CHAPTER 300

An Act to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 465 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1901-02, which incorporated and provided a charter for the town
of Wakefield in the county of Sussex, the section relating to muntcipal
officers, so as to increase the number of councilmen; and to validate
certain prior elections and actions. a 44

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Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3 of chapter 465 of the Acts of Assembly of 1901-02 be
amended and reenacted, as follows:

§ 3. The municipal officers of said town shall consist of one mayor,
* six councilmen, a treasurer, and a sergeant. The six councilmen in
office on the effective date hereof are hereby declared to be duly elected.
At the first election for municipal officers and thereafter six councilmen
shall be elected in addition to the other officers of the town. The election
heretofore of six councilmen, their actions, and all actions of the council
are ratified, validated and confirmed as fully as if this act had heretofore
provided for the election of six councilmen.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.