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page 3 The remedies provided in this section shall be in addition to any other remedies provided by law for the collection of taxes, and this section shall not be construed ~o repeal any other provisions of law. Chapter IV, Section 47. City treasurer's list of uncollected taxes - Preparation; oath. The city treasurer, after using due diligence to collect said levies, shall make out a list of such as cannot be collected, upon forms similar to those pre- scribed in Section: 58-978 of the Code of Virginia, 1950. Chapter IX, Section 1-a. Division of jurisdiction ~nd functions between ~wo or more judges° Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the city council may provide by ordinance for the division of the jurisdiction and functions of the civil and ~o!ice justice herein mentioned so that prov'ision may be made for two or more judges, clerks and cour~ rooms. Such ordinance shall either divide between the said judges the jurisdiction and functions mentioned in this chapter or provide that any or all of such jurisdiction and functions shall devolve upon one or more courts conforming ~o the provisions of Title 16.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950; provided, however, that whenever the provisions of this section shall become operative, the judge and associate judge of the juvenile and domes- tic relations cour~ of the city shall be appointed by the judge of the Cou~t of Hustings~ Chapter X, Section 2. Effective date of ordinances and certain resoIu- tions; referendum. No ordinance passed by the council, unless (a) otherwise required by the general laws of the State, or (b) an ordinance immediately necessary for the preservation of the public morals, health or safety, and which contains a state- ment of such immediate necessity and is passed by a~ least a recorded affirmative vote of four of the seven members elected to the council, shall go into effect until thirty days after its final passage. If a~ any time during said thirty days a petition signed by electors equal in number to at leas~ ~wen~y per centum of the electors voting for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, protestin~ against the enactment of such ordinance and request&~g its repeal, or requesting its adoption in_a proposed amended form, he presented to the coun- cil, such ordinance shall thereupon be suspended from going into effect, and it shall he the duty of the council to reconsider such ordinance° If ~pon recon- sideration thereof, said ordinance is not entirely repealed, if so requested, or adopted in the amended form, as proposed, the council shall submit the question of the repeal, or the adoption of the ordinance in its proposed amended form, in the mauner provided by (a) of section one of this act; if the repeal of such ordinance was requested, such ordinance shall not go into effect unless a majority of the electors voting thereon at such election shall vote against its repeal; if the amendmen~ of said ordinance was proposed~ the ordinance shall become effective in its proposed ~aer~ed form if such majority vote is cast in favor thereof, but if sot such ordinance shall become effective in the form as enacted by the eounoil~ No resolution of the council appropriating money other than for the regular payro!ls, or incurring or providing for the incurrin~ of any expense or disposin~