Chap. 23.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 24, 1914,
and entitled, an act to amend and re-enact section 28 of an act of the
general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force
January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of
Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as
amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved,
respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887: February 14,
1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February
15, 1901; March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of the said city
of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly,
approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902, and by
an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on
the 9th day of January, 1906. (H. B. 42)

Approved February 5, 1915.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled
an act to amend and re-enact section twenty-eight of an act of the
general assembly of Virginia, approved March fourteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and six, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general
assembly of Virginia, in force January twenty-first, eighteen hundred
and eighty-four, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Nor-
folk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April twenty-first,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as amended by the several acts of
the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April sixth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; April twenty-eighth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-seven; May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven; February fourteenth, nineteen hundred; February twenty-first,
nineteen hundred; February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred; February
second, nineteen hundred and one; February fifteenth, nineteen hundred
and one; March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two; and to define
the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several
acts of the general assembly, approved April sixth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven ; February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety,
and March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and by an order of
the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the ninth
day of January, nineteen hundred and six, be amended and re-enacted
to read as follows:

Sec. 28. There shall be elected by the city council in the manner
hereinbefore provided, on the first day of September, nineteen hundred
and fourteen, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and quadrennially
thereafter, a justice of the peace, who shall hold the police court, and
act as police justice of the city, and shall have such powers as are now
or may hereafter be conferred on him by law. After the election of the
police justice, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected by
the city council, in the manner hereinbefore provided, two justices of
the peace for each ward of said city, who shall reside, during their
terms of office, in the ward for which they may be elected.

In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the said police
justice, the council of the city of Norfolk, in joint session, shall elect
his successor for the unexpired term, or until the successor is elected
and qualified; in the event that the said police justice is unable to act
on account of sickness or absence from the city, or otherwise disqualified,
the said police justice shall in writing designate one of the justices of
the peace of the said city of Norfolk to act in his place and stead, and
the person so designated shall have all the power conferred by law upon
the said police justice.

2. An emergency existing by reason of the fact that there is no
way to hold police court in said city during the absence or sickness of
the justice, this act shall be in force from its passage.

(3) All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are herehy
repealed.