CHAPTER 440

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 9, as amended and § 36 of Chapter
217 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, relating, respectively, to
election of mayor and the levying of license tares, in the city
of Clifton Forge.

[S 346]

Approved April 6, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 9, as amended, and § 36 of Chapter 217 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1918 be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 9. Mayor and Vice-Mayor.—There shall be elected by the
five councilmen, a mayor who shall be one of the said five council-
men, and who shall possess only those powers vested in him by the
general laws under the city manager plan of government. The said
council shall also by election choose one of its members as vice-
mayor. The vice-mayor shall perform the duties of the mayor in
his absence or disability. In the event of the death, removal or
resignation of the mayor, the council shall choose one of its mem-
bers as mayor for the unexpired term.

§ 36. Tazes; licenses.—The city council may levy a * tax or a
license on * any person, firm or corporation conducting any bust-
ness or profession whatsoever in this city, ercept when prohibited
by the general law, whether a license may be required therefor by
the State or not, and may exceed the State license, if any be re-
quired. In addition to the other powers conferred by law, the
council shall have power to impose, levy and collect, in such man-
ner as it shall deem expedient, an admission tar on admission to
any public amusement, entertainment, performance, exhibition,
sport or athletic event in said city, and may provide that such taz
shall te added to and collected with the price of admission or other
charge for such amusement, entertainment, performance, exhibt.
tion, sport or athletic event. Furthermore, the council shall have
the power to impose, levy and collect, in such manner as it may
deem expedient, a consumer or subscriber tax upon the. amount
paid for the use of water, electricity, gas, telephone, and any other
public utility within the city, or upon the amount patd for any
one or more of such public utility services, and the council may
provide that such tax be added to and collected with bills rendered
consumers for such services.