Chap. 129.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6 and 7 of chapter 29 of
the acts of assembly of 1927, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Boone |
Mill, in the county of Franklin, Virginia, approved April 11, 1927.

[H B 316]
Approved March 20, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions six and seven of chapter twenty-nine of the acts of assembly
of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

Section 6. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the
town, and it shall be his duty to see that all the by-laws and ordinances
of the town arg obeyed and complied with. He shall be ex-officio jus-
tice of the peace and shall have jurisdiction as justice of the peace
in all civil cases in which the principal, exclusive of interest, does not
exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, with right of removal ‘as
provided by law in civil cases; he shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the circuit court in all misdemeanor cases, with right of appeal
on the part of defendant; however, in cases where circuit court
sustains this court the fine and cost shall be paid to town of Boone
Mill. For warrants issued by him as mayor or as justice, and for
trials of civil and criminal cases he shall be allowed fees as prescribed
by general law. A majority of all the members of the council shall
always constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The mayor
shall preside over all meetings of the council, when present, and in
his absence, the members present shall select one of their number to
preside over the meeting, who shall, for that purpose, have like power
and authority as the mayor.

Section 7. The councilmen mentioned in section four and the
mayor ratified by the council under section five of this act, shall con-
tinue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The
first election by the people under this charter for mayor and council-
men of the said town shall be held on the second Tuesday in June,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, and thereafter elections for the
said purpose shall be held every two years. The terms of office of
the said mayor and councilmen shall commence on the first day of
September after their election and the said elections shall be held in
accordance with the general election laws of the State of Virginia.
Any vacancy occurring in the office of mayor or councilmen shall be
filled in the manner prescribed by section three thousand and three of
the Code of Virginia.