CHAPTER 334
An Act to amend and reenact § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter
229 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, which provided a charter for the Town of
Stephens City, in Frederick County, relating to elections.
[H 1146]
Approved March 22, 2012
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 229 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1948 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1. Six residents and qualified voters of the Town of
Stephens City shall be elected as councilmen of the town. Successors to the
three members of the present council whose terms expire in 1982 2014
shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May of 1982
following the first Monday in November
of 2014 and every four years thereafter, and successors to the
three members of the present council whose terms expire in 1984 2012
shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May of 1984
following the first Monday in November
2012 and every four years thereafter. On the first Tuesday in May,
1982 following the first Monday in November
2014, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected one
elector of the town who shall be denominated as
mayor. The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the town council and be the
governing body of the Town of Stephens City. They shall enter upon the duties
of their offices on the first day of July January next succeeding
their election, and shall continue in office until their successors are duly
qualified. Every person elected as councilman shall take an oath administered
by the clerk of the Frederick County
Circuit Court that they shall faithfully to
execute the duties of his the office to the best of his their
judgment and ability. The person elected as mayor shall take the oath
prescribed by law for state officers.
The council at its first meeting in July January
following the elections shall select by majority vote one
of its members as vice mayor to serve a term of two years. He shall serve as
mayor and exercise the powers of such office during the mayor's absence.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force
from its passage.
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