Chap. 202.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections twenty, twenty-five, and
twenty-seven of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the
town of Pocahontas, approved March 24, 1896.

Approved March 14, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
twenty, twenty-five, and twenty-seven of an act entitled an act to provide
a new charter for the town of Pocahontas, approved February twenty-
four, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

$20. No license shall be granted to any person, corporation, company.
firm, partnership, or association, to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors.
or any mixture thereof, alcoholic bitters, bitters containing alcohol, or
fruits preserved in ardent spirits, either by wholesale or retail, or to be
drunk at the place where sold, or in any other way within the corporate
limits of said town, or within one mile thereof, without, unless and until
the applicant shall produce to the circuit court of Tazewell county, or
other officer authorized to grant such license, the written consent of the
council of the town of Pocahontas, and upon the production of the record
ef said council, or a certified copy thereof, to said court as aforesaid, show-
ing such consent of said council, and specifying the place where to be sold
and in what manner, that the applicant is a corporation, or if the appli-
cant be not such a corporation, that the person so applying is sober, dis-
creet, and of good moral character, that the place is a suitable and con-
venient one, and that said applicant, in case the application be for a re-
tail liquor dealer’s license, has paid into the treasury of said town of
Pocahontas, in lawful money of the United States, the sum of six hun-
dred dollars, or, in case the application be for a wholesale liquor dealer’s
license, that the applicant has paid into the treasury of said town the
sum of one thousand dollars, or, in case the application be for a whole-
sale malt liquor dealer’s license only, that the applicant has paid into the
treasury of said town the sum of six hundred dollars, and in either case
the applicant shall also produce to said court a receipt of the treasurer
of Tazewell county, showing that the amount of tax required by existing
laws has been paid to the State for the exercise of such privilege, then
said court shall grant such applicant a license to sell any or all of the
thinys mentioned in this section, but in the manner only as set forth in
such application. No more than two licenses shall be granted to the same
person, corporation, company, firm, partnership, or association in any
one vear to sell in any of the modes herein designated, nor shall any such
license be granted until the applicant shall execute bond in the circuit
court of Tazewell county. with good security, in the penalty of five thou-
sand dollars, conditioned according to law.

Any person, corporation, company, firm, partnership, or association,
who. without first securing a license as required by the foregoing section,
shall sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, alco-
holic bitters, or fruits preserved in ardent spirits, either by wholesale,
retail. or to be drunk where sold, or any other way, within the corporate
limits of said town, or within one mile thereof, shall be punished with a
fine of fifty dollars for each offense, and if the fine and costs of such
prosecution be not at once paid, the offender shall be forthwith committed
to the jail of said town until said fine and costs be paid or until dis-
charged by due process of law; and any person found guilty of the offense
may be required by the officer who shall try said case to give bond in a
reasonable sum to be of good behavior for twelve months, and in default
of said bond the accused shall be committed to jail until he does give it,
or le discharged by due process of law.

$25. Sergeant.—The sergeant of the town of Pocahontas shall be
elected by the town council of Pocahontas at its first regular meeting in
September, or as soon after as may be practical. He shall have power.
and it shall be his duty, to collect all fines and’ penalties which may be
imposed by the police justice and arising from the police department, and
he shall pay over the same to the treasurer of the town every week. He
shall be ex-officio chief of police, and shall have the same powers and
exercise and discharge the same duties as constable within the corporate
limits of the town and to the distance of one mile beyond the same, an‘
in general exercise all the powers of a police officer of cities and town:
under the laws of the State of Virginia. He shall attend the meeting:
of the council, and shall make a report to that body at its first regular
meeting in each month of the condition of his office, and may be re-
quired to do so at any time by the council. He shall execute a bond in
the penalty of five thousand dollars, with surety to be approved by the
council, conditioned according to law, for the faithful performance of
his duty. He shall receive for his services a salary of sixty dollars per
month, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of
office.

§27. Police——The council shall, at its first regular meeting in Septem-
ber of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, elect three
citizens of the town of Pocahontas, who shall, with the sergeant, con-
stitute the police force of the said town, and shall exercise all the dutie:
and powers given to police officers under the laws of the State of Vir-
ginia; the said council may establish such rules and regulations for the
government of said force as it may deem necessary; they shall receive a
salary of not exceeding seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each for their services, payable in equal installments monthly, and thes
shall receive no other compensation.