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1994 SESSION
LD7523364Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 5.1 and 5.7 of Chapter 759 of the Acts of Assembly of 1972 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 5.1. Appointment.
The town council may appoint such officers of the town as they may deem
necessary. Such officers may include, but shall not be limited to, a town
manager, a town clerk, a town attorney, a town treasurer, a town
sergeant and justice of the peace and a chief of police.
The enumeration of officers in this section shall not be construed to require
the appointment of any such officers herein named. Officers appointed by the
town council shall perform such duties as may be specified in this Charter or
by the town council.
§ 5.7. Appointment, power and duties of chief of police.
The town council may appoint a sergeant chief of police
for the town. He shall have all powers and authority conferred by law upon
the sergeants chiefs of police of towns, and shall
discharge the same duties as sheriffs within the corporate limits of the town
and for a distance of one mile beyond the same. He shall discharge such
further duties as the town council or town manager may impose.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.