Chap. 148.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 7, and 11 of
an act creating a board of Harbor Commissioners of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, and for the preservation of the harbor of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, approved March 3, 1X82.

In force February 23, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections one, two, seven, and eleven of an act creating a board
of harbor commissioners of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and tor
the preservation of the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth, be
amended and re-enacted as follows:

§1. That for the purpose of preserving and improving the
harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth, there shall be appointed
as soon as may be, after the passave of this act, a board of
harbor commissioners, to Consist of seven persons, three of
whom shall be appointed by the council of the city of Nor-
folk, upon the nomination of the chamber of commerce of
Norfolk, and in the event that there be no chamber of com-
merce, then by the cotton exchange, two by the council of
the city of Portsmouth, and two by the board of supervisors
of the county of Norfolk.

§2. The said commissioners shall hold their office for a
term of four years, beginning on the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and eighty: four, unless sooner remuved
from office, and until their successors shall have been elected
and qualified, and a majority of them shall constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of business. The said commissioners
shall be a board to be known as the board of harbor commis-
sioners of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and shall organize by
electing one of their number president, and such other oft-
cers as may be necessary for the proper dispatch of such
business as may come hefore them. All vacancies which may
occur in the bourd, shall ‘be tilled in the same manner as the
original appointments.

$7, That the board of harbor commissioners shall have
power to appoint, annually, all harbor masters for the cities
of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and assign their duties and fix
their compensation, and may remove them at pleasure: pro-
vided however, that there shall not be less than two harbor
masters for sitid port, one of whom may be a resident of the
city of Norfolk. The powers of all harbor masters and port
wardens heretofore appointed and acting shall cease and
determine after the organization of the board.

§ 11. That the board of harbor commissioners shall publish
an annual report of their proceedings, and furnish a printed
copy of the same to the governor, auditor, councils of the city
of Norfolk, council of the city of Portsmouth, and board of
supervisors of Norfolk county; and in the discharge of the
duties of their office shall be governed, in the matter of the
expenditure of money, by any concurrent resolution adopted
by the councils of the city of Norfolk, the council of the city
of Portsmouth, and the board of supervisors of Norfolk
county ; and before entering upon the discharge of their
duties, the members of said board shall qualify by taking the
oath of office required by the laws of this commonwealth.

2. All acts and parts of acts, so far as they conflict with the
provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passave.