Chap. 400.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section nine of an act of the gene-
ral assembly of Virginia, approved March 3d, 1894, entitled an act to pro-
vide a new charter for the town of Clintwood, in Dickenson county.

Approved February 20, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled an act to provide
a new charter for the town of Clintwood, in Dickenson county, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 9. He shall, by virtue of his office, preside over the meetings of
the council, voting only in case of a tie; and he shall also, by virtue
of his office, possess all the power, authority, and jurisdiction of a
justice in civil matters within the corporate limits of the town, and
in criminal matters within said limits and one mile beyond the same.

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