Chap. 495.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 9, as amended, of Chapter
415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved March 31, 1932, relating to the
secondary system of State highways, the section relating to certain streets
and roads in cities and incorporated towns. {S 183)

Approved April 5, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section nine, as amended, of chapter four hundred fifteen of
the Acts of Assembly, nineteen hundred thirty-two, approved March
thirty-one, nineteen hundred thirty-two, be amended and reenacted as
follows:

Section 9. The State Highway Commissioner, subject to the ap-
proval of the State Highway Commission shall select such streets and
roads, or portions thereof, in incorporated towns and cities having more
than thirty-five hundred (3,500) inhabitants according to the last pre-
ceding United States census, and in all towns situated within one mile
of the corporate limits of a city of the first class and having a population
in excess of thirty-five hundred (3,500) inhabitants according to the
census of nineteen hundred and thirty, and in all cities operating under
‘a charter designating them as cities notwithstanding the number of
inhabitants, and in all towns having a population in excess of thirty-
five hundred (3,500) inhabitants according to the last preceding United
States census through which pass any primary road in the State highway
system directly connecting and over which moves a substantial portion
of the traffic between two cities of the State each of which has a popula-
tion in excess of forty thousand (40,000) inhabitants according to the
said census as may, in his judgment be best for the handling of traffic
in such towns and cities, from or to any road in the State highway
system, and from time to time make such changes in the selection thereof
as may be reasonable and proper. If such streets and roads, or portions
thereof, in such towns or cities so selected by the State Highway Com-
missioner shall, in the opinion of the State Highway Commission be
maintained up to the standard of maintenance of the State highway
system adjoining such town or city, the State Highway Commissioner
shall cause to be paid to such town or city, to be used by it in the main-
tenance and improvement, including construction and reconstruction of
streets, roads and bridges within such town or city, subject to the
approval of the State Highway Commission, the sum of four thousand
dollars each year for each mile of such streets and roads or portions
thereof, selected by the State Highway Commissioner under the provi-
sions of this section within such town or city, one-third thereof to be
paid from State highway maintenance funds and the remaining two-
thirds thereof to be paid from State highway construction funds allocated
to the construction district in which such town or city is located. Plans
and specifications for construction and reconstruction shall be approved
by the State Highway Commissioner.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section in any county
having a population of more than fourteen thousand eight hundred
sixty-five but less than fourteen thousand nine hundred according to
the last preceding United States census and which county entirely sur-
rounds any town therein such town shall share in the distribution herein
provided for towns having a population of more than thirty-five hundred.
The State Highway Commissioner shall be shown evidence that the
population of such town exceeds thirty-five hundred before the provisions
of this paragraph shall apply.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any incorporated
town which shows to the State Highway Commissioner by satisfactory
evidence that its population has increased to thirty-five hundred inhabi-
tants, or more, since the last preceding United States census, shall be
included in the provisions of this section.

The fund allotted by the Commission shall be paid in equal sums
in each quarter of the fiscal year, and no payment shall be made without
the approval of the State Highway Commission.

The town or city receiving this fund will be required to make
quarterly reports accounting for all expenditures, and certifying that
none of the money received has been expended for other than the main-
tenance, improvement, construction or reconstruction of the roads and
streets in such town or city.