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A~ ORDINANCE REQUESTING THAT THE GENEP~%L ASSEMBLY A~.~D CHAPTER I, SECTION 4; CHAPTER III, SECTION 23; CHAPTER III, SECTION 23-e; CHAPTER IV, SECTION 32; CHAPTER IV, SECTION 46; CHAPTER IV, SEC- TION 46-a; CHAPTER IV, SECTION 47; CHAPTER IX, SECTION l-a; C_MAP- TER X, SECTION 2; A~ND CHAPTER XII, SECTION 5 OF THE CHARTER OF CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN THE ~%N~ER THEREIN DESCRIBED. WHEREAS, Sections 15-65~3 and 15-77.74 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, provide for amendment of city charters u~on the holding of a public hearing and request of the City Council to the General Assembly; and W~ERFAS, the City Council is of the opinion that certain amendments to the Charter of the City of Portsmouth are necessary and desirable aT this time, and has held the public hearing specified in the above-mentioned code sections. NOW, THEREFORe, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that: Section 1. The City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare, and the City Manager to transmit to the General Assembly, together with certified copies of this ordinance, drafts of bills amending the hereinafter mentioned sections of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth so that said sections shall read as follows: Chapter I, Section 4. Election and terms of councilmen. The councilmen shall he ~lec~ed at large and shall hold office for terms of four years each beginning on the first day of July next followiD~ the date of their election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified~ Four of the councilmen shall he elected in the general election to be held in June of 1960 and every four years thereafter° Three of the councilmen shall be elected in the general election to be held in June of 1962 and every four years thereafter. Provided, however~ the terms of those councilmen now in office whose terms would otherwise extend until September 1, 1960, shall expire on July 1, t960~ and the terms of those councilmen now in office whose terms would otherwise extend until September i, 1962, shall expire on July 1~ 1962. Chapter III, Section 23° General powers° 'The powers set forth in Sections 15-77.5 through 1~77.70, inclusive, of Chapter 5.1 of the Cede of Virginia as in force on January 1, 1960, are hereby conferred on and vested in the City of Portsmouth. Chapter III, Section 23-eo Election and terms of members of Planning Commission~ The members of the Planning Commission created under the provisions of general la~ hereafter shall be elected by the council and shall serve for such term as may ~e ordained by the council within the limits of general law~ ex- cep~ that the council may by ordinance prescribe shorter te~ma, for any member or members of the Plannin~ Commission thereafter elected, for the purpose of staggering the terms of office so that the zerms of some member or members shall commence each year, but subsequent terms served by such member or members or their successors in office shall b~ of the same length as the terms served by