CHAPTER 495

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 15.1-522 und 15.1-544 relating to the
powers of counties and boards of supervisors thereof, and to permit
boards of supervisors to appropriate sums of money to incorporated

[H 499]
Approved April 4, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 15.1-522 and 15.1-544 of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.1-522.—The boards of supervisors of counties * are hereby vested
with the same powers and authority as the councils of cities and towns
by virtue of the Constitution of the State of Virginia or the Acts of the
General Assembly passed in pursuance thereof; provided, however, that
with the exception of such ordinances as are expressly authorized under
§§ 46.1-180 to 46.1-185 and 46.1-193 no ordinance shall be enacted under
authority of this section regulating the equipment, operation, lighting or
speed of motor propelled vehicles operated on the public highways of * a
county, unless the same be uniform with the general laws of this State
regulating such equipment, operation, lighting or speed and with the regu-
lations of the State Highway Commission adopted pursuant to such
general laws, and provided further that nothing in this section shall be
construed to give * the boards of supervisors any power to control or
exercise supervision over signs, signals, marking and traffic lights on any
roads constructed and maintained by the State Highway Department.
No powers or authority conferred upon the boards of supervisors of coun-
ties solely by this section shall be exercised within the corporate limits of
any incorporated town except by agreement with the town council.

§ 15.1-544.—The boards of supervisors may direct the raising, by
levy, of such sums as may be necessary to defray the county charges and
expenses and all necessary charges incident to or arising from the execution
of their lawful authority; and may appropriate such sums as the board
may desire to any incorporated town or towns within the boundaries of

county.