Chap. 259.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 2, 1894,
entitled an act to incorporate the town of Singers’ Glen, in Rockingham
county; also empowering the counci] of said town to issue bonds.

(H. B. 440.)
Approved March 25, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Singers’ Glen in
Rockingham county; also empowering the council of said town to
issue bonds, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 1. That the territcry contained within the limits set forth
and described in section two of this act be deemed and taken as the

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Glen, for all purposes for which towns are incorporated in this Com-
monwealth. shall be a bedy politic in fact and in name, under the
style and denomination of the town of “Singers’ Glen,” and as such
shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and
privileges, and be subject to all the duties and obligations incumbent
upon and pertaining to said town as a municipal corporation.

Sec. 2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows: Be-
ginning at the northwest corner of the graveyard, thence east to
the public rcad (cn west side), thence following west side of public
road to a ccrner at Samuel Gallihue’s, then to a corner on top of
hill, Ephraim Ruebush’s line, thence south to a corner in John 8.
¥unk’s woods, thence west to a ccrner continuous with Timothy
Funk’s fence to starting point, at northwest ccrner of graveyard,
the beginning.

Sec. 3. The government of said town shall be vested in a council
of six, to be elected by ballet on the Saturday in June, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-five, and every two years thereafter.

Sec. 4. Any person entitled to vote in the county of Rockingham,
and residing within the corporate limits of said town thirty days
previous to any election, shall be entitled to vote at all elections
under this act of incorporation.

Sec. 5. The mayor shall appoint two members of the council,
who, with the clerk of the council, shall hold such election, between
the hours of one in the afternoon and sunset, and they shall decide
uny contest with reference to the right of any individual to vote,
and shall count the ballots. In case it is impossible to decide the six
who have the highest number of votes by reason of a tie, the said
clerk shall decide in the presence of the two councilmen aforesaid
by lot. Said clerk shall immediately thereafter make out and deliver
to each one of the councilmen elected, a certificate of his election.

Sec. 6. The following named persons are hereby appointed to
fill the following offices until the first day of July, eightcen hundred
and ninety-five, and until their successors are elected and qualified,
namely: B. H. Franklin, mayor; S. H. Swank, (Gt. W. Shaffer,
Joseph R. Funk, S. W. Brewer, D. M. Hollar, and C. T. Shank,
councilmen. The said council which includes the mayor as president
thereof, shall have the power to appoint a sergeant, treasurer, com-
missioner of the revenue, clerk and such other officers as may be
necessary, who shall remain in office until their successors are elected
and qualify. In case the council shall determine to have any of the
above named officers, or any other officers, they, as well as the mayor
and councilmen, shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town
on the first Saturday in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,
their term of office to begin on the first day of July following, and
the said officers shall be elected biennially thereafter.

Sec. 7. The mayor and councilmen shall qualify by taking oath
of office before any person qualified to administer oaths, and if the
inayor or any of the above appointed councilmen, should fail to
qualify for ten days after four of those above named shall have.
qualified, they shall be deemed to have declined said office, and those
who qualified shall proceed to fill the vacancies thus existing. © All
the officers of this corporation shall serve without compensation,
except as hereinafter provided, and except that they receive the fees
allowed by law for acting as justice in any case. Any of said officers
may be removed from office by the unanimous vote of the council for
good cause. The council shall elect at its first regular meeting a
mayor pro tempore, who shall have all the powers of the mayor in
his absence, or when for any cause, the mayor is unable to discharge
his duties as such. The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the
council, but shall have no vote except in case of a tie. The mayor
shall, and may exercise all jurisdiction, civil and criminal, now by
law conferred upon justices of the peace; shall preserve peace and
good order in said town and to this end shall be a conservator of
the peace, with all the powers of the same, and shall be entitled to
the fees as a justice of the peace.

Sec. 8. That for the purpose of maintaining the police regula-
tions of said town under the authority of this act, the jurisdiction
of the corporate authorities thereof shall be, and the same is hereby,
made to extend one mile beycnd the limits of said town.

Sec. 9. The sergeant of said town shall have the same power and
discharge the same duties as constable within the corporate lmits
of said town and to the distance of cne mile beyond the same. He
shall have power to arrest in said town, or anywhere within Reck-
ingham county, upon a warrant issued by the mayor or a justice of
the peace, any person charged with a violation of the laws of this
Commonwealth, cr any ordinances of said town, and where the same
are committed in his presence within the limits of said town, he shall
have authority and power to arrest forthwith, with warrant, the
offender, and carry him before the mayor or some conservator of
the peace of said town to be dealt with according to law. The coun-
cil may appoint him as collector of taxes and levies, allowing him
a certain percentum for collecting the same.

Sec. 10. The person whose duty it is to collect town levies, taxes
and fines shall have the same power to distrain therefor as collectors
have in similar cases.

Sec. 11. The council may impose a tax on the real and personal
estate in said town, which shall not exceed the sum of fifty cents on
the one hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof. The said
town shall not keep up and maintain the public roads now extending.
or that may hereafter extend through said town within the corporate
limits thereof, nor shall the real and personal property within the
limits of said town be exempt from the levies, taxes and assessments
made by the county of Rockingham, and Linville district, for the
maintenance of roads and bridges.

Sec. 12. But no license to sell or manufacture ardent spirits.
malt liquors, wine, beer, ale, porter, or any intoxicating drinks, or
any intoxicating bitters, or mixture thereof, shall be granted by any
court or judge or other person, to any one within the corporate limits
of'said town. It shall not be lawful to sell or barter intoxicating
liquors of any kind within the corporate limits of said town, nor
shall it be lawful within said territory to solicit orders or receive
crders, or to take orders unsolicited, for the sale of ardent spirits,
malt liquors, wine, ale, beer, porter, or any mixture thereof, under
any other name. Nor shall it be lawful for any person to keep
spirituous or malt liquors, deposited or stored in any way in said
corporation for sale, barter, or exchange, either directly or in-
directly.

Any violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
for which a fine may be imposed, not exceeding twenty dollars, ex-
clusive of costs, for each offense, and the person so convicted may be
required to give bond with good security, payable to the said town,
in a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars, to keep the peace
and be of good behavior for a term not exceeding twelve months.

Sec. 18. The town of Singers’ Glen, is hereby empowered, with
the consent of the majority of the members of the council, to issue
bonds, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for such purposes as the
council of said town may think proper for the use of said town.

Sec. 14. The bonds may be issued and sold at such times and
under such conditions and restrictions, of such denominations, either
registered or coupon, or both, bear such rate of interest not exceeding
six percentum per annum, but which may be paid semi-annually,
be identified by the signature or signatures of such officials, and in
all other respects conform to such provisions as the council of said
town, before the issuing of the said bonds, by ordinance may pro-
vide; but the said bonds shall not be sold by the said town at less
than their par value.