CHAPTER 29

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 61, 62 and 68 of Chapter 888 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1928, approved March 21, 1928, being the charter of
the town of Luray, the sections relating to the election, term of office
and compensation of a justice of the peace, and providing for the
appointment, duties and compensation of a trial justice. HE 23]

Approved February 22, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 61, 62 and 683 of Chapter 338 of the Acts of Assembly of
1928, approved March 21, 1928, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 61. The said justice of the peace shall be a conservator of the
peace within the corporate limits of the town of Luray, and within one
mile beyond the corporate limits of said town, except as otherwise pro-
vided by law, * and shall be vested with jurisdiction to issue warrants for
violations of town ordinances, acts and resolutions; admit accused persons
to bond, and fix the amount thereof, or remand them to jail pending trial,
and shall be vested with all the jurisdiction or authority within the town,
and within one mile of its corporate limits, under the ordinances, acts and
resolutions of the town council, with which justices of the peace for
counties are vested under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The
compensation of the justice of the peace shall be the same fees as are fixed
by statute for justices of the peace for counties.

§ 62. * The council may appoint a trial justice for the town who shall
serve at the pleasure of the council and until his successor is appointed by
the council and qualifies, who shall be vested with all the power, authority
and jurisdiction and charged with all the duties within and for the town
of Luray, in the trial of violations of town ordinances, acts and resolutions
which are, or may hereafter be conferred upon trial justices by the laws
of the Commonwealth, as heretofore or hereafter amended, so far as may
be applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of the town charter.

The provisions of the general law shall govern procedure before, and
removals and appeals from the trial justice.

Subject to the provisions of general law, the council shall prescribe
the qualifications and compensation appertaining to the office of trial
justice, such compensation to be paid by the town.

The Council may provide for a clerk and a substitute trial justice for
the trial justice court, and may fix their duties and their salaries or
compensation which shall be paid by the town.

All fees and costs shall be asscssed and collected as may be authorized
by law, by the trial justice, which, together with all fines for violations of
town laws or ordinances shall be paid to the town for its use and benefit.

§ 68. * The council may designate the trial justice of Page County
as the trial justice for the town.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46 of Chapter 189 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1902-8-4, approved April 30, 1908, as amended, the chapter provid-
ing a charter for the town of Warrenton, and the section relating to
the borrowing powers of the town. rH 38]

Approved February 22, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46 of Chapter 189 of the Acts of Assembly of 1902-3-4,
approved April 30, 1903, as amended, be amended and reenacted as follows:
§ The council of the town of Warrenton, whenever three-fourths
of its members by a recorded vote decide that it is to the interest of the
town to do so, may borrow money to the extent prescribed by the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of Virginia, for the uses and purposes of the
town, by issuing bonds of the said town and selling the same for the pur-
pose of raising such money. *
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.