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The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia

containing the Charter as amended and re-enacted as a whole (approved March 14, 1908), the constitutional and legislative provisions of the state relating to cities, and the general ordinances of the city enacted as a whole August 6th, 1909, in effect September 1st, 1909
  
THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  
CHARTER OF The City of Charlottesville.
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CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CITIES.
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LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO CITIES
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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF The City of Charlottesville.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
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CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
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CHAPTER XI.
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CHAPTER XII.
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CHAPTER XIII.
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CHAPTER XIV.
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CHAPTER XV.
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CHAPTER XVI.
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CHAPTER XVII.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
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CHAPTER XIX.
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CHAPTER XX.
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CHAPTER XXI.
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CHAPTER XXII.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
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CHAPTER XXV.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
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CHAPTER XXVII.
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
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Sec. 502. General control and government—by committee.
 503. 
Sec. 503. Annual reports—when and how made.
 504. 
Sec. 504. Election of superintendent, assistant, salary, etc.
 505. 
Sec. 505. Superintendent—to pass examination.
 506. 
Sec. 506. Assistant superintendent to have two years' experience, etc.
 507. 
Sec. 507. Superintendent—his duties and powers.
 508. 
Sec. 508. Superintendent—employment and control of help.
 509. 
Sec. 509. Pay rolls.
 510. 
Sec. 510. Superintendent to make purchases, etc.
 511. 
Sec. 511. Bills—how approved and paid.
 512. 
Sec. 512. Superintendent to keep books of record, monthly report.
 513. 
Sec. 513. Superintendent—quarterly and annual reports.
 514. 
Sec. 514. Map of mains.
 515. 
Sec. 515. Record of curb cocks and meters in use.
 516. 
Sec. 516. Tenants to give one day's notice of intention to move.
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Sec. 517. Connections for non-residents.
  
FORM OF AGREEMENT.
 518. 
Sec. 518. Gas to be supplied by meters.
 519. 
Sec. 519. Prepayment meters.
 520. 
Sec. 520. Idle meters.
 521. 
Sec. 521. Reading of meters.
 522. 
Sec. 522. Price of gas.
 523. 
Sec. 523. Collection of delinquent bills.
 524. 
Sec. 524. Deposit may be required.
 525. 
Sec. 525. Interference with or removal of meters or fixtures.
 526. 
Sec. 526. Expense of repairs, etc., to be borne by consumers.
 527. 
Sec. 527. Meters to be kept in good repair.
 528. 
Sec. 528. Complaints against gas bills.
 529. 
Sec. 529. Loss of gas at fires to be protected.
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Sec. 530. Examination of meters and fixtures.
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Sec. 531. Sale of coke.
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Sec. 532. Sale and shipments of tar.
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Sec. 533. Assistant superintendent—his duties and powers.
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Sec. 534. Same—to act as superintendent in his absence.
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Sec. 535. Gas inspector.
 536. 
Sec. 536. Connections for gas fitters.
 537. 
Sec. 537. Gas fitters not to allow use of name by others.
 538. 
Sec. 538. Gas connections to be made by city.
 539. 
Sec. 539. Repairs to services to be made at expense of city.
 540. 
Sec. 540. Curbstone stop cock boxes.
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Sec. 541. Injury to meters and fixtures.
 542. 
Sec. 542. Unauthorized additions to pipes and fixtures and the introduction of gas therein.
 543. 
Sec. 543. Permit to disconnect or open for alterations or repairs.
 544. 
Sec. 544. Permit for piping houses.
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Sec. 545. Test of work to be made when completed.
 546. 
Sec. 546. Sizes and length of tubing and number of burners.
 547. 
Sec. 547. Right of access to premises.
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Sec. 548. Turning on or using gas without authority.
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Sec. 549. Obstructions.
 550. 
Sec. 550. Further rules and regulations—by committee.
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Sec. 551. Free gas.
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Sec. 552. Superintendent to deliver all books and papers to successor.
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CHAPTER XXX.
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CHAPTER XXXI.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
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Franchises.

  
INDEX TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
  
INDEX TO LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO CITIES.
  
INDEX TO CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.
  
INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES.
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Charter of City  1 
Constitutional Provisions Relating to Cities  23 
Legislative Provisions Relating to Cities  31 
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I  The Council—Its Powers, Duties and Procedure  64 
II  Clerk of the Council  81 
III  The City Seal  83 
IV  Officers, Their Oaths and Bonds  84 
V  The Mayor  88 
VI  City Attorney  91 
VII  Commissioner of the Revenue and Assessment of Taxes  93 
VIII  Treasurer  97 
IX  City Auditor  105 
X  Sinking Fund  109 
XI  City Contracts  111 
XII  City Engineer  113 
XIII  Names and Location of Wards and Streets and Numbering
of Houses 		 118 
XIV  Streets and Sidewalks  121 
XV  Police Justice  142 
XVI  The Police Force  144 
XVII  Peace, Good Order and Morals  153 
XVIII  Chain Gang  170 
XIX  Public Safety  173 
XX  City Physician  180 
XXI  Board of Health  182 
XXII  Sanitary Laws  187 
XXIII  Mortuary Reports and Vital Statistics  199 
XXIV  Cemeteries  203 
XXV  Water and Sewer Department  206 
XXVI  Sewers  221 
XXVII  Plumbing  224 
XXVIII  Gas and Light  232 
XXIX  Plumbers and Gas Fitters  245 
XXX  Fire Department  247 
XXXI  Public School Trustees  251 
XXXII  The Poor-Committee and Overseer of Poor  252 
XXXIII  Animals in City  254 
XXXIV  Railways and Street Railways  259 
XXXV  Fines  263 
XXXVI  Repeal and Enactment of Ordinances  264 
Franchises  265 
Index to Constitutional Provisions  275 
Index to Legislative Provisions Relating to Cities  277 
Index to Charter of the City of Charlottesville, Va.  282 
Index to General Ordinances  292 
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