Chap. 301.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23 of an act of the
general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act
to amend and reenact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in
force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city
of Norfo k, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882.
as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, ap-
proved, respectively, April 6, 1887, April 28, 1887, May 14, 1887, February
14, 1900, February 21, 1900, February 26, 1900, February 2, 1901, Feb-
ruary 15, 1901, March 15, 1902, and to define the boundaries of the
said city of Norfolk, ag extended by the several acts of the general
assembly, approved April 6, 1887, February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902,
and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was
entered on the 9th day of January, 1906. (S. B. 500.)

Approved March 25, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section twenty-three of an act of the general assembly of Virginia,
approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled an
act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, in force January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-
four, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk,
and repealing the existing charter, approved April twenty-tirst,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as amended by the several acts
of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April
sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, April twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, May fourteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-seven, February fourteenth, nineteen hundred,
February twenty-first, nineteen hundred, February twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred, February second, nineteen hundred and one,
February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, March fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and two; and to define the boundaries of the said
city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general as-
sembly, approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
Tlebruary twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety, and March
fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and by an order of the cir-
cuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the ninth day of
January, nineteen hundred and six, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

The city shall not take or damage any private property for
streets or other public purposes without making to the owner or
owners thereof just compensation for the same. But in all cases
where the city council cannot, by agreement, obtain title to the
ground or any easement or riparian right necessary for such pur-
poses, it shall be lawful for it to apply to the circuit court of the
county in which the land, ground, easement or riparian right shall
be situated, or to the proper court of the city having jurisdiction
of such matters, if the subject to be condemned lie within the city.

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.