CHAPTER 78

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 126 of Chapter 84 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, which
provided a charter and special form of government for the
City of Norfolk, said section relating to the iy es

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Approved February 28, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That section one hundred and twenty-six of chapter thirty-
four of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred eighteen, ap-
proved February seven, nineteen hundred eighteen, which pro-
vided a charter and special form of government for the City of
Ah iin be and the same is hereby amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 126. The City Clerk. The City Clerk shall be elected at
the time, in the manner, and for the term provided by section 11
of this Charter. He may by and with the consent of the Council
ippoint one or more deputies and such number of assistants as
nay be provided for by ordinance. He shall be the Clerk of the
Council; shall keep a record of its proceedings and either he or
one of his deputies shall attend all meetings thereof. He shall
keep all books and papers which by the provisions of this Charter
er by direction of the Council are required to be kept by or filed
with him. He shall be the keeper of the City seal and shall affix
and attest the same when so directed by the Council. He shall
transmit to the City Auditor and the City Treasurer copies of all
ordinances or resolutions appropriating money or authorizing the
payment of money or the issue of bonds or notes, and shall like-
wise transmit to the City Manager copies of all ordinances and
resolutions relating to the administrative departments of the City.
He shall give information to persons presenting communications
or petitions to the Council of the final action of the Council
thereon. He shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Charter, publish or cause to be published, all reports, ordinances,
and other documents required by this Charter to be published,
and also such other reports as the Council may by ordinance or
resolution direct. He shall perform such other duties as are
required by this Charter, and in general shall perform such acts
and duties as the Council shall by ordinance or resolution require
of him. Any of the duties of said City Clerk may be performed
by any of his deputies. The City Clerk and his deputy or deputies
shall receive such compensation and give such bond as the
Council may by ordinance provide.