A. 
All moneys received or collected for use of the city from any source shall be paid over, held and disbursed as the Council may order or resolve, and in such depository or depositories as may be prescribed by the Council, either by ordinance or resolution.
B. 
Where a depository is so designated the deposit may be conditioned upon security to be furnished by it and approved by the Council either in the form of a surety bond or the deposit of securities, as directed, and where security is furnished and approved the Council may relieve the surety on the bond of the depositing official from liability growing out of the loss of such deposit by reason or acts or failure of the depository, provided nothing herein shall be construed to release said surety from liability for loss resulting from any dereliction of duty on the part of the official.
C. 
The Council may establish and maintain a centralized system of bookkeeping, accounting and controls which shall comprehend and include the fiscal transactions of all officers and departments of the city including the city school board and the city public welfare board.
A. 
In any action against the city to recover damages against it for any negligence in the construction or maintenance of its streets, alleys, lanes, parks, public places, sewers, reservoirs or water mains, or other public works engaged in by the city, where any person or corporation is liable with the city for such negligence, every such person or corporation shall be joined as defendant with the city, where service of process may be had in Virginia in any action brought to recover damages for such negligence, and where there is judgment or verdict against the city, as well as the other defendants, it shall be ascertained by the court or jury, which of the defendants is primarily liable for the damages assessed.
B. 
If it be ascertained by the judgment of the court that some person or corporation other than the city is primarily liable, there shall be a stay of execution against the city until execution against such person or persons or other corporation or corporations shall have been returned without realizing the full amount of such judgment.
C. 
This section shall not apply to any action maintained against the city and Stafford County to recover damages for negligence in the construction, maintenance, or operations of the Regional Landfill operated by the city and Stafford County.
No action shall be maintained against the city for injury to any person or property or for wrongful death alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the city or of any officer, agent or employee thereof, unless a written statement by the claimant, his agent or attorney or representative of the nature of the claim and of the time and place at which the injury is alleged to have occurred or been received, shall have been filed with the city attorney, or with the Mayor, or the city manager, within six months after such cause of action shall have accrued; except if the complainant is able to establish by clear and convincing evidence that due to the injury sustained for which a claim is asserted, he was physically or mentally unable to give such notice within the six month period, then the time for giving notice shall be tolled until the claimant sufficiently recovers from the injury so as to be able to give such notice.
The Council shall have full and complete powers to pass any ordinances not expressly prohibited by state law for planning, zoning, site plans, subdivisions, and preservation of historic and archeological resources, as completely as if all such purposes were fully set forth specifically herein.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the persons holding any of the offices provided for in this charter, which offices have existed under the charter heretofore in force, shall continue to hold the same under their previous election or appointment until the term of such office as herein provided shall expire, dating the commencement of such term from the time fixed in the former charter.
The Council may require bond with surety from the city manager, treasurer, auditor, and such other officials and employees as may from time to time be prescribed by the Council, in such penalty as may be provided by ordinance.
Should any portion of this act be declared unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such decision shall not invalidate any other portion, section or provision hereof, and all parts of this charter not expressly held to be invalid shall remain in full force and effect.
All ordinances, rules, regulations and orders legally made by the City of Fredericksburg in force on the effective date of this charter, insofar as they or any portion are not inconsistent with this charter, shall remain in full force and effect.