CHAP. 212.—An ACT to amend section 6 of an act approved January 11,

1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town

of Culpeper. (S. B. 410.)
Approved March 16, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section six of an act approved January eleventh, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight, entitled an act to amend an re-enact the
charter of the town of Culpeper, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

Sec. 6. On or before the first day of June, nineteen hun-
dred and six, the council of said town shall elect a town ser-
geant, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the council.
The town sergeant can at any time be removed from office by a
najority vote of the council. Upon the death, removal or resig-
1aticn of the town sergeant, the council shall elect a successor
who shall likewise hold office during the pleasure of the council

The town sergeant shall be the chief police officer of the
said town, and shall perform such other duties as the council
may direct. He sha'l have power to exercise within the corpo-
rate limits of said town and in the county of Culpeper within
one mile of the corporate limits of the said town, all the duties
rhat a constable can legally exercise in regard to the collection
of claims, executing and levving process ard he shall be en-
titled to the same compensation therefor, and he and his sure-
ties shall be liable to all fines, penalties and forfeitures that a
constable is legally liable to for any failure or dereliction in his
said office. to be recovered in the same manner and before the
same courts that said fines, penalties and forfeitures are now
recoverable against a constable.

He shall for his service receive such compensation as the
council may fix, not to exceed one thousand dollars per annum.