Chap. 463.—An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Dillwyn and to sub-
mit to the qualified voters of Dillwyn, in the county of Buckingham, the
question of repealing the charter of said town. [H B 412]

Approved March 24, 1920.

Whereas, by an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved
March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, it was provided that
the question of the repeal of the charter of the town of Dillwyn, in
the county of Buckingham, Virginia, should be submitted to the
voters of said town at an election to be held on a day~to be desig-
nated by the mayor of said town within two years after the approval
of said act, and requiring that thirty days’ notice of said election
should be posted at the voting place of said town;

And, whereas, the mayor of said town failed and refused to desig-
nate a day for the holding of said election, and upon mandamus pro-
ceedings for that purpose a peremptory writ of mandamus was issued
by the circuit court of Buckingham county directing and requiring the
mayor of said town to designate a day for the holding of said election
as required by said act;

And, whereas, the mayor of said town delayed complying with
the requirements of said writ of mandamus until it was too late to
give the notice required by said act and to hold said election within
said limit of two years after the date of the approval of said act;

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
act approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, entitled
an act to submit to the qualified voters of the town of Dillwyn, in the
county of Buckingham, the question of repealing the charter of said
town, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: That the
charter of the town of Dillwyn, in the county of Buckingham, be, and
the same is, hereby repealed; provided, however, that on petition of
thirty of the qualified voters of said town there shall be held an
election within said town within one year after the approval of this act,
and upon such day as shall be designated in said petition, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether or not this act shall become effective.

Upon receipt of a petition signed as aforesaid the sheriff of Buck-
ingham county shall post a notice of said election at the voting place
in said town thirty days before the day named for said election. At
such election the tickets used shall have printed thereon the words
“For repeal of town charter,” and “Against repeal of town charter,”
and each qualified voter who desires this act to become effective shall
draw a line through the words “Against repeal of town charter,” and
each voter who shall not desire this act to become effective shall draw
a line through the words “For repeal of town charter.” The manner
of printing of, receiving and canvassing the ballots and of making
and canvassing returns and abstracts thereof shall conform in all re-
spects to the requirements of the general election law.

2. Ifa majority of the qualified votes cast at said election shall
be against the repeal, then the charter of said town of Dillwyn shall
not be repealed, but shall continue in force and effect; but if a ma-
jority of the votes cast at said election shall be for repeal, then at the
end of the tenth day after said election the act incorporating the town
of Dillwyn, and all acts amendatory thereof, shall be and shall stand
repealed.

3. An emergency is declared to exist in that an election in said
town for officers for another term is approaching, and this act shall
be in force from its passage.