CHAPTER 123

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2-1 and 5-12 of Chapter 858 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1958, approved March 29, 1958, which provided a
new Charter for the town of Tazewell, Virginia, the sections relating
to the powers of the Town Council and to the appointment of a
substitute police justice.

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Approved March 9, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2-1 and 5-12 of Chapter 358 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958,
approved March 29, 1958, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2-1. General grant of powers. * The powers set forth in §§ 15.1-
887 through 15.1-915, inclusive, of Chapter 18 of Title 15.1 of the Code of
Virginia as in force on January 1, 1966, are hereby conferred on and vested
tn the town of Tazewell, Virginia, together with all other powers which
are now or may hereafter be conferred upon or delegated to towns under
the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, and all other powers
pertinent to the town government the exercise of which is not in conflict
with the said Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
and which, in the opinion of the council are necessary or desirable to
promote the general welfare of the town and the safety, health, peace,
good order, comfort, convenience, and morals of its inhabitants as fully
and completely as though such powers were specifically enumerated in
this charter, and no enumeration of particular powers in this charter shall
be held to be exclusive but shall be held to be in addition to this general
grant of powers.

§ 5-12. Absence or Vacancy in Office. During the absence or dis-
ability of the police justice, * a substitute police justice, appointed by the
councu, shall carry out and discharge the duties of police justice as herein
provided. Before entering upon his duties as substitute police justice, the
person so appointed shall subscribe the oath prescribed for State officers
and shall give such bond as may be required by the council. In the event
the council should fail to appoint a substitute police justice, the mayor shall
serve in the capacity of substitute police justice, or * in the event the mayor

been appointed as police justice, then * the vice-mayor shall act as
substitute police justice * if no appointment to that office has been made
by the council. The substitute police justice shall receive for his services
such per diem compensation as may be prescribed by the council.

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