Chap. 491.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sestion one of an act of the
general assembly of Virginia, approved January 9, 1896, entitled an act ratify-
ing and confirming a resolution of the counci! of the city of Portsmouth,
adopted in relation to the terms of its members. |

Approved February 27, 1896.

Whereas by an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved Jan-
uary ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled an act ratifying
and confirming a resolution of the council of the city of Portsmouth,
adopted in relation to the terms of its members, an error appeared
in the resolution of the said council in relation to the terms of its
members from the third ward of said city, Charles E. Outten being
therein designated as the councilman who should hold office for the
term of one year, and George M. Turner and W. A. Green being
therein designated as the councilmen who should hold office for the
term of three years under the provisions of said section twelve, when,
by the said resolution, the said Charles E. Outten and George M.
Turner should have been designated for the term of one year, and
the said W. A. Green should have been designated for the term of
three years, under the provisions of said section twelve; and

Whereas by a subsequent resolution of said council, adopted ata
meeting held on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, the said Charles E. Outten and George M. Turner, from
the third ward, were designated as the councilmen who should hold
office for the term of one year, and the said W. A. Green, from the
third ward, was designated as the councilman who should hold office
for the term of three years, under the provisions of said section
twelve; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one of an act approved January ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
six, entitled an act ratifying and confirming a resolution of the
council of the city of Portsmouth adopted in relation to the terms of
its members, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
resolution of the council of the city of Portsmouth adopted at a
meeting held December third, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as
amended by a resolution of said council adopted at a meeting held
January seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, designating
which of its members should hold office for the term of one year,
and which of its members should hold office for the term of three
years, under the provisions of section twelve of the act approved
February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the
same is hereby, approved, ratified, and confirmed; and that the terms
of office of J. Davis Reed, G. M. Reynolds, Joseph F. Weaver, Charles
E. Murden, John H. Hume, Charles E. Outten, George M. Turner,
John J. King, A. W. Moore, and W. V. H. Williams, who were desig-
nated by said resolutions to hold office for the term of one year,
shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six; and that the terms of office of C.S. Minter, J. W. Ash-
ton, C. S. Sherwood, C. W. Walker, D. W. Balentine, W. A. Green,
L. C. Brinson, Samuel T. Montague, and W. H. Moore, who were desig-
nated by said resolutions to hold office for the term of three years,
shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight.

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