Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-02-22
AN ACT

TO AMEND AND RE ENACT SECTION
SIS OF CHAPTER III AND SEC !
TONS 81 AND rs OF CHAPTER ~.
OFAN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO
DEFINE TBE CORPORATE LIN
IT'S AND CHARTER FOR THE CITY
OF WILLIAMSBURG. APPROVED
MARCH 18th. 1854. AS AMENDED
BY Az ACT APPROVED MARCH
sra. 1900.
I. Be II enacted by the General As
scmhiy 81 Virginia that Section 30 OF
Chapter III and sections 81 and 5 Of
Chapter ~ .Uf the Act entitled an Act
, TO define the corporate limits and Char
ter Tor the City OF Williamsburg, ap
proved March seventeenth. Eighteen
Hundred ard EiGhty-iour. as amended
and rc-cnactec bv an Act approved
March Fifth. Nineteen hundred. be
amended and re enacted 20 read As fol-
lows,
/ So. The city council shall grant and
f pay to all CITY officers elected IN pursu-
I auce Of this act such salaries or CON
peusation as the said council NAV from
time 70 time deem Just and proper, or
shall be hxed BY this act.
And further. wherever by act cf As
necessity of collecting. maintaiug and
handling a Sinking Fund for the retire
meut ct city obligations may arise. ths
mayor. the chairman OF the finance com
mittce OF the council. and the TREASURED
, OF the city. De. and the same are. hereby
constituted "a hoard Cf sinking FunC
COMMISSIONS who are Authorized q
. invest such sinking fund IN bonds OF tn
uitcd States government. those OF tn
CITY ot Will amsburg and such othc
municipal or county bonds issued h'
cities or counties IN Virginia as shal
meet the approval OF the council. q
q collect. care for and re-invest the inter
2 est or income aocruiug from the sam
as NAV be directed by the city counc
by resolution or ordinance. No fees &c
r. commission sb all be paid 10 any othce
for The handling and control Of the sinh
= iuC FUND.
81 The sergeant Of the CITY shall
a member Of fhc police force oi SAID cit,
e and NAV be designated chief oi the pc
lace force IN the discrcstion 60 the c.,
"a council. he shell have and exercise Il
powers OF a constable. and the mayo
couucilmcn, sergeant. and policemen
z, criminal and police matters, shall ha'
A.. jurisdiction io~ one mile from the co
porate hmits of the said city.
-. he rgcant shsn collect AT
dishursc All racs. licenses. and All 9th
moneys due the corporation. in su,
manner as the council may from time
N timc determine. except the taxes assess
NJ az the regular levy. which hy law a
r. colcctible br fhc treasurer. provid
n thas an moneys derived from the "a
3 oi bonds or trom the sale GO real esta
lt belonging TO- the city. or fees. rents al
sums derived from the sale oft water
2 gas 90 other products of water OF =
plants. including sewage. owned by {
city shall bc collected and disbursed
the city council may determine by sp'
ial ordinance Affecting the same. the e
. and Compc1s alton therefor being und
vhe entire control oi the council al
fixed hy them. He shall perform so
n additional dutics As the counsel hy
ri. dinaucc or resolution. may direct.
- shall. before entering upon the dischar
GO the dates oi bis office. execute in &
circuit court of ttc Grey of Nilhamshu
and County Of James City. a bond
cordiug 60 law, with surety no 81
penalty as the city council may prescul
conditioned i1r the faithful performaI
oi the same
.. This ace shall be ia force from
g passage.