Chap. 208.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 9 and 11 of an act ap-
proved February 28, 1896, entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the
city of Roanoke,” in relation to the appointment of certain municipal
officers.

Approved March 14, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
ine and eleven of an act approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hun-
red and ninety-six, entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the city
f Roanoke,” in relation to the appointment and qualification of certain
1unicipal officers, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$9. The city council shall elect a city engineer, a city clerk, a police
ustice, a city collector, a collector of city taxes, etcetera, and a clerk of
itv markets; and the city council shall elect such other officers as it may
eem expedient for the proper conduct of the affairs of the city, and in
ie execution of the powers hereinafter conferred upon it, all of whom
hall be appointed by it at such times and shall hold office for such terms
s may be fixed by the ordinances of the city, and their respective duties
nd compensations shall be fixed by said ordinances; and the city council
iay at any time for good cause abolish any municipal office whether the
erm of office of the incumbent has expired or not.

$11. No person shall be eligible to any municipal office in said city,
xcept that of city engineer (and if the council shall so provide, city sur-
evor and city electrician), unless he shall be a resident of said city, but
ny person may be elected to the office of city engineer (and if the council
hall so provide to the office of surveyor and city electrician), who, in the
udgment of said council, may possess the requisite qualifications. The
emoval from the city of any person holding any municipal office shall
acate said office.