Chap. 335.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled “an ac:
to incorporate the town of Norton, in Wise county,” approved February 15
1884, as last amended by an act, approved March Z5, 1930, relating to the
sergeant of said town. [S B 36]
Approved March 25, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
entitled “an act to incorporate the town of Norton, in Wise county,
Virginia,’ approved February fifteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-
four, as heretofore amended, be amended so that section seven (7) of
said act shall read as hereinafter set forth. The said amendment to
read as follows:

Section 7. The sergeant shall be appointed by the town council for
such period as the council shall direct after the present incumbent’s
term of office expires instead of being elected by the voters as now
provided, and shall be vested with powers of a conservator of. the
peace, and with powers of a constable within the corporate limits of
the said town. He shall have power to arrest in said town or within
the county of Wise, upon a warrant issued by the mayor, any person
charged with a violation of the laws or ordinances of the said town,
or the commission of any crime in said town or within a mile of its
corporate limits. When a violation of the laws or ordinances of said
town is committed in his presence, he shall have authority and power
forthwith to arrest the offender without a warrant and carry him be-
fore the mayor of said town, to be dealt with according to law. He
shall collect all fines, and costs assessed by the mayor or other town
officers, and pay over the same to the town treasurer. He shall per-
form such other duties and receive such compensation as the council
may prescribe.

2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.

3. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.