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309 were present: At a regu~lar meeting of the City Council, held January 15th, 1948, there Leslie T.'Fox, Charles .0.-Barclay~ George L. Grimes, Arthur P. Henderson, James N.Howard, E. Robie Stu~tevant, H. Earl Weise- man, Pea~le Ji ~ilson, R. C. Barclay~ Acting City Manager and City Attorney. Minutes of regular meeting held December 23rd, 1947, and called meeting of December 29th, 1947, and called meeting of Jauua_~y 2nd, 1948, were read and approved. The following connuunications from the Acting City }~mmager were read: 1st - "I am submittim~ herewith am ordinanbe covering taxes on real es- tate, personal property and machinery and request it be adopted. The tax rate is the s~e as the rate of the past year." Gn motion of ~Jr.~eiseman, the following ordinance was placed on its first reading: "AN 0-RDINANCE IMPOSING AND COLLECTING TAXES ON BE.~L ESTATE, TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTYA~q) MACHLYERY, I~YITHIN THE L~ITS OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, V1-R~IN!A, FOR TEB PURPOSE 0FRAIS- ING REVENLqE FOR THE SUPPORT 0F THE GOVER~NT A_ND THE PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS A~ TO PAY INTEREST AND SIHq~ING PUND ON THE PUBLIC DEBT FOR T~ YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1st, 1948." 2nd - "I am submitting herewith am_ ordinance relating to tax on bank stock and recommend that same be adopted." On motion of Mr. Barclay, the following ordinance was placed on its fimst reading: "AN OEDINANCE I~POSIT~G TAXES O~I SHARES OF STOCK OF LOCATED IN TRE' CIT~_ OF PORTSMOUTH FOR ~5~7E 7fEAR 1948 AND ABT~JALLY THW~TER, PIXING THE RATE ALE) REQUIRING THE PAR%~ENT THEREOF, HEQUIRING CER~A~ REPORTS, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTINS FOR THE VIOLATION THEKEOF." 3rd - "ih ave had a binder for fire insurance placed with Po~tsmouth a~ents; represented by Welton, Duke ~ud Hawks, on the buildings in the annexed territory, as follows: $25~000;00 on the two-storybrick fire engine house in Grove Park. 2~000~00 on the frame building adjacent thereto. 12,000.00 on the one-story frame Westhaven con~uunity house situated at 4310 County St." · On motion ordered filed. 4th - "The 1948 Annual ComPetence of bhe United StatesConf~rence of Mayor: will be held at the ~kldorf~Astoria Hotel in New York City o~ Febrtm. ry 16th thr~ 18th." On motion of Mr. Howard, the Mayor was authorized to attend said meeting. 5th - "The City Collector has received the sum of $344.04 as the City's proportion of ~h8 ten per cent of the gross receipts from the Horse Show which was held at the City Stadium. The sum of $1,000.00 was appropriated to provide temporary stab ling for the horses. I believe that as tong as an admission is cha~ged to enter the stadium and it is not free to ~he general public, no use sh~ll be made of it which will incu~ an ex pense to the taxpayers.~ ~ 0nmotio~ ordered filed. 6th - "The City ordinance passed on November 9th, 1926 provides a speed limit of twelve miles per hou~ for railroad trains. This will create a hardship on the railroads operating in the recently armexed t~rritory and will tend to block the street crossing and thereby slow traf- fic on the streets. As the important street crossings are protected either by a watc~hman or signals, I believe it will be advisable to increase the speed limit, and I recom mend the passage of the attached ordinance." On motion of ~. Fox, the following ordinance was placed on its first readzng. "Ali 0RD~IA~[CE AMENDI~IG AND RE-0EDAiNL~G SECTION 390 OF !~F~E CITY CODE RELATinG TO TEE SPE~ Ah~D THE NUMBER OF CARS OF TRAINS OPERATING UPON RAILROAD TRACKS." Er. Howard stated that the Belt Line Railroad Should.be requested to place a watchman at Deep Creek Boulevard. 7th "Attached is a letter from H. A. Hunt, Superintendent of schools, relative to arrangements made with the Norfolk County SchoolfBoa~d to instruct c_hild~en liv- ing in the r~cently annexed territory. Indue time a special appropriation will be neces- sary fo~ this purpose."