CHAP. 69.--An ACT to provide a road commission for Franktown magisterial district, in Northampton county and to repeal previous acts.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there is hereby established for Franktown magisterial district, in the county of Northampton, a district road commission, consisting of J. Coley Ashby, William J. Gladstone, William E. Thomas, A. B. Dunton and D. M. Kellam, which commission shall have exclusive control of all roads and bridges within limits of said district, and also of all taxes levied for road purposes and for building and repairing bridges; and of all moneys which may be borrowed by the board of supervisors, under any law now existing, or which may hereafter be enacted for the purpose of building, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges in said Franktown magisterial district and all taxes levied for road purposes and for building and repairing bridges within the said district; that is to say, that the taxes levied in the said magisterial district for road purposes shall be expended in said district, including its share of the county levy, for road purposes. The members of said commission provided for in this act shall hold office for two and four years from the time of their appointment in the order named, so that two shall be appointed as hereinafter provided for, on or before January 1, 1922, and three on January 1, 1924.

2. Upon said commission meeting and organizing, the said members shall at once select a chairman, clerk and treasurer, the last two shall be one whose accounts shall be audited by said commission and certified by said commission to the board of supervisors once a year and published once each year in some newspaper published in the same county. The said members of said road commission shall reside in the said district during their term of office, and, upon removal therefrom, their successor shall be selected in the manner thereinafter provided.

3. In the event of the vacancy in such Franktown road commission, whether caused by death, resignation or removal from office or from the district for which they were appointed, or by expiration of term of office, such vacancy shall be filled by the circuit court of said county or the judge thereof in vacation.

4. Said commission hereby provided for shall be a body corporate, and shall be known and designated as "the Franktown road commission," and as such shall have the right to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued.

5. Said district road commission selected under this act shall qualify before the clerk of the circuit court and in the manner provided by law for qualifications of magisterial district officers, and the treasurer shall, at the time of his qualification and before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, give bond for the faithful performance of his duties with security in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) by guarantee company, the premiums to be paid out of the road funds, and shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars ($200) per annum, in full compensation for his services for receiving and disbursing all funds that may come into his hands as such treasurer and for performing the duties of secretary.

6. The said commission shall meet at some convenient place in said district, and for their services in attendance upon said meeting, the members thereof in attendance shall receive a per diem of four dollars ($4), but members of said commission shall not receive pay for more than twelve meetings in any one year.

7. The said district road commission is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such methods and materials as in its judgment may seem best suited to the requirements of said district, employ such engineers, road builders and operatives, teams and machinery as to it may seem fit, and make reasonable and proper regulations as to location, construction and maintenance of the roads and bridges of said district and do generally and perform all acts necessary for the effectuation of the interests and purposes hereof.

8. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

9. An emergency arising by reason of the importance of the immediate execution of the provisions of this act, the same shall be in force from its passage.