Chap. 47.—An ACT to validate the acts of the councils of such of the towns in
the State of Virginia as may be invalid by reason of the failure to conform
to the general law in the election of town officers.

Approved February 15, 1908.

Whereas, it has occurred that some of the towns in the State of Vir-
ginia, acting under the provisions of charters granted prior to the
adoption of the present State Constitution and the laws made in pur-
suance thereof, have not complied with the general law in the election
of municipal officers, as provided in section ten hundred and twenty-one
of the Code of Virginia as re-enacted by the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, acts nineteen hundred and two, three and four, by reason of which
confusion and loss may result; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That all the
proceedings and ordinances, enacted and adopted in good faith by such
town authorities in the State of Virginia, as have failed to comply with
the law in the election of a mayor and six councilmen, as provided in
section ten hundred and twenty-one of the Code of Virginia as re-
enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, session acts nineteen hun-
dred and two, three and four, shall be, and the same are hereby, de-
clared to be valid and binding, heretofore enacted by such councils,
provided such proceedings and ordinances are otherwise legal.