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HB1157: Town of Stuart; charter.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3 of Chapter 582 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of
said town on the 2nd Tuesday in June, 1952, and every two years thereafter, one
elector of said town, who shall be denominated the Mayor, and five other
electors, who shall be denominated the councilmen of said town. The
mayor and councilmen shall constitute the Council of said town.
The mayor and members of council elected at the general election held in May 2006 shall continue in office until December 31, 2007, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
At the election to be held on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November 2007, and every four years thereafter, the candidate
for mayor receiving the greatest number of votes shall
be elected for a term of four years. At the
election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2007, the
two candidates for councilmen receiving the greatest number of votes,
respectively, shall be elected for a term of four years; and
at such election, the three candidates for councilmen receiving the
next greatest number of votes, respectively, shall be elected for a term of two
years. Thereafter, all councilmen shall be elected for
terms of four years, and an
election for councilmen to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the
terms of the councilmen shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in
every odd-numbered year. The persons so elected shall enter upon
the duties of their offices on the 1st first day of September January next
succeeding their election, and shall continue in office until their successors
have qualified. Every person elected as a councilman of said town shall take
an oath to faithfully execute the duties of his office to the best of his
judgment. The person elected mayor shall take the oaths prescribed by law for
all State officers.
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