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2012 SESSION
12100420DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 229 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1. Six residents and qualified voters of the Town of
Stephens City shall be elected as councilmen of the town. Successors to the
three members of the present council whose terms expire in 1982 2014 shall be elected on the
first Tuesday in May of
1982 following the first
Monday in November of 2014 and every four years thereafter,
and successors to the three members of the present council whose terms expire
in 1984 2012
shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May of 1984 following the first Monday in November 2012
and every four years thereafter. On the first Tuesday in
May, 1982 following the first
Monday in November 2014, and every four years thereafter,
there shall be elected one elector of the town who
shall be denominated as
mayor. The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the town council and be the
governing body of the Town of Stephens City. They shall enter upon the duties
of their offices on the first day of July January next succeeding their
election, and shall continue in office until their successors are duly
qualified. Every person elected as councilman shall take an oath administered by the clerk of the Frederick County
Circuit Court that they shall faithfully to execute the duties of his the
office to the best of his their judgment and ability.
The person elected as mayor shall take the oath prescribed by law for state
officers.
The council at its first meeting in July January following the elections
shall select by majority vote one of its members as vice mayor to serve a term
of two years. He shall serve as mayor and exercise the powers of such office
during the mayor's absence.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.