Chap. 228.—An ACT Legalizing the Election held in the City of Williams-
burg on the 26th day of May, 1870, for the Election of City Officers.

Approved July 9, 1870.

Whereas, it appears that the qualified voters of the city of
Williamsburg, at the election held according to law on the
fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and seventy, voted
for and elected a mayor, twelve councilmen, four justices of
the peace, one sergeant, one city treasurer, one commissioner
of the revenue, one collector, one overseer of the poor, and
one street commissioner; and it appearing that, under the
constitution and laws of the state, and the charter of said city,
said city is entitled to said officers, and that the qualified
voters were entitled to vote for and elect the same on the
fourth Thursday aforesaid: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the election held in the city of Williamsburg on the fourth
Thursday of May, eighteen hundred and seventy, as aforesaid,
be and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the
several officers returned as elected at said election are author-
ized to enter upon the discharge of their several duties on the
first day of J “8 , eighteen hundred seventy, or as soon there-
after as they may be qualified.

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