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November 26, I968 - 68-39§ -The following letter from L. David Lindauer was read: "The Electoral Board of the City of Portsmouth had I~eviously requested an increase in comppmsation for the members of the Board. We have never recefved any zasponse tO our ~equest, nor have we received any increase in compensation. , I would like to respectfully call attention to Sec. 25-39 of the Code of Virginia, which provides that the compensation of the Secretary of tl~e Electoral Board, in cities of more than S0,000 inhhbitants, shall hot be less than $$00.00. I am respectfully requesting that the sum of $$00.00 be paid for my services for the year 1968, and that the amount of $100.00 be paid for the previous four years of my service as Secretary of the Electoral Board, as required by the statute." Motion of Mr. Bastes to refer to the Budget Study. Motion of Mr. Smith to amend the motion to include members of other Boards and Commissions was adopted. Vote being taken the amended motion was adopted, without dissent£ng vote. In th~medonnection the following letter from the City Attorney was read: "The GEneral Assembly has established the compensation to be pa~d to local electoral board members by general law. Section 24-37 of the Code of Virginia provides that the secretary of the local electoral board shall be paid $20.00 per day with an annual maximum of $1,000.00 plus milage payments for any necessary travel. The other members of the board are to be paid $15.00 per day with an annual maximum of $250.00 plus milage. This Section authorizes localities of supplement these salaries if they so desire, Section 24-38 provides that the secretary of the board may be reimburse his actual expenses up to $300.0G per year. Section 24-39 nrovides that the Council of a City of over 50,000 population may provide additioBal compensation to the members of the local electoral board in the amount of $300.00 for the secretary, and $50.00 for each other member." 68-400 - The following letter from A. B. Spencer, Sect'y., The Civic League, was read: "In a regular meeting of the United Civic League, held Monday, November 18, 1968, I was instructed to write you and ask permission for a representative to speak to the Council at it's next session, Tuesday, November 26, 1968. Our representative would like to bring to t~e cuuncil's attention the transportation situation as it'is now existing and some of the hardshps that are cuased by it. Thank you in advance for your consideration." Motion of Mr. Johnson to suspend the rules to hear the representative from the United Civic League, was adopted. Rev. Ralph Rflavis spoke. The City Manager stated that his office had investigated comnlaints re: hus service and had been informed by the Community Bus Company that service which had beenr~interruped by the strike, would be resumed on schedule on December 2, 1968. Motion of Mr. Smith that a feasibility study be made by the City Manager for the ooeration by the City of a public transpor~a~ion system was lost, and by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, Smith, Turner Nays: Barnes, Mastes, Johnson Substituee motion of Mr. Hastes t~at the City Manager be instructed to 5ring in a report on the cost and parameters of the study before the Council goes into the study was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-401 - The following letter from the Supt. of Schools was read: "The School Board respectfully requests that the City Council transfer to the School Board the title of the land on which the Diagnostic, Adjustive and Corrective Center for the Learning is to be constructed. The attorney for the School Board has been requested to ~repare the deed {~r the transfer of this property. This transfer must be effected before the application can be acted upon by the State Board." Motion of Mr. Smith to defer action until the City Manager and the City Attorney can confer with the Supt. of Schools was adopted, without dissenting vote, 68-402 - The following letter from the.City Attorney was read: "The Constitution of Virginia provides that "the General Assembly shall enact such laws as are necessary and proper for the purpose of securing the regularity and purity of general, local and primary elections..." In performing this duty, the General Assembly has enacted a number of statutes governing the conduct of elections and insofar as general elections are concerned the General ~ssembly has seen fit not to impose any filing fee whatsoever. Hm~ever, it has provided for a filing fee to be paid by a candidate in a party primary election. This fee ranges from $1.00 for an unpaid job to 2% of the annual salary for a paid job. The purpose of these primary filing fees is to pay the expenses of holdil~g a primary election. S~atutes also provide that if a candidate in a primary withdraws or is unopposed, then the filing fee shall be returned to him. A City has only such pew,s as are expressly delegated to it by the General ~ssembly has a&thorized locatiti. to establish voting precincts and voting places. This is the limit of local authority ~onnection with elections. Therefore,elections. the City Council has no authority to impose a filing fee in connection with the conduct of councilmanic