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At a regular meetir~ of the City Council, h eld December 9th, 194V, there
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<br />Leslie T. Fox~ ~n~rles O. Barclay, George L. Grimes, Arth~ P. Henderson,
<br />James N.Howard~ E. Robie Sturtevant~ CoE. Waz~en, H. Earl Weiseman, Pearle
<br />J. W~_son,'~ Arthur S. Owens, C~tyManager~' ~ and R.C. Barci~, City Attorney.
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<br /> Einutes of regmla~ meeting held November 25th, 1947, were read ar.d approved.
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<br /> On motion of Mr B=_clay, the p_mvilege of the floor was grsmted members
<br />of the ~mane Society. No re~uarks.
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<br /> ~ granted ~f~. Harper,
<br /> 0n motion of Er. Howard, the privilege of the _loot was
<br />who represented the Hogan Taxi Company, who asked for seven additional taxis in the City.
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<br /> '~ the matter was referred to the C ~y 5~ager for
<br /> 0n mot!on o f ~. Howard,
<br />inves$igation and report at next meeting.
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<br />The following commEaications from the City Manager were read:
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<br /> 1st "I am in receipt of the fo!lowim~g letter frcm ti~e Superintendent
<br />of the Water Department, in which I concur:
<br /> 'The standpipe, ~asb._ington St., Suffolk, Va., has been out of
<br /> service since July. We have made every effort to dispose of this
<br /> stsmdpipe and have advertised in a trade magazine, all without success.
<br /> We have an offer ~om the Portsmouth Salvage Company to remove
<br /> this standpipe for the material, ~thout cost to the City. The Ports-
<br /> mouth Salvage Company will assume liability for dism~tling, and ~ll
<br /> remove standpipe but will not remove foundation.
<br /> We reco~iend acceptance of this proposal and, if possible,
<br /> would appreciate approval by the City Council at tonight's meeting."
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<br />~[otion of ~[r. Howard to con, ur in the Manager's recommenda~zo;~,was adopted.
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<br /> 2nd - "l'ami n receipt o£ the fo!lo~ng letter ~om ~,. Brinson. It will
<br />be necessary to m~e mn appropriation of $977.19 to the State:
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<br />~0f the $!190.00 check which we received from Rosetta
<br />Foreman's estate, $6SB.50 belongs to the Federal Govern
<br />merit and $354.69 belongs to the State. The combined
<br />amount of $97V.19 mu~t be sent to the State.'
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Grimes to ~opropriate $~V7.19 for said purpose, was adopted
<br />and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes Fox, Barclay,C~imes, Henderson, Howa~d~
<br /> ~a~ren, Weiseman, Wilson
<br />Nays None
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<br />Sturtevsmt,
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<br /> 3rd - "You:referred to me, at our regular meeting on October 14th, the
<br />question of the possibility of routing traffic from Water and London Sts., north on Water St.
<br />to Glasgow St.~ thence on Glasgow, west to Grawford St.
<br /> The Engineering Department thought it was an excellent idea to have
<br />the area paved and we are now routing traffic through these streets when there is congestion
<br />of cars leaving tlme ferry at the foot of High St."
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<br />~otion of ~[~. St~tevsnt to !s~ on table, was adopted.
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<br /> 4th - ~e are very ar~xious to bring our Building Code up to date and I
<br />have secured Er. George Van ~eeuwen to accompany ~r. Be~geron to Bi~mizfghamon Wednesday
<br />December 10th for a meeting ~ith building officials there, who have modernized their Codes.
<br /> They w!ll probably be there ~'or t~'o days or longer ~ud ! would
<br />appreciate your confi~nation of o~ attempts to modernize the Code and also authority to make
<br />the necessary trip.~
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<br />~,~otion of Mr. Howard to concur in the ~am~er's recommendation,was adopted.
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<br /> 5th - ~Realizlng that all of us have attempted to keep e~qa_e~ses down and
<br />still maintsin services, it is ~ith reluctance that i ask that you place on its f~rst reading
<br />an ordinance placing a ten per cent a~missi~n tax on tickets to amusements and ot~r enter-
<br />t air~ent affairs.
<br /> This office feels that exceptions for children under twelve attend-
<br />ing theatres, lect~es of nt~aerons types and charity affairs might be considered for exceo-
<br />rich. However, I ~uow that if we ms~ke one exception there would be merits for dozens.
<br />fore, i am recon~ending that the ordinance include eve~y~shing.~'
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Weiseman, the following ordinance was placed on its first
<br />reading:
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<br />~N 0RDi>~AI~OE LEVYING AN ADi~iSSION TAX 0~ P~SONS P~fiNG ~ ADMISSi~
<br />~RGE 0R ~0 A~ ~IITT~ ~EE ~ AN ADI~SSI0~ CHARGE ~ PAiD BY
<br />0T~ T0 P~S 0F A~SE~T 0R E~TAiN~T, D~IN~WG A~ISSION
<br />C~RGE Ai~ P~ 0F Ah~SEM~T 0R ENTERTA~T, FI~NG ~E ~0~T OF
<br />SA~ T~X, PROV~Ii~IG FOR T~ COL~CTZON TI~0F A!O P~SCRiBi~G PENaTeS
<br />FOR !TS ViO~TIONw
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