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1998 SESSION


CHAPTER 275
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1903, which provided a charter for the Town of Drakes Branch, and to repeal §§ 4 and 5 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1903, relating to town powers and election of mayor and council.
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Approved April 8, 1998

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1903 are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That The community of Drakes Branch, in the County of Charlotte, as the same has heretofore been or may hereafter be laid off in lots, streets, and alleys shall be, and the same is hereby, made a town corporate by the name of Drakes Branch, and by that name shall have and exercise all of the rights, powers, and privileges conferred, and be subject to the duties, liabilities, and restrictions imposed by law for the government of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants.

§ 2. The boundaries of said town shall be embraced with within the limits of one mile extending north, south, east, and west from a point in the center of the intersection of the public road with the track of the main line of the Southern railroad Railway at the railroad station, making an area of two miles square.

§ 3. The officers of said town shall be a mayor, a council consisting of six members, a sergeant, and such other officers as the council may deem proper and necessary for the government of the town and the conduct of its business. All officers shall be elected or appointed in the manner proscribed by law, and in the absence of any provision of law on the subject, then they shall be elected in the manner prescribed by ordinance of the council. The mayor and council shall be elected for a term of four years beginning with the election of 1998.

2. That §§ 4 and 5 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1903 are repealed.

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