Chap. 108.—An ACT Providing for the Election of Justices of the Peace
and Constables in the city of Alexandria.

Approved May 25, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That at the elec-
tion to be held in the city of Alexandria, on the fourth Thurs-
day in May, eighteen hundred and seventy, there shall be
elected by the qualified voters, in each ward of said city, three
justices of the peace for every ward, respectively, whose term
of office shall be one, two, and three years, respectively, to be
determined by lot in the presence of the judge of the corpo-
ration court of said city, and whose powers, duties, and com-
pensation shall be the same as those of justices of the peace
for the counties of the commonwealth: provided, that at ever
subsequent annual election there shall be elected but one suc

justice.
; 2. There shall be elected at the same time, until otherwise
provided, one constable in each ward, by the qualified voters
thereof, who shall have all the powers and emoluments of
county constables, shall hold their office for two years, and
shall give bond in like manner as county constables.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.