Chap. 116.—An ACT authorizing cities, containing by the last or any sub-
sequent United States census, a population of not less than fifty thousand
nor more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, to appropriate to
standard guage steam railrond companies such sum or sums as may
be necessary, not to exceed two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars
in any one case, to induce such standard guage steam railroad com-
panies to extend their lines into the corporate limits of such cities, and
ratifying and confirming any such appropriation, not exceeding two
hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars, made by any such city heretofore
for said purpose. [S B 262]

Approved March 9, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
cities, containing by the last or any subsequent United States census,
a population of not less than fifty thousand nor more than one hun-
dred thousand inhabitants, may, in order to induce any standard
guage steam railroad company to extend its line into the corporate
limits of such cities, appropriate and pay over to such railroad com-
pany such sum or sums, as may be necessary, not to exceed in any
one case the sum of two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars.

2. Should any such city, as provided in this act, have heretofore
appropriated and agreed to pay over any sum or sums of money,
not exceeding in any one case two hundred thousand ($200,000) dol-
lars, for the purpose of inducing any standard guage steam railroad
company to extend its line or lines into the corporate limits of such
city, such act and contract is hereby expressly ratified and confirmed.