CHAPTER 514

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4.14, as amended, 5.06, 18.02 and 20.02
of Chapter 328 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 4,
1950, which provided a charter for the city of Falls Church, and to
amend the said chapter by adding a section numbered 4.17, the
amended and new sections relating, respectively, to appointments by
council, the relations of the city manager with boards, commissions
and agencies, condemnation proceedings, the school board, and to char-
ter amendments proposed by council.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 4.14, as amended, 5.06, 18.02 and 20.02 of Chapter 323 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 4, 1950, be amended and re-
enacted, and that the said chapter be amended by adding a section num-
bered 4.17, as follows:

§ 4.14. The council in making appointments shall act only by the
affirmative * vote of a majority of the members of the council. All mem-
bers of boards and commissions, appointed by the council, shall be qualified
voters of the city, actually residing within the city limits.

§ 5.06. The city manager shall have the right to attend and par-
ticipate in the proceedings of, but not to vote in, the meetings of all boards,
commissions or agencies created by this charter or by ordinance. *

§ 18.02. The city is hereby authorized to acquire by condemnation
proceedings lands, buildings, structures and personal property or any
interest, right, easement or estate therein, of any person or corporation,
whenever in the opinion of the council a public necessity exists therefor,
which shall be expressed in the resolution or ordinance directing such
acquisition, and whenever the city cannot agree on terms of purchase
or settlement with the owners of the subject of such acquisition because
of the incapacity of such owner, or because of the inability to agree on
the compensation to be paid or other terms of settlement or purchase, or
because the owner or some one of the owners is a nonresident of the State
or cannot with reasonable diligence be found in the State, or is unknown.

Such proceedings shall be instituted in the court of appropriate
jurisdiction.

§ 20.02. (a) The school board shall consist of seven trustees who
shall be qualified voters of the city actually residing within the city limits.
The trustees in office at the effective date of this charter are hereby con-
tinued in office for the terms for which they were elected.

(b) On the first Monday in June, 1950, and every three years there-
after, the council shall elect two trustees for a term of three years from
the first day of July following their election; and on the first Monday
in June, 1951, and every three years thereafter, the council shall elect
two trustees for a term of three years from the first day of July following
their election. On the first Monday of June, 1952, and every three years
thereafter, the council shall elect three trustees for a term of three years
from the first day of July following their election. Except as provided
in this charter the school board shall have all the powers and duties
relating to the management and control of the public schools of the city
provided by the general laws of the Commonwealth, including right of
eminent domain within and without the city. None of the provisions of
this charter shall be interpreted to refer to or include the school board
unless the intention so to do is expressly stated or is clearly apparent
from the context.

(c) The power conferred on the city by §§ 2.03 (f) and 2.03 (h)
shall be exercised by the school board with respect to property and build-
ings devoted to public school purposes. The title to property and buildings
devoted to public school purposes shall be in the school board.

In addition to the authority conferred upon the city by Chapter 7,
the school board may borrow from the Literary Fund of Virginia or from
such other sources as may be available to it by general law.

§ 4.17. Amendments to this charter proposed by the council shall be
by resolution. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, at any time not later
than three working days after the adoption of such resolution to supply
copies of its full text to those who individually request them and, within
ten days after tts adoption, to cause to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the city, a notice containing the section numbers
and titles affected by the amendments proposed by the council.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.