Chap. 599.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1033, code of Virginia of
1887, entitled mayor and council, their powers, duties and jurisdiction;
appeals allowed to county courts.

Approved March 8, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
ten hundred and thirty-three, code of Virginia of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, shall be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§ 1033. Mayor and council, their powers, duties and jurisdiction;
appeals allowed to county courts.—The mayor, as chief magistrate of
the town, shall take care that the by-Jaws and ordinances thereof be
faithfully executed. He and the other members of the council shal!
each be clothed with all the powers and authority of a justice in
civil matters within the corporate limits of the town, and in criminal
matters within said limits and one mile beyond same; and shall
have power to issue process, hear and determine all prosecutions,
cases and controversies which may arise under the by-laws and
ordinances of the town; impose fines and inflict punishments when
and wherever they are authorized by the said by-laws and ordi-
nances, and issue executions for the collection of said fines; and
appeals may be taken to the court of the county from their de-
cisions, in both civil and criminal matters, in the same manner,
upon the same terms and be tried in the same way as appeals from
the decision of a justice are taken and tried in like cases, except
that no appeal shall be granted from the decision of the mayor or
the member of the council trying same, imposing a fine for the
violation of any of. the ordinances or by-laws of said town for
offences not made criminal by the common law or the statutes of
Virginia, until and after bond be given by the person so fined, with
security approved by the officer imposing the same or the mayor
conditioned to pay all fines, costs and damages that may be awarded
by the said court on appeal; the penalty of said bond to be double
the sum sufficient to pay all such fines, costs and damages. Should
the decision of the officer rendering the same be affirmed in whole
or in part, the said court shall enter judgment against the said prin-
cipal and surety for the amount so affirmed, with costs, before the
officer trying the same, and the costs of the appeal and execution
shal] be issued thereon in the name of the town against both prin-
cipal and surety.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.