Chap. 582.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act approved March
3, 1894, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Clintwood, in
Dickenson county, as amended by an act approved February 20, 1896.

Approved February 28, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section nine
of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March third,
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled an act to provide a new
charter for the town of Clintwood, in Dickenson county, as amended
and re-enacted by an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved
February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact section nine of an act of the general assembly of
Virginia, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, en-
titled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Clintwood, in
Dickenson county, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 9. He shall, by virtue of his office, preside over the meetings of the
council, voting only in case of a tie; and he shall also, by virtue of his
office, possess all the power, authority and jurisdiction in all matters
within the county of Dickenson as a justice of the peace of said county.

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