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CHAPTER IV.
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<br />OFFICERS, THEIR OATHS AND BONDS.
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<br />Sec. 37. Officers—their terms of service, etc.
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<br />Unless otherwise specifically provided, every municipal of-
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<br />ficer elected by the Council shall hold his office for two years.
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<br />The term of all officers so elected shall commence as soon as
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<br />they have qualified and given bond as required. Vacancies oc-
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<br />curring in such office shall be filled by the Council at the first
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<br />regular meeting thereafter, or at a special meeting held for that
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<br />purpose; provided, that notice of such meeting and the purpose
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<br />thereof shall have been given, as far as possible, to all members
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<br />of the Council. All persons elected or appointed to fill a va-
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<br />cancy shall hold office only during the unexpired term of the
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<br />office in which such vacancy occurs.
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<br />Sec. 38. Same—terms of service; salaries, etc.
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<br />Every officer elected or appointed by the Council shall hold
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<br />his office until his successor shall have been elected and shall
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<br />have qualified and given bond, unless he be sooner removed, and
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<br />shall receive for his services such compensation as the Coun-
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<br />cil may allow, but no payment shall be made to any officer who
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<br />is in arrears to the city, or in default in rendering any account
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<br />or report required of him.
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<br />Sec. 39. Same—appointment of substitute during ina-
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<br />bility to serve.
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<br />If any officer elected by the Council be at any time unable, by
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<br />reason of sickness or other unavoidable cause, to discharge the
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<br />duties of his office, he may, in writing, appoint a substitute to
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<br />act for him during such inability, and he and his sureties shall
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<br />be liable for the conduct of such substitute while in office. No
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<br />such appointment shall be valid until ratified by the Council,
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<br />and the fact of such ratification shall be endorsed on such ap-
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<br />pointment by the president of the Council. Nothing herein shall
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<br />be construed to effect the right of the Mayor to remove
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<br />any of -
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<br />approval of the Mayor and without a corresponding deduction
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<br />of salary for the time lost, except in case of sickness when they
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<br />shall, upon the certificate of a physician, and upon a two-thirds
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<br />vote of the Council, be allowed half pay not exceeding thirty
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<br />days in any one year.
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<br />A vacation of ten days in each year shall be allowed the su-
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<br />perintendents of departments as above described without loss of
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<br />pay, at such time as will not be detrimental to the public service
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<br />and as may be agreed upon by the chairman of the committee in
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<br />charge of such department together with the approval of the
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<br />Mayor.
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<br />Sec. 40. Same --removal of for malfeasance, etc.
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<br />For malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incapacity, or
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<br />any other good cause, the Alayor may remove from office any
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<br />officer elected or appointed by the Council. (Charter, Sec. 30)
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<br />Sec. 41. Same—oaths of office.
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<br />Every person elected or appointed to any office in the city
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<br />shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath
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<br />of office, as prescribed for all other officers, by the laws of Vir-
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<br />ginia, and qualify before the Corporation Court, or the judge
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<br />thereof in vacation, and a certificate of such oath shall be deemed
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<br />by them with the Clerk of the Corporation Court, and in the
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<br />cases of the Mayor and aldermen a certificate of such oath hav-
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<br />ing been taken shall be filed by them, respectively, with the
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<br />Clerk of the Council who shall enter the same upxm the journal,
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<br />( Charter, Sec. 7.)
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<br />If any person elected or appcinted to any office in the city
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<br />neglect to take such oath for ten days after the commencement
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<br />of the term for which he was elected, his office shall be deemed
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<br />vacant and the Council shall proceed to fill the vacancy as pre-
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<br />scribed in section 37 of these ordinances. (Charter, Sec. 7.)
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<br />Sec. 42. Same—pay of suspended officers.
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<br />Any officer who shall be suspended by the Mayor shall forfeit
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<br />his salary from the day of his suspension until lie is reinstated
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<br />or discharged, and shall only receive the pro -rata Dart of his
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<br />pay for the time he may have actually served; provided, how-
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<br />ever, if the suspension is not sustained, the officer so) suspended
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<br />is to receive his pay in full, the same as if no suspension had oc-
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<br />cuffed.
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<br />Sec. 43. Same—their terms of service, vacation, etc.
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<br />The superintendents of such departments as require the reg-
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<br />ular employment or working of a force of hands shall not be ab-
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<br />sent from the city without the consent of the chairman of the
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<br />committee having charge of such department to gcthcr with the
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<br />or appointed, neglect to give such bond and security as may be re-
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<br />quired of him, shall thereby vacate his office. (Charter, Sec. 7.)
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<br />The Finance Committee shall report to the Council all official
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<br />bonds given as required by this section for entry upon its journal
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<br />and the bonds shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the
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<br />Corporation Court.
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<br />Sec. 44. Same—official bonds.
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<br />The penalties of the official bonds of the following officers
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<br />shall be, respectively, as herein enumerated, to wit:
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<br />Mayor...............................................................$ 2,000
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<br />Auditorand Clerk ...............................................5,000
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<br />Treasurer.............................................. .......... 25,000
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<br />Commissioner of the Revenue ........................3,000
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<br />City Engineer .................................................... 3,000
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<br />Street Commissioner or Foreman...................1,000
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<br />Chief of Police .................................................. 1,000
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<br />Superintendent of Water and Sewers .............1,000
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<br />Superintendent of Gas and Light .....................1,000
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<br />Assistant Superintendent of Gas and Light .......500
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<br />Overseer of the Poor ........................................ 1,000
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<br />Superintendent of Cemeteries .........................1,000
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<br />Sergeant.................................................. ............2,000
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<br />Constable............................................................ 2,000
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<br />Every official bond required by the ordinances of the city shall
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<br />be given in such guaranty company as will be satisfactory to the
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<br />Finance Committee, and shall be made payable to the City of
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<br />Charlottesville, with condition for the faithful discharge of the
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<br />duties of the office to which the person giving it has been elected
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<br />or appointed.
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<br />The cost of all official bonds shall be at the expense of the city.
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<br />Any person elected or appointed to any office who shall for ten
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<br />clays after the beginning of the term for which he was elected
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<br />ficer appointed by the Council; provided, that in the appoint,
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<br />mcnt of substitutes. this section shall not apply to the office of
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<br />Police justice.
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<br />Sec. 45. Same—salaries to be fixed by the council.
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<br />The salaries of all officers who shall receive stated compensation
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<br />for their services from the city, shall be fixed by the Council; but
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<br />no salary of any officer elected by a vote of the people or a
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<br />pointed or elected by the Council, or the judge of the Corporation
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<br />Court, shall be diminished or increased during his term of office.
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<br />The salary of the Police justice shall not be less than $200 nor
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<br />more than $600 per annum. ( Charter, Sec. 31.)
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<br />Sec. 46. Same—annual reports.
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<br />All reports of the city officers required to be made by the Coun-
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<br />cil shall be submitted in writing at the regular meeting of the
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<br />Council in September of each year, showing the operations, re-
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<br />ceipts and disbursements of their respective departments, for the
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<br />previous fiscal year, and containing a statement of such city prop
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<br />erty and the approximate value thereof, other than stationery, as
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<br />may be in their possession when such reports are made; also such
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<br />recommendations as may be deemed proper.
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<br />Sec. 47. Same—receipts by, for official property.
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<br />Every officer of the city, when entering upon the duties of his
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<br />office, shall file with the City Auditor an itemized receipt for all
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<br />personal property furnished him by the city, specifying in detail
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<br />the cost or estimated value. He shall also be responsible for the
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<br />safe -keeping of such property as he may receive from the city
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<br />and at the expiration of his term of office, shall surrender the
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<br />same to the city in as good condition as when received by him, save
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<br />reasonable wear and tear.
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