Chap. 50.—An ACT to amend and re-enact. section 15 of the charter of the town
of Manassas.

Approved January 12, 1893.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
tifteen of the charter of the town of Manassas, as amended bv act
approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 15. The sergeant shall have and exercise the power of a constable
and shall receive the like fee for his services as a constable, and shall
collect the town taxes, levies, and assessments, and all fines imposed by
the mayor; and the mayor, sergeant, and policemen, in criminal and
police matters, shall have jurisdiction for one mile from the corporate
limits of the town

The sergeant shall keep his books and accounts in such manner as the
council may prescribe, and such books and accounts shall always be sub-
ject to the inspection of the mayor, the council, or any committee
thereof, or any taxpayer of said town.

He shall pay no money except on a warrant signed by the clerk and
countersigned by the mayor, and shall keep a separate account of such
fund and appropriation. He shall report to the council at the end of
each fiscal year, and oftener if required by the council, a detailed account
of all receipts and expenditures, and publish the same in any newspaper
published in said town if deemed advisable by said council. He shall
recelve as his compensation for collecting and disbursing the revenue five
per centum on the amount collected, and such additional compensation
as will not exceed three hundred dollars. The total salary exclusive of
his fees not to exceed three hundred dollars.

He shall hold all special assessments as a special fund to be applied to
the payment of the indebtedness for which the assessment was made
and for no other purpose.

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