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It has been modified 13 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 529; in 1956, chapters 218 and 664; in 1958, chapters 190 and 279; in 1960, chapter 606; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1966, chapters 405 and 612; in 1968, chapter 625; in 1970, chapter 581; in 1972, chapters 41 and 837; in 1973, chapter 380; in 1978, chapter 235; in 1983, chapter 11; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82354,"section_number":"15.2-1414.3","catch_line":"Alternative procedure for establishing salaries of boards of supervisors; limits; fringe benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1414.3\/"},{"id":55833,"section_number":"15.2-1414.6","catch_line":"Permitted salaries; salary increases; reimbursement for expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1414.6\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152971,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73329,"identifier":"15.2-1426","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/4\/15.2-1426","url":"\/15.2-1426\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1426\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/4\/15.2-1426","dublin_core":{"Title":"Form of ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1426","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">object<\/span> of every <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, except an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> approving a budget, an annual appropriation <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> or an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> which codifies <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span>, shall be clearly expressed in its title. 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