CHAP. 53.—-An ACT to amend sections 2 and 13 of chapter 327 of the
acts of the general assembly, 1902, approved March 28, 1902, and to.
amend section 21, chapter 167, of the acts of the general assembly for
1922, approved March 11, 1922, said amendments being amendments
to the charter of the town of Pennington Gap, Lee county, HS aah

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Approved March 21, 1923.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections two and thirteen of chapter three hundred and twenty-
seven of the acts of the general assembly for nineteen hundred
and two, approved March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and
two. be amended to read as follows:

Section 2. The limits of said town of Pennington Gap shall
be as follows:

Beginning at a beach northeast of the Sam Cecil residence,
which is station number one, and marked as a corner, thence
north thirty-eight-thirty, west five hundred and eighty-six feet;
thence north seventy-five, west two hundred and eighty-six feet;
thence south fifty-four, west three hundred and forty-five feet:
thence south twelve-thirty, west three hundred and thirty-six
feet; thence south thirty-five, west one hundred and fourteen
feet; thence south fifty-four. east six hundred and thirty-one
feet; thence south thirty-five-thirty, west one hundred and
eighty-three feet; thence south fifty-two, west eight hundred
feet; thence south sixty-eight, west ten hundred and fifty feet:
thence south one-thirty, east three hundred and ninety-three
feet; thence south sixty-one, west sixteeen hundred and twenty
feet ; thence south twenty-five-thirty, east ten hundred and sixty-
eight feet ; thence north seventy, east nineteen hundred and eigh-
teen feet; thence south sixty-nine-thirty, east three hundred and
sixty-four feet; thence north forty-nine-thirty, east three
hundred and seventy-seven feet; thence north thirty-five, east
one hundred and eighty-four feet; thence north sixty-eight, east
five hundred and twenty-seven feet; thence north twenty-six,
east two hundred and seventy-seven feet; thence south eighty-
six-thirty, east four hundred and twenty-nine feet; thence south
thirty, east four hundred and twenty-one feet; thence north
forty-eight, east three hundred and seventy-three feet; thence
north fifty-seven-thirty, east eleven hundred and thirty-five feet ;
thence north fifty-nine, east seven hundred and seventy-four
feet; thence north sixty-four-thirty, east five hundred and
seventy-seven feet; thence north sixty-eight, east six hundred
and fifty-two feet; thence north forty-seven-thirty, west three
hundred and eighty feet; thence north twenty-nine, west one
hundred and thirty-nine feet; thence north one-thirty, east eight
hundred and forty-four feet; thence north seventy-six, east four
hundred feet; thence north six-thirty, west five hundred and four
feet; thence north eight, west five hundred and sixty-nine feet;
thence south eighty-forty-five, west four hundred and eighty-
three feet; thence south fifteen-thirty, east two hundred and
twenty-four feet; thence south seventy-one west ten hundred
and eleven feet; thence north twenty-four, west one hundred
and sixty-three feet; thence south sixty-five, west twenty-one
hundred and forty feet to the beginning.

Section 13. The town council may levy and provide for the
collection of such taxes as it may deem proper on all property,
real and personal, within said town, so that the same does not
exceed one hundred cents on the one hundred dollars assessed
value; to impose a specific license on all shows, performances
and exhibits that may be given in or within one mile of the
corporate limits of said town; may impose a license tax on all
business on which the State imposes a license tax; may impose
a license tax on the sale of all merchandise or other manu-
factured articles that may be offered for sale by any person not
permanently located and doing a regular business in said town;
and the officials of said town shall have the same power to col-
lect taxes within the corporate limits of said town that the
county officials now have under the general laws of this State;
provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to per-
mit the imposition or levy of any license fee or tax.on any subject
of licensing or taxation, if such imposition or levy by cities and
towns is prohibited by general law.

Provided that the town council shall, for the purpose of
creating a sinking fund and to pay interest on any bonds
of said town of Pennington Gap, issued for the purpose
of constructing, installing, and erecting a water system
and sewer system for said town or issued for’ the
purpose of construction, laying, grading, repairing or laying
out streets and alleys within said town or for the purpose of
building, constructing, repairing, or extending sidewalks, curb-
ing and guttering in said town, levy an additional tax, over and
above the one hundred cents on the one hundred dollars, men-
tioned in paragraph one of this section, sufficient to pay any in-
terest and provide a sinking fund for such bonds; but this
proviso shall not be construed to require said town council to
lay and levy said additional tax whenever the revenue derived
from the operation and sale of water shall be sufficient to pay
all interest and provide for a sinking fund for the redemption
of said bonds when due.

2 fe it further enacted that section twenty-one of chapter
one hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of the general assembly
of Virginia for nineteen hundred and twenty-two, approved
March eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, be amended
so as to read as follows:

Section 21. The bonds authorized by this act shall be cou-
pon or registered bonds and shall be issued in such denomina-
tions as the mayor and the council of the town of Pennington
Gap may prescribe. They shall bear interest at a rate not to
exceed six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually and
shall mature at a time not to exceed thirty-five years from the
date of issuance, and may be made to mature at any time less
than thirty-five years as may to the mayor and council of said
town seem best and expedient, and shall be signed by the mayor,
countersigned by the clerk, for and in behalf of said town, shall
have the seal of the said town affixed and the interest coupons
attached thereto shall bear the lithographed fac-simile signatures
of the mayor and clerk.

3. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.