CHAPTER 6

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Article III, and § 4,
Article IV, of Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved
March 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Poquoson in
York County, the sections relating to the election and compensation of
the town council including the mayor; and to amend said chapter by
adding in Article III thereof a new section numbered 10, to validate
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Approved September 17, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 5, 6, 7,8 and 9 of Article III, and § 4, Article IV, of Chapter
238 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved March 8, 1952, be amended
and reenacted, and that said chapter be amended by adding in Article III
thereof a new section numbered 10, the amended and new sections being
as follows:

ARTICLE III § 5. Candidates for the town council shall be nomi-
nated as provided by general law; * candidates shall * file notice with the
proper * officials under the general election laws of the Commonwealth
as they may be amended from time to time with respect to general elections,
and the candidates names shall be placed on a separate ballot to be voted
upon at the * municipal election to be held * on the second Tuesday in June,
nineteen hundred fifty-*seven.

ARTICLE III § 6. Candidates for the town council at large (mayor)
shall be nominated as provided by general law; * the * candidates shall file
notice in the same manner as provided in § 5 of Article III of this charter.

(a) The councilmen and councilman at large (mayor) * holding
office on the effective date of this amendment to the charter shall hold
office until * the first day of September, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, or
until their successors be elected, qualify to serve and take office.

ARTICLE III § 7. The town councilman at large (mayor) shall be
elected at the * municipal election in * June, nineteen hundred fifty-*seven.
His term of office shall commence on the first day of * September, nineteen
hundred fifty-*seven, and he or his successor shall be elected each four
years thereafter.

ARTICLE III § 8. The candidates for the town council from each
of the two precincts shall be elected and take office in the same manner
as provided in § 7 of Article * III of this Charter, except that the two
candidates nominated from each precinct receiving the highest vote from
the town at large shall be declared elected as town councilmen from their
respective precincts. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes
shall serve for a term of four years and the candidate receiving the second
highest number of votes shall serve for a period of two years. However,
the part of this provision which relates to the term of office shall apply
only to the * municipal election of nineteen hundred fifty-*seven, and
thereafter, candidates for reelection or their successors shall serve for a
term of four years irrespective of the number of votes they may receive
but in any event the two candidates receiving the highest and second highest
number of votes shall be declared elected to the town council.

ARTICLE III § 9. Vacancies in the * office of councilmen from
whatever cause arising, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the
term by a majority vote of the remaining members of the council, or if
the council shall fail to act in sixty days of the occurrence of the vacancy,
the appointment shall be made by the Circuit Court of York County or
the judge thereof.

ARTICLE III § 10. AU acts performed by the council of the town
of Poquoson or any of its duly qualified officers or officials subsequent to
musi June 30, nineteen hundred fifty-two, are hereby confirmed and
validated.

ARTICLE IV § 4. Compensation of council members—The salaries
of the mayor and councilmen shall be fixed by a commission appointed by
the Circuit Court of York County according to the procedure in § 15-443
et seq., of the Code of Virginia. .
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.