§ 3-a. Election and terms of mayor and councilmen.

The town shall be governed by a town council composed of a mayor and eight councilmen who shall be qualified electors of the town and who shall be elected in the following manner:

(1)

On the first Tuesday in May, nineteen hundred seventy-two, an election shall be held at which a mayor and eight councilmen shall be elected from the town at large. The mayor and the four councilmen, each of whom has received more votes than any of the other councilmen, shall serve terms of four years, and the remaining four councilmen shall serve terms of two years. Every two years thereafter, an election shall be held for the purpose of electing councilmen, and all such councilmen shall serve terms of four years, thus, staggering the terms of office of council.

(2)

The terms of office for both the mayor and all councilmen shall begin on the first day of July next following his or their election.

(Acts 1972, ch. 752, § 1)

State Law reference— Elections, Code of Virginia, tit. 24.2.

(Acts 1972, ch. 752, § 1)

State law reference

Elections, Code of Virginia, tit. 24.2.