Chap. 150.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Drakes Branch, in the county of
Charlotte.

Approved April 14, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the com-
munity of Drakes Branch, in the county of Charlotte, as the same has
heretofore been or may hereafter be laid off in lots, streets, and alleys
shall be, and the same is hereby, made a town corporate by the name of
Drakes Branch, and by that name shall have and exercise all the rights,
powers, and privileges conferred, and be subject to the duties, liabilities,
and restrictions imposed by law for the government of towns of less than
five thousand inhabitants. ;

2. The boundaries of said town shall be embraced with the limits of
one mile extending north, south, east, and west from a point in the
center of the intersection of the public road with the track of the main
line of the Southern railroad at the railroad station, making an area of
two miles square.

3. The officers of said town shall be a mayor, a council consisting of
six members, a sergeant, and such other officers as the council deem pro-
per and necessary for the government of the town and the conduct of its
business. All officers shall be elected or appointed in the manner pre-
scribed by law, and in the absence of any provision of law on the subject,
then they shall be elected in the manner prescribed by ordinance of the
council. ,

4. The following named persons be, and they are hereby, appointed
officers of said town as named, to serve as such officers until their suc-
cessors are duly elected and qualified, namely: D. W. Berger shall be
mayor, and George B. Russell, L. S. Jackson, P. N. Morgan, T. W. Scott,
W. T. Pettus, and J. E. Crutcher shall compose the council of said town.

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