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AN ORDINANCE SECTION 219 OF THE CITY CODE BY ADDING CLAUSE "a", ENTITLED SEC. 219a POLICE EXAMINING BOARD. The Mayor and the Police Committee of the City Council are hereby constituted police a Board of Police Examiners. The said Board shall on the fourth Thursday in August,1910,and on the fourth Thursday of August in each year thereafter, and at such other times as the Board may ordain, hold a written examination for all applicants for appointment to any grade of police service. Ten days notice of such examination shall be given by newspaper publication, The examination shall consist of at leat four blocks of five questions each and each block shall be valued at 25; the questions to be chosen with a view to testing the applicants good sense and discretion and his knowledge of the City Charter, the City ordinances and such legislative provisions relating to cities as are reprinted in the Charlottesville City Code of 1909. All applicants whose papers grade 75 or more shall be listed as eligible for police service, and all appointments or elections of policemen of any grade shall be made from this list. (The provisions of this section shall not apply for the present year, to any member of the present police force who has served for four years or more as a policeman of this city. Adopted by the Council August 11,1910. Presented and approved Aug. 13, 1910. Presidnet Signature Mayor Signature. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 369 OF TNF CITY CODE ENTITLED SEC. 368. PRIVIES,ETC.--WHEN CLEANED. a. The cleaning of closets or privies within th.c city linits Shall be done exclusively by or under the direction of the department of Streets, & Sanitation, and that it shall be unlawful for any private person to contract to do said work through or by any private citizen. b. The said closets or privies shall be properly cleaned and disinfected by said department , and the excrer:ent from said closets or privies shall be removed in sealed barrels or other covered receptacles and disinfected by said department or under its direction, and deposited or disposed of at such place and in such manner as shall be dictated by the Mayor and Board of Health. c. A charge of seventy-five cents per quarter shall be made upon the occupant of each of the premises whereon a closet or privy is maintained and used which charge shall cover the expense of said department for cleaning and disinfecting each closet or privy and removing the excreta, the: said charge or fee to be paid by the occupant to the City Treasurer at the beginning of each quarter. d. The closet or privy shall be cleaned and disinfected and the excreta removed and disinfected as provided in clause b not less than once in two weeks in summer and once in four weeks in winter. e. Any person or persons exercising the privilege of maintaining said closets or privies who shall refuse to pay the fee or charge in the manner set out in this ordinance,or who, having paid the fee, fails to report to the Mayor any neglect of the acavenger toerform his duty as defined in clause "d" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $10. This ordinance shall be in force on and after October 1,1910. Adopted by the Council Sep.8, 191O. Presented and approved Sep.10,1910. President Signature. Mayor Signature.