Chap. 104.—An ACT to-amend and re-enact an act passed March 21, 1836, en-
titled an act to incorporate the town of Salem, in the county of Botetourt
(now in Roanoke county), and all acts amendatory thereof.

Approved March 11, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
passed March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled an
act to incorporate the town of Salem, in the county of Botetourt, and
acts amendatory thereof, and amendatory of any acts amendatory
thereof, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
town of Salem, in the county of Roanoke, as chartered by act of assem-
bly of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled “an
act to incorporate the town of Salem, in the county of Botetourt,” and
all acts amendatory thereof, and amendatory of any acts amendatory
thereof as heretofore laid off and as may be hereafter extended, shall
continue to be a body politic in the name of the council of the town of
Salem, and as such shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, im-
munities, and powers, and be subject to all the duties now incumbent
upon the said town as a body politic; shall have and exercise all the
powers and be subject to all the provisions of the Code of Virginia,
except so far as may be herein otherwise provided.

§ 2. The municipal authorities of said town shall consist of a mayor,
sergeant, and six councilmen, Who shall be elected every two years by
the qualified voters of the said town as hereinafter provided.

§ 3. The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the council of said
town, and all the corporate powers of said town shall be exercised by
said council, or under its authority, except when otherwise ordered.

§ 4. There shall be an election held on the second Tuesday in June,
nineteen hundred and four, and every two years thereafter; the voting
place in each ward to be tixed by the said council, of which election and
location of voting places the said council shall give at least ten days’
notice prior to such election. The election in each ward shall be held
by three of the qualified voters of said town, selected by the electoral
board of Roanoke county, and conducted in the manner prescribed in
the election laws of this State, at which election there shall be elected
a mayor and sergeant for said town, who shall be qualified voters of said
town, and the persons receiving a plurality of the aggregate votes cast
(in the first, second, and third wards) for mayor and sergeant, re-
spectively, shall, on qualifying as such, on or before the first day of Sep-
tember next after such election, be the mayor and sergeant, respectively,
of said town; and at said election each ward shall elect two councilmen,
all of whom shall be qualified voters of said town, and residents of the
ward for which they are elected. The mayor and councilmen so elected
shall constitute the council of said town. In case it is impossible to
determine the candidate who has received the highest number of votes
by reason of a tie,. the commissioners of election shall, by lot, determine
the matter. The said commissioners of election shall examine the
returns, and notify the persons elected of their election, and shall also
certify said returns as prescribed by law governing towns. The mayor,
sergeant, and councilmen shall go into office on the first day of Sep-
tember next after their election, and shall hold their respective offices
for the term of two years. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of
the council, and in his absence the council may elect one of their num-
ber to preside. He shall exercise the powers and perform the duties
given and required by this act and the general laws of this State for
the government of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants.

§ 5. The said council shall be the judge of the election of its own
members. When from any cause a vacancy shall occur in the office of
mayor, councilmen, or sergeant, the same shall be filled by the council
at the next regular or called meeting thereof, for the unexpired term.

§ 6. That the said council shall be vested with and exercise, indi-
vidually and collectively, all the powers and authority which can be
exercised by justices of the peace under the charter, by-laws, and or-
dinances of said town, and under the laws of the State, for prosecuting
and suppressing unlawful assemblies, disturbances, and violent and
disorderly conduct, within the corporate hmits of the said town.
They shall have power to enforce such fines, not exceeding one hundred
dollars in amount, for violation of the peace, as may be prescribed by
ordinance of said council, and may commit to jail of said county of
Roanoke until said fines are paid, and may compel such person or per-
sons so committed to work on the street and public works or buildings
for a term not exceeding four months, and shall have exclusive juris-
diction in all cases arising under the by-laws and ordinances of the said
town, and to issue any and all proper process whether mesne or final,
which may be necessary to enforce their authority.

§ 7%. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the police regula-
tions of said town, the said town shall be allowed the use of the county
jail of Roanoke county for the safe-keeping and confinement of all
persons who shall be sentenced to imprisonment under the ordinances
of the said town.

§ 8. The said council shall have power to elect a treasurer and clerk
for the said town, and to appoint all necessary police officers, a town
engineer, and town attorney, and prescribe their compensation. The
same person may, in the discretion of the council, be appointed to hold,
at the same time, more than one office. The said treasurer, before he
enters upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond, with sureties
approved by said council, in such penalty as may be prescribed by said
council, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The
sergeant, before entering upon the performance of his office, shall exe-
cute his bond, with security approved by said council, in a penalty to be
prescribed by said council, but not to be less than ten thousand dollars,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
During his continuance in office as sergeant of said town, he shall have
within the corporate limits of said town, and within one mile around
the same, the same powers and perform the same duties, and receive the
same fees, and be liable to the same penalties as a constable; and in ad-
dition to the powers conferred upon town sergeants by the general laws
of this State, the sergeant of said town, and all police officers appointed
by the mayor or council thereof, shall have all the powers conferred
by law upon special police; and shall have power to arrest without war-
rant and take before the mayor, any and all persons who shall violate
any ordinance of the town or law of this State, in their presence; and
it shall be their duty to swear out warrants of arrest for any person or
persons, where he has reason to believe an offence has been committed.
In collecting the town taxes, the said sergeant may distrain and sell
therefor in like manner as a county treasurer may distrain and sell for
State taxes, and shall have in other respects like powers to enforce the
collection thereof. Should the office of sergeant become vacant by his
removal from the limits of said town, resignation or otherwise, the said
council shall have power to appoint a sergeant, to serve as such for the
unexpired term. The said sergeant, by and with the consent of the
council, can appoint one or more deputies, and require bond from same,
with penalty conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.
The council shall have power to remove any officer enumerated in this
act for malfeasance or misfeasance in office.

§ 9. That the mayor or any three of said councilmen shall have
power to summon a meeting of said council, upon a call in writing stat-
ing the object of the meeting, which meeting shall be composed of not
less than four councilmen, who, in the absence of the mayor, may elect
one of their number mayor pro tempore. Each councilman present
shall have one vote, except the mayor, who shall have no vote at any
meeting, except in case of a tie. The said council, moreover, shall keep
a complete record of all their proceedings and accounts in suitable
books, and deliver such to their successors in office, and the same shall
at all times be open to the inspection of persons qualified to vote.

§ 10. That the said council shall also have power and authority to
make all necessary provisions to prevent accidents by fire; to designate
such parts of said town as it may deem advisable within which no build-
ings of wood shall be erected; to regulate and control the erection of all
buildings, by ordinance, and to order the removal of any building which
shall hereafter be erected contrary to such regulations, at the expense
of the builder or owner thereof; and to cause any building which clearly
appears to be unsafe, to be taken down, at the expense of the owner
thereof; to supply the town with water for all necessary purposes; to

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prevent the pollution of water and injuries to the water works, it shall
have jurisdiction now or as may hereafter be given by general law to
towns for such purpose, to organize fire companics, and to purchase
engines, hose, fire hooks, ladders, and other fixtures necessary and use-
ful for preventing accidents by fire; to establish, enlarge, maintain, and
operate a system of sewerage, gas works, electric light works, within or
without the said town,-and to contract or agree with the owner or own-
ers of land for the use or purchase thereof, or to have the same con-
demned according to law, for the location, extension, or enlargement
of its said works, water pipes, wire, and fixtures connected therewith,
and shall have power, by ordinance or otherwise, to protect from injury
the said works, pipes, wire, fixtures, and Jand, or anything connected
therewith, whether within or without the limits of said town. The
council of said town shall also have power and authority to negotiate
any loan or loans, in the manner prescribed by law, for the purpose
of buying necessary real estate, for the erecting of buildimgs, for the
purchase of any and all material for its water works, gas, or electric
light works, and its sewers, and the construction of the same, and for
the general improvement of the town, so that the amount borrowed shall
not exceed that allowed by law; and shall also have authority to issue
registered or coupon bonds for said loan or loans, payable at not more
than thirty years after date of said bonds, bearing interest at a rate not
greater than six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. They
shall also have power and authority to establish markets and regulate
the same, to regulate the sale of fresh meats of all kinds, and to regu-
late huckstering and peddling upon the streets of the town; to grad-
uate and pave, or in any other manner improve the streets, walks, and
alleys of said town, and have them kept in good order, and properly
lighted and paved, and to require the payment by the property owners
benefited by such works or improvements, of such portion of the costs
thereof as may be allowed by law, and to make such sum a lien upon
their real estate, and collectible in the same manner as is hereinafter
provided for the collection of taxes generally; to prevent the cumbering
or obstruction of the strects, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, or bridges in the
said town in any manner whatever, and to have full and complete con-
trol of same; to change, direct, and protect the water courses in said
town; to prevent and punish by reasonable fines, the practice of firing
guns, or in any manmer setting fire to powder, within the said town;
to regulate and direct the location of all buildings for storing gun-
powder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, or other explosives; to regulate and
prohibit the exhibition of fireworks, and the making of bonfires (in sheds
and yards) within the said town; to license and regulate shows and other
public exhibitions, and the same to tax to such extent as they may deem
reasonable and expedient; to prescribe rules for the orderly building of
houses and chimneys; to regulate blacksmith shops and all other shops,
structures and business considered likely to occasion accidents by fire,
and the erection of stoves and stove-pipes; to regulate the erection of
privies, stables, and cow-sheds, and prescribe their location; to regulate
butcher stalls and slaughter houscs; to remove and abate nuisances
within said town at the expense of those who may occasion them, or of
the owner or owners of the land whercon the same may be; to restrain
the exercise of any dangerous, offensive or uwnwholesome business, trade,
or employment therein; to require and compel the owners or occupants
of houses in ihe town to connect their water closets and water drains
with the sewers of the town, or otherwise comply with such regulations
as to sewerage as the council may prescribe; to prohibit horses, mules,
hogs, dogs, cows, and other animals from running at large within the
limits of said town; to prohibit and regulate the raising and keeping
of hogs in said tow n, or any part ther cof: to prevent the exhibition of
stud horses and jackasses in said town ; to prevent the riding, driving,
or movement of horses or other animals or vehicles of any kind at a
fast or improper speed, throwing stones, or committing any act, on the
streets, sidewalks, or alleys, dangerous to, or annoying, to persons on
same, ‘and to punish the abuse or eruel tr atment of “horses or other
animals in said town; to prevent vice and immorality, obscenity, or
profanity, to restrain ‘and punish drunkards and street beggars and
vagrants, to suppress houses of ill-fame and gambling houses, anc
punish persons engaged in gambling; and ge nerally to pass all by-laws,
ordinances, or regulations, or ordvrs not contrary to the Constitution
and laws of the United States or of this State, which the said council
may think necessary and proper for carrying into effect the foregoing
powers, and such other powers as are now or may hereafter be vested in
them by the laws of this State, and to amend or repeal the same at their
pleasure, and to enforce the observance of such by-laws, ordinances,
orders, and regulations under penalties not exceeding one hundred dol-
lars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, fines to be
recovered, with costs, in the name of said town hefore the mayor, or
any councilman of said tow n, in the absence of the mayor, and applied
in aid of the taxes imposed upon said town.

§ 11. That the council of said town may appoint annually an assessor,
if deemed necessary, who shall be a qualified voter of the said town, and
who shall assess the value of all the real and personal property in the
corporate limits of said town, except the public lots, lands, and buildings
belonging to the county of Roanoke, located in the said town, and such
other real and personal property as may be exempt by the law of the
State from assessment for taxation. And said council shall have power
and authority to levy and collect annually a tax on the real and personal
property in the corporate limits of said town, except the public lots,
lands, and buildings belonging to the county of Roanoke, and on such
other subjects within the said town as are or may be taxed by the
revenue laws of the State, or allowed by this charter, and on dogs be-
longing to persons residing in said town, and for the privilege of
carrying on any business, “trade, or profession within the corporate
limits: provided, that the tay on real estate shall not execed in any one
year one dollar on every hundred dollars value thereof, and that the
poll-tax shall not exceed one dollar on every male resident over twenty-
one years of age in any one year, who is not pensioned by the State for
miltiary service; and for the purpose of carrying on any trade, business,
occupation, or profession within said town by persons residing without
the corporate limits, the tax shall not exceed in any one year the tax
imposed by the said council on persons residing within the corporate
limits for carrying on like business, trade, profession, or occupation.
Should any person carry on any such trade, business, profession, or oc-
cupation without obtaining license therefor and paying the tax required
by ordinance, he shall be prosecuted as for violation of the ordinances
of said town as hereinbefore provided.

§ 1%. That in order the better to determine who shall be liable to
taxation in the said town under this act, it is hereby declared that all
persons liable to taxation as hereinbefore provided, and residing in, or
in pursuit of any business, trade, or occupation, calling, or profession
in said town, as aforesaid, on the first day of February, annually, shall
be subject to taxation the current year.

§ 13. Whenever the said council shall decide to open, graduate, curb,
and pave, and otherwise improve the streets, sidewalks, alleys, and foot-
ways within said town, and have the same kept in good order and
properly lighted, and to build culverts and sewers, they shall determine
what portion, if any, of the expense thereof shall be paid by the town,
and what portion shall be paid by the owners of the real estate benefited
thereby: provided, that, unless by special agreement, the portion assessed
against the abutting land owners shall not exceed one-third of the total
cost thereof, and shall not be in excess of the peculiar benefits resulting
therefrom to such abutting land-owner: and provided further, that in
case of sewers, no lot shall be liable to special or abutting assessment
until the sewer pipes are so laid that the same can be used by the occu-
pant on grade line established on streets or alleys on which said lot abuts,
nor unless proper facilities for obtaining the water from the water sys-
tem of said town be furnished for said lot. But no such improvement
shall be made the cost of which is to be defrayed in part, by a local
assessment, until first requested by a petition from not less than three-
fourths of the Jand-owners to be affected thereby, or unless three-fourths
of the council shall concur in voting by a recorded vote that such im-
provement is expedient and should be made, in which case no petition
shall be necessary. If no petition be filed, the council shall, before pro-
ceeding to make said improvements, have prepared by the town engineer
a plan of said improvement and an estimate of the cost of same, and
shall give notice, to be served in the manner provided by law for the
service of notices, to the abutting land-owners, not less than ten days
in advance, notifying them when and where they may appear be-
fore the council, to be heard for or against said improvement. After
such hearing, if the council shall determine to have such improvement
made, it may order it to be made, and after the work shall be completed,
and the total cost of such improvement shall have been ascertained, the
same shall be apportioned: by the council, or under its direction, between
the town and the abutting land-owner as may be provided by law. The
amount assessed against each land-owner, or for which he is responsible
by agreement, shall be reported by the council to its sergeant, the col-
lector of the town taxes, who shall enter the same as provided for other
taxes, and shall be reported to the clerk of Roanoke county, as herein-
after provided, and the council shall prescribe the time and manner in
which the said assessment shall be payable. When the apportionment
is not fixed by agreement, notice, to be served as legal process is served,
shall be given to each abutting land-owner, notifying him of the exist-
ence of such report, the place where the same can be seen and inspected,
and of the amount assessed against his land. Notice to an infant or
insane person may be served on his guardian or committee, and to a non-
resident of the State, by order of publication, or by mailing same to his
address, or may be served on his agent or tenant, and said notice shall
cite such person to appear before the council, upon a day stated therein,
not less than fifteen days from the service of said notice, and at a place
designated therein, and show cause, if any he can, against said asscss-
ment. Said apportionment shall stand as to all persons not appearing
and objecting thereto, and shall be a lien on the land so charged, en-
forceable as other town taxes against real estate in said town, or by a
suit in equity. Any person objecting thereto may appear in person, or
by attorney, before the said council, at the time and place designated
in said notice, and shall be heard at that meeting, or ata subsequent
one. If the said council shall overrule such objections, then the party
shall have the right of appeal, within ten days from the date of such
decision, to the circuit court of Roanoke county, and the clerk of the
council shall, when appeal is taken, immediately deliver to the clerk of
said court the original notice, with the judgment of the council en-
dorsed thereon, and the clerk shall docket same according to law. Every
such appeal shall be tried by the court, or upon five days’ notice to the
adverse party, by the judge thereof in vacation, in a summary way,
without pleadings in writing, and without a jury. All legal evidence pro-
duced by either party shall be heard, whether the same was produced or
not before the council, from whose decision the appeal is taken. The
amount assessed against such land-owner, or as fixed by agreement with
him, or as ascertained as proper to be paid by the appellant upon ap-
peal, shall be a lien upon the abutting land of such person or persons,
enforceable as other town taxes against real estate therein, or by a suit
in equity, and if said assessments are reported to the town sergeant, and
recorded by the clerk of Roanoke county, as provided in section fourteen
of this charter, the same shall be notice of the lien thereof, and the said
real estate shall be liable for said asscssments as against creditors and
purchasers, or other persons into whose hands the said real estate may
pass. In all cases where a lessee or tenant shall pay, or be required to
pay, any expense of any pavement, or for other improvement to same,
along the side or sides of the land or lot by him occupied, for which
land or lot, by contract, with his lessor or landlord, he shall be bound
to pay rent, the amount of any such expense paid by him or collected
from him, or made out of his property, shall be a good and valid set-off
against so much of the rent due or accruing to his lessor or landlord.

§ 14. That all taxes, whether general or special, assessed upon any
land or lot in said town, are hereby declared to constitute a lien upon
such land or lot, as to general taxes and levies from the commencement
of the year for which they were assessed, and as to special taxes and
levies from the time assessed, and if the sergeant of the said town shall
not be able, with due diligence, to collect the said taxes by the first day
of August of the year after the same were asscssed, he shall make out
lists of such as cannot be collected, in same manner as county treasurers
are required to do in cases of delinquent State taxes, and present said
lists to the said council at its first regular meeting thereafter. The
said council shall examine said lists, and if approved, shall credit the
said sergeant with the amount of. same, and shall have its clerk certify
a copy of said lst to the county clerk of Roanoke county, to be by him
recorded in a book furnished by the said council, similar in manner
and form to that provided for the record of delinquent taxes on real
estate due the State, and shall also certify a copy of the said list to the
treasurer of Roanoke county, to be used by said treasurer in accordance
with the law regulating the sale of delinquent lands, and in the said
book there shall also be columns for the entering of the names of pur-
chasers and the amount and date of sales of the real estate sold by the
said county treasurer for delinquent taxes due the said town. This
record shall be held as notice of the lien thereof, and the said real estate
shall be liable for such tax as against ereditors and purchasers, or other
persons into whose hands the said real estate may pass. The said clerk
shall be entitled for each entry of lots in said record book to a fee of
ten cents, and a fee of ten cents for the entry of each name of purchas-
ers, with date of sales, and a fee of twenty-five cents for each redemp-
tion entered, to be paid by the town of Salem, and to be charged against
and be a lien upon said land, along with the taxes and levies against
same. When the county treasurer sells the land for non- -pay ment of
State taxes due the Static, he shall include in such taxes the amount
due the town, and he shall collect and account for same, except where
the State is the purchaser. If the land is not delinquent for State taxes,
he shall, nevertheless, sell for the town taxcs. The sales and report of
sales and confirmation of same shall be in all respects in accordance with
the law connected with and regulating the sales of delinquent lands for
the non-payment of State taxes, and the said council shall charge the
said treasurer with whatever may be due from him on account of said
sales, less a commission of ten per centum to the said treasurer. No land
or lot or parts thereof shall be sold for less than the amount of taxes,
levies, interest, penalties, and costs, and if no bids shall be received at
such sale for said amount and the Commonwealth is not the purchaser,
the same shall be bid in and purchased by the said treasurer for the
said town, in which event the said treasurer shall execute to the
said town a certificate of sale, in which the deseription and local
situation of the property, the name of the person assessed with same,
the amount of taxes, levies, interest, ponalties, and costs, and the
date of sale, shall be specified, and shall deliver the same to the clerk of
the council to be by him preserved, and also to the county clerk of Roa-
noke county, to be by him recorded in said book, Any one having the
right to redeem said land may redeem same within the time allowed by
law for the redemption of real estate sold for delinquent taxes due the
State, by paying to the county clerk of Roanoke county the taxes, levies,
penalties, interest, and costs due upon said land. At the expiration of
the time within which the said real estate may be redeemed, as provided
by law for the redemption of real estate sold for delinquent taxes due
the State, if same has not been redeemed, a deed shall be executed to
the purchaser by the county clerk of Roanoke county, according to the
provisions of the statute law, providing for the execution of deeds to
purchasers of delinquent lands sold for State taxes. The council of
the said town shall, after four months from the expiration of the time
for said redemption, have recorded in the deed book of the clerk’s office
of the county clerk of Roanoke county the certificate of sale made by
the county treasurer and heretofore referred to, with the oath of the
said county clerk attached thereto, that the said real estate has not been
redeemed; and thereupon the said town of Salem shall acquire an ab-
solute title to same: provided, that four months’ notice of its mtention
to have such certificate recorded, shall be given to all persons having the
right to redeem the said real estate: and any one having such right may
redeem the same at any time before the expiration of said four months.
The said certificate, or record thereof. or a certified copy thereof, shall
be evidence of the facis therein stated, in all courts and other places of
this Commonwealth: provided, however, that the failure to obtain or
record such certificate shall not. affect the lien of the town of Salem for
the taxes assessed against such real estate, but the said town may, at
any time, elect to enforce its lien for taxes in a court of equity, and re-
lease its rights as purchaser or to become a purchaser of said real estate.
The said council shall have the right to impose a penalty of five per
centum upon all taxes and levies not paid by December first of the year
in which the same are assessed.

§ 15. That the said council shall also have power to lay off and open
new streets, cross strects, and allevs of such width and extent as said
council may think fit and convenient, and after those already laid off and
opened, or such as mav hereafter be laid off and opened, whether within
the original or extended limits of said town. ]

§ 16. That the said town and the taxable persons and property therein
shall be exempt and free from any poor rates and road taxes, and from
contributing to any county cxpenscs except as hereinafter provided, and
the said town shall, at its own expense, provide for its own poor and keep
its own streets in order: provided, that the said town shall make no
charge for any water furnished by said town to said county for court-
house, jail, public hydrant, public water closets on courthouse lot, or any
office occupied by the county officers, nor for any lights furnished by said
town. to the courthouse and clerk’s office: provided, said water and lights
do not exceed in amount that in use by said county on November first,
nineteen hundred and three, nor for sewerage connecting said courthouse,
jail, or public water closets on courthouse lot with the sewer system of
said town, and shall pay annually to the treasurer of said county the sum
of three hundred dollars, payable on or before the first day of May, nine-
teen hundred and four, and on or before the first day of May of each year
thereafter. Should there be any extension, repairs, or rebuilding of the
courthouse, clerk’s office, or jail of said county contemplated, the same
shall be ordered after agreement between the board of supervisors of said
county and the council of said town, and in the event of their failure to
agree what extension, repairs, and so forth, should be made, and how
much of the costs thereof should be borne by the said. town, the same shall
be referred to and determined by the judge of the circuit court of said
county, either in term or vacation, whose decision shall be binding on all
parties in interest, with right of appeal to either party, as in other cases.

§ 17. That for the purpose of maintaining the police regulations of
said town under the authority of this act, and for no other purpose, the
jurisdiction of the corporate authorities thereof shall be, and the same is
hereby, made to extend one mile beyond the limits of said town.

§ 18. That the by-laws heretofore passed by the trustees or aldermen
of said town, and which have not been repealed, and are not in conflict
with the laws of this State, shall be and continue in force until] altered or
repealed by the council of said town.

§ 19. That the corporate limits of the said town shall be as follows:
Beginning at the point where the corporate line now crosses the Cove
road, north of Salem; thence with the Cove road six hundred feet north-
ward; thence west five degrees south, to a point on Red lane or Monteiro
street of Queen City Land Company’s map; thence with west side of said
street north to its intersection with Carrollton street, as per map of Mon-
teiro Land Company; thence with south line of Carrollton street in
straight line with northern boundary of tract of land owned by W. 8S.
and O. D. Oakey, continuing in westerly direction on same line through
the property of T. H. B. Dillard (now the property of the Baptist or-
phanage) and others to west side of Board streel, as per map of Lake
Spring Land Company; thence in southerly direction following the west
side of Board street to the property of F. P. Goodwin; thence west with
his north line to corner of his property; thence in southerly direction
with his west line to Main street ; thence with north side of Main street to
a point opposite the west side of Langhorne’s mill lane; thence with west
side of said lane to the river; thence with said river eastward to a point
due south of the line between the lands of the Salem Improvement Com-
pany and C. W. Burwell; thence northward with said line to the north
side of the electric car line; thence with north side of the electric car line
in a westerly direction to west side of Idaho street; thence in northerly
direction with west side of Idaho street to Big Lick turnpike; thence with
the said turnpike northward to the present corporate limits; thence with
same to the beginning; the aforesaid boundaries being same as existed
on the first day of February, nineteen hundred.

§ 20. The said town shall be laid off into three wards, the boundaries
of which shall be the same as now constituted and arranged. But the
council of said town may, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the
whole number, change the boundaries or number of the wards. No ordi-
nance or resolution making such change shall be passed until the same,
setting forth the change or changes, has been posted at three or more
public places in said town and the wards to be affected.

§ 21, The council may, by proper ordinances, erect in or near said town
suitable houses of correction or reformation, and shall have the right to
use the jail of Roanoke county as a station house for the confinement of
all persons charged with a violation of the ordinances of said town, until
such time as said persons may be tried for said violation, and for. the con-
finement of all persons sentenced to imprisonment by the mayor or any
councilman of said town, the said town to pay all charges incurred or in-
cident to said imprisonment.

§ 22. The said council shall have the authority to permit railroads, to
be operated either by steam, horse, or electric power, to be built or laid
through the streets of said town, and to regulate the speed, designate the
routes and grades, and hmit the rates of charges between points within
the corporate limits for passengers and freight by street railways, and
may wholly exclude the same when the welfare of the town demands such
exclusion. The said council shall also have the power to restrain and
regulate the speed of bicycles, traction engines, locomotives, engines, cars,
automobiles, and other vehicles within said town.

§ 23. The said council shall have power, by proper ordinance, to pre-
vent and punish the selling of liquor and intoxicating drinks in said
town, also the selling or giving of any intoxicating liquor to any minor;
also the selling or giving Pot ci inarettes to any minor under sixteen years
of age, without the consent in “writing of his or her parent or guardian,
and for any violation of any such ordinance there may be imposed by said
council such fines and penalties as the said council may prescribe, the
fine not to exeecd one hundred dollars and imprisonment not to exceed
six months.

§ 24. That the said town shall have the right to establish, or cause to
be established, gas and electric works for the use of the said town.

§ 25. That all registration of voters and elections held in the said town
shall be as provided by the Constitution and laws of this State.

§ 26. That the extension of the corporate limits of the town of Salem
shall not exempt the property taken into the town by such extension from
its lability to taxation for the payment of a subscription of two hundred
thousand dollars, or any part thereof, made by the county of Roanoke to
the Valley Railroad Company, which lands were outside the corporate
hmits of said town, and were lable to such taxation at the time said sub-
semption was made.

§ 27. That the electors residing in the corporate limits of the town of
Salem shall not, at any election to be held hereafter for supervisors of
Salem magisterial district, in Roanoke county, have the right to vote for
such supervisor.

§ 28. That the electors residing in the corporate limits of the town of
Salem shall not vote in anv election that may hereafter be held to ascer-
tain whether or not the said county of Roanoke shall make a subscription
to the capital stock of any railroad company or other corporation, or in
any other matter affecting the revenues of the said county.

§ 29. That all acts and parts of acts concerning the town of Salem, in
the county of Roanoke, or the lands and: lots therein, which are in con-
flict with or contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.