CHAPTER 460

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6.08, 11.03 and 25.05 of Chapter 141 of
the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 8, 1958, which chapter
provided a charter for the city of Newport News and which sections
relate, respectively, to the budget, the Director of Public Health and
clerks of courts of record.

[H 326]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 6.08, 11.03 and 25.05 of Chapter one hundred forty-one of
the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred fifty eight, approved March
third, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, be amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 6.08. Budget a Public Record.—The budget and budget message
and all supporting schedules shall be a public record in the office of the City
Manager open to public inspection after the budget has been made public
by * the City Manager; provided, however, that no department or agency,
head or judge or board or commission, manager or director of finance
shall divulge details of the proposed budget nor make public statements
regarding budget estimates until the budget has been * publicized by the
City Manager and made public by * him. The City Manager on author-
ization from the council shall cause sufficient copies of the budget and
budget message to be prepared for distribution to interested persons.

11.03. Director of Public Health. Qualifications—The head of the
department of public health shall be the director of public health. He shall
be a graduate of an approved medical school and licensed to practice
medicine in the State of Virginia and shall be appointed by the City
Manager *.

§ 25.05. Each clerk of a court of record of the * city of Newport
News shall be paid a salary of not less than * twelve thousand dollars * per
annum * ; provided, that no such clerk shall receive a salary which exceeds
the salary allowed to clerks of courts of record by general law. Such
salary shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in lieu of
the retention by any such officer of any and all official fees, commissions
or compensation of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source
derived; and the city council of the * city shall provide for the payment
of such salary out of the city treasury in equal monthly installments. The
expenses of office of each such officer, including the compensation of
deputies and employees, shall be likewise paid out of the city treasury on
duly authenticated vouchers, when and as such expenses are incurred,
or may become due and payable, or at least twice monthly. The maximum
amount of such expenses in the case of each officer shall be fixed by the
State Compensation Board, and the State Compensation Board shall fix
the number and compensation of the deputies and employees of each such
officer.

All fees and commissions of every kind or character received or
collected by each such clerk and from whatever source derived, shall be
paid into the city treasury by each such clerk monthly. All fees, and com-
missions of every kind and character, whether payable by the State, the
United States, or private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter
made receivable by law or ordinance by such clerks shall continue to be
paid to and collected by them, and shall be paid into the city treasury
monthly, except that the city aforesaid shall not be required to pay such
clerks any fees or commissions for services performed for such city.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.