Chap. 115.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 8th Section of an Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act passed February 19,
1858, entitled An Act to Incorporate the Town of Ashland, in the
County of Hanover,” and the Act amendatory thereof, in force March
29, 1871.

In force February 26, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the eighth
section of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act
approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-
eight, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Ashland, in
the county of Hanover, and the act amendatory thereof, in
force March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

‘““§ 8. The officers of said town shall be at least twenty-one
years of age, and shall be elected by the electors of said town
in the manner provided by law, and if at any election there be
a tie vote for a councilman or the sergeant, then the judges of
election shall determine by lot which of said candidates shall
be elected. The time for holding the first election for the said
officers, agreeably to the provisions of this act, shall be on
such day as may be determined upon by the county judge of
Hanover, reasonable notice being given of the place of voting
in said town, and biennially thereafter an election shall be
held for said officers on the second Thursday in April. The
said council and sergeant shall enter upon the duties of their
office on the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, and biennially thereafter on the first day of July
succeeding their election, but before entering upon said duties
each of them shall make oath or affirmation before a justice of
the peace or notary public that he will faithfully perform the
duties of his office to the best of his judgment and skill.”

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