[HISTORY: The Charter set out herein is Acts 1954, c. 562,
§ 1, approved April 6, 1954, as amended, and amendments
are indicated by historical citations following the text of the amended
sections. Section 2 of that Act provides that "Chapter 101 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, as amended,
is repealed, and all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with
this Charter or anything contained in the orders entered in the Circuit
Courts of Carroll and Grayson Counties in the transition proceedings
to make the Town of Galax a city in conflict with this Charter is
hereby repealed insofar as it affects the provisions of this Charter,"
and § 3 provides that "an emergency exists and this Act
is in force from its passage."]