Chap. 535.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to
determine to whom the title to the Falmouth bridge, inthe county of Stafford,
shall be conveyed, approved February 20, 1886.

Approved February 28, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three of an act entitled an act to determine to whom the title to the Fal-
mouth bridge, in the county of Stafford, shall be conveyed, approved
February twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3. Hereafter it shall be the duty of the county court of Stafford
county, at its April term, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and at its
April term every four years thereafter, to appoint five residents of Staf-
ford county as bridge commissioners, one to be chosen from each magis-
terial district, and one from the county at large: provided, however, that
not more than three of any one political party shall be appointed, who
shall serve for the term of four years, from the first day of May next
after their appointment, or until their successors are appointed and qual-
ified. Hach commissioner when so appointed, shall qualify and give
bond before the said court, or judge in vacation, with good. security,
for the faithful performance of the duties of his office or trust, in such
penalty as the court may prescribe.

When any vacancy occurs in the office of bridge commissioner by
death, resignation, removal from the county of Stafford, or from other
causes, the said county court of said county shall appoint a resident of
Stafford county as bridge commissioner, to fill said vacancy, and when
so appointed, said commissioner shall qualify and give bond as required
of regular appointees in this section.

The term of office of all the present bridge commissioners of the
county of Stafford shall expire on the first day of May, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight. The said county court shall have power to re-
move any bridge commissioner from office, for misfeasance, malfeasance,
or gross neglect of official duty, such removal to be deemed a vacation
of the office, and said court shall have power to increase the penalty of
the bond of any commissioner, or to require additional security at any
time. |

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