Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §3.1 of Chapter 128 of the Acts of Assembly of 1989 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§3.1. Election, qualification and term of office.

A. The Town of Blackstone shall be governed by a town council of seven members, and a mayor, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the town.

B. The council and mayor in office at the time of the passage of this act, shall continue until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

C. The mayor and council shall each be elected for a term of four years and each shall serve until his successor shall have qualified. They shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May, 1990, following the first Monday in November immediately preceding the expiration of the terms of their predecessors and every four years thereafter, and shall enter upon their duties on July 1 January 1 succeeding their election.