33.1-214 - Contributions by towns or cities towards road building, bridges, etc.
§ 33.1-214. Contributions by towns or cities towards road building, bridges,etc.
Any incorporated town or city, acting by and through its council, may, whenin the judgment of such council such action will tend to promote the materialinterest of such town or city, contribute funds or other aid within thecontrol of such town or city toward the building or improvement of permanentpublic roads leading to such town or city, or of bridges, or to purchase ofbridges, or the establishment, maintenance or operation of ferries. But nosuch contribution shall be made toward the building or improvement of anysuch road or bridge, or the purchase of bridges, or for such ferry, at anypoint more than forty miles beyond the corporate limits of such town or city,as measured along the route of such road.
(Code 1950, § 33-129; 1970, c. 322.)