Part I. CHARTER  


§ 1. Body politic and corporate; powers as incorporated town under state law.
§ 2. Corporate limits of town.
§ 3. (Repealed).
§ 3-a. Election and terms of mayor and councilmen.
§ 3-b. Council vacancies.
§ 3-c. Council a continuing body.
§ 3-d. Vice-mayor.
§ 4. Appointment of registrar, etc.; how elections governed.
§ 5. Council as judge of election, etc., of members; vacancies in council; quorum.
§ 6. Powers, etc., of mayor and councilmen as justice of the peace in civil matters; police judge.
§ 7. Territorial extension of corporate criminal jurisdiction and imposition of license taxes on shows, etc.; disposition of fines and costs.
§ 8. Mayor's annual statement to council; mayor's supervision of affairs; investigations, etc., by mayor; suspension by mayor of officers appointed by council.
§ 9. Appointment by mayor of special policemen; direction by mayor of police force.
§ 10. Council meetings.
§ 11. Rules for council procedure; council vote on levy of tax or contract of corporate debt; council committees; presiding officer; journal.
§ 12. Publication of penal ordinances.
§ 13. Enumeration of powers of the council.
§ 14. Encroachments on streets, etc.
§ 15. Dedication of streets and alleys; when streets and alleys become public streets and alleys; submission to and approval by council of subdivision plats.
§ 16. Power of council to contract loans, incur debts and cause issuance of certificates of debts or bonds.
§ 17. Power of council to impose taxes, etc., for making, etc., walkways, alleys, etc.
§ 17-a. Power of council as to licensing of trades, businesses, etc.
§ 18. Election of town officers.
§ 19. Compensation of mayor and councilmen.
§ 19-a. Duties, qualifications, etc., of the town manager.
§ 20. Continuation of ordinances in force.
§ 21. Repeal of conflicting acts.
§ 22. Effective date.

An Act to provide a new Charter for the Town of Strasburg, in the County of Shenandoah, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, that all former Charters of the said Town of Strasburg, in said County of Shenandoah, and all acts amendatory thereof or pertaining specifically to the corporate powers of said town, be consolidated into one Act and amended in manner and form following, and that so amended the same shall be and constitute a new Charter for the said Town of Strasburg.