CHAP. 378.—An ACT toamend and re-enact section 34 of an act
entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Alexandri
approved February 20, 1871, as amended by an act approved

March 22, 1871, and by an act approved March 17, 1876, and by
an act approved March 20, 1877, and by an act approved Janu-
ary 25, 1879, and by an act approved March 1, 1888.

Approved February 25, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section thirty-four of an act entitled an act to amend
the charter of the city of Alexandria, approved February
twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended
by an act approved March twenty-second, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-one, and by an act approved March the
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and by
an act approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-seven, and by an act approved January twenty-
fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and by an act
approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 34. The mayor of the city of Alexandria shall be
elected by the qualified voters at the time and places, and
in the manner that the members of the city council are
elected. He shall hold his office for two years, and until
his successor is chosen and qualified in his stead. He
shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take
an oath or affirmation in the presence of the city council,
faithfully to execute his said office, which shall be re-
corded in its book of proceedings. He shall see that the laws
of the corporation be duly executed, he shall have power to
suspend or remove any police officer for misconduct in office
or neglect of duty, and in the event of the removal of any
police officer, or any officer of the city by his order. He shall
communicate the fact with his reasons therefor, to the
city council without delay, that the vacancy may be filled.
He shall have power to convene the city council whenever,
in his opinion, the good of the community may require
it; and he shall lay before the city council, from time to
time, in writing, such alterations in the laws of the cor-
poration as he shall deem necessary and proper. He shall
have and exercise all the powers of a justice of the peace
within the said city, and shall receive for his services an-
nually, a just and reasonable compensation, to be allowed
and fixed by the city council,which shall not be increased or
diminished during the period for which he shall have been
elected. The election of mayor and membersof the common
council, and one-half of the members of the board of alder-
men, one from each ward, shall be held on the fourth Thurs-
day in May, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and every
two years thereafter, at such places and by such persons
as the city council shall select.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.