Chap. 221.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 102 of the code of 1887, when
officers to enter upon their duties in relation to the beginning of the term of sup-
erintendent of the poor in Nelson county.

Approved February 7, 1898.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section one
hundred and two of the code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

All state officers chosen at a general election shall, unless otherwise
provided, enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first
day of January next thereafter, and all county, corporative and district
officers, whether chosen at:a general election or appointed for a term,
shall, unless otherwise provided, enter upon the duties of their respec-
tive offices on the first day of July next thereafter, except the superinten-
dent of the poor for Nelson county, who shall thereafter enter upon the duties
of his office on the first day of January next after his appointment. They
shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective oflices until
their successors shall have qualified.

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