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AN ORDINANCE TO Y~VISE, EEARPJINGE, ~-~ND AND RECODIFY ~HE GEN~f~IL <br />ORDInaNCES OF PORTSMOUTH RELATI~NG TO WARDS, ~,ECTION DISTRICTS BND <br />VOTING PLACES; TO THAT F~,D TO REPEAL CHAPI~ER 37 OF ~ CODE OF THE <br />CITY OF PORTSMObR~H, VIRGINIA, 1961, WHICH C~HAPTER INCLUDES ARTICLES <br />1 TO 3,' BOTH INCLUSIVE, BiND SECTIONS 37-1 TO 37-50, BOI!H INCLUSIVE, <br />OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUFH, VIRGINIA, 1961, ARiD WHICH <br />CHAPTER R~-W, .ATES TO~W~, ELECTION DISTRICTS B2fD VOTING PLACES; TO <br />~I~fD THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTS~DU~H, VIRGINIA~ 1~61, BY ADDING <br />THERETO IN LIEU OF THE FORFZ~ING CHAPTER, ARTICLES ~D SECTI01~ OF <br />THE CODE REPE~LED BY THIS ORDINANCE, A N~7~ ~HAPTER ~Ri~BERED 37.t, <br />WHIC"H CHAPTER I~CLUDES ~ AP~ICLE~ R-0%~BERED 1 TO 2, BO~H INCLL~IVE, <br />Ai~) h~W SECTIONS NI~,~ERED 37.1-1 TO 37.1-6~, BO~H INCLUSI~]~, ~ELATING <br />TO WARES, E~gCTION DISTRICTS ~]© VOTING PLACES; ~ND TO PP~SCRIBE WH~q <br />SUCH REVISION ~D RECODIFICATION ~HALL BECauSE E~T~CTI~-E. <br /> <br />Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br />1. That Chapter 37 of the Code of. the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, t961,~ <br />which includes articles 1 to 3 and sections 37-1 to 37-50, inclusive, as <br />amended, is repsaled, <br /> <br />2. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1~61, be amended <br />by adding thereto, in lieu of the chapter, articles and sections of said <br />code herein repealed, a new chapter nsmbered 37.1, new articles nuabered <br />i to 2, both inclusive, which new chapter, articles mud sections are as <br />£oll~s: <br /> <br />~Jh°TER 37.1 <br /> <br />WARDS, ELECTION DISTRICTS ~3~D VOTING PLACES <br /> <br />ARTICLE I. WARDS AND ET,ECTION DISTPJCTS <br /> <br />Sec, 37.1-1. Generally. <br /> <br /> The city of Portsmouth shall not be divided into %.~_~ds but shall be <br />divided into the folio%ring election districts or precincts, the resp.ective <br />designation and boundaries of which shall be as p~ovided in this ~article. <br /> <br />Sec. 37.1-2. Precinct No. 1 (Jefferson). <br /> <br /> The boundaries of Precinct No. i shall be as fo. llows: Beginni.ng <br />at a point wh~re the center line of High street projected easterly into <br />the Elizabeth River intersects the eastern boundary .line of the city, <br />and from thence running west along the center line of High Street to <br />its intersection with the center li~ne of Washirgton Street, projected. <br />into High street, thence north along the c~nter line of Washington Stra~t <br /> <br /> <br />