Chap. 7.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 164 of the Code of Virginia
of 1904, as amended by acts approved March 14, 19¥8, and March 17,
1910. (S. B. 109.)

Approved January 30, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section one hundred and sixty-four of the Code of Virginia, as
amended by acts approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and
eight, and March seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten, be
umended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 164. The preceding section shall not be construed to pre-
vent members of congress from acting as justices of the peace,
visitors of the University of Virginia and Virginia Military In-
stitute, or from holding offices in the militia, or to exclude from
offices under the State on account of any pension from the United
States a person to whom such pension has been granted in con-
sequence of a wound received in war, or to exclude from such
office or post militia officers or soldiers on account of the recom-
pense they may receive from the United States when called out
in actual duty; or to be construed to prevent United States com-
missioners or United States census enumerators or fourth class or
third class postmasters from acting as notaries, or school trustees
or justice of the peace, or supervisors, or from holding any dis-
trict office under the government of any country, or as councilman
of any town or city in this State; or to prevent any person holding
an ottice or post of profit, trust or emolument, civil, legislative,
executive or judicial, under the government of the United States,
from being a member of the militia, or holding office therein; or
to be constructed to prevent foremen, quartermen, leading men,
artisans, clerks or laborers employed in any navy yard or naval
reservation in Virginia from holding any office under the govern-
ment of any town, county or city in this State, or to prevent any
United States government clerk from holding any office under the
government of any town or city in this State; or to prevent any
United States postmaster from being a member of the State board
of health, and the office of no member of the State board of health,
who has been or may be appointed a postmaster, shall be vacated—
because of such appointment and qualification as postmaster; pro-
vided, that said foreman, quarterman, leading man, artisan, clerk
or laborer or United States government clerk is in all respects
qualified to hold office as a citizen of this State under existing law;
and provided further, that such United States government clerk
has been a legal resident of such city or town for a period of at
least two years prior to such election to office.

2. An emergency existing by reason of the fact that a member
of the State board of health has been appointed postmaster, this
is declared an emergency act, and shall be in force from its passage.