Chap. 40.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Cedar Bluff, in Tazewell county.
Approved February 27, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia That the town
of Cedar Bluff, in Tazewell county, shall be, and the same is, hereby
made a town corporate by the name of Cedar Bluff, and that the same
shall have and exercise the powers conferred on towns of less than five
thousand inhabitants, by law, and be subjected to all the provisions of
all laws now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted in reference to
the government of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants, so far
as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The limits of said town shall be as follows: beginning at the
residence of C. T. Fields, so as to include the same, thence a straight
line to the residence of Foster Birklebachi, mcluding the same; thence
a straight line to the west end of the railroad bridge, known as number
nineteen, crossing the railroad and right of way to a stake south of the
railroad; thence with the south line of the right of way of the railroad
to the white sulphur spring; thence eastwardly a straight line to R. W.
Low’s residence, on Claypool branch; thence a straight line to the west
end of the first tunnel above station; thence a straight line to J. Marion
McGuire’s residence, melncing the same; thence a straight line to the
beginning.

3. The officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and four council-
men, a recorder, and sergeant, and an assistant sergeant if deemed neces-
sary by the town council, whose compensation shall be fixed by the coun-
cil; the mayor shall, by virtue of his office, possess all the powers and
authority and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace of Tazewell county.

4. Until an election is held as hereinafter provided for, T. W. Wingo
shall be mayor and W. J. Higginbotham, E. H. Scott, J. H. Gillespie,
and T. A. McGuire councilmen, and said council shall have power to
appoint annually a sergeant and an assistant sergeant if deemed neces-
sary by the council, and recorder, and shall fix their compensation and
prescribe their duties and require such bond as may be deemed proper
and sufficient; all of whom shall hold office until their successors are ap-
pointed or elected.

5. Should any of the officers hereby appointed refuse or fail to accept
or refuse to qualify within thirty days after their term of office under
this act shall begin, then it shall be the duty of the mayor or a majority
of the council as may accept and qualify in the absence of the mayor to
fill such vacancy by appointment.

6. That said council shall have the power to pass all by-laws and ordi-
nances for the proper government of said town and not im conflict with
the Constitution and laws of the State of Virginia, or the Constitution
and laws of the United States.

7. The first election under the charter for mayor and councilmen of
said town shall be held on the second Tuesday in June, nineteen hun-
dred and four, and thereafter they shall be elected biennially on the day
of the regular election for town officers, and shall qualify and enter upon
the duties of their respective offices on the first day of September follow-
ing said elections, to be held under and in accordance with the general
election laws of the State of Virginia, and vacancies occurring in said
offices, either mayor or in the council, shall be filled as provided for by
law.

8. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the police regulations
of said town, the said town shall be allowed the use of the jail of Taze-
well county, for the safe-keeping and confinement of all prisoners who
shall be sentenced to imprisonment, under the ordinances of said town,
and where any judgment shall be rendered against a prisoner for any
penalty under any ordinance of said town and the same is not immedi-
ately paid, the person or persons so in default may be required by order
of the court, mayor, or councilmen (who may try such cases in the ab-
sence of the mayor) so passing sentence to work out such fines or penal-
ties and cost of prosecution on the public roads or streets in said town,
or on other public improvements within said town, at fifty cents per
day, under the direction of the sergeant, and under such rules and
regulations as may be deemed proper by the council.