Territorial Limits again Extended
By an act of the Legislature approved February 12th,
1892, a new charter was granted the city of Roanoke
and the boundary lines were defined as follows:—
"Beginning at the intersection of the present corporation
line with the road leading to Colonel Tayloe's
residence; thence along said road to the eastern corner
of the lands of the Belmont Land Company; thence
with the southeastern boundary line of same and continuing
same course through the land of the Roanoke
Land and Improvement Company to the south bank
of the Roanoke River; thence up the river with the
south bank thereof to the western boundary line of the
Roanoke Iron Company's land; thence along same and
across the Norfolk & Western Railroad to the northern
boundary of said road; thence along the northern side
of said railroad land to the Sexton farm; thence with
the western boundary of said farm to the Salem turnpike,
at the southwestern corner of the land of the
Melrose Land Company; thence with the northern and
western boundary lines of said Company's land to the
Salem turnpike and present corporation line; thence
with present corporation line to the Linwood tract;
thence with the western and northern boundary of
same and crossing the Shenandoah Valley Railroad to
Tinker Creek; thence down said creek to the present
corporation line; thence with the same to the beginning."
This charter also made provision for a board of public
works, a police justice, a city auditor, and also placed
the power of veto in the hands of the Mayor.
