Chap. 395.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Highland Park, in the county of
. Henrico, Virginia.

Approved March 14, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the terri-
tory contained within the boundaries set forth and described in the
second section of this act be, and the same is, hereby made an incor-
porated community by the name of “Highland Park,” and by that name
the inhabitants of the said town shall have and exercise all the rights,
powers and privileges, and be subject to the duties, liabilities and restric-
tions imposed upon communities of less than five thousand (5,000)
inhabitants by the general laws of the State.

2. The boundaries of the said town shall be as follows: Beginning at
a point where the northern line of Valley road intersects with the
western line of the right of way of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
thence running in a northeasterly direction and along the western line
of the right of way of the said Chesapeake and Ohio railway to the
center of Magnolia street, thence in a westerly course along the center
of Magnolia street to the center of Fifth avenue, thence in a northeasterly
direction and along center of said Fifth avenue to a point seventy-five
feet northeast of a small stream, thence in a northerly direction to a
point on the western line of Dill avenue, two hundred and twenty-five
feet from the point where the eastern line of Fourth avenue intersects
with the western line of said Dill avenue, thence north along the western
line of the Royal property, which is the eastern line of Highland Park,
to a point on the western line of the right of way of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway, thence in a northerly direction and along the western line
of the right of way of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, to a point on
the western line of Enslow avenue, two hundred and twenty-five feet
north of Young street, thence in a westerly direction one hundred and
fifty feet, thence in a southerly direction one hundred and fifty feet,
thence in a westerly direction five hundred and twenty-five feet, then
south six hundred and seventy-five feet, thence west nine hundred and
seventy-five feet, thence in a southwesterly direction eight hundred and
twenty-five feet to the eastern line of Meadow Bridge road, the said
northern line from the Chesapeake and Ohio right of way is the northern
line of the sub-division of Highland Park, thence in a southerly direc-
tion along the eastern line of Meadow Bridge road to the center of
Virginia avenue, thence in a southerly direction to a point on the
western side side of a‘stream one hundred and fifty feet south of a
county road designated as Brookland avenue, thence along the western
bank of said stream designated as east fork of Cannon’s branch, as it
meanders in a southwesterly direction to the eastern line of the Rich-
mond and Henrico turnpike, thence in a southerly direction and along
the eastern line of said turnpike to the western line of Cannon’s branch,
thence in a southerly direction along the western line of said Cannon’s
branch to the northern line of Valley road, thence in an easterly direc-
tion and along the north line of Valley road to the western line of the
right of way of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, which is the point
of beginning.

3. That the government of the said town shall be vested in a mayor
and a council, consisting of six (6) members who shall be residents of
and electors in the said town, qualified to vote for members of the
general assembly.

The said mayor and councilmen shall be chosen by the electors re-
siding within the said town and qualified to vote for members of the
general assembly, the election to be by ballot and to be held, according
to law, on the second Tuesday in the month of June; the first election
to be held on the second Tuesday in June, nineteen hundred and ten.
The officers so elected shall enter upon their duties on the first day of
September following their election, and serve for the term of two years
and until their successors have qualified.

All officers of the town shall be elected or appointed in the manner
prescribed by law, and in the absence of any provision of law on the
subject, 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 the said town, to hold their respective offices until their suc-
cessors are duly elected and qualified, namely, William P. Redd, mayor:
F. E. Anderson, W. H. Dunn, J. T. Goodwyn, E. M. McClure, A. G.
Quarles, William Spratley, councilmen.

The said officers shall have all the powers and privileges and shall
he subject to all the restrictions provided for by the general statutes of
this State for the government of the powers of officers of towns.
5. The said town council shall have power to adopt any and all ordi-
nances, and to enforce the same for the regulation of and the improve-
ment of said town, subject, however, to the general statutes of the State
of Virginia pertaining to towns.

6. The authorities of the said town shall have the use of the county
jail of Henrico county for the safe keeping of all persons who shall be
sentenced under the ordinances thereof.

%. The said town shall assume all legal obligations incurred by the
commissioners of the northside district.

8. All taxes, levies and debts due to said northside district shall be
payable to the said town.

9. To improve the sanitary conditions at once an emergency exists,
and this act shall be in force from its passage.