Chap. 226.—An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in cities of the
second class; to provide for the appointment of general registrars for such
cities, and prescribing the powers and duties of such general registrars.

{[H B 303]
Approved March 23, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
electoral board of any city of the second class may at any time, in its
discretion, appoint a general registrar for such city, who shall be a
discreet citizen and a resident of the city for which he is appointed,
and such registrar shall not hold any other office, by general election,
during his term. Said registrar shall hold office for four years from
the first day of the month next succeeding that in which his appoint-
ment was made, and until his successor is duly qualified, except as
hereinafter provided. The appointment of such general registrar shall
automatically abolish the office of registrar in each election district in
such city now provided for by law. Such general registrar shall keep
separate registration books for each election district in said city and
shall perform all duties now required by law to be performed by the
registrars of the election districts of said city. The council of the city
shall pay such general registrar for performing the duties required
of him, either the fees allowed to registrars by existing law, or a
monthly salary, the yearly aggregate of which shall not be less than the
amount such registrar would have received from fees allowed by
existing law.

Each of such registrars of the election districts of such city shall,
upon the appointment of a general registrar as herein provided, deliver
to said general registrar all books, papers and documents pertaining
to his office as registrar.

It shall be the duty of the general registrar to maintain in the city
for which he is appointed, an office or place wherein all persons quali-
fied to vote in such city may be registered.

If the electoral board shall appoint a general registrar under the
provisions of this act, it may, at the expiration of the term of office of
such general registrar, abolish such office by declining to appoint a
successor, and giving notice of such intention to the incumbent, if any,
in which event the provisions of this act shall cease to be operative in
such city, and the registration of voters in such city shall thereafter
conform in all respects to the general law, other than this act, then
in force.