PART II (AS AMENDED) NOTE-Under Sec. 6568 of the Code of 1919, these acts have the effect of repealing any part of the Code inconsistent therewith. BEING ALL ACTS OF A GENERAL AND PERMANENT NATURE PASSED Chap. 8 of Acts 1918-An act to provide for the acceptance of the terms and provisions of an act of Congress, approved July 11, 1916, entitled an act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the assent of the Commonwealth of Virginia is hereby given to the terms and provisions of an act of congress, approved July 11, 1916, entitled an act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes, and the State highway commissioner is hereby empowered and directed to have prepared and to submit all such plans, specifications and data relating to the construction of roads and bridges as may be required under the terms of this act, and the State highway commissioner is hereby authorized to do any and all things necessary to carry out the provisions of said act of congress. (1918, p. 8.) Chap.9 of Acts 1918.-An Act to authorize the use, so far as practicable, of the convict road force in the construction and maintenance of "The State Highway System." Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the State convict road force as now or hereafter constituted shall so far as practicable be employed in the construction and maintenance of "The State Highway System," and to this end may be used in rock quarries, gravel pits, and other plants in the preparation of materials for road construction and maintenance. The State highway commissioner, with the approval of the governor, may acquire out of the proceeds of money, now or hereafter available for construction or maintenance of "The State Highway System" such quarries, gravel pits or plants as may, in his opinion, be necessary for such work. The State highway commissioner shall make requisition, from time to time, upon the superintendent of the penitentiary for such number of the convict road force as he may deem necessary for work on "The State Highway System" or for the preparation of road materials for road construction and maintenance, and thereupon the superintendent of the penitentiary shall send to the place designated by the commissioner the number of said convict road force so required, and all of the provisions not in conflict with this act, of an act entitled an act to create the State convict road force, to authorize the working of certain prisoners on the public roads on this State, providing for the guarding, transportation, lodging, feeding; clothing and medical attention of the State convict road force, providing for an increase of the penitentiary guard, not to exceed forty-five men, providing how a county may have the benefit of the labor of the convict road force, and appropriating money for the public treasury to carry the provisions of this act into effect, approved March 6, 1916, as amended, shall apply. All convicts in the State convict road force who are, in the judgment of the State highway commissioner, not needed for work on "The State Highway System," or in the preparation of materials for construction and maintenance, shall be used in accordance with the provision of an act entitled an act to create the State convict road force, to authorize the working of certain prisoners on the public roads of this State, providing for the guarding, transportation, lodging, feeding, clothing and medical attention of the State convict road force, providing for an increase of the penitentiary guard, not to exceed forty-five men, providing how a county may have the benefit of the labor of the convict road force, and appropriating money for the public treasury to carry the provisions of this act into effect, approved March 6, 1906, and as amended. (1918, p. 8. In force June 21, 1918.) For a similar provision, see chapter 87 Code. Chap. 10 of Acts 1918.-An Act to establish "The State Highway System" (and to establish a perpetual memorial to Robert Edward Lee). (As amended.) Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there be and hereby is created and established "The State Highway System" to consist of roads and projects, running from and to the following points: Sec. 1. Washington, Lorton, Occoquan town, Dumfries, Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Solomons, Richmond, Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Smoky Ordinary, Lawrenceville, South Hill, Clarksville, North Carolina line; provided that the road from Ashland to Hanover, Bowling Green and the intersection with route number eight be taken over by the State for maintenance until May first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, only unless the highway commission deem it necessary to maintain said road longer. Sec. 2. Maryland line, Leesburg, Aldie, Plains, Warrenton, Remington, Culpeper, Orange, Gordonsville, at or near Palmyra point near Carysbrook, Bremo, Dillwyn, Farmville, Keysville, Wylliesburg, Red Oak, Clarksville, North Carolina line, with a connection from a point near Zion, via Hadensville to Oilville. Sec. 3. West Virginia line, Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, Natural Bridge, Buchanan, Roanoke, Rocky Mount, Martinsville, Ridgeway, North Carolina line. Sec. 4. Maryland line, Accomac, Eastville, Cape Charles. Sec. 5. Norfolk, Suffolk, Franklin, Courtland, Petersburg, Richmond. Sec. 6. Alexandria, Fairfax, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Boyce, Winchester, Gore, West Virginia line. Sec. 7. Westland, Kilmarnock, Lancaster, Warsaw, with branch from a point at or near Warsaw or between Warsaw and Montross to Heathsville and Reedville, and from Warsaw to Montross, King George, Fredericksburg, Stevensburg, Culpeper, Washington, Virginia, Front Royal, Armel, Winchester, West Virginia line, with a connection from a point in Westmoreland county to Wakefield, the birthplace of Washington. Sec. 8. Saluda, Tappahannock, Port Royal, Fredericksburg. Sec. 9. Old Point, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Providence Forge, point near Mountcastle, Richmond, Mineral, Louisa, Trevilians, Cobham, Charlottesville, Afton, Waynesboro, Staunton, Churchville, Monterey, West Virginia line. This also includes the line from Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Gloucester Point, Gloucester Court House, to connect with a line from the bridge at Urbanna, Saluda, to West Point, Richmond, and from Gloucester Court House to Mathews Court House. Sec. 10. Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Suffolk, Smithfield, Surry Court House, Petersburg, Blackstone, Nottoway, Farmville, Appomattox, Lynchburg, Bedford, Roanoke, Salem, Christiansburg, Dublin, Pulaski, Wytheville, Marion, Abingdon, Bristol, Gate City, Stickleysville, Pennington Gap, Ben Hur, Jonesville, Cumberland Gap, with a connection from Abingdon, Greendale, Hansonville, Bolton, and to route eleven in Russell county, with a direct connection from Hansonville to Lebanon, with a connection from Appomattox to Vera through the surrender grounds, and a connection to Natural tunnel. Sec. 11. Graham, Burks Garden Siding via Peery Place, Tazewell, J. A. Crockett's store, via River Route to Claypoole Hill, Indian Creek Route, Rosedale, Lebanon, via Copper Creek Route, Old Court House, St. Paul, Coeburn, Norton, Big Stone Gap, Pennington Gap, Jonesville, Cumberland Gap, Kentucky line; a connection from Claypoole Hill via Raven to Grundy; and a connection from Coeburn to Clintwood and the Kentucky line at Pound Gap, with a connection from Clintwood to Fremont, Moss and Haysi. Sec. 12. Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Suffolk, Carrsville, Franklin, Courtland, Emporia, Lawrenceville, South Hill, Chase City, Halifax, Danville, Martinsville, Stuart, Hillsville, Galax, Independence, to or near Damascus, thence to connect with route ten, a connection from Franklin south to the North Carolina line, and a connection from the North Carolina line, via Hillsville, to route ten east of Wytheville, with a connection from Portsmouth via Deep Creek, paralleling Dismal Swamp canal to North Carolina line. Sec. 13. Tappahannock, Richmond, Midlothian, Powhatan, Cumberland, Farmville, Lynchburg; thence west on routes ten and fourteen. Sec. 14. North Carolina line, Danville, Chatham, Gretna on western side of Southern railway to Altavista, Lynchburg, Balcony Falls, point near McCormicks gate, Lexington, Clifton Forge, Covington, White Sulphur; with a connection from this route to Natural Bridge; with a connection from this route at Clifton Forge to Eagle Rock. By Acts 1922, p. 247, Chap. 163 the following is added to the State Highway System, "That certain link extending from South Hill in the State of Virginia to the North Carolina State line near Palmer Springs by way of the new bridge across the Roanoke River at a point known as Goode's Ferry. Provided that this road shall not be constructed or maintained by the State until the toll charge on Goode's Ferry Bridge is abolished." Sec. 15. Woodstock, Calvary, West Virginia line. Sec. 16. Orange, Madison, Sperryville. Sec. 17. Gordonsville, Stanardsville, Elkton, Harrisonburg, Moscow, Craigsville, Goshen, Warm Springs, Hot Springs, Covington. Sec. 18. Afton, Lovingston, Colleen, point near Claypool, Clifford, Amherst, Lynchburg, Brookneal, Halifax, South Boston, North Carolina line. Sec. 19. Richmond, Rio Vista, Goochland to Dixie, point on route number two of main line. Sec. 20. Richmond, Amelia, point near Burkeville, Keysville, Charlotte, Brookneal, and from Keysville to Lunenburg, Kenbridge, and Blackstone. Sec. 21. Following the Lee Highway from Key Bridge to Fairfax, Gainesville, Warrenton, Sperryville, Luray, New Market; with a connection from Luray to Stanley, thence to connect with route seven-. teen near Elkton. Sec. 22. Salem, Catawba, New Castle, West Virginia line, with a connection to Catawba Sanatorium. Sec. 23. Stuart, Floyd, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Pearisburg, Narrows, West Virginia line. Emporia, North Carolina line. Sec. 24. Sec. 25. Warrenton, Manassas, Fairfax. Sec. 27. Norfolk, Berkley, Great Bridge, Hickory, North Carolina line. Sec. 28. Lovingston, Covesville, Charlottesville. Sec. 29. The chairman of the highway commission shall prepare and keep on file in his office for public inspection a complete map, showing the routes located and established in pursuance of the law. Sec. 30. The said roads from and to the points designated above shall be known as "The State Highway System," and for the purpose of establishing a perpetual memorial from the people of the Common wealth of Virginia, and as a part of the national memorial to Robert Edward Lee, the following sections of the said system shall be designated and known as "Lee Highway": Key Bridge, Falls Church, Fairfax, Gainesville, Warrenton, Sperryville, Luray, New Market, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Salem, Christiansburg, Radford, Pulaski, Wytheville, Marion, Abingdon, and Bristol, with a connection of the Lee Highway from Fairfax, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Boyce, Winchester, New Market, known as the Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway. Sec. 31. The roads embraced within "The State Highway System" shall be established, constructed and maintained exclusively by the State under the direction and supervision of the chairman of the highway commission, with such State funds as may hereafter be appropriated and made available for such purposes, together with such appropriations as may be hereafter made by any county, district, city or town in this State and such funds as are now available or which may hereafter be derived from the Federal government for road building and improvement in this State. Sec. 32. In undertaking the construction of roads on the routes constituting "The State Highway System" preference, so far as practicable, shall be given to such parts of such routes as will form connecting links between permanent roads already constructed by the State and from the proceeds of bond issues or other county funds contributed by counties or cities, or towns, to the end that equitable consideration may, so far as possible, be given those counties, cities and towns that may already have constructed parts of roads constituting the said system, and also to the end that through routes across the State may be provided as speedily as may be practicable. Sec. 33. All roads embraced within said system are hereby taken over for maintenance by the State; said maintenance to be under the direction and supervision of the chairman of the highway commission; but this shall not apply to toll roads so long as toll gates are maintained thereon. Sec. 34. Warrants for the expenditures of the funds appropriated for the construction and maintenance of "The State Highway System" shall be issued by the auditor of public accounts upon certificates of the chairman of the highway commission that the parties are entitled thereto, and shall be paid by the State treasurer out of the funds appropriated for that purpose. (1918, p. 9, 1922 p. 538. In force June 18, 1922.) For similar provisions, see chapter 84 Code. Chap. 11 of Acts 1918.-Salaries in the judiciary department. That the annual salaries of judges of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia, whose terms of office commence on or after the first day of February, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall be five thousand |