Chap. 318.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in regard to
notice by publication of the codification of ordinances of the city of Norfolk,
approved March 10, 1902.

Approved March 25, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act en-
titled an act in regard to notice by publication of the codification of ordi-
nances of the city of Norfolk, approved March tenth, nineteen hundred
and two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Whereag, the councils of the citv of Norfolk propose making a new
codification of the city ordinances ; and,

Whereas, in so doing changes will be made in many of the present ordi-
nances ; and,

Whereas, the charter requires all ordinances prescribing a penalty to
be published for five days successively in two newspapers; and,

Whereas, it will be impracticable to publish the ordinances so changed
in the newspapers, and it is desirable to provide for this and future codi-
fications: therefore,

2. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That whenever
the councils of the citv of Norfolk shall codify and print in book form
the ordinances of the city, it shall be unnecessary to publish any new or
changed ordinances therein contained in a newspaper, and all ordinances
therein contained shall take effect after the said codification shall have
been printed in book form, and notice of the fact that said codification
has been printed in book form, and that the same may be seen at the
city treasurer’s office, shall have been published for five days successively
in two of the daily newspapers published in the city of Norfolk: pro-
vided, that no change in the ordinances and no new ordinance shall be
included in such codification unless the same shall have been introduced
or proposed at the councils at least thirty days prior to the meetings at
which said codification shall be enacted or approved, and such changes
and such new ordinances shall be open for inspection to the public from
the time they are introduced or proposed in the councils, and any indi-
vidual, corporation, or newspaper shall have the right to copy and pub-
lish the same: provided, no expense is imposed thereby on the city.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.