Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-12-27

cerely yours,
ROBERT H. PHILLIPS,
Supervisor.
AN ACT to provide for the issue of
100000 of bonds by Alexandria
county for the appointment of coun-
ty engineer, and for the improve
ment of the county roads.
l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Virginia, that the Board of
Supervisors Of Alexandria county is
hereby authorized to issue bonds to an
amount not exceeding one hundred
thousand ($10O,OO0l dollars in denomi
nations of 81 600, each to bear (tive) per
centum interest per annum payable
semi-annually and to mature and be-
come due and payable in the year 1904,
reserving to the Board of Supervisors
the right to extend the time of payment
of all or part of said bonds to the year
1910. The bonds are to be signed by
each supervisor and attested by the
clerk and seal of the board. They
shall be prepared by and issued through
one of the National Banks of Alexan-
dria, Virginia, or of Washington, d. c.,
or the American Security and Trust
Company of Washington, D. c., and
shall be sold for not less than their face
value net to the county. The said bank
or trust company chosen by the Board
of Supervisors to issue and sell the said
bonds shall be the custodian and trus-
tee for the bonds and the proceeds of
sale thereof, and of all other funds re-
ceived or raised under the provisions of
this act, and shall disburse the same
upon warrants signed by each member
of the Board of Supervisors in payment
for work done under contracts, copies
of which shall be delivered to the said
trustee before any payment thereon is
made. The bonds shall be issued only
so fast as the funds are required.
2. The funds received from the sale
of bonds shall be used exclusively in
grading and macadamizing the public
roads of the county. The average cost
of grading and matchmaking any sec
ton of county road shall be divided
into two equal parts. One of said parts
shall be paid out of the funds raised by
the sale of bonds as aforesaid and one
part shall be proportionately charged
to and taxed upon the lands fronting on
or adjacent to the road as follows: One
tenth of the total cost on the land 'front.'
ing on each side of the improved road
and extending back 100 feet; one-tenth
on the land on both sides from 100 to
300 feet from the road one-tcnth on
the land on both sides from 300 to 600
feet from the road F; and one-tenth on
the land Oh both sides from GOO to 1000
feet from the road in proportion to the
area of each tract or part Of tract
within these limits, and the portion OF
the cost ascertained as aforesaid shall
be charged to and levied on the entire
tract, any part of which comes within
the above mentioned limits, and said
tracts in the names of the owners there
of shall be held liable to pay the same
with interest thereon.
5. That road Improvement certificates
bearing interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum, stating the tract OF
land, the owner, and the amount due
shall be issued by the Board of Super
visors to the contractors in payment for
one half the cost charged and taxed as
aforesaid for the improvement of any
road. Said certificates shall constitute
lien upon the tracts of land therein
mentioned. The payment of certifi-
cate within three months of its issue,
shall relieve that portion of the tract
within 1000 feet of the improved road
of other road taxes for the current year.
No certificate shall issue until the i'm
provement chargeable to the designated
tract is completed.
4. No road shall be improved under
this act until its width shall first be or
dered by the County Court to be at
least 40 feet in width ; and unless Pc
tition from the owners of not less than
one-third of the total road frontage of
the section to be improved be first filed
with the Board of Supervisors and at
least one-sixth of the estimated cost be
deposited with the bank or company
acting as trustee; which deposit shall
be credited to the persons making the
same on the improvement certificates
when issued.
5. The foregoing section shall not ap-
ply to the main highways of the county,
but the Board of Supervisors may con-
tract for grading and matchmaking
such main roads as they may designate,
and toy ono half tho cost IN tho land nc