Chap. 417.—An ACT Authorizing the Council of the Town of Staunton to
Appoint a Constable and three Justices of the Peace for each Ward of
said Town.

Approved November 5, 1870.

1. Be it enacted hy the general assembly, That the council
of the town of Staunton be and they are hereby authorized to
appoint a constable and three justices of the peace for each
ward of said town; and said constable and justices of the peace
shall hold their office until the first day of July, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-one, and shall receive the same compensation
and have the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties, and be sub-
ject to the same liabilities of justices of the peace, and consta-

les, prescribed by an act approved July eleventh, eighteen
hundred and seventy, prescribing the duties and compensation
of certain township officers: provided, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent the election of said officers at the
time prescribed by the constitution of Virginia.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.