CHAPTER 9

An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Marion and to repeal
Chapter 294 of the Acts of Assembly of 1848-1849 passed March 15,
1849, which provided a charter for the town of Marion and all acts
amendatory thereof. CH 56]

Approved February 11, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: |
1. §1. The boundaries of the town of Marion, Virginia, shall be and
remain as now established, but the boundaries thereof are incorporated
herein by reference to the recordation in the Clerk’s Office of Smyth
County, Virginia, of the final decree or order of the Circuit Court of Smyth
County establishing such boundaries which final decree or order was
entered December 16, 1949 in said Clerk’s Office in Common Law Order
Book 13, Page 509, and by reference to the recordation in said Clerk’s
Office of the final decree or order of such court establishing such boundaries
which final decree or order was entered December 1, 1958 in said Clerk’s
Office in Common Law Order Book 15, Page 467. ,

§ 2. The powers set forth in §§ 15-77.5 through 15-77.70 of the Code
of Virginia as in force on January 1, 1959, are hereby specifically conferred
upon the town of Marion.
§ 3. The mayor shall be elected for a term of two years, at the time
and in the manner provided by law and his compensation shall be fixed
by the Council. ;

§ 4. Three electors of the town of Marion shall be elected as council-
men of the town on the second Tuesday of June, nineteen hundred sixty
and every four years thereafter; four electors of the town of Marion shall
be elected as councilmen of the town on the second Tuesday of June,
nineteen hundred sixty-two and every four years thereafter. They shall
constitute the Council.

§ 5. All town councilmen, officers and employees heretofore elected
or appointed shall remain in office and continue in their employment and
be vested with the powers and duties heretofore imposed upon them by the
council or by operation by law or hereafter imposed upon them under the
provisions of this act until their successors are duly elected or appointed
as provided by law or until action is taken by the town as set forth in
§ 15-77.9 of the Code of Virginia as in force on January 1, 1959.

§ 6. All ordinances and resolutions heretofore made and adopted
by the town, not in conflict with this charter shall be and remain in full
force and effect until altered, amended or repealed by the council of the

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2. Chapter 294 of Acts of Assembly of 1848-1849 and all acts amendatory
thereof are hereby repealed.
3. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.