Chap. 212.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 4 and 8, as amended, of an
act entitled ‘““An Act to incorporate the town of Coeburn, in Wise County, Vir-
ginia.”, approved February 23, 1894, relating to mayor and councilmen. [S 265]

Approved March 14, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That sections four and eight, as amended, of an act entitled “An
Act to incorporate the town of Coeburn, in Wise County, Virginia.”.
approved February twenty-three, eighteen hundred ninety-four, be
amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 4. The persons holding the offices of mayor, councilmen,
recorder and sergeant of the town on the first day of March, nineteen
hundred forty-four, shall continue to hold office for the remainder of the
term for which they were elected, after which time the sergeant and
recorder, instead of being elected by the qualified voters of the town, shall
be appointed by the council to serve at the pleasure of the council.

Section 8. At the regular town election on the second Tuesday in
June, nineteen hundred forty-four, there shall be elected by the qualified
voters of the town a mayor and five councilmen, the mayor and two
councilmen for a term of two years and the other three councilmen for
a term of four years, and all subsequent elections of mayor shall be for
terms of two years, and councilmen for terms of four years.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.