CHAP. 193.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter
815 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Cape
ee in the county of Northampton, approved March 1,
1886.

Approved February 12, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section four of chapter three hundred and fifteen of
an act entitled “an act to incorporate the town of Cape
Charles, in the county of Northampton,” approved March
the first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: .

§ 4. The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the
council of the said town, a majority of whom shall consti-
tute a quorum to do business, and all the corporate powers
of the said town shall be exercised by the said council or
under its authority, except where otherwise provided for
by law. The mayor shall be president of the council, and
shall have all the rights; powers, and privileges conferred
upon such officer by the general laws of this state for the
government of towns of less than five thousand inhabi-
tants. He and the other members of the council shall each be
clothed with all the power and authority of a justice, in
civil matters, within the corporate limits of the said town,
and in criminal matters within the said limits and one
mile beyond the same. All fines, penalties, or imprison-
ments for violation of the by-laws or ordinances of the
said town, or the laws of this state, shall be recovered before,
or enforced under the judgment of, the said mayor or coun-
culmen, as the case may be, and for that purpose, he, or either of
them, may issue process in the same manner as a justice,
and for such services shall be entitled to the same fees as
a justice for like services performed. The mayor shall
have no vote in the council, except in case of a tie vote.
All vacancies which may occur in the offices of mayor or
councilmen shall be filled by the said council. The mayor
and councilmen shall hold their respective offices for a
term of one year from the first day of July next succeed-
ing their election, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.

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