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CHAPTER 273 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 and 4 of Chapter 730 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013, which provided a charter for the Town of Monterey in the County of Highland, relating to council. [H 322] Approved March 24, 2014

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 3 and 4 of Chapter 730 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3. There shall be elected at the May general election of 2014, and every four years thereafter, from the qualified voters of the town, one elector of the town who shall be designated the mayor and six electors who shall be designated the councilmen. However, beginning with the election to be held at the May general election in 2014, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor and three councilmen. They shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by law before entering upon the duties of their offices on the first day of July after their election. They shall hold said offices for the term of four years until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. The mayor and councilmen holding office as of the effective date of this charter shall continue in office until their successors enter upon the duties of their offices as herein specified.

§ 4. The mayor and councilmen shall be the council of the town. The council shall be vested with the corporate powers of the town. A quorum for the transaction of business shall be four three council members.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.