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were present:
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<br />proved.
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on July 1Bth, i949,there
<br />
<br />Leslie T. Fox, Fra~ N~ Bilisely, Jr., Fred A~ Duke, George L.
<br />Grimes; Arth~r Po Henderson, Carl C. Houghton, Jr., James N;
<br />Howard, E. Robie Sturtev~ut, C. E. ~krren, Pearle J~ ~ilson,
<br />W. Guy Ancell, City ~anager and R.-C. ~Barclay, City Attorney.
<br />
<br />~inutes of regular meeting held onJuue 2Sth, 1949 were read and ap -
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<br />The following report of the Zoning Con~nission was received:
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<br /> ~'At a meeting of the Planuing and Zoning Commission, held on July Vth,
<br />1949, the Commis'sion,~ with ~he approval of the Department oF Public Safety, approved the mak-
<br />ing of Queen Street from Second Avenue to Godwin Street, a one-way street; trafficS'being per-
<br />mitted in~n easterly direction and pa~king limited to the south side of the Street.
<br /> The Planning Commission requests the City Council to adopt this recom-
<br />
<br />mendation."
<br />
<br /> Motion to lsj 0ntable until next regular meeting was adopted.
<br />
<br /> The following communications from the City ~ganager were read:
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<br /> 1st - "i have a letter from H. A. Hunt, Superintendent of Portsmouth
<br />Ph~l_e, Schools, stating that two of our teachers have been retired and I recommend that they
<br />be placed on the gratumty list along 'with the other retired teachers.~'
<br />
<br />June 15,
<br />
<br />Attachment
<br />1949.
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<br />"I hereby notify you that the two teachers listed below retired as of
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<br />Miss Louise Poind~x~er of West Norfolk, Va., a teacher ~
<br /> ~n the Port
<br />Norfolk Sch0o~, who' retired after thirty-s~ven years of service.
<br />~. James G. ~orcom of ~0~ N. Green St., a teacher in the I.C.
<br />Norcom High School, who retired after thirty-nine years of service.
<br />
<br />~ith best wishes, i am.~'
<br />
<br />Notion of ~r. Howard to lay on table, was adopted.
<br />
<br />~nd - The ~anager presented the following ordinance:
<br />
<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO A~J~h~D T~h~ ORDINANCE I~fPOSING AND LEVYING LICENSE
<br />TAXES BY ADDING TO CNA~TER TWO THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO HE KN0%~
<br />AS SECTION 22-A RELATING TO PHOTOGRAPB~R~"
<br />
<br /> Motion o f ~. Houghton to suspend the rules and act on s aid ordinanc~
<br />at this time, was adopted.
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<br />lowing vote:
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<br />On motion o f ~r. Houghton, said ordinance was adopted and by the fei-
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<br />~yes
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<br />Fox, Bilisoly, ~ake, Grimes, Henderson, Houghton,
<br />Howard, Sturtevant, ~arren, Wilson
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<br />Nays - None
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<br /> 3rd ~ "~e to an error made by the Po~smouth Star in an.advertisemen
<br />covering the ca,merit off-taxes a considerable number of our citizens were penalized by paying
<br />their taxe~ o~ ~uly 6th, '
<br /> instead of July 8th, which the newspaper adverhisement published as
<br />acceptable.
<br /> I recommend that these c-tzzens be reimbursed for this penalty.
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<br />adopted,
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<br />~otlon of Mr. Bilisoly to concur in the E~aager's recommendation, w as
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<br />4th - The ~anager presented the following resolution:
<br />
<br />"Be it Resolved by the Council of the City~ Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia, that all o rdin~uces hereafter passed by the City
<br />Codicil for the violation o f which any penalty is imposed,
<br />shall be published for five successive days in the P~rts-
<br />mouth Star, a daily newspaper published in the City, or
<br />copies thereof shall be posted by t he City Clerk om the bul -
<br />letin boards locatedi n the hallway of the Nuniclpal Buildio~
<br />and in front of the Court House of the C~ty, as may be directed
<br />by the City ~auager, and the Clerk shall make a record or entry
<br />in th~O~dlnance Book, of the-time of the first publication or
<br />posting, and duly certify the
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<br />0n motion of N~. Duke, said resolution was adopted.
<br />
<br /> ~th - The Nan~ger stated ths. t he had opened bids for the $~0~,000.00
<br />School Bonds and that ~he bid of Scott, Homer and Mason was the~b est bid and he recommended
<br />that the bonds be awarded to Scott,Homer and !~ason of ~ynchburg.
<br />
<br /> The bids are as follows:
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