Chap. 12.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act to incorporate the
town of Boykins, approved November 24, 1884, as amended by act approved
February 14, 1901.

Approved December 19, 1901.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That seetion four
of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Boykins, approved the
wenty-fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as
mended by.act approved the fourteenth day of February, nineteen hun-
lred and one, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 4. The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the council of said
own, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, and
ill the corporate powers of said town shall be exercised by said council,
or under its authority, except when otherwise provided by law. The
mayor shall be president of the council, and shall have all the rights,
powers, and privileges such office confers under the general laws govern-
ing towns within this State; and shall be invested with all the powers of a
justice of the peace within the limits of said town, and one mile beyond
said limits, and all fines, penalties, or imprisonments for violations of
the by-laws or ordinances of said town shall be recovered before or en-
forced under the judgment of the mayor, and for that purpose he may
issue process as a justice of the peace, and shall be entitled to the same
fees as a justice for like services; but the mayor shall have no vote in the
council except in case of a tie. Any vacancy which may occur in the
office of mayor or councilman shall be filled by the council. The mayor
and councilmen shall hold their respective offices for two years from the
first day of January succeeding their election, and until their successors
are elected and qualified. ,

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

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