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September llth, 1945. were present: At a regular~meeting, of the City Council, held September llth, 19k. 5, there Leslie T. Fox, George L.Grimes, Jame~ N. Howar~ Frank D. Lawrence, E. Robie St~urtevant, C~ E. Warren, Pearle J.Wilson, and Arthur S. Owens, Cit~ Manager. Minutes of regular meeting held Augus~ 28th and special meeting of September 4th were read and approved. Motion of Mr. Howard to grant the privilege of the floor to Mr. Wil~ Watts Who represents the Safeway Cab Company. Mr. Watts stated that the Council had oreviously granted his company permis- sion to operate six additional cabs but the Office of Defense Transportation had disapproved the same, and hewas asking again for permission to operate the six additional cabs. was adopted. .Motion of Mr. Howard to refer to the 0ity Manager To report at next meeting, On motion, the Council went into recess and, on resuming session, the City Manager presented the following communications: 1st "You referred to me a letter from the Polygon Club, at our last regu- lar'meeting. I would like to read you a copy of the letter which was forwarded to the Presi - dent.of this Club on September 10th, l~'~ On motion ordered filed. 2nd - "You requested that I report on a proposed taxicab and for-hire ordi n~n~e which was presented by cab owners recently. At this time, there are several parts which would have Io be revised ~efore we could adopt it as an ordinanc% and they are as follows: Section 3 - The question of a bona-fide taxi-cab 6wner would have to be clarified. Section 5- The question of certificates would have to be. studied. Section 8-F- This would have to be discussed. Section 8-J- It is qmest.ionable whether we could force the operators to have a dispatcher. Sect i~on 8-Q- Th~ question of limitation as to the use of taxi- meters is certainly highly ~bntroversis~.. Section lO - We can no~ control rates, ~ut of the City limits~ Section ll -~This would'be a difficult enforcement. Section 13 - Under 'License Fees' there should be intersposed after the word 'ordinance' the words 'or other charges'. Sect ion 16 - Charges of suspension are limited to the ordinance and may be in conflict with Section 5- With these items of discussion~before us, pared to recommend the adoption of the ordinance, in its present form.'~ Motion that the City Manager confer with the owners about-the taxi ordinance, presented by taxi owners, was adopted. I do not think I am pre- representative of tax~ 3rd "The attached letter has been received from the Ve~eran~~ = of Foreign Wars, advising us that they discontinued operating the booth at High and Court Sts., on Sept- ember 8th, 19~5. This booth and the one at Effingh~m and High Streets will be removed immediat~ ly. I feel that we should tender recognition to the Women's Auxiliary of Wars fo~ their unselfish service during the past eighteen months." the Veteran~ of Foreign Inclosure ~The wartime~need for a downtown Information Center and War Stamp~booth has ended and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Ladies Auxiliary are very p~oud~cf their part in filling this great need. Our ladies will relinquish the booth with c~ose of business on Saturday, September 8th, 1945, and it wil~ be entirely agreeable with this ~organization ~or the City to dispose of it in whatever way you may decree. There is a telephone and some other items of equipment which will be removed or disposed of in accordance with arrangements understood to ~e been made between you and Qur ladies' committee. It is the purpose of~the booth committee to prepare and transmit to you as promptly as possible, a complete statement of services performed during the period the booth has b&en operated as a public service. Yours very truly, (Signed) Luther T. Snell, Adjutant." Motion of Mr. Howard to instruct the O~y Manager to ~sve said building re- moved, was adopted~ and Associates, ~th - received :'We are in receipt of the following letter from Hariand Bartholomew on. September lOth. ~I am planning td spend Thursday, September 2Oth, in Portsmouth,