Chap. 156.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of
Virginia, approved March 6, 1906, entitled an act to incorporate the town of
Virginia Beach, in the county of Princess Anne, Virginia; and to define the
boundaries of the said town of Virginia Beach, as set forth in the said act of
the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 6, 1906, and in an order of
the circuit court of Princess Anne county, Virginia, entered on the 28th day of
May, 1923. {H B a7]

Approved March 14, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of. Virginia, That an
act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March sixth, nineteen
hundred and six, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Virginia
Beach, in the county of Princess Anne, Virginia, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. That the territory hereinafter described, and the in-
habitants thereof, shall be a body corporate and politic, to be known
and designated as the town of Virginia Beach, and as such shall exercise
all the functions of a municipal corporation, shall have perpetual suc-
cession, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and
have a corporate seal which it may alter, renew, or amend at its
pleasure; provided, however, that the territory described in clause (b)
of this section which was annexed to the town of Virginia Beach by an
order of the circuit court of Princess Anne county, Virginia, entered
on the twenty-eighth day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and provisions of said order.

The following is a description of the territory above referred to:

(a) The territory described in the above-mentioned act, approved
March sixth, nineteen hundred and six:

Beginning at a point in the county of Princess Anne, on the Atlantic
Ocean, where the Chautauqua by the sea and W. H. Hall’s line adjoin;
thence running northerly along Atlantic Ocean to Twenty-sixth street
to Linkhorn bay; thence running southerly along Linkhorn bay and
following the westerly boundary of the Virginia Beach Development
Company’s property until it strikes Parks avenue, as shown on the
plat of Virginia Beach, recorded with the deed to Robert M. Hughes,
duly recorded in the clerks office of Princess Anne circuit court, July
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; thence running south
down the centre of Parks avenue through the property now or formerly
the Atlantic Investment Company until it strikes the lines of the Vir-
ginia Beach Development Company’s property; thence following the
boundary of the Virginia Beach Development Company’s property to a
cove in Lake Rudee; thence running eastwardly along the southern
boundary of the Virginia Beach Development Company’s property to
& point in Hall’s line; thence eastwardly in a straight line to the point
of beginning.

(b) The territory described in a certain order entered by the circuit
court of Princess Anne county, Virginia, on the twenty-eighth day of
May, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, in the annexation proceedings
of town of Virginia Beach against board of supervisors of Princess Anne
county, Virginia:

Beginning at the northwestern corner of the corporate limits of
the town of Virginia Beach, which is located in an arm of Linkhorn bay,
and running thence northwestwardly down the centre of said arm of
said Linkhorn bay and continuing thence down the centre line of said
Linkhorn bay proper as it meanders until said line intersects with a
line extended or prolonged in a straight line from the shore of the
northern side of a road which constitutes, in part, the northern boundary
of the property of the Virginia Beach Development Company, known
as Linkhorn park, as shown on a plat or map of Linkhorn park prop-
erty of Virginia Beach Development Company, recorded in the clerk’s
office of Princess Anne county, Virginia, in map book five, page one
hundred and fifty-one; thence eastwardly along the northern side of
said road to a point marked “Walnut” on said map or plat; thence in
an eastwardly direction to a point marked “Hickory” on said map or
plat; thence northeastwardly along the centre line of a ravine to Crystal
lake, on said map or plat; thence across Crystal lake in a line drawn
northeastwardly from the centre line of said ravine to a point where
the northern side of an extension of a road known as “Holly road,”
would intersect with the eastern shore of said Crystal lake, as shown
on said map; thence in a southeasterly direction along the eastern side
of said extension of said road to a point where the southern line of the
property of the Holly Beach Corporation intersects with said road as
shown on said map, which said line is a prolongation or extension of the
northern line of fortieth street; thence in an easternly direction along
said last mentioned line and the northern side of fortieth street to the.
Atlantic Ocean; thence southwardly along the Atlantic Ocean to the
northern boundary of the present town of Virginia Beach where it
intersects with said Atlantic Ocean; thence westwardly along the north-
ern boundary line of the present town of Virginia Beach to the point of
beginning.

Section 2. There shall be a mayor and six councilmen, all of whom
shall be eleetors of said town, who shall constitute the council of said
town, and shall be elected by the qualified electors of said town at the
general election to be held on the second Tuesday in June, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, and every two years thereafter, and shall
enter upon the duties of their office on the first day of September next
succeeding their election, and shall continue in office until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified.

Section 3. The said town, its council, and its officers, shall have
all the rights, privileges, and powers conferred by the general laws of
this Commonwealth upon towns, town councils, and town officers.

Section 4. In addition to the powers herein and by general law
conferred, the council of said town shall have the following powers:
To enter into contracts for supplying the town and its inhabitants with
water, gas, electric current and other public utilities; to issue bonds
and other obligations for municipal purposes; to levy and collect taxes
and assessments on persons, property, privileges, amusements, busi-
nesses, professions and occupations; to issue licenses for the conduct
or operation of privileges, amusements, businesses, professions and
occupations; to make and collect charges and fees therefor; to estab-
lish, impose, and enforce water rates and charges for public utilities or
other services, productions or conveniences operated, rendered, or fur-
nished by the town; to establish zoning districts and adopt and enforce
building regulations and restrictions; to alter, change, and close streets,
lanes, and alleys; to provide for the preservation of the general health
of the inhabitants of said town, and to make all necessary, proper, or
convenient sanitary regulations; to exercise full police powers and
establish and maintain a department or division of police; to do all
things whatsoever necessary, proper, expedient, or convenient for pro-
moting or maintaining the general welfare, comfort, education, morals,
government, health, trade, commerce, and industries of the town or
its inhabitants; to make and enforce all ordinances, resolutions, rules
and regulations necessary, expedient or convenient for the purpose of
carrying into effect the powers conferred herein or by any general law
and to provide and impose suitable penalties for the violation of such
ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, or any of them, by fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or both. The said town may maintain a suit to restrain by
injunction the violation of any ordinance or resolution notwithstanding
such ordinance or resolution may provide punishment for its violation.

Section 5. The present mayor and councilmen shall continue in
office until the expiration of their term of office or until their successors
shall have been elected and qualified.

Section 6. To improve local conditions at once, an emergency is
declared and this act shall be in force from its passage.