Chap. 166.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act
to create the city of Hopewell, in the county of Prince George; to provide
temporary and permanent officers for its organization and management and to
authorize the assessment and collection of revenue necessary for the perma-
nent improvement and government of said city, approved February 26, 1916.

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Approved March 14, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
ten of an act entitled an act to create the city of Hopewell, in the
county of Prince George; to provide temporary and permanent officers
for its organization and management and to authorize the assessment
and collection of revenue necessary for the permanent improvement
and government of said city, approved February twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred and sixteen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Section 10. The council shall have control of all fiscal and munici-
pal affairs of said city and all of the real and personal property; and
may make all ordinances and by-laws relative to the same as it deems
proper, and from time to time may make, amend and re-amend any
and all ordinances for the proper regulation, management and govern-
ment of the said city not in conflict with the Constitution and statutes
of this State or of the United States, and may impose fines and penalties
for the violation or non-observance thereof. It shall be the duty of the
council, annually, to make such levies on all property, persons, busi-
ness and privileges that are permitted by law, as will, when collected,
bring into the city treasury sufficient sums as nearly as may be, to pay
all of the expenses for maintaining and governing the said city, and to
pay interest and create a reasonable sinking fund for all indebtedness
that may from time to time be due by the city on account of the issue
of bonds or otherwise; and to that end, the said council is hereby fully
authorized and empowered to levy and collect all proper levies and
taxes upon persons, properties, privileges and business, not prohibited
by law; and it may impose and collect local assessments for improve-
ment within the limits provided by the Constitution and general laws
of the Commonwealth. The council shall have full power to enact,
establish and prescribe for the enforcement by proper authority of any
and all ordinances that in its judgment may be proper, expedient and
advisable to promote the health, protection and general welfare of the
said city and of its inhabitants, and to protect persons and property
therein from danger, damage or destruction by fire or otherwise. And
to effectuate the powers conferred by general laws, as well as the powers
herein specifically provided, said council may employ all such persons.
as may be necessary, and fix and pay their compensation.

To borrow money in anticipation of the collection of the revenue for
the then current year; provided, that the certificates, bonds or other
obligations mature within one year from the date of their issue, and
do not exceed the estimated revenue for such year.

2. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall be
in force from its passage.