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CHAPTER V.
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<br />THE MAYOR.
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<br />See. 48. General duties and powers.
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<br />The Mayor of the City of Charlottesville shall be the executive
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<br />head of its municipal government; it shall be his duty to take care
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<br />that the by-laws and ordinances of the city are fully and faithfully
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<br />executed and observed, and that the duties of the various city
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<br />officers and servants are faithfully performed. To this end he
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<br />shall have power to investigate their acts, have access to all books,
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<br />papers and documents in their offices and to all city property, and
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<br />may examine all city officers or servants, or their subordinates, or
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<br />any other person, touching their official acts or the public busi-
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<br />ness; but the evidence so given by any person shall not be used in
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<br />any criminal proceedings against him.
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<br />The mayor shall further discharge all other executive duties and
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<br />functions properly belonging to his office, or which may be im-
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<br />posed upon him by the ordinances of the city, or the laws of the
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<br />State. ( Charter, Sec. 30.)
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<br />Sec. 49. Same—suspension or removal of subordinate
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<br />officers.
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<br />The Mayor shall also have power to suspend any officer or
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<br />servant of the city for proper cause and to remove such officer
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<br />or servant for his misconduct, or malfeasance, misfeasance, or
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<br />non -feasance in office. No order of suspension or removal
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<br />under this section shall be made until the officer or servant af-
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<br />fected shall have been given reasonable notice of the charge
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<br />against him and an opportunity to be heard in person or by
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<br />council and to present testimony in his defence. Such order
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<br />shall specify the cause of such suspension or removal, and an
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<br />appeal shall lie therefrom, or right, to the Corporation Court of
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<br />the city. This section shall not apply to laborers or subordinate
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<br />employees of the various departments. The Mayor, when he
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<br />has made such a suspension or removal, shall report the facts
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<br />other- jurisdiction which may be assigned him by the Council,
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<br />not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State.
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<br />with the reasons for his action to the next regular meeting of
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<br />the council. ( Charter, Sec. 30.)
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<br />Sec. 50. Same—supervisory duty.
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<br />The Mayor shall exercise a general supervision over all the
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<br />city's rights, franchises, properties and affairs, and shall inspect
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<br />and supervise the different departments and offices, and see that
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<br />all ordinances, orders and resolutions of the councils are duly
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<br />and faithfully performed.
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<br />Sec. 51. Same—to prohibit certain theatrical perform-
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<br />ances, etc.
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<br />The Mayor or council may prohibit any theatrical or other
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<br />performance, show or exhibition within the city or a mile of its
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<br />corporate limits, which may be deemed injurious to the morals
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<br />or good order of -the city or of the people of Albemarle County.
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<br />(Charter, Sec. 29.)
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<br />Sec. 52. Same—annual and other reports.
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<br />The Mayor shall annually furnish to the Council at its first
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<br />meeting in September a full report of his official actions for the
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<br />twelve months ending August 31 just preceding, with such
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<br />recommendations touching the city's welfare and its rights, prop-
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<br />erties, government and business as he may deem pertinent and
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<br />for the best interests of the city. He shall also at any other
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<br />time when called upon so to do by the Council, or when he may
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<br />deem it advisable, investigate and report on any matter affecting
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<br />the interests of the city.
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<br />Sec. 53. Same—removal from office.
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<br />The Corporation Court of the city may remove the Mayor
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<br />from office for malfeasance, misfeasance, or gross neglect of
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<br />official duty; and such removal shall be deemed a vacation of
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<br />the office. All proceedings under this section shall be by order
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<br />or motion before said court, upon reasonable notice to the party
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<br />to be affected thereby, and with the right of said Mayor of an
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<br />appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals. (Charter, Sec. 30.)
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<br />Sec. 54. Same—general duties.
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<br />The said Mayor shall perform any other duties and have any
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<br />other jurisdictions which may be assisned him by the Council
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<br />not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State.
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<br />Sec. 55. Same --vacancies, temporary and permanent.
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<br />In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the
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<br />Mayor, or his inability to discharge his duties from some other
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<br />cause, his place shall be filled and his duties shall be discharged
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<br />by the president of the Council until another Mayor is elected
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<br />and qualified, or until such inability shall cease. A vacancy in
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<br />The Council shall elect an attorney for the city, who shall
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<br />the office of the Mayor shall be filled as provided for in section
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<br />have been admitted to practice in the courts of the Common -
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<br />8 of the Charter. (Charter, Sec. 30.)
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<br />Sec. 56. Same—duties.
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<br />He shall have power to appoint special policemen as he may
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<br />The City Attorney shall have the management, charge and
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<br />deem necessary to preserve the good order of the city, which
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<br />control of all law business of the city, and be the legal adviser
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<br />appointment he shall report to the next regular meeting of the
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<br />of the Mayor, the Justices of the Peace, City Council, or any
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<br />Council, and if said appointment is approved by it, it shall be
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<br />committee thereof, and of the several departments of the city
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<br />confirmed. (Charter, Sec. 30.)
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<br />Sec. 57. Insurance of city property.
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<br />It shall be the duty of the Mayor to see that all city property
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<br />is proplerly insured against fire and loss from pther causes. All
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<br />insurances polices shall be turned over to the CLerk of the Coun-
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<br />cil to be filled.
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<br />CHAPTER VI.
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<br />CITY ATTORNEY.
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<br />Sec. 58. City attorney - election; qualifcation.
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<br />The Council shall elect an attorney for the city, who shall
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<br />have been admitted to pratice in the courts of the Common-
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<br />wealth.
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<br />Sec. 59. Same- duties.
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<br />The City Attorney shall have the managment, charge and
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<br />control of all law business of the city, and the leagal adviser
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<br />of the Mayor, the Justices of the Pleace, City Council, or any
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<br />committee thereof, and of the several departments of the city
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<br />governement, and when required shall furnish written or verbal
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<br />opinions upon any subject involving questions of law submitted
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<br />to him by them.
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<br />Sec. 60. Same—duties.
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<br />It shall be the duty of said attorney to draft all bonds, deeds,
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<br />obligations, contracts, leases, conveyances, agreements and other
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<br />legal instruments of whatever nature, which may be required of
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<br />him by any ordinance or order of the City Council, or
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<br />which by any ordinance or order heretofore passed, may be
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<br />required to be done and made by the city, or which may be re-
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<br />quired by any person contracting with the city in its corporate
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<br />capacity, and which by law, usage or agreement the city is to
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<br />be at the expense of drawing. It shall also be his duty to com-
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<br />mence and prosecute all actions and suits to be commenced by
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<br />the city before any tribunal in this Commonwealth, whether
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<br />in law or equity; and also to appear in defence and advocate
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<br />the rights and interests of the city, or of any officer of the city
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<br />in any suit or prosecution for any act in the discharge of their
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<br />official duties wherein any estate, right, privilege, ordinances or
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<br />acts of the city government may be brought in question. and
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