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 | 1897/1898 |
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Law Number | 390 |
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Chap. 390.—An ACT to provide the method of electing the council of the city of
Fredericksburg, and to confirm the elections of said council heretofore had, and
their acts and doings.
Approved February 18, 1898.
Whereas by an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of
Fredericksburg, approved March the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, it was provided that ‘‘it shall be lawful for the residents of
said town qualified to vote for all officers elective by the people under the
constitution of this commonwealth to elect by ballot’? twelve council-
men; and
Whereas by an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of
Fredericksburg, approved March the first, eighteen hundred and eighty-
61x, it was provided that the city of Fredericksburg be, and is herebv,
for all election purposes divided into two wards, and that there shall be
elected on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and eightv-
six, and every two vears thereafter. six councilmen from each of said
wards, who shall hold their office for the term of two years from the
first day of July next ensuing their election, unless sooner removed by
death, resignation, or other cause, but said act did not alter the provision
of the aforesaid act of March tw enty -third, eighteen hundred and seventy-
one, in relation to its requirement that all twelve councilmen should be
elected by the qualified voters of said city ; and
Whereas by section one thousand and sixteen of the code of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, chapter forty-four, it was provided that the
councilinen and justices of each ward of acity shall be chosen by the
qualified voterarof sugh, ward - but
Whereas by section one thousand and forty-eight of said code, chapter
forty-four, it is provided that ‘‘nothing contained in this chapter in
conflict with any provision of the charter of any city or town, except
sections one thousand and forty and one thousand and forty-one, shall
be construed to repeal such provision ;’’ and hence said section one
thousand and sixteen of the code did not repeal the provision of the
charter of the city of Fredericksburg requiring the election of the twelve
councilmen by the qualified voters of the city and not of each ward ; and
Whereas ever since the enactment of the aforesaid act of March first,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, the councilmen of each ward have
been chosen by the qualified voters of their respective wards and not by
the qualified voters of said city, and thereupon, believing said elections
to be legal and governed by section one thousand and sixteen of the
code, the councils thus elected have done all acts which legally elected
councils were by the charter of said city authorized to do: therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the present
council of said city of Fredericksburg and all councils elected since the
act of March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, aforesaid by the
qualified voters of the respective wards, and not by the qualitied voters
of said city as aforesaid, are hereby declared legal councils of said city,
and that all the acts and doings of said respective councils, in so far as
the validity of the same is affected by the aforesaid method adopted of
choosing said councilmen be declared legal and of full force and
virtue.
2. There shall be elected on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, and every two years thereafter six council-
men from each of the two wards of the city of Fredericksburg, who
shall be chosen by the qualified voters of their respective wards, and
who shall hold their office for the term of two years from the first day
of July next ensuing their election, unless sooner removed by death,
resignation or other cause.
The councilmen chosen shall at the time of their election and
during their continuance in oflice be residents of the ward for which
they are chosen.
3. Vacancies in the office of councilman shall he filled by appoint-
ment of the council of said city from the qualificd residents of the
ward in which such vacancies occur, and the appointees to such vacan-
cies shall hold office for the unexpired term of the parties whose vacancics
they fill, unless sooner removed by death, resignation or other cause.
i. su acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage. .