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<br />
<br /> An appropriation of ~l~O00.00 for Glenshe~lsh Golf house, placed on its
<br />first reading at last meeting, was taken up.
<br />
<br /> Notion of Er. Howard to make the amount ~.~,500,00, was adopted.
<br />
<br /> ~ ,500.00 for said purpose,
<br /> Motion o f Mr. Howard to appropriate 42
<br />ed and by the following vote:
<br />
<br />was adopt-
<br />
<br />Ayes
<br />
<br />Nays-
<br />
<br />Fox, Barclay, Grimes, Henderson, Howard, Sturtevant,
<br /> Warren, Weisem~, Wilson
<br />None
<br />
<br />The following ordinance, placed on its first reading at last meeting, was
<br />
<br />taken up~ and r cad:
<br />
<br />"AN ORDINANCE ~AKING IT UNI~WFuL TO ASSAI~LT OR C0~,~iIT BATTERY
<br />UPON ANOTRER PERSON, AND PRESCRIBING PFd~ALTIES TH~0R.~
<br />
<br />On motion of Mr. warren~ ~.d ordinance was adopted and by the
<br />
<br />following
<br />
<br />vote:
<br />
<br />Ayes - Fox, Ba~c!ay, Grimes,
<br /> ~ren~ Weisema~
<br />Nays - None
<br />
<br />H~nder son,
<br />Wilson
<br />
<br />Stu~vtevant,
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard to appropriate ~250%00 to the City Attoz~ey for codi-
<br />fying City ordinances was adopted and by the following vote:
<br />
<br />~eS --
<br />
<br />Fox, Barclay, Grimes, Henderson,
<br /> · n
<br /> Ws~r~n, ~elsema , Wilson
<br />None
<br />
<br />Howard,
<br />
<br />Sturtev~ut,
<br />
<br />~he ~oltowing ordnance, placed on i ts first reading at last meeting,
<br />
<br />was
<br />
<br />taken up and mead:
<br />
<br />"AN 0RDi~IANCE PROHIBITI~G THE TRANSPORTATION, HA~fN~ING, SHZPPING,
<br />~/.0R STORAGE OF ~AMM01~I-0~ NITRATE~ A1TD !A~0NIUM. NITRATE'EERTI~IZER~
<br /> AlfD PRESCRZBING PEI~.ALTIES THEREON"
<br />
<br />vote:
<br />
<br />On motion of ~. Warren, said ordinance was adopted, end by the. following
<br />
<br />~ye s
<br />
<br />Nays
<br />
<br />Fox, Barclay, Grimes, Henderson,
<br /> Warren, Weiseman, ~ilson
<br /> None
<br />
<br />Howard,
<br />
<br />Sturtevant,
<br />
<br />The following letter was read and laid on the table:
<br />
<br />"BUZLDINGS. ROAD, ETC. LOCATED ON CI~%f AL~HOUSE PROPERTY.
<br />
<br /> Seventeen (17) one story buildings foz~nerly used for service facilities
<br />by trailer eccupants.
<br /> Two separate large buildings being used as Child Service Centers by Nor -
<br />folk County.
<br /> T~e seventeen buildings are about 20 ft. x 30 ft. x l0 f t. high ~rith ce-
<br />ment floors, cinder block border foundation; wood frame, weatherboard sides, flat tar paper
<br />roofs; seven double and three single windows; inside of buildings sheathed with sheet rock;
<br />brick flue, heating boiler with sheet steel h~ ai~ conductor syste~, plumbing fixtures, elec-~
<br />tric service and ~tun~ing water.
<br /> A gravel ~oad about 16 ft. wide and 2000 ft. long runs through the trac~
<br />of land connecting at both ends with paved streets in Alexander Park.
<br /> About 12 to 15 of the 20 ft. x 30 ft. buildings are occupied by small
<br />shops for automobile r epaars, woodworking, fuz~nitu~e.repa~s, mattress rebuzld~ng, sheet metal~
<br />work, cemen~ block makmr~., etc.. Mo~t of the operators bemng employed elsewhere mud worki g
<br />the shops nzghts, or d~rzng thezr t~me of~, . .
<br /> They pay a ~ental of $20;00 monthly nd are furnmshed water and electrm -~
<br />city up to a certain quantity wztho~t cD~a~ge.
<br /> SERVICES: About thirty wooden poles suppo~ting the electric service
<br />wires and about seven tr~sfo~mers of about 300 amperes, with supply lines to each building.
<br /> Water service mains smd seven mains are Mlow ground and each
<br />building is connected with s~ne."
<br />
<br /> The Commissioner of Revenue's report of taxes assessed for 19~V was re -
<br />ceived:
<br /> "Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 4th, 1947.
<br /> ~i herewith report the following taxable values of reel estate and tangi-
<br />ble personal property for the City of Portsmouth for the year 1947:
<br />
<br />REAL ESTATE
<br /> VALBE OF LOTS
<br />
<br />VALUE OF BUILDINGS
<br />
<br />TOTAL VALu.~
<br />
<br />GENERAL TAX
<br /> AT 2,50 EACH INSTALI~m~I~T
<br />
<br />White
<br />Colored
<br />
<br />9; 557,890.00
<br />1., OV3,685. O0
<br />
<br />10,631,5~5o00
<br />
<br />19,6%8~045o00
<br />2:888~430.00
<br />
<br />29,1V5,935.00
<br /> -5,962~115,00
<br />
<br />33,t38,050,00
<br />
<br />729,398.86
<br />
<br />828,451.60
<br />
<br />364,V28.84
<br />, 49,535...4~.
<br />
<br />414,264,32
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