Chap. 418.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 5 of an act entitled “an
act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of
fifty thousand or more; and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the
registration of voters in cities having a population of one hundred thousand
or more,” approved March 20, 1920, approved March 2, 1922, as heretofore
amended, so as to make the same apply to cities having a population of fifteen
thousand or more. [S B 267]

Approved March 31, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, ‘That sections
one and five of an act entitled “‘an act to provide for the registration ot
voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more, and to
repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the registration of voters
in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more,” ap-
proved March twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, approved
March second, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, as heretofore amend-
ed, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. The electorial board of each city having a population of
fifteen thousand or more may, in its discretion, prior to the first day
of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and every alternate year
thereafter, appoint a general registrar for such city, who shall be a
discreet citizen and resident of the city for which he is appointed, and
such registrar shall not hold any other office, by election or appoint-
ment, during his term. The council of any city, however, with the
consent of the electoral board of the city, may impose other duties upon
the registrar, provided such other duties do not conflict with his duties
as registrar. Said registrar shall hold office for two years from the
first day of May following his appointment, and until his successor 1s
duly qualified, except as provided in section six of this act. The ap-
pointment of such general registrar shall be in addition to the office of
registrar in each election district in said city now provided for by law,
except that in cities of more than fifteen thousand and less than sixty
thousand inhabitants the appointment of such general registrar shall
automatically abolish the office of registrar in each election district in
such city now provided for by law, and except that in cities of more
than one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants, the appointment
of such general registrar shall automatically abolish the office of regis-
trar in each election district in said city, now provided for by law, as
of March nineteen hundred and twenty-three, if such appointment was
theretofore made, or as of the date of such appointment, if thereafter
made. Each of such registrars mentioned in the preceding sentence,
upon the appointment of a general registrar, provided for in this act, or
the abolition of his office, shall deliver to said registrar, all books,
papers, and documents pertaining to their respective offices.

Section 5. The city for which he is appointed shall furnish the
general registrar a suitable office in the city hall, or other municipal
building of said city. All fees collected by the general registrar, or any
of his assistants, shall be paid into the city treasury, and the council
of the city shall allow the general registrar an annual salary for per-
forming the duties required of him of not less than two thousand dol-
lars, provided, however, that in cities of more than fifteen thousand
the annual salary of said general registrar shall be such amount as
may be fixed from time to time by the council of said city.