council men V. Be it therefore enacted. That the house-keepers Additional and inhabitants of the said city, qualified by law to vote common for common councilmen, shall meet at the court-house men to be ein the said city, on the first day of January next, and lected, addithen and there elect by ballot four persons, being free- tional alder-! holders and inhabitants of the said city, as common Councilmen, in addition to the present common council; and that the mayor, recorder, and aldermen, shall meet on the next Monday thereafter, and then elect by ballot two of the common councilmen to the office of aldermen, who, upon taking the oath directed by the said act, shall have the same power and authority as the other aldermen of the said city. CHAP. VII. Court days I. WHEREAS the days established by law for holding courts in the counties of Pittsylvania, Botetourt, of PittsylvaMontgomery, and Spotsylvania, are found inconveni- nia, Bote ent: For remedy whereof, tourt, Montgomery aud [Chapter CXCVII in original.] 1. WHEREAS the act of assembly passed in the Act for as year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and certaing los eighty two, intituled, "An act to ascertain the losses ses, by deand injuries sustained from the depredations of the predations of enemy, enemy within this commonwealth," which was continduring the ued by a subsequent act, will expire on the first day of war further December next, and it is expedient that the same should continued. be further continued, 11. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the act, intituled, "An act to ascertain the losses and injuries sustained from the depredations of the ene-my within this commonwealth," shall continue and be in force from and after the expiration thereof, until the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer. |