Chap. 173. An ACT to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act entitled an act
to provide a new charter for the town of Strasburg, in the county of Shenan-
doah, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, approved
February 25, 1922. [H B 110]

Approved March 14, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eighteen of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town
of Strasburg, in the county of Shenandoah, and to repeal all acts or parts
of acts in conflict therewith, approved February twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Section 18. There shall be elected by the council at its first meet-
ing in September after its election, or as soon as practicable thereafter,
a treasurer, a recorder,or clerk of council and sergeant, and may elect
a town assessor whose terms of office shall be co-equal with the time the
council appointing same shall continue in office, unless sooner removed
as provided by this charter or any ordinance of the town. The salaries
and compensation to be paid said officers, together with their duties,
shall be fixed by the council. The council may appoint or elect such
other officers as may be necessary to the best interest of the town. All
officers elected or appointed by the council shall be residents of said
town and shall have resided therein at least three months prior to their
election or appointment. The town assessor if elected under this
amended section may be elected by the council as soon as practicable
after this amendatory act takes effect and he shall hold office until his
successor is elected, as hereinabove provided.

2. Anemergency existing, this act shall take effect upon its passage.