Chap. 518.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 5, and 7
of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Manassas, in
Prince William county, approved April 2, 1873.

Approved March 18, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That
sections four, five, and seven of an act to incorporate the
town of Manassas, approved April two, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

§ 4. The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the council.
but shall have no vote except in case of a tie, or unless be
shall be one of the councilmen. He shall have the jurisdic-
tion and authority of a justice of the peace of Prince William
county, and shall have a special jurisdiction of the enforce-
ment of the town ordinances, tor all of which he shall be en-
titled to the ordinary fees allowed by law. He may call
special meetings of the council by piving notice to each
member thereof. The sheriff of Prince William county, and
the jailor thereof, shall respect and obey the warrant or
mittimus of the mavor, in the sume manner as any magis-
trate of Prince William county. The clerk shall keep a cor-
rect record of the proceedinys of the council, shall provide
the books and stationary therefor, shall make out the certifi-
cate of elections, shall issue warrants upon the sergeant or-
dered by the council, and shall have the power to administer
the oath of office to any of the town officers, and for his ser-
vices under this charter, he shall be allowed annually, a cer-
tain sum to be fixed by the council, not to exceed thirty-five
dollars.

§5. The sergeant shall collect the taxes imposed by the
council, and shall pay all warrants signed by the mayor and
countersigned by the clerk. He shall have the power and
authority of any constable of Prince William county, within
the corporation, and shall be entitled to the same fees. He
shall perform all the duties of overseer of roads or streets,
within the corporation, in accordance with the laws of Vir-

inia, and for this purpose the town of Manassas is hereby
declared to be one of the road districts of the district of
Manassas, and no road tax shall be assessed upon property
within the corporation, except by the council. It shall be
the duty of the sergeant, under the direction of the council,
to cause the streets of the said town to be worked, and the
said sergeant, for his public services, under this charter,
shall be allowed annually, a sum to be fixed by the council,
not to exceed one hundred dollars, but the sergeant shall,
before he performs any duties of his office, executa a bond
in the penalty of one thousand dollars, with sufficient sure-
ties to be approved by the mayor and finance committee, and
filed with the clerk.

Ԥ7. The council may annually levy a tax upon the real
and personal property within the corporation, for road and
corporation purposes, not to exceed thirty cents on the one
hundred dollars value thereof, except that on a petition of
two-thirds of the frecholders within the corporation, the
council may levy a tax for the purposes aforesaid, not to ex-
ceed the amount named in said petition. The clerk shall
make out a list of the real and personal property, based upon
the assessments made by the commissioner of the revenue.
He shall issue tickets for the taxes imposed by the council,
and deliver the same to the sergeant for collection, taking
his receipt therefor. The council may upon the petition of
any tax-payer, reduce the assessments made by the com-
missioner of the revenue. The council may on the firat day
of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and annually
thereafter, impose a license tax on all persons engaged in
business within the corporation, to be regulated by the reve-
nue laws of the state, and not to exceed one-half the tax
imposed under the state law. And it shall be the duty of
the clerk to issue a license to each person engaged in busi-
ness for which a license may be necessary within the corpo-
ration, under such regulations as the council may prescribe,
and shall furnish to the sergeant, a list of such licenses, and
the sergeant shall have the same power to collect the said
taxes as is now vested in the treasurer of Prince William
county.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.