An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1891/1892 |
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Law Number | 648 |
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Law Body
Chap. 648.—An ACT to authorize the qualified voters of Appo-
mattox county to vote upon the question of the removal of the
court-house of said county.
Approved March 3, 1892.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That it shall be the duty of the judge of the county court
of Appomattox county, upon the application of two hun-
dred qualified voters of said county, to order the officers
conducting elections at the several election precincts in
said county, on the fourth Thursday in April, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to open a poll for the
purpose of ascertaining the sense of the qualified voters
of said county as to whether or not the site of the court-
house of said county shall be changed from its present
location to Appomattox depot, in said county.
2. The said election shall be conducted by ballot, and
said ballots shall have written or printed thereon: “ For
removal of the court-house to Appomattox depot;” or,
“Against removal of court-house to Appomattox depot.”
3. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots
cast at said election on said question and making returns
and abstracts thereof, shall conform in all respects to the
requirements of the general election law of the state, and
the commissioners of election shall canvass said returns
in like manner as other election returns, and certify the
votes cast “ for removal” and “ against removal,” respect-
ively, to the county clerk of said county.
4. In the event that a majority of the registered voters
of said county shall be polled in favor of the removal,
then the site of the court-house shall be changed, and the
board of supervisors of said county shall take steps to
carry into effect the wishes of the people so expressed by
the erection of a court-house and other necessary build-
ings.
5. It shall be the duty of the county court of said county
to give at least thirty days’ notice of said election.
6. This act shall be in force from its passage.