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1998 SESSION
986407681Be 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 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 That §§ 4 and 5 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1903 are repealed.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.