Chap. 445.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3011 of the Code of Le
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Approved March 21, 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.—The mayors of towns shall be
clothed with all the powers and authority of a justice in civil and crim-
inal 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 pro-
vided by law, with the right 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. In the event the said decision of said mayor
should be affirmed by the court, in whole or in part, the judgment shal]
be entered against the principal and surety for the amount so rendered,
with costs of the first trial and also costs of the appeal, and execution
shall issue thereon in the name of the said town against both principal
and surety. The president of the council, in any case for violating the
ordinances or by-laws of said town, where the mayor is absent or for
any reason cannot sit, shall have all the powers hereinbefore conferred
by this section upon the mayor.

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