Chap. 365.—An ACT to amend Chapter 217, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly
of 1918, approved March 14, 1918, and being the charter of the city of Clifton
Forge, by adding a section numbered 23-b authorizing purchase or condemna-,
tion by council of land within or without the city for certain purposes and
under certain conditions. [H 531]

Approved March 31, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That chapter two hundred seventeen, as amended, of the Acts of
Assembly of nineteen hundred eighteen, approved March fourteen, nine-
teen hundred eighteen and being the charter of the city of Clifton Forge
be amended by adding a section numbered twenty-three-b as follows:

Section 23-b. Any thing in this charter to the contrary notwith-
standing the city council shall have power by purchase or, with
the consent of the governing body of the county of Alleghany, by condem-
nation to acquire lands within three miles of the city limits for use as a
dump for refuse, trash or garbage, provided that the provisions of section
thirty-eight hundred and thirty-two of the Code of Virginia shall apply.
to any property belonging to any corporation possessing the power of
eminent domain that may be sought to be taken by condemnation
hereunder.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.