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At a called meeting of the City Council~ held in the Council chamber~ ~on DeCember ~th~ 19~0~ there were present: the Council Chember Frank N. Bi!isoly~Jr.~ George L. Grimes~ Carl C. Houghton~Jr.~ James N. Howard~ R. Irvine Smmth~ E. Robie Sturtevant~ C.E. W~rren~ Pestle J. Wilson~ I.G. Vass~ City Manager~ and R.C. Barclsy~ City Attorney. The follo~ng call for the meeting was read: "You are requested to attend a c~lled meeting 'of the City Council in at 7=30 P,M.~ on Tuesday~ December ~th~ 19~0~ to' consider the following: 1st - Bids for the sale of $1~575~000. City of Portsmouth Bonds. 2nd Request of Kings Daughters Hospital for an appropriation of $ 0,o09. 3rd The disposmtion of the property known as the Jeffrey Wilson site. 4th - Any other matters that may come before the Council. By Order of the President," opened The following letter from the City Manager. was read: "Bids for the sale of the $1~7~000. Cit~y of Portsmouth bonds were st ll:O0 o'clock today. The following bids were received: Halsey Stewart & Company~ with an interest rate of .0192% Scott~ Homer & M~son~ with an interest rate of .0190% Blythe & Company ~ with ~ interest rate of .O189% Bank of Virginia~ with an interest rate of ' .019~ Northern Trust Company~ with Union Securities Corporation and Braun~ Bosworth & Comoany~Inc. Trust Company of Georgia and ~nderson-& Strud~cick~ with ~ interest rate of .0186~ /~ ~, ~ ~he ~orthe_n Trust the bonds be aw~rSe~-~o'that company." Comoany being the low b~dder~ I recommend that. Motion ~ Mr. Warren that the bonds be sold to the Northern Trust Com- the low bidder~ was adopted~ and by the following vote: Ayes - Nays Bilisoly~ Grimes~ Houghton~ Howard: Smith: Sturtevant: Warren~ Wilson None was taken up: The following letter~ presented by the City M~uager at last meeting: "I sm submitting herewith a Resolution from the Women's Auxiliary of the Kings Daughters Hosoital and a letter from Mr. Frank C. Hanrahan and also the revised li~ of patients that the Kings Daughters Hospital authorities have requested the City to pay. There are no funds in the Budget for this item and if payments are t( be made to the hospital: it will require a special appropriation." Resolution - "kq~REAS~ the Women's Auxiliary to the Kings Daughters Hospital has~ for many- years~ taken deep interest in the welfare of the hospital~ and have used o~ best energies to assist the Hospital in its worthy work to administer to the sick and injured of the City of Portsmouth~ and I'YHEREAS the institution~ which has just recently passed its~ Fiftieth Anniversary~ now~ during these trying time~ of high cost of operation~ finds itself in a oosition ~ere it is very difficult to maintain its high class s~rvice~ whmch it has always rendered~ because of lack of sufficient funds. 0~r greatest losses appear in the near group~ which are unable to pay hospital bil!s~ smd yet do not come under the State ahd City Welfare Act. This will undoubtedly continue~ and WItEREAS~ our institution is a non-profit institution~ and hos- oitals ttzroughout the nation are subsidized by cities in order to meet conditions such as outlined in this resolution~ our organiza- tion in meeting assembled today~ on this Fourteenth day of No - vember at its monthly meeting~ and ~ost earnestly requests that both the City Manager and each member of the Council give serious consideration to the request made by the Board of Directors of the Hospital through its Administrator~ Mr. Frank C. Hanrahan~ for the sum of $40~000,00~ and suggest that monthly payments be allocated so that an orderly Administration of ~fairs may be maintained. - Yours tru~y~ THE WOMEN'S AbXCILL&RY TO TPr~KINGS DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL By Mrs. Thomas Oast~ President Mrs. Lemuel Mayor Secretary.',