CHAP. 68.—An ACT to permit counties having a population greater than
300 inhabitants per square mile, as shown by the United States census,
to bond for 18 per cent. of the a-sessed value of real estate in such
county. (H. B. 286.)

Approved March 13, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
all counties in the State of Virginia having a population in excess
of three hundred persons per square mile, as shown by United States
census, shal] have the power to issue, for internal improvements,
bonds to the amount of eighteen percentum of the assessed values
of the real property of said counties; provided, however, that all
proposed bond issues under this act shall first be submitted to a
vote of the people for ratification, and be ratified by a majority of
the voters voting in said election before such bond issue may be

issued.