CHAP. 69.—An ACT to provide a road commission for Franktown magis-
terial district, in Northampton county and to repeal preview acts.

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Approved September 9, 1919.

1. Be it enacted by the general] assembly of Virginia, That
there is hereby established for Franktown magisterial district,
in the county of Northampton, a district road commission, con-
sisting of J. Coley Ashby, William J. Gladstone, William E.
Thomas, A. B. Dunton and D. M. Kellam, which commission
shall have exclusive control of all roads and bridges within limits
of said district, and also of all taxes levied for road purposes
and for building and repairing bridges; and of all moneys which
may be borrowed by the board of supervisors, under any law
now existing, or which may hereafter be enacted for the pur-
pose of building, improving and maintaining the public roads
and bridges in said Franktown magisterial district and all taxes
levied for road purposes and for building and repairing bridges
within the said district; that is to say, that the taxes levied in
the said magisterial district for road purposes shall be expended
in said district, including its share of the county levy, for road
purposes. The members of said commission provided for in this
act shall hold office for two and four years from the time of
their appointment in the order named, so that two shall be ap-
pointed as hereinafter provided for, on or before January 1,
1922, and three on January 1, 1924. — |

2. Upon said commission meeting and organizing, the’ said
members shall at once select a chairman, clerk and treasurer,
the last two shall be one whose accounts shall be audited by said
commission and certified by said commission to the board of
supervisors once a year and published once each year in some
newspaper published in the same county. The said members
of said road commission shall reside in the said district during
their term of office, and, upon removal therefrom, their succes-
sor shal] be selected in the manner thereinafter provided.

3. In the event of the vacancy in such Franktown road com-
mission, whether caused by death, resignation or removal from
office or from the district for which they were appointed, or by
expiration of term of office, such vacancy shall be filled by the
circuit court of said county or the judge thereof in vacation.

4. Said commission hereby provided for shall be a body cor-
porate, and shall be known and designated as “‘the Franktown
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road commission,” and as such shall have the right to contract
and be contracted with, sue and be sued.

5. Said district road commission selected under this act shall
qualify before the clerk of the circuit court and in the manner
provided by law for qualifications of magisterial] district officers,
and the treasurer shall, at the time of his qualification and before
he enters upon the discharge of his duties, give bond for the
faithful performance of his duties with security in the sum of
two thousand dollars ($2,000) by guarantee company, the pre-
miums to be paid out of the road funds, and shall receive a salary
of two hundred dollars ($200) per annum, in full compensation
for his services for receiving and disbursing all funds that may
come into his hands as such treasurer and for performing the
duties of secretary. : .

6. The said commission shall meet at some convenient place
in said district, and for their services in attendance upon said
meeting, the members thereof in attendance shall receive a per
diem of four dollars ($4), but members of said commission shall
not receive pay for more than twelve meetings in any one year.

7. The said district road commission is hereby authorized
and empowered to adopt such methods and materials as in its
judgment may seem best suited to the requirements of said dis-
trict, employ such engineers, road builders and operatives, teams
and machinery as to it may seem fit, and make reasonable and
proper regulations as to location, construction and maintenance
of the roads and bridges of said district and do generally and
perform all acts necessary for the effectuation of the interests
and purposes hereof.

All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are here-
by repealed. ,

9. An emergency arising by reason of the importance of the
immediate execution of the provisions of this act, the same shall
be in force from its passage.