Chap. 271.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3011 of the Code of A Bs
Approved March 15, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand and eleven of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3011. Mayors of towns to have powers and authority of
justices; appeals from their decisions.

(a) The mayors of towns shall be clothed with all the powers and
authority of a justice in civil and criminal matters within such town and
shall also have power to try all prosecutions, cases and controversies
which may arise under the by-laws and ordinances of the town, and to
inflict such punishments as are provided by law, with the night of appeal
to the circuit court in all cases, except that no appeal shall be granted
from the decision of the mayor imposing a fine for violation of any of
the ordinances or by-laws of said town for offenses not made criminal
by the common law or statute of Virginia until after bond with security
approved by said mayor shall be given by the person so fined, or some
one for him, with condition to pay all such fines, costs and damages
as may be awarded by the said court on appeal. The penalty of said
bond shall be double the amount of the judgment appealed from.

(b) In the event that any decision of the mayor for violation of any
ordinance or by-law of the town for an offense not made criminal by
the common law or statute of Virginia shall be affirmed upon appeal,
in whole or in part, judgment shall be entered against the principal and
surety upon the appeal bond for the amount found, with costs of the
first trial and also costs of the appeal, and execution shall issue thereon
in the name of the town against both principal and surety.

(c) In any case for violation of an ordinance or by-law of the town
where the mayor ts absent or for any reason cannot sit, the president
of the council, if there be such officer, or, if there be no president of the
council, or, in case of the absence or inability of the president of the coun-
cil to sit, any member of the council shall have and exercise all the powers
hereinbefore conferred by this section upon the mayor, provided, that
the provisions of this section shall not alter or amend the provisions of
the charter of any town or city.