Chap. 64.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3002 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the oath and qualification of councilmen and mayors of

towns. [S B 167]
Approved February 28, 1928.

_ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion three thousand and two of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: , ;

Section 3002. Every person elected a councilman of a town shall.
on or before the day on which he enters upon the duties his term of
office begins, qualify by taking and subscribing an oath faithfully
to execute the duties of his office to the best of his judgment; and
person elected mayor shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed
oy law for State officers.

Any such oath of councilmen and mayors may be taken hefore
iny officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and shall, when so
taken and subscribed, be forthwith returned to the clerk of the coun-
cil of said town, who shall enter the same on record on the minute
book of the council.