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"AN 0RDINA2~CE TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ONE NILLION
<br />AND S EV~ HUNDRED THOUSAi~M) DOLLARS 0P BONDS T 0 BE KN0~t
<br />AS SANITATION BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND
<br />CONSTRUCTING A SEWAGE TREATL~ SYSTEM, AND TO REIMBURSE
<br />THE GENERAL P~q) OF THE CITY FOE MONEY PAID FROMS UCH ~JND
<br />FOR THAT PURPOSE AND FOR F~ND~NG OR ~UNDIE~ EXISTING IN-
<br />DEBTEDA~ESS INCURRED FOR THAT PURPOSE, PURSUANT TO SECTION
<br />1BT, CLAUSE B, 0F THE CONSTITUTION 0F VIRGINIA, AND CHAPTER
<br />9 OF THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASS~f~BLY OF VIRGINIA, 1948,
<br />ADDING A NEW SECTION T 0 THE CHARTER OF THE CITY- OF PORTSMOUTH
<br />EI~0~ AS CHAPTER t3,,~
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<br />On motion of Mr. Weis·men, said ordinance was adopted, mad by the lot -
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<br />lowing vote:
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<br />Ayes: Fox, Barclay, Duke, Grimes, Henderson, Houghton,
<br /> Howard, Sturtevant, Warren, Weis·man, Wilson~
<br />Nays: None
<br />
<br /> ~ f the Bond 0rdinance,~;~. Weiseman~s
<br /> In connection with the adopt_on o
<br />motion ~hat the City Attorney be instructed to take the proper steps for an· lsction on the
<br />issuance of the Sanitation Bonds, was adopted.
<br />
<br />The following letter f rom the City Attorney was read:
<br />
<br /> "I am returning herew~ h three copies of orders entered by the Court
<br />of Rusting for the City of Portsmouth on February 16th, 1948, corre~tzng assessments of real
<br />estate made by the Assessors of 19~6, and the Board of Equalization, as follows:
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<br /> i. An order reducing ~he assessment of the propert? of Robert
<br /> Lev~ne, individuslly ~ud a s trustee of Rosa Lew_ne, Raymond
<br /> Levzne, a nd ~idney_ Levine, known a s cart of the Colony The-
<br /> atre property from $98,~00. ~o $78,~80e, a reduction of
<br /> $16,75~ '
<br /> 2. An order reducing [~e assessment of the property of Robert
<br /> Levine, knownas part of the Colony Theatre, f rom $35,800. to
<br /> $27,550., a reductionof $8,250,
<br /> 3. An order reducing the assessment of the property of the
<br /> Office Building Corporation~ knov~n~ the Professiom~l Build-
<br /> ing, D3om $~00,000. to $186,000., a reduction of ~14,000;
<br />Following the conference which I had with the CityUouncil at yottv
<br />last meeting I have filed petitions for appeals w~h the Supreme
<br />Court of Appeals of Virginia, and I re~aest that my action in t_his
<br />regard be %oproved.
<br /> If the writs of error are granted, I will k e~o you advised, and
<br /> the members o£ the Council may, in the mem%time, n~ke a study ~
<br />the assessments·~
<br />
<br />Motion of i, ir. Henderson t o spprove the City Attorney's action, was
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<br />adopted.
<br />
<br /> The following letter~f~om the School Board was read:
<br />
<br /> "~e School Board, at its last meeting, passed a resolution request-
<br />ing the City Council ~o make a special appropriation of $1B,616., to cover three emerger4cy
<br />repair items as follows:
<br /> A new b_eating plant at Briggs School to r ·place
<br /> the furnace that was beyond r epai~ - -
<br /> A new £%%rnace for Pr~ntis Park School to replace
<br /> the present furnace that was beyond r ·pair -
<br /> A new boiler for the Truxton School t o replace
<br /> the o!~ one whichwas beyond repair - -
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<br />Total
<br />
<br />4,051.00
<br />3,375.00
<br />5~190.00
<br />$12,6i6.00."
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<br /> Notion of ~r. Duke to refer to the City Mmuager for conference with
<br />the School Board, was adopted.
<br />
<br />The following letter from t he School Board was read:
<br />
<br /> "The School Board has been deliberating for the past three months ov-
<br />er the matter of redistricting the City into school Districts to include the newly annexed
<br />areas. The School Board has this r eponsibility under the Code of Virginia, Chapter 38, Section
<br />7V6 - "Number and Bounds of School Districts - The School Boards of the respective C~ les
<br />shall have power, sub~ect to the approval of Mae .Common Counczls, to p_ escr=b~ the numbe~ and
<br />bounds of the School Districts ---", The law also provides that there shall ce three members
<br />from each district the terms of whom shall expire one-third each year.
<br /> The~ School Board, on ~iday, June 18th, adopted the following reso-
<br />lution:
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<br />'That the City of Portsmouth be redistricted as to School
<br />Districts to include the newly annexed areas; that there
<br />be three school districts as at present with a total of nine
<br />School Board members; that the bounds of the three districts
<br />be a s follows~
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