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August 12t~; t947.
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<br /> 6th - "We adopted an ordinance controlling the installation of 1,000
<br />gallon tanks for the storage of~ cleaning selvents and I am in receipt of the attac~hed letter
<br />from the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
<br /> I am recormmending that this ordinance be amended to allow for
<br />feu~ 1,900 gallon tanks, subject~ to the approval of the Underwriters."
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<br /> On motion, referred back to the City Manager.
<br /> 7th - "The attached letter received from the City Engineer with refer-I
<br />once to transfer of funds is concurred in by.me, however, under our law, this would have to be
<br />made in the fo~m o f.an appropriation and the ~like smount produced for budget e~pen~itu~es.
<br /> I am asking that permission-be ~g~anted to t~ansfer $3,679.20
<br />tethe T~as~.and Garbage account from two other accounts in you~ ~epartment, a s follows:
<br /> 306 $1,850.00
<br /> 308 ~ $t,829;20."
<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard to eoncu_w in the Manager's recommendation, was
<br />adopted.
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<br /> 8th - "In furtherance of Councllm?~ We!seman e r ecommendatzon, we
<br />,made a study rel.ative' to poliee.headq~u~rters and I a~ enterzng into the records a ree_o.mm?nda~-I
<br />t~on from the Chmef of Police, in which I concur, p.~ovided the Nati.onal~G~ of the Sta~e cz
<br />virginia' has no objection to t~e location of the bumlding on t~his sate."
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<br /> Motion to refer to the 1938 Budget, was adopted.
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<br /> 9th - "We have lost ¢onsiderable~equipment a~d machinery at Glen -
<br />shealtah Golf course, plus ou~ desire to make this ~lace more atir~active and we are doing
<br />some building there in replacing an old shed with a Quonset hut.
<br /> In order to complete the improvement an appropriation of
<br />$1,000,00 will be necessary, which I recommend.~''
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Weiseman to place an appropriation e£ $1,000~O0 for this
<br />purpose on its first reading, was adopted.
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<br /> 10th - "On Ma~ch let, 1947, we placed all of ~he inmates of the City
<br />Home in places where they could have nu~s.i.ng care or be.trot conditions in which to live.
<br /> I would lmke to enter into the records a report concez~aing
<br />each individual and a letter from each person certifying that he is more cmmfortable and sat-
<br />isfied under present conditions.~
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<br /> Motionthat the City Manage~- ~e authorized to rent far~ and building
<br />at the City Home and to repert back to the Co~mcil~ was adopted.
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<br /> tlth - !~The City o f Suffolk h as placed a utility tax on i ts cGns~m-
<br />ers, which necessitates ou~ Eater Depa~aent cellecting these f~mds fo~ the City of Suffolk.
<br /> I would appreciate you~ authority ~o authorize the ~¥ater De-
<br />p~tment to collect these funds a~d remit th~m to the City of Suffolk.~
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Henderson ~to conc~ in the Manager's recommendation,was
<br />adopte~,
<br />~ 12th - ~0n Th~L~sday, .Ju.ly 30th, I was reqnested. ~o be on a committee
<br />to check on ~tility rates in the~State of Virginia, and at that time I So ned other municipal
<br />administrators in the State and met in Richmond t0 discuss rates.
<br /> i feel certain that ybu have noticed a reduction in rates;
<br />ho. wever, I.weuld .like your confi~nation of ray,being cm the ¢o~nuittee and representing the
<br />Cmty at thzs meeting."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard to ~p~rove the ~anager serving on said committee
<br />was adopted.
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<br /> 13th - "Captain Etheridge of the Coast Guard has asked the City of
<br />Portsmouth to concur, by ordinance, in the prohibition of ~m~eading ammonium-nitrate within
<br />the City limits.
<br /> The Coast G~a~d has now taken o~er this in i ts entirety~
<br />however, I think we should have an appropria~e ordinance to prohi~i~ this unloading."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard to instz~ct the City Attoz~ney to present an ordi-
<br />nance on s~me, was adopted.
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<br /> 14t~ - "Mro Alfred Mapp, of the PortsmoutJa Sta~, working in close
<br />eon~uneti0n with Professor H. J. Ecken~ode, who is director of the Division o f History and
<br />A~cheotogy of the State Conservation ~ommission, is respectful~ly re~esting the Comncil~s per~
<br />mission to place appropriate ma~kers in the City of Portsmouth, of historical events.
<br /> i can not recommend too highly to the Council that this au -
<br />thority be granted. The places to be ma~ked are as follows:
<br /> 1. Corne~ of High ane Mid~te Sts., whtchwas the headquarters
<br /> of Benedict Arnol~
<br /> 2. Trinity church yard, where Commodore James Barren is buried;
<br /> also noted for other historical events.
<br /> 3~ Monnmental M.Eo Church, which is one of the oldest l~etho~ist
<br /> churches in t he South.
<br /> ~ U.S. Naval Hospital - with an appropriate ma~ker outside its
<br /> gates.
<br /> 5, At the foot of Chautauqua Ave., commemorating the landing
<br /> of the B~tish troops in 1Sl~.
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