§ 4.1. Election and term of councilmen—Prior to 1974.

Six councilmen shall be elected on the second Tuesday in June, nineteen hundred sixty-three, and shall hold office from the first day of September next succeeding their election for the following terms: the three candidates for councilman receiving the largest number of votes shall hold office for terms of four years each, and the three candidates for councilmen receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold office for terms of two years each; and each two years thereafter, three councilmen shall be elected to hold office for terms of four years from the first day of September next succeeding their election.

(Acts 1962, ch. 124, § 1)

Editor's note— This section should be construed in pari materia with section 4.2 and with Code of Virginia, § 24.2-222, which provides, in pertinent part, that "Except as provided in Code of Virginia, § 24.2-222.1, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, … any election of mayor or councilmen of a city or town whose charter provides for such elections at two-year or four-year intervals shall take place at the May general election of an even-numbered year…."

(Acts 1962, ch. 124, § 1)

Editor's note

This section should be construed in pari materia with section 4.2 and with Code of Virginia, § 24.2-222, which provides, in pertinent part, that "Except as provided in Code of Virginia, § 24.2-222.1, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, … any election of mayor or councilmen of a city or town whose charter provides for such elections at two-year or four-year intervals shall take place at the May general election of an even-numbered year…."