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CHAPTER 553 An Act to amend and reenact § 4.1 of Chapter 520 of the Acts of Assembly of 1983, which provided a charter for the Town of Lovettsville, relating to town clerk. [H 2475] Approved March 22, 2005  

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 4.1 of Chapter 520 of the Acts of Assembly of 1983 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4.1.  Town officers.

A.  Town Clerk:  A Town Clerk shall be appointed who shall be the Clerk of the council and shall keep the journal of its proceedings and shall record all ordinances and resolutions in a book or books kept for that purpose.  All such records shall be public records, stored and filed at the Town's offices and open to inspection at any time during the Town's regular office hours.  The Town Clerk shall may be a resident of the Town and shall serve for a term coincident with that of the mayor.

B.  Town Treasurer:  A Town Treasurer shall be appointed who shall receive all money belonging to the Town and keep correct accounts of all receipts from all sources and of all expenditures; he shall be responsible for the collection of all license fees, taxes, levies and charges due to the Town and shall disburse the funds of the Town as the council may direct.  The Town Treasurer may be a resident of the Town and shall serve for a term coincident with that of the mayor.

C.  Town Manager:  A Town Manager, in the discretion of the mayor and council, may be appointed who shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the Town.  The Town Manager need not be a resident of the Town and shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and council.

D.  Other Town Officers:  The mayor, in his discretion and with the approval of the council, may appoint a town attorney, a town zoning administrator, and such other town officers as may be deemed appropriate.  Such officers need not be residents of the Town and shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and council, unless the council shall provide otherwise.

E.  Duties, etc.:  Each officer shall have such duties as are specified by the council not inconsistent with the Constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth and this charter, shall execute such bonds as may be prescribed by resolution of the council, and shall receive such compensation as the council may prescribe.

F.  The same person may be appointed to more than one office; provided, however, that no person may serve both as an officer of the Town and as mayor or member of the council.