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compel such company, or owner, to take any such person back
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<br />to the city whence he was brought, and may compel any such
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<br />person to leave the city, if he has not been in the city more than
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<br />ninety days before the order is given.
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<br />Sixteenth. And the said council shall also have power to make
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<br />such other and additional ordinances as it may deem necessary
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<br />for the general welfare of said city; and nothing herein con-
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<br />tained shall be construed to deprive said city of any of the pow-
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<br />ers conferred upon it, either by general or special laws of the
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<br />State of Virginia, except insofar as the same may be incon-
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<br />sistent with the provisions of this charter.
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<br />Seventeenth. Said council shall have power to require and
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<br />take from the city's business manager, chief of police, treasurer,
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<br />auditor, commissioner of the revenue, and all other bonded of-
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<br />ficers, bonds with security and in such penalty as they may see
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<br />fit, which said bonds shall be made payable to the city by its cor-
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<br />porate name, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of their
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<br />duties; said bonds shall be entered on the record of the council
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<br />and shall be filed with the clerk of the corporation court of the
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<br />city.
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<br />Eighteenth. Said council shall have power to erect, or author-
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<br />ize or prohibit the erection of gas works, waterworks, or electric
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<br />light works in or near the city, and to regulate the same.
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<br />Nineteenth. To prohibit the pollution of water which may be
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<br />provided for the use of the city.
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<br />Twentieth. To pass all by-laws, rules and ordinances, not
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<br />repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State, which they
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<br />may deem necessary for the good order and government of the
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<br />city, the management of its property, the conduct of its affairs,
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<br />the peace, comfort, convenience, order, morals, health, and pro-
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<br />tection of its citizens or their property, including authority to
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<br />keep a city police force; and to do such other things, and pass
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<br />such other laws as may be necessary or proper to carry into full
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<br />effect any power, authority, capacity, or jurisdiction, which is,
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<br />or shall be granted to, or vested in said city, or officers thereof,
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<br />or which may be necessarily incident to a municipal corporation;
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<br />and to enable the authorities of said city more effectually to en-
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<br />force the provisions of this section, and any other powers con-
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<br />ferred upon them by this charter, their jurisdiction, civil and
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<br />criminal, is hereby declared to extend one mile beyond the cor-
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<br />porate limits of said city.
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<br />Twenty-first. To create a floating debt not exceeding one hun-
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<br />dred thousand dollars when, by a vote of the total membership
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<br />of the council, the council has passed a resolution declaring it ex-
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<br />pedient to do so, and when the creating of the floating debt there-
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<br />by provided for is for the purpose of installing, or extending,
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<br />one or more public utilities, which constitute an asset, or assets,
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<br />at least equal in value to the amount expended thereon, which
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<br />utility, or utilities, shall materially add to the service rendered by
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<br />the city to its taxpayers and other citizens; and it shall be the
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<br />duty of the council to provide in the next bond issue for the bond-
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<br />ing of the floating debt thus created, and failure to do this shall
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<br />suspend this clause.
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<br />Sec. 13½. Same—Borrowing in anticipation of taxes;
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<br />evidences of debt; interest.
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<br />The council may also borrow money in anticipation of the col-
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<br />lection of the taxes and revenues in the city, in any amount or
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<br />amounts not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars at any one
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<br />time. The council may issue negotiable notes or other evidences
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<br />of debt for all money borrowed under this section.
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<br />Such notes or other evidences of debt may be renewed from
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<br />time to time, but all such notes or other evidences of debt shall
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<br />mature within twelve months.
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<br />No money shall be borrowed under this section at a rate of
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<br />interest exceeding six per cent per annum, and it shall be the
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<br />duty of the council to provide in the next bond issue for the bond-
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<br />ing of the floating debt thus created.
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<br />Sec. 14. Special assessments for local improvements.
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<br />Local assessments upon abutting landowners for making and
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<br />improving the sidewalks upon the streets and improving and
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<br />paving the alleys, and for either the construction or for the use
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<br />of sewers, may be imposed not in excess of the peculiar benefits
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<br />resulting therefrom to such abutting landowners.
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<br />And the same shall be regulated as prescribed by the general
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<br />law.
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<br />Sec. 15. Enactment of ordinances, etc.; punishment for
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<br />violation; enjoining violation; use of county
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<br />jail; appeal to corporation court.
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<br />To carry into effect the powers herein enumerated, and all
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<br />other powers conferred upon said city and its council by the laws
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<br />of Virginia, said council shall have power to make and pass all
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<br />proper and needful orders, by-laws, and ordinances not con-
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<br />trary to the Constitution and laws of said State, and to prescribe
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<br />reasonable fines and penalties, including imprisonment in the city
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<br />jail, and for the enforcement of the collection of fines, to impose
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<br />imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety days, which fines,
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<br />penalties or imprisonment shall be imposed, recovered and en-
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<br />forced by and under the civil and police justice.
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<br />The city may maintain a suit to restrain by injunction, the
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<br />violation of any ordinance, notwithstanding such ordinance may
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<br />provide punishment for its violation.
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<br />And the authorities of said city may, in accordance with the
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<br />contract between the council of said city and the county of
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<br />Albemarle, continue to use the jail of said county for any purpose
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<br />for which the use of a jail may be needed by them, under the acts
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<br />of the council or of the State of Virginia; provided, however, that
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<br />in all cases where a fine or imprisonment is imposed by the civil
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<br />and police justice, or by the council, the party or parties so fined or
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<br />imprisoned shall have the right of appeal to the corporation court
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<br />of said city.
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<br />All fines imposed for the violation of the city charter, by-laws,
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<br />or ordinances, shall be paid into the city treasury.
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<br />(1936, c. 273, p. 462.)
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<br />The 1936 amendment to this section deleted a former provision lim-
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<br />iting the term of imprisonment to not exceeding six months and de-
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<br />leted provisions in regard to the imposition of fines, etc., by aldermen
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<br />and council. It also changed the references to "police justice" to "civil
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<br />and police justice."
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<br />Sec. 16. Conservators of the peace.
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<br />Each councilman, and the police justice of said city, for the
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<br />time being, are declared to be, and are hereby, constituted con-
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<br />servators of the peace within said city, and within one mile from
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<br />the corporate limits thereof, and shall have all the powers and
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<br />authority, in civil, as well as in criminal cases, as justices of the
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<br />peace.
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<br />And the chief of police and the policemen of the city shall also
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<br />be conservators of the peace within the limits aforesaid, and all
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<br />proper arrests may be made and warrants of arrest executed by
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<br />such chief of police and policemen.
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<br />Sec. 17. Budget; levy of taxes.
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<br />At least thirty days prior to the time when the annual tax levy
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<br />or any part thereof is made, the council shall cause to be pre-
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<br />pared a budget containing a complete itemized and classified
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<br />plan of all proposed expenditures and all estimated revenues
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<br />and borrowing for the ensuing appropriation year.
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<br />A brief synopsis of the budget shall be published in a news-
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<br />paper published in the City of Charlottesville and notice given of
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<br />at least one public hearing at least fifteen days prior to the date
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<br />set for the hearing, at which any citizen of the said City of Char-
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<br />lottesville shall have the right to attend and state his views
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<br />thereon. After such hearing is had, the council shall by appro-
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<br />priate order adopt and enter on the minutes thereof a synopsis of
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<br />a budget covering all expenditures for the next appropriation
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<br />year hereinbefore required. The said council shall order a city
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<br />*The office of "police justice" is now the office of "civil and police
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<br />justice."
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