CHAPTER 405

An Act to amend and reenact § 6 as amended of Chapter 44 of the Acts of
Assembly, Extra Session of 1936-7, approved January 18, 1987, which
provided a new charter for the town of Front Royal, the section relat-
ing to the terms and compensation of the mayor and town councilmen.

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Approved April 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 6 as amended of Chapter 44 of the Acts of Assembly, Extra
Session of 1936-7, approved January 18, 19387, be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 6. The present mayor and town councilmen shall continue in office
until the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively elected.
On the second Tuesday in June, nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and every
two years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
town of Front Royal, two councilmen, who shall be electors of the town,
and whose terms of office shall begin on the first day of September succeed-
ing their respective elections and shall continue for four years thereafter,
and until their duly elected successors shall have qualified.

On the second Tuesday in June, nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and
every two years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of
the town of Front Royal, a mayor, who shall be one of the electors of the
town, and whose term of office shall begin on the first. day of September
succeeding his election and continue for two years thereafter, and until
his duly elected successor has qualified. |

The council may fill any vacancy that occurs in the membership of the
council for the unexpired term.

Each member of the council shall receive a salary of not less than *
fifty dollars * nor more than * one hundred dollars per month, payable in
such manner as the council shall direct.

The mayor shall receive a salary of not less than * one hundred dollars
nor more than * two hundred dollars per month payable in such manner as
the council shall direct.

2. Anemergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
18-75.1, to provide for the evidentiary effect of certain chemical analy-
ses in determining the question of whether a person accused of drunken
driving was intoxicated, and to amend and reenact §18-76 of the Code
of Virginia relating to penalty for drunk driving. S117]

Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18-76 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted and
that the Code of Virginia be amended by inserting a new section numbered
18-75.1, as follows:

§ 18-75.1.—In any criminal prosecution under § 18-75, no person shall
be required to submit to determination of the amount of alcohol i in his blood
at the time of the alleged offense as shown by chemical analysis of his
blood, breath, or other bodily substance, but should the accused request in
writing such a determination the arresting authorities shall render full
assistance in obtaining such a determination. There shall be no formal
requirements for the writing, but the writing may be in a prepared form
submitted to the accused for his signature if he so requests.

Other than as expressly provided herein, the provisions of this section
shall not otherwise limit the introduction of any competent evidence bear-
ing upon any question at issue before the court. The results of a de-
termination which are properly obtained shall be admissible as other
evidence relating to the intoxication of the accused. The failure of the
accused to request such a determination is not evidence and shall not be
subject to comment in the trial of the case.

§ 18-76. Penalty; subsequent offense.—Any person violating any pro-
vision of § 18-75 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or
imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than six months,
either or both in the discretion of the court or jury trying the same, for a
first offense, and the court may, in its discretion, suspend the sentence
during the good behavior of the person convicted. Any person convicted
of a second or other subsequent offense under such section shall be punish-
able by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars and by imprisonment for not less than one month nor
more than one year.