                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT CONSIDERED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT (§ 21-294)

It is declared that the preliminary work, establishment and completion of a
drainage district shall be classified as a public improvement of an integral
part of the county in which such district or part thereof be located, and it
shall be the duty of the governing body of each county to cooperate in the
promotion of the development of each of such parts of their county, including
the construction of public roads, public bridges and the drainage canals of
preliminary or finally established drainage districts, and the indirect benefits
received by the development of each of the parts of a county are indeed
substantial benefits received also by the county, and the value of the indirect
benefits received by the county is full compensation for the performance of the
duty assigned to the governing body of any county by this chapter, and that the
preliminary payment of costs and expenses of surveys of drainage districts, and
the assumption or responsibility for necessary bond issues required for
established drainage districts, public bridges and public roads shall be
construed as revenue producing investments for the county, from which increased
revenues will be derived from increased assessments by reason of the
improvements and the preliminary payment of the costs and expenses and the
assumption of the responsibility by the governing body of a county, shall be
considered the performance of a duty towards the several integral parts of their
county, for which the county receives full potential value.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1737; 1926, p. 605.