Chap. 325.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 164 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as previously amended, as amended and re-enacted by an act ap-
proved March 14, 1908.

Approved March 17, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one hundred and sixty-four of the Code of. Virginia, as previously
amended, as amended by an act approved March fourteenth, nineteen
hundred and eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§164. The preceding section shall not be construed to prevent mem-
bers of Congress from acting as justices of the peace, visitors of the
University of Virginia and Virginia Military Institute, or from hold-
ing offices in the militia, or to exclude from offices under the State on
account of any pension from the United States a person to whom such
pension has been granted in consequence of a wound received in war, or
to exclude from such office or post militia officers or soldiers on account
of the recompense they may receive from the United States when called
out in actual duty; or to be construed to prevent United States commis-
sioners or United States census enumerators or fourth class or third.
class postmasters from acting as notaries, or school trustees, or jutice of
the peace, or supervisors, or from holding any district office under the
government of any county, or as councilman of any town or city in this
State; or to prevent any person holding an office or post of profit, trust
or emolument, civil, legislative, executive or judicial, under the govern-
ment of the United States, from being a member of the militia or hold-
ing office therein; or be construed to prevent foremen, quartermen, lead-
ing men, artisans, clerks or laborers employed in any navy yard or naval
reservation in Virginia from holding any office under the government of
any town, county or city in this State, or to prevent any United States
government clerk from holding any office under the government of any
town or city in this State: provided, that said foreman, quartermen,
leading men, artisans, clerks or laborers, or United States government
clerks, are in all respects qualified to hold office as citizens of this State
under existing law: and provided further, that such United States gov-
ernment clerk has been a legal resident of such city or town for a period
of at least two years prior to such election to office.

2. An emergency existing by reason of census act, this is declared
an emergency act, and shall be in force from its passage.