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ing shall be read, and no objection being made, shall be ap-
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<br />proved and signed by the person presiding. Such ordinances as
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<br />may have been adopted at the preceding meeting and copied in
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<br />the ordinance book shall also be read and no objection being
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<br />made, shall be approved and signed by the person presiding.
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<br />3. Petitions and communications. Every petition or com-
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<br />munication shall be referred without debate to an appropriate
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<br />committee, after their purport has been briefly stated by the
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<br />member offering same.
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<br />4. Reports and communications from city officers, including
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<br />financial statements.
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<br />5. Reports of standing committees in their order.
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<br />(a) Finance and Claims.
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<br />(b) Streets and Sanitation.
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<br />(c) Water and Sewers.
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<br />(d) Gas and Light.
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<br />(e) Fire Department.
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<br />(f) Grounds and Buildings.
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<br />(g) Poor.
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<br />(h) Public Schools.
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<br />(i) Ordinances.
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<br />(j) Cemeteries.
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<br />(k) Health.
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<br />(1) Police.
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<br />6. Reports of special committees.
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<br />7. Ordinances for second reading.
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<br />8. Offering of original resolutions, orders and ordinances.
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<br />9. Miscellaneous and unfinished business.
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<br />The order of business shall not be departed from except by
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<br />the consent of a majority of the members of the Council.
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<br />(36) Special Order of Business.—When any matter is made
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<br />the special order for a future meeting, it shall at such meeting
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<br />take priority of all other business except the reading of the
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<br />minutes of the last meeting.
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<br />forty-eight hours after its adoption, furnish to the Mayor a
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<br />copy of every ordinance, or resolution having the effect of an
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<br />ordinance, passed by the Council, and to every committee or
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<br />officer of the city, a copy of every ordinance or resolution,
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<br />specially pertaining to their respective departments; prozrided,
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<br />that copies of all ordinances making appropriations or author-
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<br />izing the payment of money be furnished to the Treasurer and
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<br />Auditor within twenty-four hours after their passage. He shall
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<br />notify persons who have presented petitions or communications
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<br />to the Council, of the final action of that body in regard thereto,
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<br />within forty-eight hours after such action. He shall also notify
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<br />all persons elected to any office by the Council, of such election.
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<br />And in case of veto of any ordinance, resolution or appropria-
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<br />tion it shall be the duty of the Clerk to immediately notify the
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<br />president of the Council; and in case of veto of an appropriation
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<br />he shall also notify the chairman of the committee for whose
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<br />department the appropriation was made.
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<br />CHAPTER II.
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<br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL,.
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<br />Sec. 30. Clerk of the council—election—term--duties.
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<br />The Council shall elect City Clerk who shall hold his office
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<br />for two years, unless sooner removed, whose duty it shall be
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<br />to attend every meeting of the Council and keep an accurate
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<br />record of its proceedings. The Clerk shall file and preserve all
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<br />written opinions furnished by the City Attorney to the Council
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<br />or its committees, also a copy of every contract entered into by
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<br />the city and such other papers and books as may come into his
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<br />hands as Clerk; he shall also contract for and supervise the
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<br />printing of all official reports and ordinances that may be ordered
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<br />by the Council to be printed, and generally perform all such
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<br />duties as properly appertain to his office, or may hereafter be
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<br />required of him by the Council.
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<br />Sec. 31. Same—ordinance book.
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<br />The Clerk of the Council shall keep a journal of its proceed-
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<br />ings; also a separate book termed "The General Ordinance
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<br />Book," in which shall be recorded all ordinances and resolutions
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<br />of a general and permanent character, properly indexed and.
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<br />open to the public inspection. Other documents or papers in
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<br />possession of the Clerk of the Council which may affect the in-
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<br />terest of the city, shall not, without special order of the council,
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<br />its president or vice-president, be exhibited, nor copies thereof
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<br />furnished to other persons than the committees or city officials
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<br />entitled thereto.
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<br />Sec. 32. Same --shall furnish papers to committees, etc.
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<br />The Clerk of the Council shall, within forty-eight hours after
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<br />each session of the Council, furnish to the chairman of each
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<br />committee thereof (to whom he shall also furnish the names of
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<br />the members of such committee if it be a special committee) a
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<br />copy of any petition, communication, resolution, or other paper
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<br />which may be referred to such committee. He shall also, within
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<br />Sec. 33. Same—docket of petitions, etc.
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<br />The Clerk shall keep a docket of petitions and other papers
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<br />presented to the Council and shall mark thereon when and by
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<br />whom presented, to what committee referred, and what report
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<br />was made thereon and when such report was made. He shall
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<br />make these several entries as the several steps are taken, and
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<br />shall keep such docket upon his desk during the sessions of the
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<br />Council. He shall also, at the commencement of each regular
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<br />session of the Council furnish the presiding officer thereof with
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<br />a memorandum of such business as may mave been continued
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<br />from previous meetings, together with the names of the com-
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<br />mittees having charge of the same.
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<br />Sec. 34. Numbering ordinances.
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<br />The Clerk shall enter upon the minute book, upon every ordi-
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<br />nance, and upon the book of ordinances, the proper number of
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<br />each ordinance, and in putting such number he shall commence
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<br />at the number following the section adopting this Code and con-
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<br />tinue on indefinitely.
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<br />Sec. 35. Corporate seal.
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<br />CHAPTER III.
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<br />THE CITY SEAL.
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<br />The Corporate Seal of the City of Charlottesville shall be a
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<br />design within a circle, one and three-quarter inches in diameter,
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<br />with the word "VIRGINIA" across the face; in the exergue this-
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<br />inscription "CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE," and all of said words
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<br />shall be raised letters; the said design being the same as that
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<br />heretofore in use as the seal of the city. No other seal shall be
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<br />used for the City of Charlottesville, and no paper issued by mu-
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<br />nicipal authority, which requires the seal of the city, shall be
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<br />valid unless the seal prescribed above be duly affixed thereto.
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<br />Sec. 36. Custodian of seal.
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<br />The Mayor shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of
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<br />the city, and shall affix it to such papers or documents as he may
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<br />be required to affix it by any ordinance or resolution of the
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<br />Council.
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