The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia held in Zimmerman v. Town of Bedford, a case appealed from the Bedford County Circuit Court, that in the instant case it was contended that to hold that section 4617 of the Code of 1919 conferred authority on a town to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the keeping or storing for sale ardent spirits was to hold that the existing charter of the town could be amended by general legislation, which it was contended was forbidden by section 117 of the Constitution of 1902. Held: That there was a two-fold error in this position. In the first place, for the legislature, by general law, merely to confer upon towns powers in addition to their charter powers, does not amend their charters. Secondly, section 117 of the Constitution expressly provides that general laws for the organization and government of cities and towns shall be enacted by the General Assembly.

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