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September 20th, 1956 At a called meeting b£ the City Council, held on September 20th, 1956, there were presentt A.C. ~artlet't, W. E. ~inton, ~r~nk ~. Kirb~y, ~ohn E. Sco{t, R. Irvine Smith, ~ ~.~ Earl Weiseman~, t. G~. ~fas~, City Manage~, a~d R.C. Barclay, City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by W. E. Hinton. The £ollowing call for the meeting was read: "Please attend a called meeting of the City Council, in t~e Council Chamber, at 3:~0 P~M,, on Thursday, September 20th, to consider the paasage of an or - dinance on its £irst reading, entitled: 'AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE T~ ISSUANCE OF TWO NILLION~FIVEMUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS TO BE ENOWNAS WATER BQNDS, FORT HE PURPOSE OF MAKING IMPROVEME. NTS~ EXTENSIONS AND A~I~IONS'TO THE SYSTEM OF WATER WORKS OF rITE CITY, s, PURSUAI~T TO SECTION 127, CLAUSE B, OF THE~ CONSTITU- tION OF VIRGINIA~, AND SECTION 15-~9~ OF THE COD~ OF VIRGINIA, 1950, AND UNDER AUTNORITYOF THE VOTE O~ THE QUALIFIED ~OTERS OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AT AN ELECTION HELD ONe.HE EIGHTH ~A/f OF N~EMBER, 1955, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE FOEM OF SA~D BONDS AArD FOR THE PAY}~ENT THEREOFw By Order of the President." 56-273 - The City Attorney presented the following ordinance: "AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE TKE ISSUANCE OF TWO MILLION FIVE HLSYDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS TO BE ENOWN AS WATER BONDS~ FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING IMPROVE~, E)fTENSIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE SYSTE~ OF WATER WORKS OF THE CITY,. PURSUANT TO SECTIOA~ ~27, CLAUSE B, OF THE CONSTITU- 'TION OF VIRGINIA. AND SECTION ~5~5~4 OF' THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, 1950, AND UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF ~4E CITY OF PORTS~OUTH AT AN ELECTION HELD ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF I~OVE~BER, 1955, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE FOR~ OF SAID B0~DS AND FOR ~ PAY~ENT THEREOF" Motion of Mr. Weiseman to place said ordinance on O n mo~ion adjourned. first reading, was adopted. Approved~~.~__ Presidenz.