Chap. 812.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 15 and 19 of the act in
force March 22, 1872, entitled an act to amend and re-enact certain acts in
relation to the town of Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt, and to extend
the corporate limits of the said town.

Approved March 6, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
fifteen and nineteen of the act in force March twenty-second, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, entitled an act to amend and re-enact certain
acts in relation to the town of Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt,
and to extend the corporate limits of said town, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 15. To carry into effect these enumerated and all other legal powers,
the council of said town shall have power to make and pass all needful
orders, by-laws, and ordinances not contrary to the constitution and
laws of this state; to prescribe and impose reasonable penalties for
violation thereof, either by fine or imprisonment, or both: provided,
that no fine shall exceed thirty dollars, and no imprisonment shall exceed
three months for any one offense; and in default of payment of any
fine it shall be lawful to require the offender to work out such fines and
all jail fees and other costs on the streets or other public work at such
rate per day as the council may prescribe, but at not less than twenty-
five cents per day. And until the said council shall establish a chain-
gang, or if for any cause the mayor or person acting as mayor shall deem
it best, he may, with the consent of the judge of the county court of
Botetourt county, direct such offender to be placed in the chain-gang
of said county, and required to work therein as if he had been in jail
for failure to pay a fine due the commonwealth, for which the county
shall make such compensation as may be agreed upon between the said
judge and mayor, either by working the said chain- -gang on the streets
of the said town or otherwise. For all the purposes named in this act.
taxation excepted, the council and mayor shall have jurisdiction for
one mile beyond the town. All fines, penalties, and imprisonments shall
be enforced or recovered under the judgment of the mayor, or the
person exercising his functions, and the council may, with the con-
sent of the county court of Botetourt entered of record, have the right
to use the jail of said county.
€19. The treasurer, or other officer designated by the council, shall
have the power to collect the town taxes and levies, and one month after
he shall have received the books of the assessor ‘of said town, to dis-
train and sell therefor in hke manner as is now provided by law for
distrains and sale for state taxes, and shall in all respects have the
same power as a county treasurer to enforce the payment of such taxes
and levies. 'The sergeant shall collect all fines, and forthwith pay the
same over to the treasurer; and the said sergeant shall have power to
exercise within the limits of the jurisdiction of the council of said
town all the duties that a constable can legally exercise in regard to the
collection of claims, executing and levying process; and he shall be
entitled to the same compensation therefor, and he and his sureties
shall he hable to all the fines, penalties, and forfeitures that a con-
stable is legally hable to for any failure or dereliction in his office, to be
recovercd in the same manner and before the same courts that such
fines, penalties, and forfeitures are or may he recovered against a con-
stable, and, moreover, may be removed by the council for any such de-
fault in duty or for failure to pay over any moncy in his hands as the
council may direct.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.