CHAPTER 35

An Act to amend and reenact § 25 of Chapter 64 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which provided a charter for
the city of Suffolk; the amended section relating to the annual appro-
priation of the city. tH 47)

Approved February 23, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 25 of Chapter 64 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved
February 25, 1922, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 25. The annual appropriation.—Before the end of each fiscal year,
or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the council shall pass an
annual appropriation ordinance which shall be based on the budget sub-
mitted by the city manager, and shall levy such * taxes for the ensuing
fiscal year, if not theretofore levied, as in its discretion shall be sufficient,
together with other revenues of the city, including taxes theretofore levied,
to meet the appropriations made and all just demands against the city on
any account, subject, however, to the provisions and limitations contained
in subsection (a) of section thirty-four of this charter.

In levying taxes the council may provide that any tax so levied shall
continue from year to year unless otherwise changed by the council.

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