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2018 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2 and 3, as amended, of Chapter 107 of the Acts of Assembly of 1901 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2. The Beginning July 1, 2018, the government
of said town shall be vested in a mayor and seven councilmen, and beginning
in 2018 the elections under this charter for mayor and councilmen shall be
held on the first Tuesday in May of every even-numbered year and
every four years thereafter, and those persons so elected shall qualify and
enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first day of July
following their election. Any person registered to vote in the town shall be entitled
to vote in elections under this act of incorporation. All officers of said town
shall take the oath of office before an officer authorized to administer oaths,
and should any of the officers who may be elected, refuse or fail to accept and
qualify then it shall be the duty of a majority of such town council as may
accept and qualify, to fill such vacancy or vacancies and any vacancy or
vacancies thereafter occurring by appointment. The council shall designate the
time of its meetings.
§ 3. The mayor and the councilmen shall constitute the council
of said town, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, and
all the corporate powers of said town shall be exercised by said council or
under its authority, except when otherwise provided by law. The mayor shall be
president of the council, and shall have all the rights, powers and privileges
such office confers under the general laws governing towns within this State,
but the mayor shall have no vote in the council, except in case of a tie. In
case of sickness, absence, refusal or inability of the mayor at any time to
act, the council shall designate some one of their number to act in place of
said mayor, and who shall have the powers conferred upon said mayor by this
charter. The Beginning July 1, 2018, the mayor and the councilmen
shall hold their respective offices for two four years from the
first day of July succeeding their election, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. Provided, however, those persons presently in office
shall continue therein until July 1, 1980.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.