Chap. 142.—An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Richmond so
as to amend and re-enact sections 93-a and 93-b as the same have
been heretofore amended, concerning the terms of the members of
the board of fire commissioners and the number necessary to con-
stitute a quorum thereof. (H. B. 473.)

Approved March 9, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections ninety-three-a and ninety-three-b of the charter of the
city of Richmond, as the same have been heretofore amended,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec, 93-a. That the number of the membership of the board
of fire commissioners shall be equal to the number of wards of
the city, except that the terms of the present members of the
board shall be four years from the date of their election and
qualification, but to provide that the election of one member shall
occur each year, said election shall be as follows:

The member from Madison ward shall be elected in Julv, nine-
teen hundred and seventeen; the member from Clay ward shall
be elected in July, nineteen hundred and eighteen; the member
from Jefferson ward shall be elected in July, nineteen hundred
and nineteen. and the member from Lee ward shall be elected
in July, nineteen hundred and twenty. All vacancies in said
board shall be filled in the mode prescribed bv law. The mem-
bers of the board of fire commissioners shall not recelve any
compensation for their services as such. They may be removed
from office by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
the council for good cause shown; and any member who shall
during his term of office be nominated for any office elected by
the people, and shall not decline the nomination ten days from
the time he has notice thereof, shall be deemed ipso facto to
have vacated his office.

Sec. 93-b. Three members of the board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Each member of the
board shall be entitled to one vote, and the board may determine
the manner in which any vote may be taken on any subject
brought before it. The members of the said board shall qualify
in the mode prescribed by law and organize by election one of
their members president, and by electing a suitable person to
act as secretary of the said board. The said board shall also
have power to elect a president pro tempore, to serve in the
absence of, or in case of the temporary disability of the presi-
dent. The meetings of the said. board shall be held at their
headquarters or other suitable place to be designated by the
council of the city of Richmond. In case of a tie vote on any
question arising in the deliberations of the board the mayor of
the city shall be notified in writing of such tie and of the nature
of the matter under consideration and request his attendance
at a time and place to be designated in such notice, and for the
purpose of determining such question the mayor shall cast the
deciding vote.

This act shall be in force on and after July first, nine-
teen hundred and sixteen.