Sec. 1048. Effect of chapter on charters of cities and
towns.
Section 1. Nothing contained in this chapter, in conflict with
any provision of the charter of any city or town, shall be construed
to repeal such provision, except sections ten hundred and
thirteen a, ten hundred and fifteen b, ten hundred and fifteen c,
ten hundred and fifteen d, ten hundred and fifteen e, ten hundred
and fifteen f, ten hundred and fifteen g, ten hundred and
fifteen h, ten hundred and twenty-eight a, ten hundred and
thirty-two a, ten hundred and thirty-three a, ten hundred and
thirty-three b, ten hundred and thirty-three c, ten hundred
and thirty-three d, ten hundred and thirty-three e, ten hundred
and thirty-three f, ten hundred and thirty-three g, ten hundred
and thirty-three h, and ten hundred and forty a, which
shall be construed to repeal any provision of the charter of any
city or town in conflict with the provisions of said sections, or
any of them, anything in the said charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 2. Sections ten hundred and thirty-nine and ten hundred
and forty of the Code of Virginia, and section ten hundred
and forty-three of the Code of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act approved March four, eighteen hundred
and ninety-six and attempted to be repealed by an act approved
March seventh, nineteen hundred, and an act approved
March seven, nineteen hundred, entitled "an act to provide for
local assessments in cities and towns," are hereby repealed: provided,
that whenever proceedings to make local assessments for
public improvements were commenced prior to the twentieth
day of May, nineteen hundred and three, they shall be completed
and made effective in accordance with the provisions of
subsection ten hundred and forty-one a, of section one of the act
in relation to cities and towns, approved May twentieth, nineteen
hundred and three.
