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January 8th, 19~6. Mr. Fox presented the following resolution: ~NITEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the CounciI of the City of Portsmouth that a committee of the General sembl~ of Virginia, will recommend-that the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth be removed from the twey~ty-eighth Judi- cial Circuit and that no Judge be elected to sit regularly in the City of Portsmouth except the Judge of the Court of Hustings of the City, and WHEREAS the Counoil of the City of Portsmouth is of the opin- ion that'one Judge can not perform all the duties in the courts of record in the City and that the elimination of one of the courts will prevent the citizens from obtaining trial of cases and will retard the business interest of the City and will not be to the best interest of the community. NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, that it enter its nrotest against the elimination of one'of the courts of record-of the City of Portsmouth and request the Honorable M.M. Hillard, the Honorable WHW Cassell and J. Leon Codd to oppose any bill that ~ay be introduced to abolish or eliminate either of the courts of record of the City of Portsmouth." On motion of Mr. Sturtevant, said resolution was adopted. The following was presented by Mr. Fox: "A Bill to Amend and Re-Enact Section 2, as amended,of an Act entitled 'An Act to provide a new charter ferthe City of Ports- mouth',_ approved March 10th, 1908,to provide that the boundaries of the wards of the City are to be fixed by the City Council and limiting the number thereof, and that the provisions of the gen- eral law relating to wards are to be applicable in certain res- peers, except as to the number of wards, Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: That Section two, as amended, of an act entitled, "An Act to Provide a New Charter for the City of Portsmouth", ap~oved March tenth, nineteen hundred and eight, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 2. Wards - The number of the wards of the C~y shall be not less t~han eight nor mo~e than ten a[~.d~heir boundaries shall be as prescribed by the Council by ordinance, and the provisions of-general law relating to establishing wards~ redistricting the City into wards, and changing ~he boundaries of wards, shall be applicable, except that the number~of wards shall not be less than sight nor more than Ten." On motion of Mr. Weiseman, same was adorned and by t'he following vbte: ~yes: Fox, Grime~, Lawrence, Sturtevant, Warren, Weiseman,Wilson Nays: None Street Water Mr. Wilson stated that was working a hardship and on motion, ~tree~, was eliminated. the skip-stop polimy of buse~ on doWn-town High Zhe skip-stop on High Street from Chestnut to The City Attorney asked for the appointment of a~ Annexation Committee to help the Attorney. MoTion to appoint the Mayor and two other members on said committee was .~dopTed. Messrs. Howar~ and Weiseman were appointed on said committee. Mr. Wilson asked that a 's~oo-and go' light be placed on High Street an& Fourth Avenue. On mot ion, the City Manager was authorized to place said light. of respect on The Chair was authorized to appoint a committee to bring, in resolution the de~th o~ Mrs. Lela J. Smith. On motion adjourned. ~.~ /~d~--~ City Clerk. Approved- ~ idfent.