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A~I ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF EIGHT MILLION TWO <br />HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS TO BE ~0~ AS PORT IMPROVE- <br />MENT BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING PORT IMPROVEMENTS AND <br />CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONAL PORT I~PROVEMENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION <br />127 CLAUSE (B), OF THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA, AND CHAPTER <br />5 OF TITLE 15.1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, 1950. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City is authorized <br />reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge and <br />harbors and sea walls; and <br /> <br />to acquire, construct, <br />equip wharves, docks, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, such wharves, <br />shall constitute an undertaking <br />a revenue; and <br /> <br />docks, harbors and sea walls <br />from which the City may derive <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized <br />quire, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge <br />such wharves, docks, harbors and sea walls; and <br /> <br />to ac- <br />and equip <br /> <br /> ~*~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized under <br />and by virtue of Section 127, Clause (b), of the Constitution <br />of Virginia, and Chapter 5 of Title 15.1 of the Code of Vir- <br />ginia, 1950, to issue so many bonds as may be necessary to <br />acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge and <br />equip such wharves, docks, harbors and sea walls; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, it is necessary and expedient to acquire <br />certain port improvements and to construct additional port im- <br />provements to constitute a revenue producing undertaking and <br />to borrow for that purpose the sum of Eight Million ~vo H~dred <br />Thousand Dollars and to issue bonds therefor; ~nd <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 127, Clause (b), of the Constitution <br />of Virginia, requires the ordinance authorizing the issuance of <br />such bonds to be approved by the affirmative vote of the majority <br />of the qualified voters of the City voting upon the question of <br />their issuance at the general election next succeeding the en- <br />actment of the ordinance, or at a special election held for that <br />purpose; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that: <br /> <br /> Section 1. (a) Pursuant to Section ~27, Clause (b), <br />of the Constitution of Virginia, and Chapter 5 of Title 15.1 <br />of the Code of Virginia, 1950, in order to acquire certain port <br />improvements and %o construct certain additional port improve- <br />ments, which shall constitute a revenue producing undertaking <br /> <br /> <br />