Chap. 252.—An ACT authorizing the town of Shenandoah, Virginia, with
the counties of Page and Rockingham, to jointly acquire the bridge
across the Shenandoah river at the town of Shenandoah and provid-
ing for its repair and maintenance, and authorizing the said town of
Shenandoah to lay a levy for said purposes. (H. B. 238.)

Approved March 16, 1916.

Whereas a toll bridge across the Shenandoah river at the
town of Shenandoah, Virginia, uniting the counties of Page
and Rockingham is a public necessity, Therefore be it enacted
by the general assembly of Virginia, That the said town of
Shenandoah, Virginia, and the counties of Page and Rocking-
ham be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to
acquire by purchase or condemnation, the toll bridge across the
Shenandoah river at the town of Shenandoah, which bridge
unites the counties of Page and Rockingham, from the Shenan-
doah Bridge Company, Incorporated.

2. That the price to be paid for said bridge shall be deter-
mined by a majority vote of the members of the council of the
town of Shenandoah and the boards of supervisors of the said
counties, respectively.

Each of said counties shall pay one-half of the funds
necessary to acquire said bridge; provided further, that the
boards of supervisors of said countites shall make application
to the State highway commission for State aid funds to be used
in the purchase of said bridge.

4. Said bridge shall be owned jointly by the town of Shen-
andoah and the counties of Page and Rockingham, which is to
say, the town of Shenandoah shall own one-fourth, the county
of Page one-fourth, and the county of Rockingham one-half,
and said bridge shall be kept in repair and maintained jointly
and in the proportion of their ownership, by the said town of
Shenandoah and the counties of Page and Rockingham.

5. Said bridge shall ever hereafter be free from toll.

Provided, however, that the provisions of this bill shall not
become effective until approved by a majority vote of each of
the said boards of supervisors and the said town council. _

6. Necessity existing for immediate relief of the citizens
of both counties hereinbefore mentioned, and the said town
from the payment of toll, which is an extra burden to them, ar
emergency exists, and this act shall be enforced from its pas
sage.