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~yes: Smith, Atkinson, Dillon~ Leafy Nays: Walker 61-33~ - The following communication fromthe City Manager was read: "I recommend that an appropriation in the amount of ~10,000.00 from the General' Capital Improvement Fund be placed'on first reading. This is to cover incidental expenses in the preparation of the annexation suit. [ Motion of Mr. Leafy to approve on first reading an appropriation in the amount of ~t0=000.00, for said purpose, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Smith, Atkinson, Dillon, Leafy Nays: Walker. On motion adjourned. President. City Clerk * "The ~ortsmo~th- Nor~lk County Bar ~sociat~n has recognized the need for, and recommended the creation of an additional judge for the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth, Va. Also, the Judicial Council of Virginia has confirmed the action of our local bar,-and stated that it would recommend the creation of such judgesh~ to the General Assembly of Virginia when it meets in January of 1962. As president of the Ports - mouth Nor~Ik Count~ Bar Association, a~ on behalf of same, Z hereby request yon gentlemen this date to ap - prove and confirm by appropriate resolution the aforementioned proposed judgeship to be created by Legislative action in 1962. A copy of the report adopted by our Bar Association is inclosed. Appreciating your co-operation I remain - signed William H Oast= Jr., PreSident." On mouion of Mr. Leafy, the following resolutionwas adopted: "WHEREAS, the Portsmouth and Norfolk County Bar Association has moved that an additio hal judge be appointed to serve in the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth, Virginia; and WHEREAS, the Judicial Council of Virginia has approved and confirmed the request of the Portsmouth and Norfolk County Bar Association and is to recommend the creation of such judgeship to the General Assembly of Virginia when it convenes in January of 1962; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it concurs in the opinions expressed by the ~ortsmouth and Norfolk County Bar Associatiom and the ~udicia] Council of Virginia relative to the creation of an additional judgeship for the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and herewith joins with the aforesaid Bar Association and Council in requesting that such Judgeship be created by the Legislature of Virginia at its 1962 session, with the proviso that such Judge- -ship will be effective as of January 1, 1963; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Hon. Mr. Jus- tice Lawrence W. I'Anson of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia and a member of the Judicial Council, the Honorable WilliamB. Spong, Jr., State Senator, and the Honorable Willard J. Moody and the Honorable Donald H. Sandie, Members of the House of Delegates and the Honorable William H Oast, Jr., President of the Portsmouth and Norfolk County Bar Association, and to the Honorable Vincent L Parker, Jr., President-Elect of the Ports- mouth and Norfolk County Bar Association."