The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-05
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OF said directors shall qualify and give
bond as provided by law. and shall
ed, however. that the persons first so
chosen shall serve from the first day
of January. 1919. to the first day OF
July, 1890. or until sooner removed
from office; provided, further, that
should the council fail within ten days
after any appointment made by the
4 mayor. to confirm the same the mayor
shall within ten days thereafter APP
point another person OF the auaiifica-
tons hereinbefore stated. and in like
I manner report such appointment to
the council for confirmation, and the
same procedure shall continue until the
| council shall have confirmed the ap-
pointment made by the mayor. And
the mayor shall likewise fill any va
cancy occurring in the office of either
OF such directors in accordance with
the provisions hereinbefore specified.
THE head of the department of
law and the head OF the department of
! finance shall be elected at a joint meet
| ing OF the council to he called for that
! purpose on or before the first day OF
| January. 1912 or az soon thereafter as
! practicable, whose terms OF office shall
respectively commence on the first day
! OF January. 1919, and continue until
/ the first day of July. 1920 They shall
| qualify in the mode prescribed by law
i and at once enter upon the discharge
! Of their duties. and thereafter. on the
( first day OF July, 1870. or as soon there
after as prsctica BILE, the said heads of
the said Departments of~law and finance
: shall be elected by the council of the
city Of Richmond in joint session for
I the term OF two years, and thereafter
biennially upon the expiration of the
| terms Of office of the said heads of
! the departments of law and finance the
I council shall elect a qualified person to
| All such offices and any vacancy oc-
curing in such last mentioned offices
shall be filed in the mode prescribed
/ by law,
8. All other officers under the city
government. other than those herein
before mentioned, required TO be elect
Ell by the city council. shall be elected,
qualify and discharge the duties OF
their respective offices in accordance
with the provisions of the city charter
effective January 1, 1919, and ordi-
nances passed in pursuance thereof or
any statute prescribing the mode of
qualification of such officers and shall
hold their respective offices for the
terms prescribed by law and any
vacancies occurring in such offices shall
be filled in accordance with the pro-
visions Of section 27-b of the charter
of the city Of Richmond.
! I naddition to acting upon the rec
concentrations of the charter changes
committee committee common council
transacted an immense amount OF
business
Henrico County Gas.
The recommendation of the street
committee that the Henrico County
Gas company be permitted to increase
prstn xs4t-
"A FIVE per cent penalty tsame as city
gas) was adopted
/, Other resolutions adopted were: To
acquire right of way for Canoe run; to
acquire land to connect alleys between
Dance and Ashland streets, Randolph
and Harrison; to open Twenty ninth
street, between Midlothian turnpike
and Forest Hill avenue; to acquire land
for alley in court west of Moshy street;
to transfer $4,000 from flume fund to
electric plant extension account, 10
icancef taxes against property of PINE
Street Baptist. church; to authorize the
finance committee to borrow $500. 900;
to transfer $4,000 from street clean
ing payroll TO street cleaning ex-
penses
ordinances TO grant s. A. Ellison &
go. to erect a viaduct over SPOTS
wood avenue: to change name OF
Leonard street to Patterson avenue
TO authorize the civil justice to APP
point substitute clerk at bost OF moi
more than 800 in my one year; tc
make Union bank one Of the city de.
positories to authorize auditor to des.
ignate special collector for delin.
quent assessment bills
ON motion of Councilman Mills
council adopted a resolla ion OF sym
pathy and respect Lao the late William
Il. Sands examiner of records, Couu
. Gilman Mills saiti the efforts Of Maio,
: Sands had been of inestimable value
10 tho city and state. and that a most
excellent ana most sficient officer had
been lost
: Councilman Roden introduced a res
: olution providing for the purchase by
the city of the Henrico gas plant, am
; another for the connection of the gas
? mains of the city plant and that of tn.
Henrico company. both OF which were
referred to the committee on utilities