CHAP. 236.—An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Ab-
ingdon.

Approved February 16, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the tenth clause of section fifteen, and the whole of
section seventeen of an act entitled an act to provide a
new charter for the town of Abingdon, Virginia, approved
February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety,
chapter three hundred and thirty-one of the acts of gen-
eral assembly eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and nine-
ty, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 15. Tenth clause.—To prevent, prohibit, and punish
the illegal selling or bartering, or offering to sell or barter,
ardent spirits, malt liquors, wines, or any mixture thereof,
by fine or imprisonment, or, in the discretion of the mayor,
by both fine and imprisonment, but in no case shall the
fine exceed one hundred dollars and costs, or imprison-
ment exceed ninety days for any one offence. To prevent
and punish the carrying about the person any unlawful
or dangerous weapon, concealed from common observation,
or going about armed with any such weapon, whether con-
cealed or not, by a fine of not less than five dollars. nor
more than fifty dollars and costs and the forfeiture of such
weapon to the town. For the enforcement of any ordi-
nance adopted under this act, the ntayor and town council
shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the courts of the
commonwealth, to try, fine, and punish in all civil matters
within the corporate limits of the town, and in all crimi-
nal matters within the corporate limits and one mile be-
yond the same; and may provide that the offender, on fail-
ing to pay the fine and costs imposed, may be committed
to prison, or the county jail, and compelled to work on the
streets, or other public improvements within the town, or
within one mile of the corporate line thereof, for the time
of ninety days, unless the fine and costs be sooner paid;
and in the event such person or persons so consigned to
work, do not conform to the rules and regulations pre-
scribed for their government, the same may be enforced
by the infliction of such corporal punishment as the coun-
cil may, by ordinance, prescribe.

§ 17. Where, by the provisions of this act, the council
has authority to pass ordinances upon any subject, and
for the enforcement of its laws and ordinances, it may
prescribe any penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars
fine, and may imprison not exceeding ninety days for
each offence; and may further provide, that upon failure
to pay the fine and costs, the offender may be imprisoned
and compelled to work on the streets, or other public im-
provements within the town, or within one mile of the
corporate line thereof, for the time of ninety days, unless
the fine and costs be sooner paid: provided that in any case
in which the fine imposed exceeds the sum of twenty dol-
Jars, exclusive of costs, for any one offence; or in which
the penalty of imprisonment is adjudged (except for the
non-payment of a fine under twenty dollars), the person
convicted shall have the right of appeal to the county
court of Washington county, in the same manner and
form as provided by statutes for appeals from the decis-
ions of a justice of the peace of the state for like offences.

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