, and passing through the la
of the Norton: Land and Improvement Company four thousand i
hundred and twenty-two fect to a chestnut post. bemy the south
corner of Tenth street and Ridge avenue, and corner te plat mui
three of the Norton Land and Improvement Company. which pla
recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court ef Wise cou
mn deed book thirtv-twe. page thirteen, et cetera: thence following -
foot te a chestnut posts nerth sixty-six degrees fourteen minutes. v
sixty-two and five-tenths feet to a chestnut post, north crehtyv-three
grees twelve minutes. west two hundred and eighty and twelve
hundredths feet to a chestnut post. south thirteen deerees twentyese
minutes, east two hundred and forty-five and three one-hundre-’
fect to a chestnut post: north sixty-six degrees fourteen minutes, v
three hundred and ninety-five and twenty-five one-hundredths feet
a chestnut pest. south twenty-three deerecs forty-six mounutes. xv
one and fifty feet te a chestnut post, sard post being on a line of s
plat number one: thence following said plat number one north <i
six deerces fourteen minutes, west fiftv-seven and. five-tenths fuer
the hecinning,
2. The trustees of the said district shall be appointed in the man-
ncr provided by law for the appointment of district school trustees, and
shall, in addition to the duties imposed by law on district school trus-
tees, ascertain and report to the board of supervisors of Wise county
the rate of taxation desired to be levied for district school purposes in
said district on the real and personal estate therein: provided, said
rate of taxation shall not exceed five mills on the dollar in any one
year.

. The elerk of the board of trustees shall transmit to the board of
cue rvisors of Wise county a copy of the order ascertaining the rate
of taxation as aforesaid, which order shall be signed by the chairman
of the board, and also attested by its secretary. T he board of SUpervisors
for Wise county shall in its discretion lay a levy for district school pur-
poses for said district of the amount ascertained as aforesaid by the trus-
Tees.

The trustees may, if they deem it necessary, apply the money col-
lected under the provisions of this act to the payment. of salaries of teach-
ers in sald school district as well as to distriet: school purposes,

Nothing contained in this act shall reheve the Norton school districé
as hereby constituted from paving its pro rata share of the bonded indebt-
edness of Gladeville school district incurred for the purpose of building
the public school-house in the town of Norton.

This act shall be in force from its passage.