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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 631 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1987, chapter 153; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75209,"section_number":"49-4","catch_line":"Magistrates and other officers who may administer oaths and take affidavits","order_by":null,"url":"\/49-4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207005,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83022,"identifier":"33.2-1908","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/3\/33.2-1908","url":"\/33.2-1908\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1908\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/3\/33.2-1908","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers of commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1908","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within 30 days after the appointment of the original commission<\/span> members, the commission<\/span> shall meet on the call of any member and shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice-chairman, each to serve for a term of one year or until his successor is elected and qualified. The commission<\/span> shall employ a secretary<\/span> and treasurer, who may or may not be a member of the commission<\/span>, and, if not a commission<\/span> member, fix his compensation and duties. All officers shall be eligible for reelection. Each commission<\/span> member, before entering on the performance of his public duties, shall take and subscribe the oath<\/span> or affirmation specified in Article II, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia. Such oath<\/span> may be administered by any person<\/span> authorized to administer oaths<\/span> under \u00a7 49-4<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS OF COMMISSION (\u00a7 33.2-1908)\n\nWithin 30 days after the appointment of the original commission members, the\ncommission shall meet on the call of any member and shall elect one of its\nmembers as chairman and another as vice-chairman, each to serve for a term of\none year or until his successor is elected and qualified. The commission shall\nemploy a secretary and treasurer, who may or may not be a member of the\ncommission, and, if not a commission member, fix his compensation and duties.\nAll officers shall be eligible for reelection. Each commission member, before\nentering on the performance of his public duties, shall take and subscribe the\noath or affirmation specified in Article II, Section 7 of the Constitution of\nVirginia. Such oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer\noaths under \u00a7 49-4.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 631, \u00a7 15.1-1349; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1987, c. 153; 1997,\nc. 587, \u00a7 15.1-4508; 2014, c. 805.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}