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April
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<br />following vote:
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<br />Motion of Nr. Houghton to appropriate $210.00 for said purpose, was adopted, and by the
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<br />Ayes: Duke, Bilisoly, Grimes, Houghton, Howard, Smith, Sturtevant, W~rren
<br />~ays: None
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<br /> 9th - "I am submitting herewith a letter from Chester Bartlett, BoyS' Work Secretary-for.
<br />the Easter Dawn Conmittee. This is for your information..
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> loth - "For your information, I am attach~g hereto a letter from the Hon. Ndllard Caldwel~
<br />Federal Civil Defense A~m~istrator, Washington, D.C., concerning a Civil Defense Conference. I have requested
<br />General Galliford to attend this conference as am official representative of the City of Portsmouth. It is m~ un-
<br />derstandinE that Mr. William Birdsomg, Co-ordinator for the South Hampton Roads Defense area will also attend."
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<br />motion filed.
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<br /> llth - "I am submitting herewith a letter from Bernard Bryan Miller for your consideration
<br />without recon~e~dation. I have not had sufficient time to make a study of this request. If you desire to refer
<br />the matter Back to me for a report, I will make a thorough investigation,~ regarding this pr~position to operate
<br />a concession at the sm~ll beach at City Park where small canoes could be rented at an hourly rate."
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<br />Motion of Fir. Grimes te refer to the City Manager and City Attorney, was adopted.
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<br /> 12th - "I submit herewith a letter and report on condition of our City Jail, from Major
<br />R.M. Yeuell, Director, Division of Corrections, Department of Welfare sud Ihstitutions."
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> 13th - "I submit herewith a letter from the Hon. John B. Hynes, Mayor of the City of Bos-
<br />ton, relative to th~ City Clerks' Convention to be held in Boston on May 22md-25th,1951.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard to refer to the City Manager was adopted.
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<br /> Motion cf Mr. Warren to suspend the rules to hear from Mr. Immen, was adopted.
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<br /> Mr. Immem spoke 'in reference to the City license on buses used to transport workers to amd
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<br />fre~their Jobs.
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<br />Motion of Mr. Houghton to refer to the City Manager aud Oity Attorney, with power to act,
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<br />Motion of Mr. Smith to suspend the r~les to hear from J.B. Pague, was adopted.
<br />Mr. Pague spoke in reference to the renting of a stall in the City Market.
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<br />Notic~ of Mr. Grimes to refer to the City Manager and City Attorney was adopted.
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<br />The following ordinance, placed om its first reading at last meeting, was taken up and read:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND gE-ORDAIN SECTION 17 ENTITLE~ 'AN ORDINANCE TO
<br />EEGOLATE THE LICENSING AND OPERATION OF TAXI-CABS ON THE STreETS OF THE
<br />OIT~'"
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<br />~n motion of Mr. Grimes, said ordinance was adopted and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Duke, Bilisoly, Grimes, Houghton, Howard, Smith, Sturtevant, Warren
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> The following letter from the City Clerk w~s read:
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<br /> "tn pursuance to the resolution which you adopted on the 13th day of February, 1951, for
<br />the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters cf the City the question as-to whether the ordinance entitled
<br />,An Ordtuamce Levying an~ In~osing a Tax on Every Sale, as Defined in this Ordinance, of Cigarettes within the
<br />City of Portsmouth,Defining Ce~in Words and Phrases used in this (~d~uanoe, Fixing the Rate and Amonnt of said
<br />Tax, Providing for the Paymen~ and Co!teotiou thereof, Authorizing the City Collector to Make Certain Rules and
<br />Regulations regarding the Ada,~1$tration of this Ordinance, Defining Vi~lations of the Provisions of this Ordi -
<br />nance and Prescribing Penalties Therefor' adopted on December 26th, 1950, a.~d levying a Cigarette Tax, shall be
<br />repealed.
<br /> An election was held in the City on April 3rd, 1951, after the necessary arrangements had
<br />been made by the Electoral Board of the City. I obtained printed copies of the ordinance and enclosed a printed
<br />espy thereof in an envelope with a sample ha&lot a~d mailed the same to each qualified voter of the City mere
<br />than five dayS prior to the election.
<br /> Copies of the above resolution and a notice of the elestion were posted at each voting
<br />place in the City.a-d espies served on the members of the Electoral Board of the City more than twenty dayS
<br />prior to the etectic~.
<br /> A certificate of William Hedges Baker, Clerk of the Court o~ Hustings of the City of
<br />Portsmouth, showing the result of the election, together with a copy of the above-mentioned resolution and notice
<br />with the return of the City Sergeant, are herewith attached."
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<br /> ~Attached - -ABSTRACT OF VOTES CAST at a Special elect~ held in the City of Portsmouth~ State of Vir-
<br />gtmia, on the third day of April, 195-t, for determining the question "whether an ordinance adopted by the C~un-
<br />oil of the City of Portsmouth on Decem~Ber26, 1950, entitled '~nOrdina~ceImyying and t~poeinga Tax onE, cry
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