Chap. 179.—An ACT to authorize and direct the board of supervisors ot
Smyth county to pay to the town of Chilhowie a part of the road tax
for the year 1913, paid on the property, real and personal, in said town,
and collected by the county treasurer of said county of Smyth.

(H. B. 435.)
Approved March 21, 1914.

Whereas, the town of Chilhowie, in Smyth county, was incor-
porated after February first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, under
the provisions of an act approved March fourteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and eight, entitled an act to provide for the incorporation
by the courts of towns of more than two hundred and less than
five thousand inhabitants, and conferring upon said towns, when
incorporated, certain powers of taxation; and

Whereas, the road tax and other taxes levied on the property,
real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town for the
year nineteen hundred and thirteen, was paid to the county treas-
urer of Smyth county; and

Whereas, the said town has to care for and keep its streets and
roads in repair.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of Smyth county be, and they are hereby,
authorized and directed to pay to the town of Chilhowie the sum
of six hundred dollars out of the taxes for the year nineteen hun-
dred and thirteen, assessed and collected for road purposes on the
property, real and personal, embraced within the corporate limits
of said town; the said sum to be paid by warrant drawn by the
chairman of the board of supervisors on the county treasurer of
Smyth county and countersigned by the clerk of said board, pay-
able to the treasurer of the town of Chilhowie.

2. An emergency existing by reason of the fact that no funds
are in hand to keep in repair the roads and bridges of said town of
Chilhowie, this act shall be in force from its passage.