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An Act to amend and reenact § 20.03 of Chapter 141 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1958, approved March $8, 1958, which chapter provided
a new charter for the city of Newport News, the section relating to
the appointments, terms, and compensation of the Board of Review of
real estate assessments of the city of Newport News. tH
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Approved February 29, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 20.03 of Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved
March 3, 1958, be amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 20.03. Notwithstanding any provision of §§ 58-895 to 58-902,
58-914 Code of Virginia, the Courts of Record en banc of the City or the
judges thereof in vacation shall, annually, appoint for said City, a Board
of Review of real estate assessments to be composed of three members,
who shall be freeholders of the City for which they serve. The terms of
such members shall commence on * September first of the year in which
they are appointed and shall expire on the thirtieth day of November of
the year in which they are appointed, unless their terms are extended. The
said courts or the judges thereof in vacation may extend the terms of the
members of the said board of review and shall fill any vacancy therein
for the unexpired term. The members of the said board shall receive per
diem compensation for the time actually engaged in the duties of the board
to be fixed by the council of the City, and to be paid out of the treasury of
the City, and the council may limit the per diem compensation to such
number of days as, in its judgment, is sufficient for the completion of the
work of the board.

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