Chap. 478.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 46 of an act approved
February 29th, 1892, acts of 1891 and ’92,chapter 439, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact section 46 of chapter 4 of an act approved February 12th,
1890, entitled an act to change the name of Goodson to the city of Bristol,
Virginia, and to provide a new charter for the same.

Approved February 24, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
forty-six of an act approved February twenty-ninth, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-two, acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one and
ninety-two, chapter four hundred and thirty-nine, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact section forty-six of chapter four of an act ap-
proved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled an
act to change the name of Goodson to the city of Bristol, Virginia,
and to provide a new charter for the same, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 46. That there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city
of Bristol on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, and on the fourth Thursday in May every second year
thereafter, one constable for said city, who shall hold his office for a
term of two years and until his successor be appointed, elected and
qualified, unless sooner removed from office. Said constable shall keep
his office in such a convenient place in the city as may be designated
by the city council, and shall receive such compensation for his ser-
vices as is allowed by law. He shall have the same powers and du-
ties and be subjected to the same penalties as are prescribed by law
for the said constables. Said powers and duties shall be performed by
him within the corporate limits of said city and within one mile of
said corporation limits and within Washington county, and said con-
stable shall also have the same powers and duties as the sergeant of
said city, and may execute any process, civil or criminal, that may
be executed by said sergeant and by the sheriff or the constables of
Washington county within said county and said city.

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