CHAPTER 488
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 289, Acts of Assembly,
1956, approved March 6, 1956, relating to general registrars in cer-
tain counties and their powers, duties and compensation. CH 437]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 1 of Chapter two hundred thirty-nine, Acts of Assembly,
1956, approved March six, nineteen hundred fifty-six, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 1. The governing body of any county having a population of less
than forty-one thousand and adjoining a city of more than two hundred
thirty thousand population and of any county having a population of more
than seventy thousand and adjoining four cities in the State may by reso-
lution provide for the creation of the office of general registrar of the
county, who shall be in addition to the registrars appointed as provided
by law for the several election districts of the county, and who shall be
a discreet citizen, a qualified voter and resident of the county for which
he is appointed and shall possess the qualifications prescribed by law for
registrars.

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