CHAPTER 98
An Act to amend and reenact § 8, as amended, of Chapter 457 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1920, approved March 24, 1920, which act amended
and reenacted the charter of the town of Marion, and to amend said
act by adding a section numbered 15, authorizing the town council to
create a court of limited jurisdiction to be known as the police court
of the town of Marion.

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Approved February 25, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8, as amended, of Chapter 457 of the Acts of Assembly of 1920,
approved March 24, 1920, be amended and reenacted, and that said chap-
ter be amended by adding a section numbered 15, as follows:

§ 8. Recorder.—1. The recorder of the town of Marion shall be
elected by the * council at its regular meeting in September, nineteen hun-
dred fifty-eight, and at the regular meeting every two years thereafter.
His term of office shall be for two years to begin on the first day of Sep-
tember, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, and on the first day of September
every two years thereafter; the election of the recorder may be on some
ibd sp bacquent to the first of September but his term shall not be extended

eby.

2. The recorder shall keep the journal of the meetings of the town
council, and correctly transcribe the minutes of each meeting, and sign the
same when approved.

_ 8. He shall also write out every ordinance passed by the council and
deliver the same to the mayor within five days of its passage, and when
returned by the mayor to him, shall, if the same be approved, record it in
the minutes of the meeting at which it was passed, and note the approval
of the mayor; if the same be disapproved by the mayor, and returned to
him, he shall transmit the ordinance, and the written disapproval of the
mayor, to the council at its next meeting; and if the mayor fail to return
said ordinance to him within five days after he shall have received it, the
recorder shall report that fact to the council.

4. The recorder shall keep the seal of the town, and attach the same
whenever so directed by the council. He shall further be the custodian of
the ordinances and by-laws of the council, and perform such other duties
as may be required of him by the council.

5. Immediately after every meeting of the council he shall transmit
to the treasurer a list of all monies directed to be paid by the council, and
to whom payable; shall make out all warrants on the treasurer, and attest
the same, and deliver same to the chairman of the finance committee of
the town for his approval and signature, and when so signed and approved,
deliver same to the party to whom payable, when requested, or in the most
convenient way.

6. The recorder shall perform all duties in relation to the assessment
of property in the town for the purpose of laying the taxes and levies;
shall see to it that all persons, firms and corporations chargeable with a
license tax are assessed with such license tax, and shall perform such other
duties tn relation to the assessment of taxes as may be required by the
counci
. . For the performance of his duties, the recorder is vested with all the
rights, power and authority that county commissioners of the revenue are
vested with, and such interrogatories as he may propound to any person
in regard to any property or privilege tax assessment shall be answered
under oath, and any applicant for license, or the owner of any property
who shall refuse to answer under oath shall be fined not less than five nor
more than five hundred dollars for each offense.

7. The recorder shall keep his books, assessments, schedules and
records open to the inspection of any taxpayer in the town, and of the
mayor, or any member of the council, or any committee thereof, and shall
make such reports to the council as it may request.

8. The recorder shall make out all tax tickets in the said town, and
license taxes, * and other taxes, and deliver the same to the finance com-
mittee of the council, who shall check the same with the assessments, and
deliver same to the treasurer for collection, taking his receipt therefor.
The council may require that all assessments shall be made in duplicate by
the recorder, and one copy delivered to the treasurer and one to the council.

§ 15. Police Court——(1) The council may, by resolution, create a
court of limited jurisdiction designated and known as the police court of
the town of Marion. The jurisdiction of the court shall be limited to cases
involving violations of town ordinances or of cases instituted for the col-
lection of town taxes or assessments or other debts due and owing to the
town of Marion. The trial officer presiding over the police court of the
town of Marion shall be known as the police justice of the town of Marion.

(2) Upon adoption of a resolution creating the police court of the
town of Marion, the police justice shall be elected by the council for a
term of office to expire on the thirty-first day of August following the next
regular election held for mayor and councilmen of the town. The police
justice shall be elected by the council at its regular meeting in September
following such first term of office, and at its regular meeting in September
every two years thereafter. His term of office shall be for two years to
begin on the first day of September; the election of the police justice may
be on some day subsequent to the first of September but his term shall not
be extended thereby.

(8) The council may provide for a substitute police justice who shall
have the same power and authority as the police justice while serving.

(4) The council shall provide a suitable place for the sessions of the
court, and all necessary books, stationery and supplies.

(5) The council may provide a clerk of the court or such clerical
assistance as it deems necessary and prescribe the duties of all such
employees.

(6) The police justice, substitute police justice, clerk and all employees
deemed necessary by the council shall receive such compensation as the
council shall fix.

(7) The fees in such court shall, unless otherwise provided by the
charter or by ordinance, be the same as those provided by law for county
courts, and all fines imposed by the police justice shall be paid into the
treasury of the town of Marion.

(8) The police court, its jurisdiction, removal of actions, appeals, pro-
cedure, jurisdiction of the mayor and all powers of the court shall be
subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 16.1 of the Code of Virginta.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.