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~EAS, ,du~ing the pa.st six yea~s, the U.S.O. has rendered u~selfzsh sn~ capable serw_ce to the members of our armed forces for which the City of Portsmouth is most grateful to that organi- sation, its perso:emel and advisory board, and ~,~HEREAS, it seems that at the ter~ination of this ~ea~ or sooner the U.S.0. v~ill cease its activities locally and t~e building will be available for the City to purchase for its use and the City b~lieving the project to be too costly to administer with its present budget and fins~ces without working a hs. rdship or increasing taxation, smd VfHEREAS, the City, under Federal law, enjoys first priority for purchase and the City of Portsmouth does not ca~e to exercise its right hereby waives its right in order that the Federal Agency may d~_spose of it to the best ~uterest of the Government as incorporated inthe Lanham Act adopted by the Congress of the ~ited States of .~nerica, NO~, THE~ORE,_ BE IT RESOI~'ED that the Council of the City of Portm~outh, Virginia advise tho Federal Works Agency of the City's desire to waive its rights s~nd benefits in order that the building at the cox~ner of South and Crawford Streets may be dis posed of to the b~st interest of the United Stat~s Geverm~nent. ~E IT ~0R~ RESOI~ED that the City Co~uci! request the Federal i~orks Agency to sell the said property to the .~zmerican ~egion if negotiations for s~m.~ ca~u be tez~uinated agreeably by the Legion and the Federal ~¥orks Agency upon the condition that the possession of the property be not given until the U.S.0. ceases its operation at the end.of December, !94V." resolution of the On motion City Ms~ager were Ayes Nays of Mr. Law, once, the request in ~r. Hill's letter adopted ~ud by the following vote: Henderson, ~oward, Lawrence, Stu~tev~nt, Waz~en, Weiseman, Wilson ~one s~d the ~n motion of Er. Hows~d, the privilege of the floor was granted a delegation from the Kings Daughters Hospital, ~o presented the following: ~Wne [~ngs Daughters Hospital of Portsmouth, Virginia, is now ex- periencing considerable difficulty in meeting its finaneisl obligations on~ccount of the ser- vice it is rendering to those who a~e f~uanciallyunable to pay and are necessarily classified as charity patientso The cha~ter of the Hospital provides that ~the purpose of the hospi- tal is to provide medical aid and nursing to the sick, and disabled~ and i~ came of the poo~ without a charge as far a s the means of the association will permit.~' It has been the oolicy.of the Hospitsd to carry out the purposes for w~eh it was established and a g~eat amoun~ o f charity work has been per,or, ed. ~=e cha~itywork of the hospital has been divided into two classes, namely: City Cha~ityand Hosoital C~s~ity. Cases falling under the category of City Chamity are those patients who are a~mitted t~oughthe emergency room of the hospital and a large per centage of these are brought there by the Police Department of this City. For the year 19~ the smount of City Charlty,~ases on ward rates, was $15,592.65; for t~e yea~ 19~5 the amount of City Chs_~ity; based on ward rates, was $20,631o90 and for the yea~ 1945 ~he amount of City Ct~a~i~y was $32,337.02. The Hospital has received the sum of $15,000.O0 each year from the City of Portsmouth, f or the three years entm~erated. The total amotuut of City charity-for the past three years was $69,561,~7. ~ne total amount receiv~ from the City for the past three years for services rendered was ~5,000.00, thereby creating a less of $2~,56i.5~ for the past three years. The smount of hospital charity for the past three years was $8V,018.~ No part of tl~is expense is borne by the City of Portsmouth.~ The E~recto~s of the Hospital feel that the loss sustained f rom pa - tients admitted on the certificate of the City Physicia~, an agent of the City should be borne by the City smd are therefore requesting that the City Council appropriate the s~m~ of $2~,561.~ for the benefit of the Hospital, which amount is justly due ~d~owing to it by the City. Sincerely yours, Gaston S. Foote, President, The Kings Daughters Hospital." Motion of Mr. Lawrence to place on its first reading an~opropriation of $24,561.57 for said put'pose, was adopted. On motion of ~r. Sturtevant, the privilege of the floor was g~amted ~? ~ in Ports- stated that the ~i~uager refused him a permit to establish an industry Mr. Harris, who mouth. The following com~unicatio~ from the City Manager were read: 1st - "~'ith reference to my Item #7, presented to you at the regular meeting of the Council on Ja~ua~y.28th and referred back t o me for investigation, I would like to submit the attached letter from the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, for reeor~t? ine!osu~e ~is is in reply to you~ letter of Janus~y 30th,194~ in corn~ection with ou~ future policy and costs regarding the ~rnishing of telephone service to citizens of Pomtsmouth.