Chap. 139.—An ACT to amend Chapter 161 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926,
approved March 17, 1926, as heretofore amended, relating to sanitary districts
in certain counties of the State, by adding thereto two new sections numbered 2-a
and 2-b, to provide for the enlargement of sanitary districts and the merger of
two or more sanitary districts into one. [H B 243]

Approved March 9, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-one of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, approved March seventeenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, as heretofore amended, be amended by adding thereto two
new sections numbered two-a and two-b, as follows:

Section 2-a. The circuit court, or the judge of such court in vaca-
tion, upon the petition of the board of supervisors or other governing body
of the county and of twenty-five per centum of the qualified voters resid-
ing within the limits of the territory proposed to be added, may make an
order extending the boundaries and enlarging any sanitary district cre-
ated under the provisions of this act, which order shall prescribe the
metes and bounds of the territory so added.

Upon the filing of said petition a hearing shall be had as provided in
section two hereof, and the notice of such hearing may require all inter-
ested persons to appear and show cause why any special tax levied or to
be levied in the sanitary district for special sanitary district purposes may
not be likewise levied and collected in the territory proposed to be added
to such district, and to appear and show cause why the net operating reve-
nue derived in the added territory from the operation of any system or
systems established under the provisions of section three of this act may
not be set apart to pay the interest on and retire at maturity the principal
of any bonds theretofore issued in connection with such system or systems.
Nothing in such order enlarging a sanitary district as provided herein
shall be construed to limit or adversely affect the rights and interests of
any holder of bonds issued by the said district, and such order shall ex-
pressly preserve and protect such rights and interests.

Section 2-b. The circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation,
upon the petition of fifty qualified voters residing within the boundaries
of each sanitary district affected, may make an order merging into one
sanitary district any two or more sanitary districts in the same county cre-
ated under the provisions of this act, which order shall prescribe the
metes and bounds and the name or other designation of the new district

so created.
Upon the filing of said petition a hearing shall be had as provided in
section two hereof, and the notice of such hearing may require all inter-
ested persons to appear and show cause (1) why any special tax or taxes
levied or to be levied for sanitary district purposes in any one or more of
the districts affected may not be likewise levied and collected in the new
district when created ;

(2) Why a special tax or taxes may not be levied in such newly
created district which shall be in lieu of any special tax or taxes levied
for sanitary district purposes in any one or more of the districts affected,
and a sufficient part of the revenue so obtained applied to pay the interest
and to create a sinking fund to retire at maturity any outstanding bonds
theretofore issued by any such district or districts ; and

(3) Why the net operating revenue derived in any one or more of
the said districts from the operation of any system or systems established
under the provisions of section three of this act may not be set apart to
pay the interest on and retire at maturity the principal of any bonds there-
tofore issued in connection with any such system or systems established in
any of the said sanitary districts. Such order shall expressly preserve and
protect the rights of holders of any such outstanding bonds, and nothing
herein shall be construed to limit or affect the rights and interests of any
such bond-holders.