Chap. 181.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sub-division “b” of section 8 of an act
~ approved December 21, 1901, entitled ‘an act to incorporate the town of Fries,
in Grayson county, Virginia,’ as amended by an act approved March 29, 1902.

Approved March 14, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That subdivision
“b” of section eight of an act approved December twenty-first, nineteen
hundred and one, entitled “an act to incorporate the town of Fries, in
Grayson, county, Virginia, as amended by an act approved March twenty-
ninth, nineteen hundred and two,” be amended and re-enacted so as to
read) as follows:

(b) The council shall have power to open, lay off, grade, improve, and
close streets and alleys within the corporate limits of the said town; to
lay off and improve sidewalks; to provide for, establish, and maintain a
system of water supplies, water works, lights and light works, sewerage
and drainage, and to acquire, erect, improve, and control such lands,
buildings, and other properties as, in ils opinion, shall be desirable for
the public interests of said town.

For the accomplishment of the purposes of this charter, and for the
better exercise of the powers conferred herein, the said council shall have
the right of eminent domain, and the right to condemn so much private
property, whether within or without said town, as may be necessary for
such purposes: provided, just compensations and damages be ascertained
by law, and paid therefor, and all proceedings for said purposes shall be
had as may be provided by the general laws of the State of Virginia. The
council shall have the power to make local assessments for public roads,
streets, sidewalks, and alleys, sewers, and such other improvements for
which, under the general laws governing cities and towns in Virginia,
such local assessments can be made, and the same shall be made and en-
forced as provided by such general laws; and in consideration of the said
town of Fries keeping its public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and all county
roads within its corporate limits in good repair, it shall have the exclu-
sive use of all road tax levied against said town of Fries, to be used upon
the said public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and roads within its corporate
limits; and for tue purposes of this charter, and in the exercise of the
powers herein conferred, the common council shall have the power to use
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to issue the
bonds of the said town for such amounts, and: in such denominations, and
payable as the said council may prescribe: provided, no bonds shall be
issued: by the said town for any purpose whatsoever without the consent
in writing of the owners, whether individuals or corporations, of one-half
in value of the real estate of said town, except as hereinafter otherwise
provided: provided, also, that in the event it shall, in the opinion of the
council, be desirable to borrow for temporary or current objects a sum of
money not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year, the council
shall, by the vote of a majority of its members duly recorded, be au-
thorized to do so, and to issue the obligations of the town therefor, re-
deemable within two years from the date of such issue.

2. This act shall be in force on and after ninety days from the adjourn-
ment of this session of the general assembly.