CHAPTER 694
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Article II and §§ 2, as amended, 7, 11, 13, and 15 of Article III of Chapter 366 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, which provided a charter for the Town of Irvington in Lancaster County, relating to corporate limits, town council, and mayor.
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Approved March 21, 2019
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1 of Article II and §§ 2, as amended, 7, 11, 13, and 15 of Article III of Chapter 366 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958 are amended and reenacted as follows:
Article II. Corporate Limits.
§ 1. The territory embraced within the limits of the town of Irvington is as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Virginia State Highway # 3 (renumbered as Virginia State Highway 200), which leads from the Town of Irvington to the Town of Kilmarnock, Virginia, where the land now or formerly belonging to the Leland estate corners with the land of Thomas Banks, which said point of beginning is designated by a cement corner stone; thence running along the line separating the property of the Leland Estate from the Banks property South 82° 20' 20" West 340.11 feet to an old axle; thence continuing along said line South 81° 45’ 50" West 153.14 feet to a pipe; thence continuing along said line South 81° 32' 50" West 749.20 feet to an old pipe; thence continuing along said line separating the said Leland and Banks properties South 80° 39' 50" West 940.52 feet to a marked Poplar tree, thence continuing along said line South 79° 54' 20" West 414.11 feet to a cement marker; thence continuing along the same course a distance of approximately 180 feet to the center of Church Branch of Carters Creek; thence running in a Southerly direction down the center of said Branch by the Leland property, property of Dew and Henderson, property of E. A. Stephens and others to a point opposite the property of Warner Moore; thence running in an easterly direction along with center line of the eastern branch of Carters Creek by a Black buoy, the old ferry slip, by the Yarbrough property, the James property to a point in the center of said Creek opposite the property of M. J. Alga; thence running in a Northerly direction along the center of said Eastern Branch of Carters Creek by the lands of Crosby Miller, T. D. McGinnes, through the center of a certain bridge located on Virginia State Highway # 3 (renumbered as Virginia State Highway 200) which leads from the Town of Irvington to the Town of White Stone, Virginia, and continuing in a Northerly direction up the center of said Branch, known as Old Mill Cove, and continuing in a general Northerly direction up the center of said swamp by the S. A. Buchan estate to the Southern boundary of the land of Earl M. Pittman; thence running North 85° 29' 30" West approximately sixty feet to a cement marker; thence continuing North 85° 20' 30" West 2948.16 feet to another cement marker on the Eastern edge of Virginia State Highway # 3 (renumbered as Virginia State Highway 200) which leads from the Town of Irvington to the town of Kilmarnock, Virginia, thence continuing same course approximately 110 feet across said highway to the Leland property; thence running along the western edge of Virginia State Highway # 3 (renumbered as Virginia State Highway 200) in a northerly direction approximately 955.50 feet to a cement marker, the point of beginning, the said property embraced within the Town of Irvington being shown on a certain plat of survey made by T. D. Wilkinson, III, Certified Surveyor, dated the 3rd day of May, 1956, which said plat is of record in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Lancaster County, Virginia, Instrument number 180001509, and also shown on a certain plat of survey of a portion of the boundary of Irvington, made by Robert C. Buckley, Jr., Certified Surveyor, dated October 28, 1994, which said plat is of record in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Lancaster County, Virginia, Instrument number CLR 940000938.
Article III. Administration and Government.
§ 2. On the second Tuesday in June, 1962, and every two
years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town,
one elector of the town, who shall be denominated mayor and six other such
electors who shall be councilmen and constitute the town council. On the
first Tuesday in May 2020, and every four years thereafter, there shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the town one elector of the town who shall
be denominated the mayor and three other such electors, all of whom shall serve
terms of four years. On the first Tuesday in May 2022, and every four years
thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town an
additional three electors, who shall serve terms of four years. The six
electors other than the mayor shall constitute the town council. They shall
enter upon the duties of their offices on the first day of September
July next succeeding their election and shall continue in office until
their successors are duly elected and qualified. Every person so elected shall
take an oath faithfully to execute and discharge the duties of his office to
the best of his judgment and the mayor shall take the oath prescribed by the
law for State officers. The failure of any person elected or appointed under
the provisions of this charter to qualify or to take the oath required, within
the time prescribed for entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office
to which he is elected or appointed, shall vacate such office, and the council
shall proceed and is hereby vested with power to fill such vacancy in the
manner herein prescribed.
§ 7. The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council, voting only in case of a tie, and perform such other duties as are prescribed by this charter and by general law and such as may be imposed by the council consistent with his office. He shall take care and see that the by-laws, ordinances, acts and resolutions of the council are faithfully executed and obeyed. He shall be ex officio conservator of the peace within the town and within one mile of its corporate limits. He shall see that peace and good order are preserved and that persons and property within the town are protected. He shall authenticate by his signature such documents and instruments as the council, this charter, or the laws of the Commonwealth require. He shall from time to time recommend to the council such measures as he may deem needful for the welfare of the town.
§ 11. The council shall appoint at its first regular meeting
in September July after its election, a clerk of the council who
shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. He shall attend the meetings
of the council and keep its minutes and records and have charge of the
corporate seal and shall attest the same. He shall keep all papers required to
be kept by the council, shall publish reports and ordinances as are required to
be published and shall perform such other duties as the council may require.
His compensation shall be fixed by the council. Any vacancy in this office
shall be filled by the council.
§ 13. The council shall appoint at its first meeting in
September July, or as soon as practicable thereafter, a treasurer
who shall hold office for a term of two years. The council may provide a salary
for the treasurer. He shall give such bond, with surety and in such penalty as
the council prescribes. He shall receive all money belonging to the town, and
keep correct accounts of all receipts from all sources and of all expenditures
of all departments. He shall be responsible for the collection of all taxes,
license fees, levies and charges due to the town, and shall disburse the moneys
of the town in the manner prescribed by the council as it may by ordinance
direct. The treasurer shall make such reports and at such time as the council
may prescribe. The books and accounts of the treasurer shall be examined and
audited at such times as the council may direct, such examination and audit to
be reported to the council.
§ 15. The council may appoint at its first regular meeting in
September July or as soon as practicable thereafter, a town
sergeant, who shall also be chief of police and have all the powers vested in
town sergeants by general law. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the
council. His duties shall be such as the council prescribes. He shall be vested
with the powers of a conservator of the peace. His compensation shall be fixed
by the council.