Chap. 53.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 22 and 25 of an act entitled,
‘‘An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact
an act entitled an act to incorporate the town (now the city) of South Norfolk,
in the county of Norfolk, approved September 11, 1919, approved March 24
1920,’’ approved March 4, 1922. {S B 212

Approved February 26, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of V rgin‘a, That sections
twenty-two and twenty-five of an act entitled, ‘‘An act to amend and
re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled
an act to incorporate the town (now the city) of South Norfolk, in the
county of Norfolk, approved September eleventh, nineteen hundred and
nineteen, approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty,
approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 22. The police force shall be under the control of the
mayor for the purpose of enforcing peace and order and executing the
laws of the State and ordinances of the city. They shall also perform
such other duties as the common council may prescribe. Any member
of the police force appointed by the common council may be removed
by the common council at its pleasure. For the purpose of enabling
him to execute his duties and powers, each policeman is hereby made a
conservator of the peace and endowed with all the powers of a constable
in criminal cases, and all other powers which under the laws of the State
may be necessary to enable him to discharge the duties of his office.

Section 25. The treasurer shall report to the common council the
amount of cash on deposit to the order of the city and in what deposi-
tories deposited upon request of the common council. An annual audit
of the receipts and disbursements of the city shall be made by a certified
public accountant under the direction of the common council within a
reasonable time after the end of each fiscal year, and a condensed state-

ment thereof shall be published at least once in a newspaper, to be se-

lected by the common council, having a general circulation in the city.
2. Anemergency existing, this act shall be in force from its passage.