Chap. 256.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 7 of
an act approved July 9, 1870, entitled an act amending the
charter of Harrisonburg, in the county of Rockingham.

Approved February 17, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That sections five and seven of an act approved July ninth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled an act amending
the charter of the town of Harrisonburg, in the county of
Rockingham, and enlarging and extending the corporate
limits of said town, and so forth, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§5. Their term of office shall be for two years (except
when to fill vacancies) and until their successors have
been elected and qualified. .

§7. The first election under this act shall be on the
fourth Thursday in July, eighteen hundred and ninety,
and biennially thereafter, at the court-house in Harrison-
burg, at such time and under such supervision, rules,
and regulations as the council may prescribe. The officers
conducting such elections shall grant a certificate to the
persons elected, which certificate shall be recorded in the
journal kept by the council.

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