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CHARTER Ch. 1, § 2 court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding instituted by either the. city or the property owner for that purpose before the said city shall take any steps to remove the said obstruction or encroachment, or to impose any penalty therefor. No encroach- ment upon any street, however long continued, shall' constitute any adverse posses- sion to or confer any rights upon the persons claiming thereunder as against the said city. (35) Dedication of any street,' alley or lane in said city may be made by plat or deed. Any street or alley reserved in the division or subdivision into lots of any portion of the territory within the corporate limits of said city, by a plan or plot of record, shall be deemed and held to be dedicated to public use, unless it appears by said record that the street or alley so reserved is designated for private use. The council shall have the right to elect, by resolution entered on its minutes, whether it will or will not accept the dedication of any street or alley. (36) To do all things whatsoever necessary or expedient for promoting or maintaining the general welfare, comfort, education, morals, peace, government, health, trade, com- merce or industries of the city or its inhabitants. (37) To make and enforce all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying into effect the powers conferred by this Charter or by any general law, and to provide and impose suitable penalties for the violation of such ordinances, rules and regulations, or any of them, by fine or confinement, or both; which shall not exceed the ma~mum of such penalties allowable under the general laws of this Commonwealth for misdemeanors or, in the case of traffic infractions, the maximum penalties allowable under the general laws of this Commonwealth for such traffic infractions; and the city may m~intain a suit to restrain by injunction the violation of any ordinance notwithstanding such ordinance may provide punishment for its violation. The enumeration of particular powers in this Charter shall not be deemed or held to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise thereof, the said city shall have and may exercise all other powers which are now or may hereai~er be possessed or enjoyed by cities under the Constitution and general laws of this state not inconsistent with this Charter. (38) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law (§ 36-1 et seq., of the Code of Virginia, as amended), the members of the council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, during their respective terms of office as councilmen, are authorized and empowered to act as the commissioners of the Martinsville Redevel- opment and Housing Authority, whenever the said council shall adopt a resolution declaring: (a) The need for an authority to function in the City of Martinsville, and (b) The determination that the members of the council of the City of Martinsville shall act as the commissioners of the said authority. Supp. No. 36 11