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December 9. 1969 (h) Authorize the deputy or assistant city attorneys or any of them or counsel to perform auy of the duties imposed upon him; and (i) Have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the special council. 7.04. Action Against the City for Damages. Whenever in any action, suit or proceeding against the city, any person, firm or corporation may be liable or responsible with the city, such person, firm or corporation shall, upon motion of the city, be joined as a defendant with the city. ~,~enever there is a verdict and judgment against the city and any other defendant, it shall be ascertained by either the court or the jury which of the defendants is primarily liable or responsible. ARTICLE VIII Education § 8.01. School Board. The school board of the City of Portsmouth shall consist of nine trustees who shall be appcinted by the council from the city at large. Every school trustee shall, at the time of his appointment, be a.resident of the City of Portsmouth, and if he shall cease to be a resident of the city, his office shall be deemed vacant. The school trustees in office on the effective date of this act shall continue in office for the terms for which they were appointed, and their successors shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this section for three-year terms. 8.02. School Funds. The school board of the city shall on the first days of the months of January and July ia each year transmit to the council and to the city manager a detailed statement of all money received by said board or placed to its credit and all moneys disbursed by said board during the preceding six months, whether such moneys shall have been appropriated by the council o~ r~ceived from any other source for the purpose of public education. Sep- arate accounts shall be kept by the said board of the moneys appropriated by the council, and moneys received from other sources, and every such statement shall show the balance of each class of funds on hand or under control of said board as of the date thereof. The said school board shall prepare and submit to the city manager, at the time requested by him, for his information in making up the budget a detailed estimate of the amount of money required for the conduct of the public schools of the city for the ensuing fiscal year, with an estimate of the amount of all funds which will probably be received by said board for the purpose of public education from sources other than appropriation by the council. No money shall oe paid out or become available to be paid out for any contemplated expenditure unless and until there has first been made an appropriation for such contemplated expenditure by the council. Should any moneys, other than capital items, derived from sources other than state funds be unexpended in any year and thus become available for use the next year pursuant to Section 22-138 of the Code of Virginia, the council may provide in the budget that the city's share of the appropriation for the next ensuing year shall be decreased in a like amount. ARTICLE IX Administration of Justice 9.01. Municipal Court. There shall be a municipal court for the City of Portsmouth. Such have both civil and criminal Jurisdiction and such other Judicial powers as by general law on municipal courts of cities of the first class. court shall are conferred § 5.02. Judges of the Municipal Court. The Judge, associate judges and substitute judges of the municipal court shall be appointed for four-year terms by the judge of the court of hustings for the City of Portsmouth. Appointments to vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. The terms of all associate judges and substitute judges shall be coterminus with the term of the judge of said court. The term of the judge of the municipal court in office on the effective date of this act shall expire on July l, 1970; his successor shall be appointed for a four- year term commencing on July 1, 1970. All appointments hereunder shall be subject to the approval of a majority of all the members of the city council. 9.03. Divisions of Court. The judge of the municipal cour~ may designate divisions within the court to handle cases of a particular type or class; such divisions may be designated as police, traffic or civil divisions. In his sole discretion the judge of said court may assign the work of a particular division or divisions to himself or such associate judges as may be appointed. in order to equalize The work load of such judges.