CHAPTER 153

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 855 of the Acts of Assembly of

1948, approved March 81, 1948, and incorporated by reference by

15-705 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the acquisition of lands

y school boards and governing bodies; the construction upon such

lands of stadia and certain other facilities, the issuance of bonds for

such purpose and the conditions upon which such bonds may be
issued, sold, and redeemed.

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Approved March 5, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 355 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March
31, 1948, which was incorporated by reference by § 15-705 of the Code
of Virginia, be amended and reenacted as follows:

The school board, in connection with schools, or the governing
body of any county in the Commonwealth having a population in excess
of two thousand per square mile according to the last preceding United
States census, may acquire land or lands in such county and construct
thereon a stadium, swimming pools, and other recreational facilities as
it deems necessary or proper, and * may borrow money and issue bonds
for such purpose and upon the conditions hereinafter provided, such
bonds to be issued upon the credit of the county.

§ 2. The circuit court of the county, or the judge thereof in vaca-
tion, upon the petition of one thousand qualified voters of the county,
shall make an order requiring the judges of election at the regular election
held in November of any year or at a special election held at any other
time not less than thirty days from the date of the order, to open a poll
and take the sense of the qualified voters of the county on the question
whether the school board or governing body of the county shall issue bonds
for such purpose. Such referendum shall be held and conducted and the
results ascertained and certified as provided in * § 24-141 of the Code
of Virginia.

§ 3. If it shall appear from the report of the commissioners of
election that a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on
the question are in favor of issuing bonds for the purposes aforesaid, the
circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall enter of record an
order requiring the school board or governing body of the county to
proceed to carry out the wishes of the voters as expressed at the election.

§ 4. If the school board or the governing body shall be authorized
to issue bonds for such purposes, it shall proceed to issue such bonds, on
the credit of the county, in the manner other loans are authorized to be