CHAPTER 105

An Act to amend and reenact § 39 of Chapter 44, Acts of Assembly,
1986-87, approved January 18, 1987, which provided a new charter
for the town of Front Royal, relating ‘to publication of new or changed
ordinances.

[H 111]

Approved February 26, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 39 of Chapter 44, Acts of Assembly 1936-37, approved January
18, 1987, which provided a new charter for the town of Front Royal, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 39. All ordinances hereafter passed by the council for the viola-
tion of which any penalty is imposed, shall be published once, at least, in
one of the newspapers of said town, to be designated by the council. A
record or entry made by the clerk of said council, or a copy of said record
or entry, duly certified to by him, shall be prima facie evidence of the
publication of any such ordinance: ; and all laws, regulations and ordi-
nances of the council may be read in evidence in all courts of justice, and
in all proceedings before any officer, body or board in which it shall be
necessary to refer thereto, from a copy thereof, certified by the clerk of
said council, provided, however, that whenever the council of the town of
Front Royal shall codify, in whole or in part, and print at one time, or
from time to time, in book or pamphlet form, the general ordinances of
the town of Front Royal, or any part thereof, it shall be unnecessary to
publish any new or changed ordinances therein contained, or such codtfi-
cation, or codifications, in a newspaper or otherwise, and all new or
changed ordinances therein contained, and such codification or codifica-
tions, shall take effect at such time, but not less than thirty days after such
codification or codifications shall have been printed in book or pamphlet
form, as may be prescribed by the council by ordinance; provided, notice
of such publication and the availability of such book or pamphlet at the
town hall is published in a newspaper as hereinabove required.

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