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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY ~ENDING SECTION 2-12 THEREOF PERTAINING TO ANNUAL LEAVE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 2-12 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 2-12. Annual leave. (a) There shall be granted to each officer and em- ployee of the City annual leave at the rate of one day of an- nual leave for each continuous calendar month of employment. (b) In addition to the annual leave benefits provided in subsection (a) above, each officer and employee who shall have completed the specified number of calendar years of continuous employment shall be entitled to additional annual leave, in ac- cordancewith the following schedule: (1) Seven years, two days. (2) Ten years, three days. (3) Fifteen years, five days. (4) Twenty years, seven days. Those persons reaching 7, 10, 15 and 20 years service shall be credited their additional annual leave provided in .this section on their anniversary dates. Those persons who have previously attained 7, lO, 15 and 20 years service shall be credited their additional annual leave on January 1 of each year. (c) Annual leave may be taken at any time with the writtenapproval of the department head concerned. During the period of December 16 through December 31, department heads shall not take annual leave except with the prior written-approval of the City Man~g~_~r or his ~ Annual leave taken shall only be charged against the normal working days of the officer or employee concerned. (e) Ail annual leave taken must be reported to the finance department at the end of each period, and such