CHAPTER 145

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-688, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to land which may be owned by counties. rH 381]

Approved March 2, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-688, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-688. The board of supervisors of any county may, if they deem
expedient, acquire, in addition to the two acres of land aforementioned, as
much as twenty acres of land at any point within their county to be used
for county purposes, and in counties having a density of population of
three hundred or more per square mile, in counties adjoining a county
having a population of more than one thousand per square mile, and in
counties having a population of not less than * forty thousand nor more
than * seventy thousand, and adjoining * three cities within this State,
one of which cities has a population of * two hundred and * twenty-five
thousand or more, as much as one hundred fifty acres for county purposes
including the use of the local board of health, and for such other purposes
as the governing bodies of such counties may deem to be necessary, and
in counties having a population of more than fifty-six thousand five hun-
dred but less than sixty-five thousand and adjoining a city with a popu-
lation of more than two hundred twenty-five thousand, as much as one
thousand acres for county purposes and for such other purposes as the
board of supervisors may deem necessary.