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 fol-
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
pot, being the northeast corner of Spruce and Eleventh streets, and
comer to plat numher 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 deed book twenty-six, pages one hundred and fifty-
one, et cetera: thence south sixty-six degrecs, west four hundred and
seventy-two feet, to a point on the line dividing the lands of the Nor-

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ton Land and Improvement Company and Patrick Hagan; thence with
their division line south one degree forty minutes, east two thou-
sand one hundred and ninety feet, to a white oak and poplar on the
bank of Benjamin's branch, south eighty-four degrees fifty-five
minutes, east two hundred and sixty-seven and seven-tenths feet, cross-
ing the Louisville and Nashville railroad, to a dead pine, south fifty-
four degrees five minutes, east three hundred and one and nine-tenths
fect, to a sourwood, chestnut and locust, south six degrees twenty-five
minutes, west two hundred and fifteen feet to a stake, south five de-
grees fifty-seven minutes, west three hundred and seventy-five and six-
tenths feet to a locust, ‘south forty-five degrees twenty “minutes, west
two thousand four hundred and forty-two and seven-tenths feet to a
chestnut oak near the top of Stone mountain, south fifty-seven degrees
seven minutes, east five hundred and forty-four and six-tenths feet to
a pitch pine near a cliff of rocks and corner to the lands of the Nor-
ton Land and Improvement Company and Patrick Hagan; thence
leaving the lands of Patrick Hagan, and with the dividing lines of the
lands of the Norton Land and Improvement Company, north eighty-
nine degrees and forty-four minutes, east three thousand nine hundred
and fifteen fect to the “Lone Rock”; thence north thirty-seven degrees
fifteen minutes, east five thousand and sixty-two and seven-tenths ‘fect,
passing through the lands of the Norton Land and Improvement Com-
pany and the lands of Mistress L. D. S. M. Frazier and the lands of the
Virginia Coal and Iron Company; thence with their division line north
sixty- -seven degrees fifty minutes, east one thousand five hundred and
twenty-seven and six-tenths fect to a stake; thence leaving the line of
the Virginia Coal and Iron Company and passing through the lands
of the Norton Land and Improvement Company north twenty-four
degrees west, crossing the Norfolk and Western railroad, five hundred
and eighty-seven feet to the centre of Guest’s river, up the middle of
said river as it meanders three thousand six hundred and twenty-four
feet: thence south sixty-six degrees west, and passing through the lands
of the Norton Land and Improvement Company four thousand eight
hundred and twenty-two feet to a chestnut post, being the southeast
corner of Tenth street and Ridge avenue, and corner to plat number
three of the Norton Land and Improvement Company, which plat is
recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of Wise county,
in deed book thirty-two, page thirteen, et cetera; thence following said
fect to a chestnut post: north sixty-six degrees fourteen minutes, west
sixty-two and five-tenths feet to a chestnut post, north cighty-three de-
grecs twelve minutes, west two hundred and eighty and twelve one
hundredths fect to a chestnut post. south thirteen degrees twenty-seven
minutes, cast two hundred and forty-five and three one-hundredths
fect to a chestnut post: north sixty-six degrees fourteen minutes. west
three hundred and nincty-five and twenty-five onehundredths fect to
a chestnut post, south twenty-three degrees forty-six minutes, west
one and fifty feet to a chestnut post, said post being on a line of said
plat number one; thence following said plat number one north sixty-
six degrees fourteen minutes. west fifty-seven and five-tenths feet to
the heginning.
2. The trustees of the said district shall be appointed in the man-
net 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. ,

3. The clerk of the board of trustees shall transmit to the board of
supervisors of Wise county a copy of the order ascertaining the rate
of taxation as aforesaid, which order shall be signed by the chairman
o! the board, and also attested by its secretary. The board of supervisors
for Wise county shall in its discretion lay a levy for district school pur-
poss for said district of the amount ascertained as aforesaid by the trus-
tees.

4. 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 said school district as well as to district school purposes.

Nothing contained in this act shall relieve the Norton school district
a: hereby constituted from paying its pro rata share of the bonded indebt-
eaness of Gladeville school district incurred for the purpose of building
the pubiic school-house in the town of Norton.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.