Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-12-04
"ARTICLE VII.
COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS

6 l. ihere Sndl oe elected oy me qualified
voters OF the county ,one sheriff, One attoiuey for
the Common wealth, who shall also be tba
commemorative attorney for the Cireuit
court one county clerk, who shall
also be clerk of the Circuit court. exchst tbat
in counties containing fifteen thousand inhsbi-
tants, there may be q separate clerk for the Cir.
cult court one county treasurer. and so man
commissioners OF the revenue as may be proyi-
ded by Law ! and there shall DE appointed in a
manner to be provided by law, one supsriutend
ent OF the poor, and one county surveyor and
there shall also be appointed in the manner pro-
Vldee Tor III the article eight, one superintendent
OF SCHOOLS. All regular elections for comfy
otheers shall be held on the fourth Thursday in
May and all officers elected or appointed, under
this provision, shall enter pom the duties of
their offices On the first day of July, next sue
ceedlng their election, and shall hold their re-
spectve offices for the term Of four years except
that County and Circuit court clerks shall hold
shelr ohces for sx years,
q 2. Each county OF the State shall be divid
ed into so many compactly located magisterial
districts as may be deemed necessary, not less
IMAM threei provided, that after these have been
formed no additional districts shall be made Goa.
tanning less than thirty square miles each
magisteflal district shall be known as -
magisterial district of -- county In each
district there shall be elected one supervisor,
three justices of the peace, one constable and
one oVerseer OF the poor. Who shall hold their
respective offices for the term OF TWO wears. An
regular elections fer magisterial district officers
shall. take place on the fourth Thursday Ia Nav
and all officers so elected shall enter upon the,
outies OF their respective offices n line first dav
OF july, next succeeding theig election The,
supervisors of the districts shalt continue the.
BOARD of supervisors for thet county, whose duty
1T shall be to audit the accounts of the countr
examine the books OF the commission ers e,f =,
revenue, regulate aud equaliZe the yaluasi, lhe
propertt, Xix the county levies for the Ju vi
yeAR, and perform any other duties r .s shsuin Z
them by law equlreu o
Strike out the third section Of t, os0r,oo,.;o,o
which is lp these words --ls Saue Az '0ie'
Easo1saeL Dlsrr lets
e ;. hases1ss i. Sd all be divided into so
many compacs1 located scbcoj dis'rcts as nav
distr;oI shs1I Wa <grovided, that no school
brndrea ;nbab;4 :" I'd cNDtaining less than one
,bsra sh.lI he ssa 5. In each school dis trict
'hste 49, "a elected or appointed, annually,
ohe acl-o"' trustee. who shall hold bis office for
a5 "srs provided, that at the first election
tno, Saue' thus provision there shall be rsSee
~ Us erected, whose terms shall be one, two
"he suEee years respectively"
APO insert. in lieu thereof, the following
"soHooL DISTRICTS.
''S 3 Each magisterial district shall be divided
into SO many compaetiy located school districts
may deemed necessary provided that no
school district shall be formed containing less
than one hundred inhabitants. In each sc aooI
district there shall be elected or appointed aHnu-
ally zone school Trustee who shall hold his otfice
three years provided, that at the first cleo ion
held under this provision there shall be three
trustees elected, whose terms shall be one, Two
and three years respectively
From the same article strike out the fourth
section, which is in these words:
ROAD DISTRICTS.
~ 4. Each township shall be divided into one
or more road districts. In each road district
there shall be elected, Annually, one oversee of
roads, under whose directions the roads sh Ill
be kept in repair at the public expense. in q
mode prescribed by law"
SCHEDULE,
2. The legally constituted officers of tb, savo,o1
counties and townshipsof the State. at the 49,
of the ratification of these amendments hv nv
p Ope, shall continue to discharge the dn:;.sof-
their respective Office until the officers nr,viGod
for by these amendments shall have beap o14r,oS
or appointed and qualified and all bondS od
recognizances entered into by any countv or
township officer for the faithful DISCHARGE ~ no
duties of his office, shall remain valid and h "a
ing, and all rights and liabilities under tho mo
shall continue and may be prosecuted q nro,d1
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