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<br />4. M~iled 270 delinquent personal property tax notices.
<br />5. Delinquen~ personal property tax collected in this office prior to 1952,
<br /> amounts to $579.77 without penalties.
<br />S. Viewed and checked taxes on 383 parcels of land in the Pinners Point area.
<br /> Three parcels of land sold by court action on ~ay 2nd. Three lots on Charleston Ave.-
<br />one lot on Center Avenue and one lot on Wool Avenue." '
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> Srd - "I submiz the attached report from Assistant Chief K.L. Host, Chief of the Bureau
<br /> of Fire Prevention and I concur in the recommendation of Chief Host."
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<br /> a out a month ago, I refused to grant permission for the unloading of Ammonium~Nitrate
<br /> prohibited by Section 9-2, Page 213 of the City Code. Since thai time I have in '
<br /> U.S.Coast Guard and the National Board of F ir Und~wv~ , ~ _ vestlgated and found that both thel
<br /> in the handling of this chemical. I am inclosin~___o _~ _~o~ oz~ -. . g he~r opinion as to the danger involved!
<br /> Py a u~rect~ve for the Coast Guard and a copy of a letter
<br /> from ~athew M. Braidech, Director of Research for the National Board.
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<br /> Based on the information received, I recommend that Section 9-2 of the City Code be amend-
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<br />and unloaded from ships and railroad cars, but not manufactured, in the City, provided ~hat no Class '~" explosive
<br />are on board or any other dangerous or combustible materials be Stowed in the ~ame or adjacent holds of any vesse~
<br />having such mixtures of ammonium nitrate on hoard, and provided that no blasting operations for breaking ap any
<br />caked formation where bulk shipments are involved, and provided further that a properly certified analysis of the
<br />cargo or shipment Shall be presented on request of the inspection official."
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<br /> Motion of ~ir. Howard to refer zo the City Manager and City Attorney was adopted.
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<br /> 4th - "I submit the a~tached petition and recommend that the matter be referred back to
<br />the City ~anager for further investigation.
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<br /> Both N_r. Bergeron and ~Lr Brandt are absen~ from the City and I was unable to
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<br /> Attached -
<br /> "We, the citizens of King and County ~s., near the Western Branch Road, after having the
<br /> hight wateF in onr yards, sheds and places~0f business Monday night May 18th, 1953, would
<br /> like to know why the opening ~o the large drain pipe on~Tt~ Ave. was closed~ that drained
<br /> ~he Tara property and~.~hy it cand~uot be opened, or some other proper drainage so as to
<br /> help drain the water off when we have such heavy rains. We would like to have this read
<br /> a~ the Council meeting May 26th,I953.
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<br /> Respectfully,
<br /> Dr Lem Lecht Mrs. Nannie Powell
<br /> Mrs. ~aude Barnes Mrs. W. N. Pond."
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<br /> ~otion of ~r. Wilson ~o refer to the City Manager to have an estimate made of the cost of
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<br />hue, was adopted. Motion of Mr. Lawrence ~o refer ~o the City Manager the drainage condition on Prentis Ave=
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Warren ~o refer ~o the City Manager the drainage condition on Fayette
<br />between Fourth and Fifth Sts., was adopted.
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<br /> 5th - "I am submitting the attached sub-division control ordinance for Norfolk County."
<br />was adopted. Motion of Mr Houghton to refer ~o the Planning Commission~ City Manager and City Attorneyl,
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<br />'NE~ BUSINESS
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<br />read:
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<br />The following Court Order from William Hedges Baker, Clerk of the Hustings Court, was
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<br />"VIRGINIA:
<br /> At the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth
<br /> day of May, 1953.
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<br />held on the 14th
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<br /> IN THE MATTER OF: ~tition of Thelma J. Bailey for the )
<br /> Law Docket No. 1739
<br /> correction of an erroneous assessmen~ )
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<br /> This cause in which notice was duly given to R. C. Barclay, City Attorney of the
<br />City of Portsmouth, and~L. E Turling~on, Commissioner of Revenue.of said City, within the time required by law,
<br />came on this day to be h~ard upon the petition of Thetma J. Bailey for the correction of an erroneous assessment
<br />of taxes against her real estate shown u~on the re-assessmen~ land book of the City of Portssmouth for the year
<br />1950, page 13, line 21/ as follows:
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<br /> Thelma J. Bailey, part 39. 541 Elm Avenue. Land 700.00, building $2800.00, Total $3500.0D,?
<br />as increased by the Board of Equalization of said City. And R. C. Barclay, City Attorney, having appeared and
<br />defended said petition, and it appearing from the evidence that the action of the Board of Equalization in Increas-
<br />ing the assessment of the building on the land was in error, and that the assessment of $2000.00 placed on said
<br />building by the Assessors of the City was proper, the conrt doth adjudge, order and decree that the re erties
<br />of the sa~d Thelma J. Bailey be assessed as follows' Land $700 00 buildin~ eo0na a~' + + ~ ~-~^ ~ P
<br />~ne sal~ 'l~etma dL Sailey be exonerated from the payment of the ~um of $20.00 for taxes on said real estate for
<br />each of the years 1951, 195~, and 1953, and that if the same has been p~id the said amounts be refunded ~to her,
<br />and the Clerk of this Court shall refund ro the petitioner any cosE collected in conneetion with bringin~
<br />suit as none is assessable under Code Section 58-1157.
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