CHAP. 82.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 16 of the charter of the
city of Suffolk as heretofore amended.

Approved March 4, 1912.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section sixteen of the charter of the city of Suffolk as heretofore
amended by acts approved, respectively, March first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-five, February eighth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-four, February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, February sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and Feb-
ruary eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$16. The council of said city shall annually make or cause
to be made and entered upon the record of its proceedings an esti-
mate and statement of all sums of money which may lawfully be,
or may lawfully become chargeable to said city, and which ought
to be paid in one year from the first day of July, for any and all
purposes, including for poor and public schools, together with
a statement of the purposes or objects for which said sums of
money may be, or may become, so chargeable to said city, and
shall raise by levy so much money as in its discretion shall be
sufficient to meet all just demands against the corporation or city
on any account, including the poor and public schools. The said
levy shall be made annually for one year beginning on the first
day of July, and may be made upon dogs and upon all such real
and personal property as may be subject to State taxation, and
not exempt from taxation by the Constitution and laws of the
State; provided, however, that the said levy for the benefit of the
poor may be such as may be necessary to enable the council to
provide for them, and for the benefit of the public schools, it
shall not exceed the levy or tax allowed by the general laws of
the State for such purposes, and for all other purposes of said
city it shall not exceed one and one-half per centum of the as-
sessed value of the taxable property in said city at the time the
said levy may be made; provided further, that the total tax rate
for all purposes shall not exceed one and sixty-two one-hun-
dredths per centum per annum; and provided further, that no
city tax nor levy shall be imposed upon the bonds of said city;
and provided further, that the said city taxes may be assessed
or levied on the same property upon which State taxes are as-
sessed or levied in said city and collected in the same manner in
which such State taxes are collected.

2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.