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clairvoyant, SI0,001.0©. N ct pro-rated. This license to apply whether charge is made direct or indirect. (b) Each palmist or person telling fort~es by reading pa~s only, $$0!.00. Not pro-rated. This license to apply whether cha~ge is made direct or indirect. Add a new section to be known as 88 (a) to read: =Section 88 (a) Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the bus- iness of welding, $38.00; if not otherwise taxed under th~. ordinance[ i also added a~paragraph to Section ~ 'Amusements~ as follows: ~Each shuffle board, ~81.00, and an ad~itio~al t ax of ~lg.00 for each board in excess of one." reading, was adopted: ~otion of ir. Barclay to place the follewing ordinance on i ts first "AN 0RD!NAN~E i~POSING A LICenSE TAX FOE THE CITY ~ PORTS~0UTH, ~ VIRGINIA, FOR THE ~R BEG17~i-NG ~Y 1st, 1948." ~nd - ~ + ' At~ached ms a letter from Rear Admiral D. H. Cla~k, Com~m.ndem, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, stating that the City is relieved of amy obligation to purchase Scott Center and that it is impracticable to lease tlme building to the City~'~ Attached - "Subject - Acquisition of Building $88 (Norman City of Portsmouth, Virginia. Dear Sir: Scott Center) by the ~nis will acknowledge receipt of your letter o£ Rebruary ~Oth, inwhich the City of Portmnouth wishes to be relieved of the offer of purchase of Norman Scott Center as submitted by~. Arthu~ S. Owens in his co~uuication of ? August, l~? to the Shipyard 'Co~aander. ~s it is considered that no legal obligation is involved, the City of Portsmouth is hereby released of its offer to pUr~nase subject building. ~he present location o f this building does nov lend itself to isola- tion for public use. Being encompassed by several Naval a ctivities, it would be impracticable to provide a fenced ~ccess to the area, without which proper security and definite responsi~ilit? could n~ be insured. ~ere t~ buildi~ located at or near the boundary fence, I sm sure that the Navy Department vould entertain the leasing of the building to the City of Portsmouth for public uae, and I would be more than pleased to make.just that recon~mendation. Very truly yours, D. H. Clark, Rear ~dmlra~, USN., Southern Bus of fares.~ mo~on ordered filed. 3rd - ~A notice has been served on the City stating that the Norfolk Corporation has made applieation to tne State CorpOration Comm_ssmon for increase On motion ordered filed. 4th - ~'~u accordance with the State Code, Judge I'Anson has appointe~ three commissioners to transfer the names of registered voters of theCity to conform to the ne~ wards. Xn order to have the poll books ready ~for the April primary, the Commissioners have employed four clerks. Bills, duly ~Dproved by JuGge I'Anson, have been presented formwork performed by the Clerks in February. ~nere is also due to ~ Hargrave, ~25.00 £or o~zmce_rent. I request a special appropriation of ~50,00 to ~ay the at- tached bills." Motion of Mr. Sturtevaut to appropriate $550°00 for said purpose,was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Fox, Barclay, Duke, Grimes, Henderson, Houghton, Howard, St~tev~ut, l¥arren, ~eisemaa, Wilson Nays: None Sth "I s~m inclosing reports .ro. th various departments of the On motion ordered filed. 6th - m~n connection with the request of the ~choo! Board for the erection of a new building, I find that it is necessary fo~ a new elementary school t~ be erected to care for the children in the annexed territory. The School Board desLres to erect