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Au~ast 26th7 1958. At a regular meeting of the City council, held~on August 26th, 1958, there were present: A.C. Bartlett, W.E. Hinton, Frank L. Kirby, John E. Scott, R. Irvine Smith, H. E~ Weiseman, A.P. Johnson,Jr., acting City Manager, and J.S.Livesay,City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by W.E. Hinton. The following report from the Cemetery Trustees. was presented by A.C.Bartlett, Chairman: 58-218 -"The Cemetery Trustees recommend to the Council that the City accept title to the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, subject to the conditions and procedures reoom - mended as follows: (1) The books of the corporation and the trustees should be inspected by the City Auditor. (2) The form of ownership certificate issued by the corporation should be made available ;o the City Attorney for study; and (3) The plot of the cemetery should be made available to the City Attorney for study in connection with deed description, etc. (4) Attorney for Trustees and the City Attorney should prepare a draft of deed containing description and conditions acceptable to all parties; (5) City Council should resolve to accept conveyance of the cemetery by deed in conformity wit~ the draft mentioned in paragraph (1) above, when such conveyance has~been approved~by cour~ decree; (6) The trustees and the City should bring declaratory judgment proceedings against a receiver for the corporation, the grantees in the deeds of record, and ten of the holders of ownership certificates; and (7) After the conveyance is made, City Council should amend the Code as neces- sary to include the new cemetery in the system now owned by the City." Motion of Mr. Weiseman that this be admitted to the agenda was adopted. Motion of Mr. Weiseman that the Council accept title To the Evergreen Memorial Park Ceme- zery, subject to the recommendation of the Cemetery Trustees, and that the City Atorney be instructed to carry Out~ ~hesefprovisions, was adopted. On motion of Mr. Weiseman, the rules were suspended ~o hear from interested persons. Mr. M.Katz spoke in regard to the matter. The £ollowing reports from the City Manager were read: 58-257 - "It is in order at this time ~o hear from representatives of the Portsmouth I~dustrial Foundation." On motion of Mr.Weiseman, the rules were suspended to hear from interested persons. Tommie Bie presented the budget of the Portsmouth Industrial Commission: "Advertising in Wall Street Journal Eastern edition - 52 insertions of 56 line advertisements, one each week through entire year @ $1.74 per agate line Wall Street Journal "Extended Advertising" service - reprints of advertisements in an attractive color folder for direct mail. 3,000 copies produced by WSJ Covers for "Reports on local manufacturing enterprises" (already printed) and other material. Also to be used as covers for next folder described $5,066.88 133.00 250.00 Series of Seven Information Folders covering Labor,Govern- ment, Living, Utilities) Market, etc. Similar to Charlotte, N.C. folders attached 3,150.00 Revised and Improved Edition of Portsmouth Industrial. Foundation Folder attached. Bringing information up to date and gi~ing more detailed data 450.00 Rental of Booth Space and expenses incidental to exhibit a; National Industrial Development Exposition Total Expenditures 700.00 9,749.88." tries into the City. Leon Lasting spoke regarding the necessity of making an effort to bring additional indus- On motion of Mr. Kirby, the budget of the Portsmouth Industrial Foundation was adopted. 58-258 - "The request of the Norfolk County Board of Supervisors for a master meter to be placed at the Hodges Ferry Bridge for the purpose of furnishing water north of the bridge, has been studied. The acting City Manager does no5 recommend the installation of this me~er since we do not have the size and type of main which may be used to serve the proposed area. The acting City Manager does recommend that this mat~er be given further con - sideration if a definite proposal is made by the Board of SHpervisors of Norfolk County."