Chap. 446.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4 and 10 of the charter
of the town of Shenandoah, Page county, Virginia, approved February 12,
1884, as amended by acts approved February 86, 1890, and to add thereto sec-
tions 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Approved February 26, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions two, four and ten of the charter of the town of Shenandoah,
Page county, Virginia, approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-four, as amended by acts approved February six, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows, and that sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and
seventeen, as herein provided, be added thereto:

§ 2. On the fourth Thursday of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-
seven, there shall be elected by. the qualified voters of said town a
mayor and six councilmen for the said town. The mayor shall be
elected for the term of two years. Of said councilmen two shall
be elected to serve for one year, two for two years, and two for
three years, and annually thereafter there shall be an election of
two councilmen, whose term of office shall be three years. The
mayor and said council shall be electors of the said town. The
mayor and six councilmen shall constitute the council of said town,
and four of them shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and they shall hold their respective offices for the terms
heretofore specified and until their respective successors be elected
and qualified.

§ 4. On the fourth Thursday of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-
seven, there shall be elected by the‘ qualified voters of said town a
clerk, treasurer and sergeant for the term of two years and until
their successors are elected and qualified, and the said council shall
require to be executed by said treasurer and sergeant a bond with
security in such penalties as to the council may seem fit, payable to
the town by its corporate name, and with conditions for the faithful
discharge of their duties as said officers.

§ 10. The council may annually levy a tax for corporation pur-
poses, which on no property shall exceed fifty cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation, except that on the petition of three-
fourths of the freeholders within the corporation the council may
levy a tax not exceeding the amount named in said petition; pro-
vided, however, that the Gem furnace, together with all machinery,
tools, and so forth, necessary to operate the same, shall be exempt
from all corporation taxes; and provided, further, that whenever sat-
isfactory evidence shall be presented to said council that any person
or persons or corporation have hereafter invested within the corpo-
rate limits of said town the sum of two thousand dollars or more, for
the purpose of employing the said capital strictly in the business of
manufacturing within the corporate limits any article or articles, the
said council shall, if the manufacturer be in actual operation, issue
to said person or persons or corporation a license as manufacturer,
and no corporation or town taxes shall be assessed on or required to
be paid on said license or on said capital while so invested and so
employed within said corporation during the period of five years
from the date of the issuance of, the said licenses as herein provided.

§ 13. At any time hereafter, on petition of one-fourth of the quali-
fied voters of the town of Shenandoah, addressed to the judge of the
county court of Page county, Virginia, in term time or vacation,
praying for an election upon the question of license or no license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors io said town, the said judge shall
order an election upon said question as provided for in chapter
twenty-five of the code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven, and the returns and certificate therein provided for shall be
made to the council of the town of Shenandoah, and the number of
votes for and against license respectively shall be made a matter of
record by said council; and if it appear from the abstracts and
returns that a majority of the votes cast at such election were cast
against liquor license, no license shall be granted for the sale of
Wine, spirituous or malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, within the
corporate limits of said town or within two miles thereof. No such
election, however, shall be held within thirty days of any county,
corporation, state, or national election. If any person sell any wine,
spirituous or malt liquors in said corporation of Shenandoah or
within two miles of the said town, having voted as hereinbefore pro-
vided against liquor license therein, he shall be liable to all the
penalties imposed for the sale of spirituous or ardent spirits without
a license.

§ 14. No license to sell spirituous or malt liquors within said town,
or within two miles of the boundary thereof, shall be granted by the
county court of Page, or any other authority, unless the party or
parties therefor shall produce to such court or authority the certifi-
cate of the council of said town giving its consent to the granting of
such license. The council may require from persons so licensed to
sell spirituous or malt liquors, and so forth, as above stated, a bond
with sufficient security, payable to said town, in such penalty and
with such consideration as it may think proper, and may for the
violation of the laws governing the sale of ardent spirits, and so
forth, or of the condition of the bond hereinbefore provided for, of
which violation the council] shall be sole judge on the evidence,
withdraw its certificate for such license.

§ 15. All taxes, licenses, and levies ordered by the town council
shall be collected by the town treasurer, and he is hereby vested
with all the authority of a county treasurer to enforce the collection
of the state and county taxes, licenses, and levies. All taxes,
licenses, and levies assessed for any one year when in default of
payment (said time of default to be fixed by the council) shall have
five per centum added thereto, which shall be collected and accounted
for to the town.

§ 16. Finn acts or parts of acts in conflict with these acts are hereby
repeale

17. These acts shall be effective from their passage.