“Chap. 507.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 11, 15 and 17, and to
repeal sections 12 and 15 of an act entitled ‘An act to amend the charter of
the town of Big Stone Gap, and to legalize certain acts of the town council,’
itpproved February 28, 1890.

Approved February 24, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
four, eleven, fifteen and seventeen of an act entitled ‘‘ An act to amend
the charter of the town of Big Stone Gap, and to legalize certain acts
of the town council,’’? approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety, be amended and re-enacted as follows:

$4. The municipal authorities of the said town shall consist of a
mayor and six trustees, who together shall compose the town council,
and all the corporate powers of said town shall be exercised by said
council or under its authority, except where otherwise provided.

The mayor as a member of the council shall be entitled tu vote upon
all questions brought before it.

§ 11. Not less than five days previous to the fourth Thursday of
May of each year the judge of Wise county court shall, either in term
time or vacation, appoint three qualified voters of said town to act as.
judges of election, and two competent residents of said town to act as.
clerks of election, for each of as many polling places as the council:
shall have certified under the hand of the mayor to said judge to be
necessary; and the order of appointment by said judge shall designate
in what ward each set of Judges and clerks (if there be more than one
polling place) shall act.

$15. The mayor by and with the advice and consent of the council
shall appoint the town sergeant, who shall execute bond in such amount
as the council may fix upon, to be approved by it. As many assistant
sergeants as the council may authorize may be appointed and qualify in
like manner. The mayor shall have power to remove the sergeant or
any assistant sergeant for cause, but he shall certify the removal with
the cause therefor to the council at its next regular meeting.

§ 17. All taxes, levies, licenses, and assessments shall be collected by
the sergeant, for all of which he shall be responsible upon his official
bond. All moneys collected by the sergeant for taxes, levies, licenses
and assessments shall be forthwith paid over to the treasurer.

All other officers of the town authorized to collect fines, penalties, or
other moneys of the town shall forthwith pay the same direct to the
treasurer.

2. Be it further enacted, that sections twelve and thirteen of an act
entitled ‘‘ An act to amend the charter of the town of Big Stone Gap,
and to legalize certain acts of the council,’”? approved February twenty-
eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.

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