Chap. 192.—An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pearisburg,
Virginia, and to repeal ail acts in conflict. (H. B. 514.)

Approved March 21, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the boundaries of the town of Pearisburg shall be one-third of a
mile west, one-third of a mile north, one-third of a mile east, and
one-third of a mile south from the courthouse, and embracing the
area contained therein, so as to make the said area four-ninths of a
square mile.

2. The officers of the said town shall be a mayor, six council-
men, a recorder, and a sergeant, all of whose compensation shall
be fixed by the council.

3. The present officers of said town shall continue as such
until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, or
until their successors are elected and qualified.

4. The territory within the boundaries of the said town of
Pearisburg shall constitute a separate road precinct, and it shall
be the duty of the council of said town to lay off streets, walks,
and alleys; alter and improve the same, and have them kept in
good order, and it shall be the duty of the county: treasurer of
Giles county, and he is hereby required to pay over to and settle
with the council of the said town all the road taxes collected by
him on real and personal property within the limits of the said
corporation, instead of the board of supervisors of the said county,
and the said council may, by proper ordinance, regulate the hauling
in and over the said streets and roads in said corporation, and
shall have power to impose fines and penalties for the abuse of
same.

5. The council of said town shall have power to lay and levy
a tax not exceeding forty cents on the one hundred dollars value
of all property, real and personal, in the said town and a poll tax
not exceeding fifty cents on each male resident thereof over the
age of twenty-one years, to be expended as the council may direct,
and the said town shall have like powers of distress, and other
process for the collection of its ‘said: taxes, as are given to the
State officers for the collection of State taxes.
6. The said council shall have the power to pass all ordinances
for the proper government of the said town not in conflict with
the Constitution and general statutes of the Commonwealth, and
to that end shall have and exercise all the powers and privileges
conferred upon towns of less than five thousand inhabitants, so
far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
act.

7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the foregoing are
hereby repealed.