CHAPTER 268

Act to amend and reenact Chapter 20 of the Acts of Assembly of
1940, approved February 9, 1940, as amended, which was continued
in effect by § 15-762 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain
assessments of taxes for public improvements in certain counties and
validation of certain such levies.

[H 585]

Approved March 8, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That Chapter 20 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February
940, as amended, which was continued in effect by § 15-762 of the
e of Virginia, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. The * governing body of any county adjoining a city having
opulation of more than * two hundred thousand and less than * two
dred and * twenty-five thousand, according to the last preceding
ted States census, and the * governing body of any county having
ensity of population of six hundred or more to the square mile of
iland, according to the last preceding United States census, shall
e the power and authority to levy a special assessment on the property
ny magisterial district in such county, subject to local taxation, for
purpose of raising funds to provide fire protection, lights, drainage,

other improvements deemed necessary by such board or governing
y, for the welfare of the people in such district; and that any such
- heretofore levied, or levied and collected, by such board or govern-
body, shall be considered as, and it is hereby, covered by this act.