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inclosure - "C~n December 10th, I received a letter from City ~anager Owens stating that he had been instructed by the City Coca, oil to state to the School Board that they would be willing to a~ppropriate necessary funds to t eke care of the 180 children at $~0.00 each in order that they mi.gh~t eohtinue to got o the Cht~c~h~and High School tuutil the end of the schoot~ year. I~ presented this letter to the school Board at its nee%lng last night %~th therecommenda- tion that the pupils attending the Chu~chla~ud High School be .permitted to continue to attend Churchl~nd High School until the end of thzs present school year $;ith their tuition and transportation paid by the Portsmouth School Bo~rd.'Th%s recon~endatibn was un~imously adopted by the Portsmouth SChool Board. With b est wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, H. A. Hunt, Supt. of Schools." On motion ordered filed. 8th "Attached is a letter from ~r. N. T. Brown, v~th certain info~mation concerning perso~s operating cabs in the aunexed territory, in order to give the residents of that area taxi service, ~ believe it will be necessary to continne the fmrst szx tax_ stands mentioned in the ltter. The oysters of the taxicabs with stands at Crawford and High Streets have a~rangements~with drivers whereby the drivers compensate the owners on a mileage basis. It is not very pmof'itable to a driver to answer a call in t he s~inexed territory from Crawford and High Streets, v~n he is required to ctmrge the City rates. If per--mits are granted to the six cab owners, they should be granted upon the condition that pen~its and~licenses can not be transferred to another person and will extend no longer than 5~ay lst$ 1 9~8,'and the licensee must pay to the City the pro-rata per- mit fee from February 1st to Eay 1st. ~y purpose in not permitting a transfer of the license is two-fold. Fzrst, m~ it is found there are too man~v_perm~ts mn the Cmyy, the number can be reduced as a licensee ceases to do business. SeCond, ~ b elmeve the pe~mzts should not be sold at a profit. In reference to all ta~xi permits, the following should be considered. Allow a reasonable time for the holders of pez~mits to recoup the .~ount of their investments and at the expiration of that time, offer the'~pe~aits ~ither singly or in g~oups to the high- est bidders for periods of tD~ree or five years.~ Attached - Suo2ect - Norfolk County Cabs located and now operating in the newly annexed territory. Alexander'.s. Co~l~e~. - Three ($) cabs - trading as Alekander Cab Eo. 0~ners U. Aubry Wray - Residence 108 ~Dorset Ave., operating S years Lor~uie B. Griffin, R~esidence 57BB G~ffin St., operating ~ months.' PauZ~ E. Bullock, Residence ~8~8 Des ~oines Ave., operating I year. ~i~li~e Blvd. and Rodman AMe~,_ - T%~o (S) cabs - trading as the Airline Cab Co. Owners ~.-. Domars, Reszde~ce ~8 ~art St. operating t year Norris T. $~wton, Residence ~7~5 Lanier Crescent, operating i yea!~. Douglas Park - i cab trading as the Douglas Park Cab Co. Owner - Kelly B~iely (colqred), Residence 8 Ness Ave., operating I yea~. was adopted. Also note - We have G.~. Hog~, located in Cradock, o~emating ~ years o~ mo~e. Ne9 operating five (5~ cabs tha~s~ice the newly annexed temritory. ~.T. B~owm;~ 0~motion, the pri'wilege oF the floor was granted anyone interested. M~. Harper and D~r. L.P[ Blair spoke for several cab owners. Motion of Mr. Barclay to concur in the acting City ~an~ger's recommendation, 9th - "I am infoz~ned that a sSreet light has been installed at Chestnut and Palmer Streets. A fire hyU~s_ut has be~n installed at Russell and Orange Streets, to help the fire service in the annexed territory." On motion ordered filed. ~0th~- "I sold on the New To~k market two of the Gove~nment Bonds, of the par'value of $100,000.00 each, numbers 38039-A and 380~_0-A, which were held in the General Fund of the City. · ' ~' '~ The City received the sum 6f $~03,023.~ from the sale of the bonds and this amo~&ut has been, deposited in t~he City funds." Mormon o_ ~r. ~eiseman to approve the acting City ~anager's action,~ras adopte~.