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CHAPTER 955 An Act to amend and reenact § 26 as amended of Chapter 548 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, which provided a charter for the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County, relating to council vacancies. [H 308] Approved April 9, 2000

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 26 as amended of Chapter 548 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 26. All legislative powers of the town shall be vested in a council composed of seven members, one of whom shall be mayor. The mayor and councilmen shall be electors of the town to be chosen as hereinafter provided, from the residents and electors of the town, and their qualifications to hold offices, respectively, shall be the same as required of persons to vote and hold office under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A vacancy in the office of councilman shall be filled from the electors of the town, for the unexpired term, by a majority vote of the remaining members of the council in the manner specified in Article 6 (§ 24.2-225 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 24.2 of the Code of Virginia for towns with a population greater than 3,500.

The mayor shall be chosen by the council from its membership; he shall act as the presiding officer of the council and shall have no other power except as a member of the council as specifically set forth in this charter.