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<br />sociations, firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as
<br />well as to individuals.
<br />Preceding, following. The words "preceding" and "following"
<br />mean next before and next after, respectively.
<br />Street. The word "street" shall be construed to embrace streets,
<br />avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts and all other
<br />public highways in the city.
<br />Tenant. The words "tenant" or "occupant", applied to a build-
<br />ing or land, shall include any person holding a written or oral lease
<br />of or who occupies, the whole or a part of such building or land,
<br />either alone or with others.
<br />Time. Words used in the past or present tense include the
<br />future as well as the past and present.
<br />' "The corporation" or "the city" shall be construed to mean "the
<br />corporation of the City of Charlottesville."
<br />"Written" or "in writing" shall be construed to include any rep-
<br />resentation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or
<br />otherwise.
<br />Other words. The rules for the ."construction of statutes" as
<br />given in the Code of Virginia shall govern, so far as applicable,
<br />the construction of all other words not defined in this section.
<br />Sec. 3. Constitutionality.
<br />If any part or parts, section or subsection, sentence, clause or
<br />phrase of this code is for any reason declared to be unconstitu-
<br />tional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
<br />remaining portions of this code.
<br />Sec. 4. Catchlines of sections.
<br />The catchlines of the several sections ,of this code printed in
<br />boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the con-
<br />tents of the section and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of
<br />such sections, nor as any part of the section, nor, unless expressly
<br />so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such sections,
<br />including the catchlines, are amended or reenacted.
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<br />seal of the city, shall be valid unless the seal prescribed above be
<br />duly affixed thereto. ( Code 1932, § 33.)
<br />(1) First ward. The first ward shall embrace all territory lying
<br />east of the following line: Beginning at the intersection of the
<br />center line of Main and Fifth Streets, East; thence southwardly
<br />along the center line of Fifth Street, East, and with said line pro-
<br />jected in the same course to the southern corporate limits; thence
<br />back to the aforesaid beginning point and along the center line of
<br />Main Street, East, to its intersection with the center line of Fourth
<br />Street, East; thence northwardly along the center line of Fourth
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<br />Sec. 5. General penalty for violation of code.
<br />Any person violating any chapter or section of this code in
<br />which no specific penalty is provided shall be punished by a fine
<br />not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding
<br />two months, or both.
<br />Sec. 6. Repeal of general ordinances in conflict here-
<br />with; saving clause.
<br />All the provisions of this code shall be in force and effect on
<br />and after the 1st day of May, 1945, and all ordinances in force at
<br />that time are hereby repealed from and after the said date.
<br />Such repeal shall not affect any offense or act committed or done
<br />or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right es-
<br />tablished or accruing before said date of the 1st day of May, 1945;
<br />nor any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the pay-
<br />ment of money by the city or authorizing the issue of bonds of
<br />said city, or other evidence of said city's indebtedness, or any con-
<br />tract or obligation assumed by said city, nor shall said repeal
<br />affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of the council
<br />not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this code, nor
<br />the salaries of the officers or employees, fixed by said ordinances
<br />or resolutions, nor shall it affect any right or franchise conferred
<br />by any ordinance or resolution of the council to any person or cor-
<br />poration, nor shall it affect the tax and license ordinances now or
<br />heretofore in force, nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or pro-
<br />ceeding pending on said date, except that the proceedings there-
<br />after had shall conform as far as practicable to the provisions of
<br />this code.
<br />Sec. 7. Corporate seal.
<br />The corporate seal of the city shall be a design within a circle,
<br />one and three-quarter inches in diameter, with the word "VIR-
<br />GINIA" across the face; in the exergue this inscription "CITY
<br />OF CHARLOTTESVILLE," and all of said words shall be
<br />raised letters; the said design being the same as that heretofore in
<br />use as the seal of the city. No other seal shall be used for the city
<br />.and no paper issued by municipal authority, which requires the
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<br />Street, N. E., and with said line projected in the same course to the
<br />northern corporate limits.
<br />(2) Second ward. The second ward shall embrace all the terri-
<br />tory lying north of the center line of ;Main Street and west of the
<br />first ward as defined above and east and north of the following
<br />line: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Main
<br />Street and Tenth Street, N. W.; thence with the center line of
<br />Tenth Street, N. W., and with said line projected in a northerly
<br />direction to the corporate limits as they existed prior to January
<br />1st, 1939; thence westwardly with said old corporate line to the
<br />center line of Rugby Road; thence northwardly with the center
<br />line of Rugby Road to Barracks Road; thence with the center line
<br />of Barracks Road to the present city limits.
<br />(3) Third ward. The third ward shall embrace all territory
<br />lying south of Main Street and west of the first ward defined
<br />above, and east and south of a line extending from the center line
<br />of Main Street southwardly along the center of Ninth Street to its
<br />intersection with the center line of the main line of the Southern
<br />Railroad, thence with said railroad center line westwardly to the
<br />corporate limits.
<br />(4) Fourth ward. The fourth ward shall embrace all the terri-
<br />tory in the western part of said corporate limits which is not em-
<br />braced within the boundaries of the second ward and the third
<br />ward as above defined. (Id., § 138; Ord. Mar. 16, 1939.)
<br />For charter provision as to wards, see char., § 3; as to city bounda-
<br />ries, see char., § 2.
<br />Sec. 11. Election districts; voting places.
<br />Each ward shall constitute an election district. Elections in
<br />each ward shall be held at such voting place as may from time to
<br />time be designated by the council. The voting places as now con-
<br />stituted shall so continued unless and until changed by the council,
<br />but no change shall be made in any voting place within thirty days
<br />next preceding any general election. ( Code 1932, § 139.)
<br />As to power and duty of council to establish election districts and
<br />voting places, see § 145 of Michie's Virginia Code of 1942.
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<br />Sec. 8. Same—Custodian.
<br />The clerk of council shall be the custodian of the corporate seal
<br />of the city, and shall affix it to such papers or documents as he may
<br />be required to affix it by any ordinance or resolution of the
<br />council. (Id., § 34.)
<br />Sec. 9. Execution of deeds, contracts, etc.
<br />All papers duly authorized to be executed in the name of and
<br />on behalf of the city shall, unless otherwise provided by ordinance
<br />or resolution of the council, be signed as follows:
<br />Deeds, bonds and other instruments requiring the seal of the
<br />city to be affixed thereto shall be signed by the mayor and the seal
<br />shall be attested by the clerk of the council.
<br />Notes or other similar evidences of debt shall be signed by the
<br />mayor or by the finance committee.
<br />The city purchasing agent shall sign all contracts covering sales
<br />or purchases which he is authorized to make.
<br />All other contracts shall be signed by the city manager. (Id.,
<br />§ 137.)
<br />As to purchasing agent's duties in regard to sales or purchases ex-
<br />ceeding one hundred dollars, see ch. 2, § 136 of this volume.
<br />Sec. 10. Designation and boundaries of wards.
<br />The territory within the corporate limits of the city shall be
<br />divided into four wards, whose boundaries shall be as follows:
<br />(1) First ward. The first ward shall embrace all territory lying
<br />east of the following line: Beginning at the intersection of the
<br />center line of Main and Fifth Streets, East; thence southwardly
<br />along the center line of Fifth Street, East, and with said line pro-
<br />jected in the same course to the southern corporate limits; thence
<br />back to the aforesaid beginning point and along the center line of
<br />Main Street, East, to its intersection with the center line of Fourth
<br />Street, East; thence northwardly along the center line of Fourth
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<br />Sec. 5. General penalty for violation of code.
<br />Any person violating any chapter or section of this code in
<br />which no specific penalty is provided shall be punished by a fine
<br />not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding
<br />two months, or both.
<br />Sec. 6. Repeal of general ordinances in conflict here-
<br />with; saving clause.
<br />All the provisions of this code shall be in force and effect on
<br />and after the 1st day of May, 1945, and all ordinances in force at
<br />that time are hereby repealed from and after the said date.
<br />Such repeal shall not affect any offense or act committed or done
<br />or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right es-
<br />tablished or accruing before said date of the 1st day of May, 1945;
<br />nor any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the pay-
<br />ment of money by the city or authorizing the issue of bonds of
<br />said city, or other evidence of said city's indebtedness, or any con-
<br />tract or obligation assumed by said city, nor shall said repeal
<br />affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of the council
<br />not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this code, nor
<br />the salaries of the officers or employees, fixed by said ordinances
<br />or resolutions, nor shall it affect any right or franchise conferred
<br />by any ordinance or resolution of the council to any person or cor-
<br />poration, nor shall it affect the tax and license ordinances now or
<br />heretofore in force, nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or pro-
<br />ceeding pending on said date, except that the proceedings there-
<br />after had shall conform as far as practicable to the provisions of
<br />this code.
<br />Sec. 7. Corporate seal.
<br />The corporate seal of the city shall be a design within a circle,
<br />one and three-quarter inches in diameter, with the word "VIR-
<br />GINIA" across the face; in the exergue this inscription "CITY
<br />OF CHARLOTTESVILLE," and all of said words shall be
<br />raised letters; the said design being the same as that heretofore in
<br />use as the seal of the city. No other seal shall be used for the city
<br />.and no paper issued by municipal authority, which requires the
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<br />Street, N. E., and with said line projected in the same course to the
<br />northern corporate limits.
<br />(2) Second ward. The second ward shall embrace all the terri-
<br />tory lying north of the center line of ;Main Street and west of the
<br />first ward as defined above and east and north of the following
<br />line: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Main
<br />Street and Tenth Street, N. W.; thence with the center line of
<br />Tenth Street, N. W., and with said line projected in a northerly
<br />direction to the corporate limits as they existed prior to January
<br />1st, 1939; thence westwardly with said old corporate line to the
<br />center line of Rugby Road; thence northwardly with the center
<br />line of Rugby Road to Barracks Road; thence with the center line
<br />of Barracks Road to the present city limits.
<br />(3) Third ward. The third ward shall embrace all territory
<br />lying south of Main Street and west of the first ward defined
<br />above, and east and south of a line extending from the center line
<br />of Main Street southwardly along the center of Ninth Street to its
<br />intersection with the center line of the main line of the Southern
<br />Railroad, thence with said railroad center line westwardly to the
<br />corporate limits.
<br />(4) Fourth ward. The fourth ward shall embrace all the terri-
<br />tory in the western part of said corporate limits which is not em-
<br />braced within the boundaries of the second ward and the third
<br />ward as above defined. (Id., § 138; Ord. Mar. 16, 1939.)
<br />For charter provision as to wards, see char., § 3; as to city bounda-
<br />ries, see char., § 2.
<br />Sec. 11. Election districts; voting places.
<br />Each ward shall constitute an election district. Elections in
<br />each ward shall be held at such voting place as may from time to
<br />time be designated by the council. The voting places as now con-
<br />stituted shall so continued unless and until changed by the council,
<br />but no change shall be made in any voting place within thirty days
<br />next preceding any general election. ( Code 1932, § 139.)
<br />As to power and duty of council to establish election districts and
<br />voting places, see § 145 of Michie's Virginia Code of 1942.
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