CHAPTER 358

An Act to amend and reenact § 14, as amended, of Chapter 465 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1901-2, approved April 2, 1902, which provided
a charter for the town of Wakefield, the section relating to powers
of the mayor and appointment of a trial justice. rH 2611

Approved April 2, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14, as amended, of Chapter 465 of the Acts of Assembly of
1901-02, approved April 2, 1902, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14. The mayor *, trial justice and substitute trial justice shall
have all the powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred upon the mayors of
towns and trial justices and substitute trial justices by Chapter 6 of
Title 16 of the Code of Virginia, when conferred and imposed upon them
in the manner provided by said chapter, subject to such limitations as
are imposed upon the exercise of such powers and jurisdiction. He
shall appoint assistant sergeants whenever the peace and good order of
the town, in his opinion, may require it, and see that all ordinances of
the town are fully enforced. In case a vacancy shall occur in the office
of mayor, from any cause, the president of the council shall perform all
the duties of the office until such vacancy is filled by an election of the
council for the unexpired term.

The mayor with approval of the council, entered of record on the
book containing the minutes of the council meetings may appoint a trial
justice and a substitute trial justice provided for in Article 2 of Chapter
2 of Title 16 of the Code of Virginia, and when so appointed the trial
justice and substitute trial justice shall have all the powers and juris-
diction and shall perform all the duties conferred and imposed upon
trial justices and substitute trial justices by said chapter and the provt-
sions of said chapter shall in all respects apply to such officers and the
exercise of their powers, duties and jurisdiction.

The mayor may with the approval of the council entered of record
on the book containing the minutes of the council meetings appoint a
substitute trial justice for said town. In the event of the inability of
‘the trial justice to perform the duties of his office by reason of sickness,
absence, vacation, interest, proceedings, or parties before his court or
otherwise, such substitute trial justice shall perform the duties of the
office during such inability.

Before entering upon the discharge of any duty, the persons so
appointed trial justice and substitute trial justice of said town respec-
tively shall qualify by taking and subscribing the oaths prescribed by law
for a justice of the peace or trial justice, before some officer authorized
and empowered to administer oaths, and a * record thereof shall be
entered upon the minute book of said council.

The compensation of such trial justice shall be determined by the
council *.

The fees in connection with any case tried by the mayor, trial justice
or substitute trial justice of said town shall be the same as the fees pro-
vided by law for justices of the peace and trial justices and such fees and
all fines imposed by the mayor, trial justice, or substitute trial justice
of said town shall be collected by him and paid into the treasury of the
town unless the council thereof directs by proper ordinance some other
disposition thereof or unless otherwise required by the Constitution or
general law.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.