CHAPTER 44

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4 and 76, as amended, of Chap 157
of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, as amend-
ed, which provided a charter for the city of Portsmouth, "relating to
the election, terms and compensation of councilmen, and the compen-
sation of other city officers, clerks and assistants.

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Approved February 15, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That §§ 4 and 76, as amended, of Chap 157 of the Acts of Assem-
bly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, as amended, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 4. All members of the Council, including the Mayor in office on
the effective date of this amendment, shall continue in office for their
present terms.

At the regular election to be held on the second Tuesday in June,
nineteen hundred and fifty, there shall be elected by the qualified voters
of the wards known as Madison Ward, Marshall Ward, Monroe Ward,
Washington Ward, and Wilson Ward, one councilman for their respective
Ward; and at the regular election to be held on the second Tuesday in
June, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, there shall be elected by the qualified
voters of the Wards known as Jefferson Ward, Jackson Ward, Lee Ward,
Harrison Ward, and Tyler Ward, one councilman for their respective ward.

The councilmen so elected shall hold office for a term of four years
beginning on the first day of September next following the date of their
election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

A salary of one hundred dollars per month shall be paid to each mem-
ber of council, with the exception of the Mayor, who shall be paid a salary
of one hundrea twenty-five dollars per month.

§ 76. The city council shall grant and pay to the members of said
council and to all city officers, clerks and assistants, elected or appointed
under ur 1n pursuance of this act such salaries or compensation as shall
be fixed by this charter or by ordinance of the city.