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The following letter from th~ City Attorney wes presented:
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<br /> ~I am sending herewith the following ordinances which have been ap?
<br />proved by Wood, King and Dawson, the attorneys employed to pass upon the legality o f the Sani-
<br />tation Bonds to be issued by the City.
<br /> First: An ordinance rescinding the ordinance adopted by the City
<br />Council on September 30th, 1941, for the issuance eT Sanitation Bonds and which was approved
<br />by an election held in November of that year, and all proceedings which have been had in rela-
<br />tion thereto.
<br /> Second: An ordinance providing for the collection of and fixing
<br />fees, rents and charges for services of the sewage disposal system.
<br /> Third: Au ordinance authorizing the issuance of $1,700,000. of
<br />Sanitation Bonds.
<br /> The Council might consider three things in connection with the bond
<br />ordinance, first, the date of the bonds, second, the maturity dates, and third, whether an
<br />anticipation clause should be inserted. I can explain theme verbally.~
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<br />The City Attorney p~esBnted the following ordinance which was placed
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<br />on its first read~ng.
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<br />"AN 0~DINANCE TO REPEAL AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL
<br />OF T~E CITE OF PORTSNOUTH, vViRGINIA, ON T~E 30th day of
<br />SEPTE~BER, l~41, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF ONE MILLION
<br />SEVEN HUNDRED TH0~SA~D DOLLARS OF SANITATION BONDS OF TIiE
<br />CITE OF PORTS~i0UTH, AND ALL PROCEEDINGS HAD I~ CONNECTION
<br />THERE'~TH, INCLUDi~IG A~ ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL
<br />OF T~ CIT~Z OF PORTSMOUTH ON THE ~.6th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1948,
<br />FOR THE !8SUANUE OF THREE HUNDHED FORTE T~0 THOUSA~ND DOLLARS
<br />OF SAID BONDS.S
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<br /> The City Attorney p~esented the following ordinance which was, on
<br />motion of ~r. Weiseman, placed on its first reading:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE..~.F~S, RENTS AND CHAR ~GF~_~ FOR T~HE USE
<br />AND SERVICES OF TME, SEV~G~ DISPOSAL SMST~ OF ~HE CIT~, AND
<br />PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION T~EOF A~TD PRESCRIBING PE~ar~TIES
<br />FOR THE NON-PAYME~ TP~EREOF."
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<br /> The City Attorney presented the following ordinance which~as, on
<br />motion of Mr. ~%iseman, placed on its first reading:~
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<br />~AN 0 RDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ZSSUANCE OF ONE ~ILLION AND SEVEN
<br />HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS TO BE K~0WN AS SANITATION BCNDS,
<br />FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING ~U) CONSTRUCTING A SEWAGE TREAT-
<br />~ SYSTR~, AND TO REINBURSE THE GENERAL ~'uND OF THE CiTY FOR
<br />MONEY PAID FR0~ SUCH FUND FOR THAT PURPOSE AND FOR -FUNDING OR
<br />REFUNDING E~ISTING INDEBTEDITESS INCURRED FOR THAT PURPOSE, PUR-
<br />SUANT TOSECTI0~ lSV, CLAUSE B, of the Constitution of VIRGINIA
<br />and CHAPTER 9 OF THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL A SS~BLY OF VIRGINIA,
<br />1948, ADDING A NEW, CHAPTER TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PORTS-
<br />~IOUTH EN0~ A~ CHAPTER 13, AND D-i~DER AUTHORITY OF THE VOTE OF
<br />TEE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF P0~SI,~0-0THAT A SPECIAL
<br />ELECTION HELD ON TEE THIRD DAY ~JGUST, 1948, AND MAKING PROVISION
<br />FOR THE FOP~ 0 F SAID BONDS AND E0R THE PA~q~ENT THEHEOF."
<br />
<br />The School Budget for 1949 was p~esented and referred to the City
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<br />The following letter was read and referred Do the City At orney.
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<br /> ~ ~The S~hool Board~ at its mooting on F~iday, 0etcher I st, passed a
<br />resolution "that many of the so-called comic books" sold in our City are a menace to o~myouth
<br />as a school~for crime, and should be censored, and that the City 8ouncil be ~equested to enact
<br />an ordinance that would make it possible to prohibi~ the sale of certain o f these books that
<br />were clearly objectionable."
<br /> ~ince~ely
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<br />meeting will be held in
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<br /> H.A. H~nt, Supt. of Schools."
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<br /> Notice from the n~ted States Conference of ~ayors that their next
<br />ashmngton, this winter, was presented.
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<br />The following bill was presented:
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<br />"For holding Court for a~d in t he stead of Judge Nilliam H.
<br />0asr, in t he Police Co?~t, Civil Court and Juvenile and Domestic
<br /> Relations Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for one
<br />month...., one month's salary,
<br />
<br />W.H.~. Cassell,
<br /> Substitute Police and Civil Justicel"
<br />
<br /> ~otion to pay ~ir. Cassell one-twelfth of the amount of the salary of
<br />Judge Oast for the year 1948, was adopted,
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<br /> Motion that the City ~anager be authorized to have the $1,V00,000.O0
<br />S~uitation Bonds printed, was adopted.
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