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 Shenandoah
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER

  § 5a. Appointment of justice of the peace; term; powers generally; compensation; substitute justice.  

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  • The council of the said Town of Shenandoah shall at its first meeting in September in the year in which its members are elected appoint a justice of the peace for the said town, who shall be an elector of said town, and who shall enter upon the duties of his office immediately upon qualification in the manner prescribed by law for the qualification of justices of the peace, and shall continue in office until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. His term of office shall be coincident with that of the other officers of said town. The said justices of the peace shall be clothed with all the powers, authority and jurisdiction in both civil and criminal matters within said town as are now vested in and conferred upon the mayors of incorporated towns of this Commonwealth by the general laws of the state, and an appeal shall lie to the circuit court of Page County in all cases and in the same manner in which appeals are now granted and taken from the decision of the mayors of towns. The said justices of the peace shall receive as compensation for his services the same fees that are allowed by law to justices of the peace, and such other compensation as the town council may prescribe.

    If for any reason the said justice of the peace shall be unable to perform the duties of his office, or shall be absent from the County of Page, the council of said town may appoint some other person as a substitute for said justice of the peace, who shall act in his place and stead during such time as said justice of the peace shall be unable to perform the duties of his office, or shall be absent from the said County of Page.

    (Acts 1928, chs. 301, § 1, and 347, § 1; Acts 1932, ch. 318, § 1)

    Editor's note— The office of justice of the peace has been abolished; see Code of Virginia, § 19.2-30. Attention is invited to Code of Virginia, § 16.1-69.7 which provides that on and after July 1, 1973, there shall be in each city and in each county a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court. Code of Virginia, § 16.1-69.8(d) provides that the municipal court or other court, however called, having general civil and criminal jurisdiction in any town shall be abolished, and all jurisdiction and power conferred upon any such court shall pass to the general district court and juvenile and domestic relations district court of the county wherein the town is located. Code of Virginia, § 16.1-69.1 provides that all provisions of municipal charters inconsistent with Code of Virginia, title 16.1 are, except as otherwise provided, repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

(Acts 1928, chs. 301, § 1, and 347, § 1; Acts 1932, ch. 318, § 1)

Editor's note

The office of justice of the peace has been abolished; see Code of Virginia, § 19.2-30. Attention is invited to Code of Virginia, § 16.1-69.7 which provides that on and after July 1, 1973, there shall be in each city and in each county a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court. Code of Virginia, § 16.1-69.8(d) provides that the municipal court or other court, however called, having general civil and criminal jurisdiction in any town shall be abolished, and all jurisdiction and power conferred upon any such court shall pass to the general district court and juvenile and domestic relations district court of the county wherein the town is located. Code of Virginia, § 16.1-69.1 provides that all provisions of municipal charters inconsistent with Code of Virginia, title 16.1 are, except as otherwise provided, repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.