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December 9~ 1969 9.04. Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. There shall be a juvenile and domestic relations court for the city. Such court shall possess the same jurisdiction and powers as are conferred by law upon juvenile and domestic relations courts of cities of the first class. § 9.05. Judges of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. The judge, associate judges and substitute Judges of the juvenile and domestic relations 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 coterminous with the / term of the judge of said court. The term o~ the Judge of the juvenile and domestic relation cour~ in office on the effective date of this act shall expire on July l, 1970; his successo~ shall be appointed for a four-year term commencing on July l, 1970. All appointments ~ hereunder shall be subject to the approval of a majority of all the members of the city council. § 9.06. Assignment of Work. The judge of the jmvenile and domestic relations court may assign the work of said court, in his sole discretion, betw~ himself and such associate judges as may be appointed, in order to eGmalize the work load of such Judges. § 9.07. Judges of Courts Not of Record. Any Judge, associate judge or substitute judge of any court not of record located within the City of Portsmouth may act as the judge of any other court not of record located within the City of Portsmouth and while so acting, he shall perform the same duties, exercise the same power and authority, and be subject to the same obligations as prescribed by law for the judge of such court. § 9.08. Justices of the Peace. There shall be appointed by ~he judge of the ma~ri~y.of all the members of the City Council ten justices of the peace for the city at large who shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The terms of the jdstices of the peace in office on the effective date of this act shall expire on January l, 1975; their succes'sors sh~ll be appointed for four year terms commencing on January 1, 1973. The judge of the municipal court shall exercise general supervision and administrative power over the Justices of the peace. This sh&ll include the power to regulate the time and place of sitting such justices of the peace. The judge of the municipal court shall designate one of the justices of the peace as the chief justice of the peace who shall have suc4 additional duties as the council may prescribe. Appointments made under the provisions of this section shall be revokable at the pleasure of the majority of members of the City Council. § 10.01, Initiative, Petition for Initiative. (a) Any proposed ordinance, ARTICLE X Referendum and Recall including any ordinance for the repeal or amendment of an existing ordinance may be submitted to the council by petition signed by at least thirty per centum of the electors eligible to vote in the last preceding general election. Such petition shall contain the proposed ordinance in full. (b) The petition shall be substantially in the following form: To the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: We, the undersigned, qualified electors of this city, honorable, body to ordain the following ordinance: Signature of Elector Street Address respectfully petition your Date Signed (c) The execution of the petition by an elector shall be acknowledged by him, or it may be proved by the oath of a witness who shall swear that he knows the elector and that the petition was signed by the elector in the presence of the witness. The petition may be in the form of separate sheets, each sheet containing at the top thereof the petition as set forth above, and when bound together and offered for filing, shall be deemed to constitute one petition.