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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GINIA, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTION 18-26 THEREOF PERTAINING TO AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AND PRO- CEDURES TO BE UTILIZED THEREIN; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 18-55 THEREOF PERTAINING TO PRESUMPTIONS FROM ALCOHOL CONTENT OF BLOOD. 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 Vir- ginia, 1950; and WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to amend certain sections of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, so as to make said sections 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 18-26, and Section 18-55, such amended sections to read as follows: Section 18-26. Officers and special deputies may direct traffic; signals. Peace or police officers may direct traffic by signals. The chief of police may deputize persons over the age of eight- een years without the power of arrest for the limited purpose of directing traffic in accordance with ~ 46.1-183, Code of Virginia (1950), during periods of heavy traffic or congestion, provided, that such persons first receive training as the chief of police determines necessary to fully acquaint such persons with the techniques of traffic control. Any person who is depu- tized as hereinabove provided shall at all times while engaged in traffic control wear a distinctive police uniform, safety vest or a white reflectorized belt which crosses both the chest and back above the waist. Such signals other than by voice shall be as follows: (a) To stop traffic by hand: Stand with shoulders parallel to moving traffic. Raise arms forty-five degrees above shoulder with hand extended, palm towards moving traffic to be stopped.