Chap. 412.—An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Woodstock and
to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and to declare all
contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the present
council and government of the town of Woodstock and all power hereto-
fore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal ann Be

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Approved March 24, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That all
contracts and obligations of the town of Woodstock heretofore and
hereafter made by the present council and government by them
while in office, and former councils in the corporate name of the
council of the town of Woodstock, not inconsistent with this charter
and the general laws and Constitution of the State, shall be and are
hereby declared to be valid and legal.

2. The town corporate——The inhabitants of the town of Wood-
stock, Virginia, as its limits are or hereafter may be established, shall
be a body, politic and corporate, to be known and designated as the
town of Woodstock, and as such shall have and may exercise all
power as now or hereafter may be conferred upon or delegated to
town under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, as fully and completely as though said powers were specifically
enumerated herein and no enumeration of particular powers by this
charter shall be held to be exclusive.

3. The town boundaries.—The outside boundaries or corporate
limits of the said town are as follows: Beginning at a planted stone
at the north end of Water street and at the east edge thereof, one of
the old corners to the original town, and extending thence along the
line of M. V. French’s estate, and with the boundaries of that part
annexed to the said town in nineteen hundred and eight, south forty-
six and three-quarters east three poles to a planted stone in said
French’s line; thence north twenty-three degrees ten feet east ninety-
seven poles-to a marked gate post at the east side of the gate and
on the south side of the road called Mill road; thence along the
south side of the said road north sixty-four and one-quarter west
twenty-six and nine-tenths poles to a small marked cedar tree on the
south side of the said road; thence north forty-nine and one-half
west seventeen poles to a marked telephone pole on the west edge of
the Valley turnpike; thence over the land of Peter Supinger’s estate
north forty-nine and one-half west nineteen poles to a planted stone
on the west side of the railroad, in George K. Logan’s line; thence
along the west limits of the railroad south forty-eight west sixteer
poles to an anchor post a corner to said Logan and to the Supinger
land; thence along the said Supinger land north forty-five and one-
half west fifty-five and six-tenths poles to a planted stone on the
east edge of the Middle road; thence along the east edge of the
said Middle road south forty-nine west fifty-four poles to a planted
stone at the old corner of the original town; thence with the original
lines north forty-five and one-quarter west one hundred and thirty-
four and four-tenths poles, along the south edge of the Fairview road
most of the way, to a planted stone near a large oak tree at the
north corner of the original town and on the south side of the Fair-
view road and on the west edge of the west alley of the said town;
thence with the western limits of the said town, being the original
line, and on the west side of the said alley or street, south forty-four
and three-quarters west six hundred seventy-six and one-half poles
to a planted stone at the south end of the said West street or alley,
and on the south side of the South street or alley and near the bank
of a small pond by a small white oak ; thence with the lines of several
tracts of farm land, south forty-five and one-quarter east two hundred
twenty-eight and six-tenth poles to a planted stone near a pine stump
one of the old corners of the town; thence north forty-four and three-
quarters east three hundred thirty-seven and seven-tenths poles to
a planted stone near the west edge of the railroad limits; thence
crossing the railroad, the Valley turnpike and running with various
farm lines, south forty-six east two hundred and thirty-one poles to
a planted stone by a large stump at the corner of the fence; thence
north forty-four east one hundred twenty-one and two-tenths poles
to a planted stone by a large white oak tree at the junction of the
two roads leading from the river section towards the said town;
thence along the south edge of the said main road leading to the
town, north forty-seven west one hundred twenty-three and six-tenths
poles to a planted stone at the angle of the said road and at the
south side thereof and at the mouth of the street leading to the
Indian spring; thence along the west side of the said main road
north twenty-eight and three-quarters east fifteen and five-tenths
poles to a planted stone on the west side of the said road; thence
north twenty and three-quarters east fourteen poles to a limestone
rock with a hole drilled into it on the south side of South street of
the town, and on the west side, and at the south end of Water street,
corner to Allen’s addition or subdivision; thence south fifty-seven
and one-quarter east two and two-tenths poles to a planted stone by
a large limestone rock on the east side of said Water street; thence
with the east edge of said Water street north thirty-five east one
hundred eighty-six and seven-tenths poles to the place of beginning,
containing within the said boundaries, including all the in-lots, all
the out-lots, and all the streets and alleys of the said town, one
thousand three hundred and forty-five acres, three roads, twenty-
four square poles, more or less. -

4. Powers of the town of Woodstock, Virginia.—In addition to
the powers mentioned in section two hereof, the said town of Wood-
stock shall have the following powers ;

(1) To raise annually by taxes and assessments in said town
sums of money as the council thereof shall deem necessary for the
purposes of said town, and in such manner as said council shall deem
expedient, in accordance with the Constitution of this State and of
the United States, provided, however, that it shall impose no tax
on the bonds of said town.

(2) To impose special and local assessments for local improve-
ments and enforce payment thereof, subject, however, to such limi-
tations prohibited by the Constitution of Virginia, as may be in force
at the time of the imposition of such special and local assessments.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the Constitution of Virginia and
of this charter, to contract debts, borrow money and make and issue
evidences of indebtedness. |

(4) To expend the money of the town for all lawtul purposes.

(5) To acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation or other-
wise, property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, with-
in or without the town or State, and for any of the purposes of the
town; and to hold, impose, sell, lease, mortgage, pledge or other-
wise dispose of the same or any part thereof, including any property
now owned by the town.

(6) To acquire in any lawful manner for the purpose of encour-
aging commerce, manufacture, education, lands within and without
the town, not exceeding at one time one thousand acres in the aggre-
gate, and from time to time, sell, dispose of, lease or donate the same
or any part thereof for commercial, industrial, educational uses and
purposes, including land now owned by the town, and including the
power to donate any land now or hereafter owned by the town for
hospital purposes.

(7) To make and adopt a comprehensive plan for the town
and to that end all plats and replats subdividing any land within the
town into streets, alleys, roads and lots or tracts, shall be submitted
to and be approved by the council before the same are filed or recorded
in the clerk’s office of the county.

(8) Construct, maintain, regulate and operate public improve-
ments of all kinds, including municipal and other buildings, markets
and other buildings for the use and operation of the various depart-
ments of the town, and to acquire by condemnation or otherwise all
lands, riparian and, other rights and easements necessary for such
improvements, or any of them.

(9) To acquire in any lawful manner in any county of the State,
such water, lands, property rights and riparian rights as the council
of said town may deem necessary for the purpose of providing an
adequate water supply for said town and of piping or conducting it;
to lay all necessary mains and tunnels, to erect and maintain all neces-
sary dams, pumping stations and other works in connection there-
with; to make reasonable rules and regulations for promoting the
purity of its water supply and for protecting the same from pollution ;
and for this purpose to exercise full police powers and sanitary patrol
over all lands comprised within the limits of the water shed tributary
to any such water supply where such lands may be located in this
State ; to impose and enforce adequate penalties for the violation of
any such rules and regulations; and to prevent by injunction any
pollution or threatened pollution of such water supply, and any and
all acts likely to impair the purity thereof; and for the purpose of
acquiring lands, interest in lands, property rights and riparian rights
or materials for any such use, to exercise within the State all powers
of eminent domain provided by the laws of this State; provided
that the lands which may be held for such purpose shall not exceed
in the aggregate one thousand acres at one time.

For any of the purposes aforesaid the said town may, if the council
shall so determine, acquire by condemnation, purchase or otherwise,
any interest or interests in such lands or any of them in fee, reserving
to the owner or owners thereof such property rights or easements
therein, as may be prescribed in the ordinances providing such con-
demnation or otherwise.

(10) To acquire by purchase or exchange, or by the exercise of
the power of eminent domain, any spring, springs, water supplies,
pipe lines, reservoirs, land, property, easements, interests, contract
rights, property rights, riparian rights or any interest or interest
therein in the State of Virginia, which is now, or may be at any time
used for supplying the inhabitants of the said town, with water.

(11) To establish, impose and enforce water rates and rates and
charges for public utilities,-or other service, products or conven-
lences, operated, rendered or furnished by the town; and to assess or
cause to be assessed water rents directly against the owner or owners
of the buildings or against the proper tenant or tenants, ana may by
ordinance provide that when charges are made against tenants, the
owner or owners shall be directly liable 1n case such tenant or tenants
fail to pay when the rents or charges are assessed.

(12) To establish, open, widen, extend, grade, improve, construct,
maintain, light and sprinkle and clean, public highways, streets, alleys
and to alter or close the same; to establish and maintain public play
grounds or other public grounds; to construct, maintain and operate
bridges, tunnels, sewers and drains, and to regulate the use of all such
highways, streets, parks, public grounds or works, to prevent the
obstruction of such streets and highways, abolish and: prevent grade
crossings over the same by railroads in the manner provided by
general law for the elimination of grade crossings; to require any
railroad company operating a railroad at the place where any highway
or street is crossed within the town limits to erect and maintain at such
crossing any style of gate deemed proper and keep a man in charge
thereof or keep a flagman at such crossing during such hours as the
council may require in accordance with the laws, or make any other
ordinance which the council may deem proper to accomplish the pur-
poses desired ; and to regulate the length of time such crossings may
be closed due to any operations of the railroad; and to regulate the
operation, weight of load and speed of all cars, and vehicles using
the same, as well as the operation and speed of all engines, cars,
trains or railroads in the said town; to prevent or prohibit poles and
wires for electric, telephone or telegraph purposes to be erected in
the streets and alleys and to prescribe and to collect annual license
charge for such privileges heretofore or hereafter granted.

The said town and citizens living within its corporate limits shall
be exempt from all road taxes and taxes for the support of the poor
and other local purposes, provided, the said town shall maintain and
keep its road and streets in good repair, support its poor and levy
its school taxes for the support of the local schools of the town.
The town may keep its poor in the parish house or poor house of the
county, provided, it pays all necessary expenses therefor.

(13) To establish, construct and maintain sanitary sewers, sewer
lines and systems and to require the abutting property owners to
connect therewith and to establish, construct, maintain and operate
sewage diposal plants and to acquire by condemnation or otherwise,
within or without the town, all lands, rights of way, riparian and
other rights and easements necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and
to charge and collect reasonable fees and assessments or costs of
service for connecting with and using the same. To collect and
dispose of sewage, garbage, carcases of dead animals and fowls and
other refuse, and to acquire and operate plants for the utilization or
destruction of the same or any: of them.

(14) To compel the abatement and removal of all nuisances within
the town at the expense of the person or persons causing the same
or the owner or occupant of the ground or premises wherein the
same may be found, and to require all lands and lots and other prem-
ises within the town to be kept clean and sanitary and free from
stagnant water, weeds, filth and unsightly deposits or to make them
at the expense of the owners or occupants thereof; to regulate or
prevent slaughter houses or other noisome and offensive business
within the town, the keeping of hogs or other animals; to regulate the
transportation of all articles through the streets, to compel the abate-
ment of smoke and dust and prevent unnecessary noise; to regulate
the location of stables, and other obnoxious buildings, and the manner
in which they are to be kept and constructed and generally to define,
prohibit, abate and suppress and prevent all things detrimental to
health, morals, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of
the town.

(15) To inspect, test, measure and weigh any commodity or
articles of consumption or use within the town and to establish, reg-
ulate, license, and inspect weights, meters, measures and scales.

(16) To establish, regulate and control a fire department, to
regulate the size, height and construction of buildings, fences, walls
and altered structures as public safety may require; tu remove or
require to be removed any structure which by reason of dilapidation or
other causes may have become dangerous to life or property and
enact efficient laws to secure the safety of persons from fires in halls
or buildings used for public assemblies or entertainments.

(17) To provide for the care, support and maintenance of aged,
insane, poor persons or paupers.

(18) To establish, organize and administer public schools and
libraries subject to the general laws establishing a standard of educa-
tion for the State.

(19) To prevent paupers and persons having no visable means
of support or who may be dangerous to the peace and safety of the
town from coming into the town and to expel any one from the town
dangerous to the peace, safety and welfare of the town, and its
inhabitants.

(20) To provide for the promotion of the general health of the
residents of said town, make regulations to protect the same, inspect
all foods and foodstuffs and to prevent the introduction and sale
im said town of any articles or things intended for human consump-
tion, which is adulterated, impure or otherwise dangerous to health;
to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious or intectious
diseases, and prevent and suppress disease generally ; and to estab-
lish quarantine grounds within or without the town and regulations
respecting the same, subject to the laws of the State.

(21) To accept and receive unconditionally or upon conditions,
absolutely or in trust, gifts, grants, bequests and devises of any kind
of property real or personal for educational, charitable or public
purposes and to do all things necessary to carry out the purpose of
the donor in accordance with the terms and conditions of such gifts,
grants, bequests or devises.

(22) ‘To restrain and punish drunkards, vagrants and street beg-
gars, to prevent vice and immorality; to preserve peace and good
order; to prevent riots, disorderly assemblages and suppress houses
of ill-fame and gambling and punish lewd, indecent and disorderly
exhibitions in the town.

(23) To license and regulate the holding of shows and their
location, circuses, public exhibitions, carnivals, or fairs, or prohibit
the holding of the same within the town.

(24) To make and enforce ordinances similar to the prohibition
laws of the State. No license to sell strong drink in said town,
within two miles thereof, without first obtaining permit of the council
and then on such terms as may be required by said council.

(25) The town is authorized to exempt by four-fifths vote of the
members of the council the buildings, machinery and equipment of
factories and industries from town taxes for a reasonable period of
time not exceeding ten years.

(26) To contract, own and maintain power and light and oper-
ate facilities necessary thereto and to acquire by condemnation or
otherwise, within or without the town, land, water-power sites, ease-
ments, property and property rights necessary for such purposes.
(27) That the mayor and council of the town of Woodstock be,
and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to borrow money
for said town, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for
the purpose of acquiring water and constructing and improving the
water system of said town, and establish a sewerage system, if pro-
vided for, and to issue bonds for the corporation for the said sum
to an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) nor in a
sum at any time exceeding the constitutional limitation, such bonds
to be issued and sold in the manner hereinafter provided.

(28) The said bonds for the purpose aforesaid shall be registered
or coupon, and shall be issued in denomination of one hundred
dollars ($100) or any multiple thereof, as the council may prescribe,
and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per
annum, payable annually or semi-annually, as the council may pre-
scribe, and shall be payable in not less than fifteen nor more than
thirty years after date, but such bonds shall be made payable at the
call of the council of said town at any time after twenty years from
date, provided such provision be inserted in said bond. The purchaser
or purchasers of said bonds, under authority of this act, shall not be
required to see to the appropriation and expenditure of the funds
derived therefrom.

(29) The proceeds of sale of said bonds hereby authorized shall
be applied by and under the direction of the common council of said
town for the purpose of acquiring water, extending, improving and
completing the water system of said town, and establishing sewerage
system, together with the cost of acquiring by purchase, condemnation
or otherwise such real estate and other property rights as may be
necessary to be used in connection with such water and other per-
manent improvements, whether the same be within or without the
corporate limits of said town, and the said council of the town of
Woodstock is expressly authorized to acquire by purchase, condem-
nation or otherwise, real estate and other property rights, whether
within or beyond the corporate limits of the town, as may be neces-
sary to be used in acquiring water and in extending, improving and
completing the water system of said town and establishing a sewer-
age system.

(30) The said bonds shall be in denomination of one hundred
dollars ($100) or any multiple thereof, as the council may prescribe;
they shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk,
with the corporate seal affixed, provided that such bonds shall not
be sold at less than their par value.

The council shall have power to make annual appropriation out
of the revenue of the corporation to pay the interest on the said
bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of said
bonds when due or when redeemed before maturity, as atoresaid.

(31) The money received from the proceeds of said bonds shall
be paid over to the treasurer of the council of said town of Wood-
stock, and shall be disbursed by him under the direction of the council.
The treasurer aforesaid, and the surety on his official bond, shall
be liable for the amount so received as though it were a town levy,
and the said treasurer shall receive for his services a commission
of one-half of one per centum of all funds coming into his hands
derived from the sale of said bonds.

(32) But no bonds shall be issued under this act until the ques-
tion whether the said bonds shall be issued shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of said town, at an election to be held, at such time
as the council may determine, under the terms, and according to
the provisions of the general law prescribing the methoa of deter-
mining whether bonds may be issued by towns, nor unless the issuing
of said bonds shall be approved by a majority of the qualified voters,
voting at said election.

(33) To prescribe any penalty for the violation of any town
ordinance, rule or regulation, or any provision of this charter, not
exceeding five hundred dollars, or twelve months imprisonment in jail,
or both. And to carry into effect the police regulations of said
town, the said town shall be allowed the use of the jail of Shenandoah
county for the safe keeping and imprisonment of all persons sentenced
to prison under the ordinances of said town.

(34) Creation of wards and council.—The town shall be divided
into two wards, as follows:

The first ward shall consist of that portion of the town south
of Court street of the town, and the second ward shall consist of that
portion of the town north of Court street of the town, and there is
hereby created a council consisting of three members from each of
said wards, and a mayor to be elected by both wards, numbers one and
two, which shall have full power and authority, except as hereinafter
otherwise provided. to exercise all the power conferred upon the town
and to pass all laws and ordinances relating to its municipal affairs,
subject to the Constitution and general laws of the State and of this
charter.

(35) The said mayor and six councilmen shall be elected on the
sixth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and shall serve
for a term of four years from the first day of September next follow-
ing the date of election and until their successors shall be duly elected
and qualified. Vacancies in the council, except as otnerwise pro-
vided by general laws, shall be filled within thirty days for the un-
expired term by a majority vote of the remaining members. Any
person qualified to vote in the town shall be eligible to the office of
mayor and councilman. But no member of the council or other
officer shall be interested directly or indirectly in the prohts of any
contract or work, to be financially interested directly or indirectly
in the sale to the town of any land, materials, supplies or unofficial
services, but this prohibition shall not apply if the council by unani-
mous vote of the members thereof shall declare that the best interests
of the town are served despite a personal interest direct or indirect.

(36) The council shall make such rules for its organization,
government and order of business, appointment of committees, as
it may deem proper, including the times of meeting and special
meetings. .

(37) The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council and
perform such duties consistent with his office and prescribed by the
ordinances of the town. During his absence or disability the council
shall elect a member of the council to perform the duties of the mayor.
The mayor shall have the right to vote in case of a tie.

(38) On the first day of September following the regular mu-
nicipal election and organization of the council, or as soon there-
after as may be practicable, the council shall elect a town attorney,
superintendent of water works, town physician or health officer,
overseer of the poor, chief or captain of the fire department, and
such other officers as may come within their jurisdiction, each of
whom shall serve for four years, or at the pleasure of the said council.

The treasurer of the town and sergeant of the town shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the town at the same general election when
the mayor and councilmen are elected and shall hold office for four
years, the same as the mayor and councilmen.

(39) Legislative procedure.—Except in dealing with parliamen-
tary procedure as set forth in the ordinances, the council shall act
only by ordinance or resolution and with the exception of ordinances
making appropriations or authorizing the contracting of indebtedness,
shall be confined to one subject.

(40) Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be introduced
in writing or printed form and the enacting clause of all ordinances
hereinafter passed by the council shall substantially be “Be it or-
dained by the council of the town of Woodstock.” And all ordi-
nances shall be read at two meetings not less than a week apart, one
of which shall be a regular meeting and the other of which may be
either an adjourned or called meeting, provided the requirement of
a second reading by the affirmative vote of four members of the
council may be confined to the reading of the title omy, but this
provision shall not apply to an emergency measure. No ordinance
shall be amended unless such section or sections as is intended to be
amended shall be re-enacted. The ayes and noes shall be taken and
recorded upon the passage of all ordinances, and so entered upon
the minutes of the proceedings of the council.

(41) No ordinance passed by the council shall take eftect until
at least thirty days from the date of its passage, except the council
may by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, pass emer-
gency measures to take effect at the time indicated therein. Every or-
dinance passed shall be recorded by the clerk in a book kept for
that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signatures of the pre-
siding officer and the clerk. Every ordinance of a public and per-
manent character passed shall be published in full once within ten
days after its final passage.

(42) Nominations and elections; municipal elections—A munici-
pal election shall be held on the second Tuesday in June of every
fourth year after nineteen hundred and twenty-two, ana shall be
known as the regular municipal election for the election of mayor
and six councilmen, sergeant and treasurer. All other municipal elec-
tions that may be held shall be known as special municipal elections.
The elections held under this charter shall be in accordance with
the general laws of the State.

The duties of the officers as elected by the council and gen-
eral election shall be as defined and provided for in the ordinances
of the town, and as shown by said ordinances.

(43) Licenses and taxation.—License taxes may be imposed by
ordinances on business, trades, professions and callings and upon
the persons, firms, associations and corporations engaged therein
and the agents thereof, except in cases where licenses or taxations
are expressly prohibited by the general laws of the State. Any one
who shall fail to procure the license required by the council shall be
subject to such penalty as provided by ordinances of the .own.

(44) General taxes— The council may impose a tax of one dollar
per annum upon the residents of the town who have attained the
age of twenty-one years. The council may also tax dogs.

(45) The council of the town of Woodstock is authorized to
and shall annually order a town levy of so much as is in their opinion
necessary to be raised in that way, in addition to what may be
raised for licenses and from other sources, to meet the appropriations
made and to be enabled to pay the indebtedness of the town and meet
all of its municipal expenses, required by law to be raised. The levy
or assessment shall be on all real’ and tangible personal property
owned or possessed by any and all of the residents and corporations
located-in said town; provided, however, that the rate assessed does
not at any time exceed the maximum rate provided by the law of
the State in force at that time. The values of such property as fixed
by the State shall be accepted as the basis of the taxation and as-
sessment by the council, or as the general laws of the State may
hereafter prescribe. There shall be a lien on real estate ror the town
taxes as assessed thereon, from the commencement of the year for
which they are assessed. The council may require real estate in the
town delinquent for the non-payment of taxes to be sold for taxes,
with interest thereon and said council may regulate the terms on which
real estate so delinquent may be sold or redeemed, provided, that
such sales shall be made subject to the prior lien of the Common-
wealth for taxes. And all town taxes shall be due and payable as and
when similar State taxes are due and payable, otherwise by ordinance.

The town shall also have a lien for its taxes and levies upon all
such corporate property as is authorized by law. All goods and
chattels of any person against whom taxes for the town are assessed
may be distrained and sold for said taxes when due and unpaid in
the same manner and to the same extent that goods and chattels may
be distrained and sold for State taxes.

(46) Franchises—The granting of franchises by the council
shall be as provided by the general law of the State, and ordinances
not in conflict therewith.
(47) Public schools—The town of Woodstock shall constitute a
separate or single school district and shall have a school board of
three members, elected by the council every four years, and who shall
exercise and perform the duties of school trustees under the general
laws of the State, except as in this charter otherwise provided. No
person ineligible as school trustee under the State law shall be elected
a trustee in said town.

Said school board shall perform such duties not inconsistent with
their office and shall make such reports and keep such accounts of
receipts and disbursements as the council may require.

The title to all real estate acquired for public school purposes
shall be taken and held in the name of the town of Woodstock or
trustees of the school as elected by said council of the town of
Woodstock.

(48) The present “mayor and councilman, and all other officers
of the town of Woodstock shall continue to hold office and to perform
the duties of their respective offices for the said town for the terms
for which they were elected until their successors be elected and
qualify, and all liabilities, actions, claims, contracts heretofore existing
under the former charter and amendatory acts under the corporate
name of the council of the town of Woodstock shall remain and
continue in force and effect as if this act had not been passed.

And all now in force in the town of Woodstock, not inconsistent
with this charter, shall be and remain in full force until altered,
amended or repealed by the council of said town.

If, however, any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act
shall for any reason be adjudged by any act of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder of the act.

(49) The enumeration of particular powers and authority in this
charter shall not be held exclusive, but the said town shall have and
may exercise all other powers which are now or may hereafter be
possessed or applied to towns under the Constitution and general laws
of the State.

5. Repealing clause.—AlIl acts and parts of acts in conflict with
this charter are hereby repealed and previous charters and amend-
ments thereto in conflict with this charter in the corporate name of
the council of the town of Woodstock are hereby repealed.

6. By reason of the fact that it is necessary for the town of
Woodstock to procure without delay additional water supply, an emer-
gency is hereby declared to exist, and by reason thereof this act shall
be in force from its passage.