Chap. 618.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled “an
act to create a board of excise commissioners for Alexandria county,” ap-
proved March 2, 1894.

Approved March 3, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion five of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and nine-
ty-four, entitled “ an act to create a board of excise commissioners for
Alexandria county,” be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:
No person who is engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors shall
be eligible to be selected a member of said board of excise.

§ 5. Two members of said board of excise shat! constitute a quorum.
The secretary of the board shall keep in a book, to be provided by the
county, minutes of the proceedings, in which shall be entered a
memorandum of the action of the board on each application. This
memorandum shall show the name of the applicant, the nature of
the business, the place at which it is sought to be conducted, whether
the application was granted or rejected, and the date of the same.
Said board shall meet on the fourth Monday of every month at the
county court-house to consider applications for and protests against
(either in writing or orally) the granting of licenses herein provided
or. All applications for licenses shall be filed with the secretary of
the board at least ten days prior to the time at which they are to be
considered and acted upon.