Chap. 87.—An ACT to authorize the town of Strasburg to issue bonds not liable
to corporation taxation, and to borrow money for the purpose of establishing
water works for said town, and for other purposes.

Approved March 10, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
lawful for the council of the town of Strasburg, in the county of Shenan-
doah, State of Virginia, to issue bonds of said town and to borrow money,
not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be
expended in establishment of a system of water works within or without
the town of Strasburg, as may be determined upon by said council, and
to meet all expenses connected therewith; to contract or agree with the
owners of any land for the use or purchase of lands for the purposes
thereof, or to have the same condemned according to law, within or with-
out the limits of the said town, for the location or extension and enlarge-
ment of their said works, the pipes connected therewith, or any appur-
tenances or fixtures thereof, and shall have power to protect from injury,
by ordinances prescribing adequate penalties, the works, pipes, fixtures,
and land, or anything connected therewith, whether within or without
the limits of said town, and meet all expenses connected therewith, as
may be determined by council of said town.

2. The bonds issued shall be thirty-year coupon bonds of the denomi-
nation of fifty, one hundred, and five hundred dollars, numbered and
registered or payable to bearer, signed by the mayor and attested by the
recorder of said town, and: shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five
per centum per annum, payable annually, and shall be redeemable at any
time after the expiration of twenty years, at the option of said town, the
bonds to be redeemed to be designated by lot.

3. The bonds issued under this act shall not be liable to corporation
taxation, and shall not be sold for less tham par.

4. That the council of said town shall have the right to issue bonds
as aforesaid, with the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of
said town, ascertained by special election to be held in such manner as
the said council shall prescribe after the passage of this act, such special
election to be governed by the laws regulating special elections. ‘The
result of the election shall be spread upon the minutes of the council of
the town of Strasburg, and shall constitute a basis for the issuance of
the said bonds.

5. An emergency existing that the election be held for the purposes
set forth in this bill as soon as practicable, this act shall take effect from
its passage as an emergency act.