Chap. 109.—-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act
to incorporate the town of Tappahannock, county of Essex, approved Febru-
ary 12, 1894, as heretofore amended. [S B 315]

Approved March 14, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
four of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Tappahannock,
county of Essex, approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four, as heretofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

Section 4. The officers of the town shall consist of a mayor, six coun-
cilmen, a sergeant, a treasurer, and such other officers as the council
may appoint, who shall be voters and citizens of the town. The mayor,
councilmen and sergeant shall have all the power and authority con-
ferred on such officers by the forty-fourth and the one hundred and
ninety-first chapters of the Code of Virginia of the edition of eighteen
hundred and eighty seven, by all acts amendatory thereof, and by all
laws applicable to towns.

In event of sickness or absence of the mayor from the town, the
duties of the office shall be discharged by some member of the council,
to be designated by him in writing, and in event the said mayor shall
fail to so designate, then the council shall elect a mayor pro tempore
from among their members.

In the event of death or resignation of the mayor during his term
of office, the council shall elect for the unexpired term a mayor, either
from their number or from the qualified voters of the town.

The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the town council and
shall vote only in case of a tie.

All vacancies occurring in the council shall be filled for the un-
expired term by the council from among the qualified electors of the
town.

The compensation of the mayor and council shall be fixed by a
commission in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-nine
hundred and fifty-one of the Code of Virginia, as amended, and the
compensation of the treasurer and sergeant shall be fixed by the town
council.