15.2-3826 - Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court clerk.
§ 15.2-3826. Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for theCommonwealth and circuit court clerk.
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the circuit court havingjurisdiction over the city shall appoint for the city an electoral board ofthree members, the term of one of whom shall expire on the first day of thefollowing March, the term of another to expire one year later, and the termof the third to expire two years later than the term of the first. The courtshall at the same time, if necessary, appoint one sheriff, one attorney forthe Commonwealth and one clerk of the circuit court. The terms of allofficers appointed by the circuit court shall expire when their successorsare elected or appointed and qualify, pending the next ensuing generalelection or, if the vacancy occurs within 120 days prior to such election,pending the second ensuing general election.
(Code 1950, § 15-97; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-998; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 158; 1979,c. 85; 1997, c. 587.)