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94 ~otion of Mr. Howard to refer to the City ~anager, to report on same in detail, was adopted. The~City Attorney~presented the following letters: let ~The United States Navy Department requires an ~nnual contrac~ for the purchase of water'rat the Navy Tard. Heretofore the Superintendent of the Water De- partment has signed the contract but the cop~ submitted at this time requires a certificate of the City Clerk , showing that the governing body of the City has approved'the contract. The attached contract has been approved by ~[r. Nttrden and my- self, and.I..recommend 'that .~r. Eurden be authorized to sign the contract, attested by'the City Clerk. ~' adspted. Eotion of ~. Warren to concur in the Attorney's recommemdation, was 2nd - "On August 16th, 1949, I made settlement with '-~r. W.H.~%Cassell and Mrs~ Virginia Cassell willcox for the property ~n Airline Turnpike purchased for a new colored school. The School Board agreed~ to p~rchase this property under an agreement entered into las6 February and under the terms of~the agreement the owners were to pay taxes for the past twenty years as collectable bY law and interest to January l, 1949. I deducted in the Settlement $4,884.4~ which is sufficient to pay the taxes for the years 1928 to 1948, both inclusive and f~nterest to J~uuary let, 1949. The City Collector desires authorz y to accept this in payment of all taxes due on the property and requests that t~ following-taxes be relieved in order 6hat his books may not have a~y charge remaining on'the property, ns_mely: (~) acres on Airline ~otzon of ~r. acres and s'even adopted. 1927 ..................... $149 ;55 1926 ..................... 138;V5 i925 ..................... 83.25 19~4 ......... ~ ........... ~V.30 The above amounts cover the two assessments on eleven (ll) Turnpik~ in~ the name of Norman Cassell." Weiseman to concur Lu the Attorney's ~ecommendation,was T~e report of the CDty Clerk & Auditor for the month of July ~vas re- ceived and ordered filed. NLr. ~Warren~s motion that the. following ordinance be placed on its first reading, was adopted~ "AN 0RD~ANCE DESIGNATING QUEEN STRW~T, BETWEEN E~ATER Ah~D SECOND A~ AS A 0NE-WAT STREET EAST~ FOR T?ZE PASSAGE OF VEHECLES WITH PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE 0NLT, AND DESIGNATING KING STREET, ~ET~N WATER ~ND GODWIN STRF~£S AS A 0NE-WAT STREET ~ST FOR THE PASSAGE OF VEHICLES, WiTH PARK- ING ON THE NORTH SI~E 0NLT, A~D PRESCRIBING PENAL - TIE~ FOR THE VIOLA~ION stant, The following letter from the Chief Of Police was read: "Acknowledgment is hereby made of your letter to me of the 12th in - in whic~ you write as follows: 'Dear Chief Dunn: Confirming our conversation of a few days ago regarding your demo~idn to Police Captain for one d ayand yoUr promotion backt o Chief, for the purpose of retaining your seniority under Civil Service. I have given this matter careful consideration and I feel that since this procedure has been in effect for five years, I do not fee! that in fairness to the other Police officers, you should deny them their promotion any longer, in order for you to make up ydur mind as t~ whether you wa~ut to continue on as Chie~ or not. Therefore, I shall expect you to advise me be- tween now and September 1st, 1949, whether you w~nt to continue as Chief of Police without holding your Captain's seniority, or ~nether you wish t o continue as a Captain in t he Police Depart- meEt. Thanking you for your promptness iht his matter, I am, c/c Hon. ~ayor Leslie T.Fox ~.W.T.. Gal&lloyd. Yours~ very truly, W. Guy Ancell, City ~anager." plying, I read After re~ceiving you~ letter a~d before I had the opportunity the following in the Ledger Dispatch: '~ucell won,t appoint new C~ief if ~nn quits post. PortsmOUth City mauager, .Guy Ancell, today issued his first public statement on t he two weeks ultimatum handed