(A) There is hereby created the World War I Memorial Commission, a nonprofit agency of the city, and a Municipal Historic Landmarks Commission, as provided for in W. Va. Code 8-26A-1 et seq., hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”.
(B) The express goal of the Commission shall be to ensure the preservation and maintenance of municipal landmarks hereinafter identified through authentication and verifying the validly of artifacts, documents, media and other source material presented to the city’s Historical Preservation Commission, the Nitro Museum and/or any other historical vested entities. Such preservation and maintenance of landmarks action by the World War I Commission shall be for the purpose of causing the city to be forever recognized as a true living memorial to World War I.
(Prior Code, § 155.01) (Ord. 11-5, passed 10-18-2011)