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<br />March 26th, 1957.
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO A~END AND RE,ORDAIN SECTION 1-20 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, I951, RELATING TO ~LECTION DISTRICTS AND PRECINCTS"
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<br /> 57-125 - "I sabmi$ the attached amendment to the -City Code and recommend that
<br />placed on first reading."
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<br />on first reading."
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<br />it be
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<br />'AN ORDINANCE TO A~END AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 1-14 OF THE CODE OFT HE CITY OF
<br />PORT~OUTH, 1951, RELATING T0 THE BOUNDARIES OF MON~OEWARD"
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<br />Motion of Mr. Weiseman to .place the .~bQve'. ~dinance onfirst reading,was adopted.
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<br />57-126 - "I submit the attached amendment to the City Code and reco~m~end that it be placed
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<br />Motion of Mr. Weiseman to place the following ordinance on first reading, was adopted:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO AN~ND AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 1-15 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, 1951~ RELATING TO THE BOUNDARIES OF LEE WARD"
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<br />57-127 - "I submit the attached amendment to the City Code and recoanmend that it be placed
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<br />Motion of Mr.'Hin~on to place the following ordinance on first reading, was adopted:
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<br />"A~{ 'ORDINANCE TO A~END AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 1--21 OF. THE CODE OF THE CITY'OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, RELATING TO VOTING PLACES"
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<br />57-128 - "It is in order to elect membe'rs of the Park Committee."
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<br />Motion of Mr.Baker to go .into the election of members for the committee for the establishmen~
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<br />of a new downtown waterfront park, was adopted.
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<br />adopted
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<br />The following names we. re submitted.:
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<br />W.T. H, Galliford, Chairman
<br />~r. Ernest Acton, J~. ~:
<br />~Mrs. Belvin Blachman
<br />Rt. Rev. Wm. A. Brown
<br />~Lp_rskall ~W.B~tt ,
<br />Paul S. Du/aney
<br />Rear Admiral ~eorge A. Holderness, Jr.
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<br />Mrs. Robert ~.McMurran
<br />John R. ~orte~, Jr.
<br />H. Earl Weiseman
<br />R.L. Wickers
<br />B.C. Williams
<br />J. Herbert Simpson
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<br />Motion of Mr. Hinton that nominations b~closed and that~he above people be elected, was
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<br /> 57-129 - "I submit the attached amendment to Section 9 of Chapter II of the License Tax
<br />ordinanc~ of%~the. City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and recommend that it be placed on first reading. I also have
<br />a petition from the Retail Grocers' Assn., signed by a group of merchants requesting that the License Tax Or-
<br />dinance be amended to be paid in ~two annual installments.
<br /> I do not recommend that'this amendment be made effective at the present time
<br />since it~ would influence the budget which has been approved a~d woul~ caus~ a d~ficit in the current year's
<br />budget if we deferred the collectionof these licenses for a six months period.
<br /> If it is the plea~ur~ of the Council to consider the petition, it should be
<br />done at the time the new budget is being prepared in order that the matter can be considered in preparing the
<br />budget," -
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<br />Motion of Mr. Smith ~o place the following ordinance on first reading was adopted:
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<br />'AN ORDINANCE TO A~END AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 9 OF CHAPTER II OF THE LICENSE TAX
<br />ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, RELATING TO CANVASSERS, PEDDLERS AND VENDORS"
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<br /> Motion of Mr.'Weiseman. to concur in the r, commendation of the City Manager in reference
<br />tO the petition presented, ws~adopted. - ~ lm~ ~
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<br /> 57-130 - "In accordance with the resolution adopted by you on February 26th, 1957, I toda3
<br />offered for sale at pu~lic- a~c.tion, fer cash, in. fro~ of the Cou~t House ~ this City, the parcel of land front-
<br />ing sixty feet on the east side of FiPst Avenue and extending back a depth of One Hundred and five feet and ad -
<br />joining the Oak Grove Cemetery, after having given ~en days' notice of the time, place and ~erms of sale by
<br />advertisement in ~he Portsmouth ,Times,' a daily newspaper puhlished~:in ~this-.-ci~y. The sale was well attended and
<br />there were several bidders. The property was sold to c.g. Wimt~r~gh and Sons for Twelve Hundred Dollars, which
<br />was the highpst and best~ bi~ offered at the sa~e.,.-I recommend ~ that the sale be confirmed and the proper offi -
<br />cers of. the City be attthorized, to execute a deed conveying the property to the purchasers, or their nominee. "
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Smith to ~cur. in ~he_ recommenda,tion~ of the City Manager. was adopted.
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<br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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<br /> 57-94 -
<br />placed e~ f~rst, reading at~ last meeting, was,~aken up.
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<br /> On motion of Mr, ~eiseman, an appropriation of ~1,000o00 for said purpose was adopted,
<br />by the following vo~e:
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<br /> Ayes: Bartlett, Baker, R~ton, Kirby,Scott, Smith, Weiseman
<br /> Nays: None
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<br />An appropriation of $1,000.00 for construction of Little League Baseball field,
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