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there were present:
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<br />At aregular meeting of the City Council, held on July 13th, 1948,
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<br />Leslie T. Fox, Charles 0..Barclay, Fred A. Duke, G~orge .Grzmes,
<br />Arthu~ P. Henderson, Ca~l C. Houghton, Jr., Js~nes ~.Howard,
<br />E. Robie Sturtevant, C. E. Warren, H. ~l ~eiseman, Pearle J.
<br />~ilson, and W. Guy Ancell, City i~ager.
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<br /> Minutes of regular meeting held June 22nd, 19AS and called meeting
<br />of June 26th were read and approved.
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<br /> The question of making Glasgow Street a one-way street, from Craw-
<br />ford Etreet to Effingham Street, traffic going west, was referred to the Zoning C~ission.
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<br /> The Committee appointed to consider the request of the Portsmouth
<br />Transit Companyf or an increase in fare, reported that the Committee hadp gone a s fa~ as it j
<br />could in its study and asked for a conference of the Council. The resident requested that a
<br />conference of the City ounomt be called for Frmday, July 16th, at 6,:50 P.~., for said purpose..
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<br />The foliowing~communications from the City Eanager w ere read:
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<br /> ~ let - The School Boara, at mrs last meetmng, passed a resolutmon
<br />requesting the City Council to make~a specmal appropriatmon of $12,818.00~ to cover three emer
<br />gency repair items as follows:
<br /> A new heating plant at Briggs School t o
<br /> replace the furnace that was beyond repair - $4,051.00
<br /> A new furnace for Prentis Park School to
<br /> replace the present furnace that was beyond
<br /> repair -
<br /> A new boiler for the Truxton School to
<br /> place the old one whichw~s beyond repair -
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<br />The Eanage~ recon~r~er~ded that $12,818~00 be appropriated for
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<br /> ~190o00
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<br />$
<br /> said
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<br />pttrpose.
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<br /> Motion o f ~. Grimes to place on its first reading an appropria-
<br />tion of $1~,818~00, f or said purpose, was adopted.
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<br /> 2nd - The ~ganager presented the following letter from the Superin-
<br />tendent of Schools:
<br /> ~0ne of our colored teachers, ~s. Arde!!a Bailey Bro~rn of 1737 j
<br />Florida Avenue retired on .J?~e l~th after thirt.y s.even yea~s of s er??ce in the Portsmouth Pub-
<br />lic ~chools,on accoo~t of mll health. I am notmfymng you of her retmrement because it has be -
<br />come more or less an established practice of the City Council to grant a gratuity to members
<br />of the Portsmouth teaching personnel on their retirement."
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<br /> Motion of Grimes to place an approoriation_ of $270.00, for said
<br />purpose, on its first reading, was adopted.
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<br /> 3rd - "I should like to advise the City Council that the City En-
<br />gineer's report shows that we have i~e xcess Of one hundred twenty miles of s econdaz~y streets,
<br />which will qualify uuder the new Stat, ~ighway law for ,hich the City of Portsmouth will reeei~
<br />$300.00 pe~ mile per year for maintenance o~ these streets.
<br /> This p aymer~ is in a~ddition t o the payment received at
<br />present for maintenance of streets in the primly system."
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<br />0n motion filed.
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<br /> ~th - The ~ager recommended that we grant the Ar~istead-Morrison
<br />~uel Company, ~ttl8 ~ Gospo~t Road, the privilege of installing two fuel oil tanks, one of
<br />18,000 gal lens c~pacity and one of 1~,800 gal lens eapacity.
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<br />~otion of-~r. Houghton to concu~ in the ~ar~ger s reco~endation,
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<br />was adopted.
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<br /> Sth - . "I should like to ~ggest that the ~.ayor appoint a committee
<br />of three members to work with a lmke comm~ittee from the School Board, mn the interest of formu-
<br />lating a plan for the constz~ction of a new senior high school f or the colored pupils and a newi
<br />senior or junior high school for the white pupils.
<br /> This is part of the building programas recommenled by the
<br />School Boa~d last year, and since tD!s work will require considerable prelinzin~ry study, I
<br />think it should be started at once."
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<br />No action.
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<br />up:
<br />over the
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<br />T~e following oo mmu~ication, laid on table a t last me.ting, was taken
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<br /> "The School Board has been deliberating for the last three months
<br />matter of redistricting the City into School Districts to include the newly annexed
<br />The S~ool Board has this responsibility under the Code of Virginia, Chapter ~8, Sectio~
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