CHAPTER 336

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-487 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to where county, district, and city officers shall reside.
[H 655

Approved March 29, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 15-487 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 15-487. Every district officer shall, at the time of his election or
appointment, have resided in the district for which he is elected or
appointed thirty days next preceding his election or appointment, and
‘residence in any incorporated town within the district shall be regarded
as residence in the district. Every county officer, except deputy clerks of
courts of record, shall, at the time of his election or appointment, have
resided six months next preceding his election or appointment, either in the
county for which he is elected or appointed, or in the city wherein the
courthouse of the county is, except that, if no practicing lawyer, who has
resided in the county or in such city for the period aforesaid, offer for elec-
tion or appointment, it shall be lawful to elect or appoint as attorney for the
Commonwealth for such county a nonresident, or one who has not resided in
the county, or in such city, for the period above mentioned, and except, fur-
ther, that if no qualified surveyor, who has resided in the county the afore-
said period, offers for appointment, it shall be lawful to appoint, as county
surveyor, a nonresident, or one who has not resided in the county for the
requisite period, if the judge or the court making the appointment certifies
that there is no qualified surveyor, having the requisite qualifications as
to residence, who will serve as such. Every city and town officer except
members of the police and fire departments shall, at the time of his election
or appointment, have resided one year next preceding his election or
appointment in such city or town.