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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE C'ITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GINIA, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-36 THEREOF PERTAINING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized to en- act as ordinances certain statutes from the Code of Virginia, provided such ordinances are substantially consistent with the state law; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Virginia at its 1973 session amended certain of those statutes of the Code of Virginia, 1950; and WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to amend a certain section of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, so as to make said section conform .to the changes in the Code of Virginia enacted by the General Assembly at its 1973 session. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by amending Section 2-36 thereof, such amended section to read as follows: Section 2-36. Legal Holidays - generally. The following daysare designated .as legal holidays for all employees of the City) except policemen and firefighters and those engaged in such employment as necessarily requires their daily services, and for all state officers performing duties for the City: The first day of January (New Years Day), the third Monday in February (George Washington Day), the last Monday in May (Memorial Day), the fourth day of July (Independence Day), the first Monday in September (Labor Day), the eleventh day of November (Veterans Day), the fourth Thursday in November (Thanks- giving Day) and the twenty-fifth day of December (christmas Day); provided however, that whenever any of the aforesaid holidays shall fall on a Saturday, they shall be observed on the preced- ing Friday, and whenever they shall fall on a Sunday, they shall be observed on the following Monday. No other holidays shall be observed by either state employees partly engaged in city work or by city employees, ex- cep~ when special occasions are authorized bY the City Manager. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Vir- ginia, at a meeting held July 10, 1973.