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AN ORDI~-~ANCE TO ~END THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTS- ~iOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY ADDING TO CHAPTER 2 THEREOF, A NEW ARTICLE CONSISTING OF ELEVEN SECTIONS, PERTAINING TO THE ESTAB- LIS~fE~T OF A MUSEUM AND FINE ARTS COmmISSION AND ITS ORGANI- ZATION AND DUTIES~ Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: i. That the code o~ the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961 be amended by adding to Chapter 2 thereof a new article, such new article to read as follows: Article XIII. Museum and Fine Arts Commission Section 2-95. Museum and Fine Arts Commission ---Created; comp- osition; terms of members, vacancies; oath; compen- sation. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the museum and fine arts commission, which shall consist of fifteen members who shall be citizens of the city and shall be elected by the council. Of the original board, five members shall be elect- ed for a term of one year, five members shall be elected for a term of two years and five members shall be elected for a term of three years. At the e~piration of the respective terms of such men~bers their successors shall be elected for terms of three years. The members shall hold office during their respective terms and until their successors are elected and qualified. AlL vacancies shall be filled by election by the council for the remainder of the unexpired term. The mer~oers of the museum and fine arts commission shall serve as such without compensation. Section 2-96. Removal of members. Any me~er of the commission may be removed by the council for inefficiency, neglect of duty, misfeasance, or malfeasance of office. Section 2-97. Same --- Organization meeting; quorum, rules, and regulations. The members of the museum and fine arts commission shall, i~nediately after their election and qualification, meet and organize. A majority of the members of the museum and fine arts commission shall constitute a quoru~ for the transaction of business. The museum and fine arts commission shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for their guidance as may be deemed necessary and expedient.