Chap. 6.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Cedar Bluff, in Tazewell
county, Virginia.

Approved January 27, 1912.

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 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 the town shall be as follows: Beginning at
the southwest side of the Norfolk and Western railroad, at the
west end of the first tunnel east of the Cedar Bluff station, thence
an easterly direction to the dividing line between W. J. Higgin-
botham’s and J. Marion McGuire’s land, and with said line north-
ward to the top the spur north of dry branch, thence a straight
line a westwardly direction to the northeast corner of the
lands of W. F. Birklebach, thence including his land, a west-
wardly direction to the northeast corner of E. B. Scott’s land,
near Jones’s chapel, thence including the said Scott’s land a
westwardly course with his north line to the southwest side of
the Norfolk and Western right of way, thence with the said
right of way an eastwardly direction to a point on the said
right of way at the white sulphur spring, thence an eastwardly
direction to and including the lands of E. H. and E. B. Scott, in
the sulphur spring hollow at the mouth of said hollow, thence a
straight line to the beginning.

3. The officers of the said town shall consist of a mayor, six
councilmen, a recorder and a sergeant and an assistant sergeant,
if deemed necessary by the town council; all of whose compen-
sation shall be fixed by the council. The mayor shall, by virtue
of his office, possess all the powers and authority and jurisdic-
tion of a justice of the peace of Tazewell county, Virginia.

4. Until an election is held, as hereinafter provided for, Wil-
liam F. Grinstead shall be mayor, Harry W. Bane, J. E. Linkous,
E. H. Scott, J. Edd McGuire, B. D. Humphrey and T. A. Gil-
lespie, councilmen. The said councilmen shall have power to
appoint annually a sergeant and an assistant sergeant if deemed
necessary by the town council, and such other officers as neces-
sary to conduct the business of the town, and fix their compen-
sation and prescribe their duties, and require such bond as may
be deemed proper and suflicient; all of whom shall hold office
until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as such.

5. Should any of the officers hereby appointed fail or refuse
to accept or refuse to qualify in thirty days after their term of
office under this act shall begin, then it shall be the duty of the
mayor or in his absence, the majority of the councilmen shall
fill all vacancies by appointment.

6. The said council shall have the power to pass all by-laws
and ordinances for the proper government of the said town, and
not in 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 election of mayor
and councilmen of the said town shall be held on the second
Tuesday in June, nineteen hundred and twelve, and every two
years thereafter, and their term of office shall commence on the
first day of September after their election, and the said election
to be held in accordance with the general election laws of the
State of Virginia, and vacancies occurring in said offices shall be
filled by the mayor, or council in the absence of the mayor.

8. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the police
regulations of the said town they shall be allowed the use of the
jail of Tazewell county for the safe-keeping and confinement of
all prisoners who shall be sentenced to imprisonment under the
ordinance of the said town, and where any judgment shall be
rendered against a prisoner for any penalty-under any of the
laws of the State of Virginia, or any ordinance of the said town,
and the same is not immediately paid the person or persons so
in the default may require by order of the mayor or councilmen,
who may try such case in the absence of the mayor, so passing
sentences to work out such fines or penalties and cost of prose-
cutions on the public roads or streets of the said town or any
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 mayor or the
council of said town.

9. In view of the necessity of immediate police protection for
said town an emergency is declared to exist and this act shall be
in force from its passage.