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Ma~ 22nd. lqL~5. present~ At a regular meeting of the City Council~ held May 2and, 1945, there were Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes, James N. Howard, Frank D. Lawrence, E. Robie Sturtevant, C. E. Warren, H.Earl Weiseman, Pearle J.Wilson and Arthur S. Owens, City Menager. MinuTes of regular meeting held May llth were read and approved. Motion of Mr. Wilson to grant the privilege of the floor vo Mr.W.T.Parker, who presented the following: "RULES ~D P~G~TIONS PERTAINIMG TO THE CONDUCT OF DRIVERS AND OPEraTION OF CABS IN THE CiTY OF PORTSMOUTH~ VIRGINIA.~ At a meeting held by the owners or the representatives of th~ owners on May 21st, 19~5~ a majority of the said owners being present, the following r~les and regulations were unanimously adopted: 1. No driver shall refusa any phone call or turn do~m any pick-up that is orderly or whose destination is such as allowed by O.D.T~ regulations. 2. No driver shall wait for more than one boat when he has a passenger in his cab~ When boat red to another cab~ is unloaded, he sb~ll pull out regardless ~he~her he has a full l~&d. 3. After a passenger has been seated in one cab, he shall not be transfer- ~xceot ~. No driver shall be allowed to congregate in, or sit in any other cab, the one that he is driving while on the stand. (Exception the stand° loads them. marily discharged. 5. No driver shall be allowed to pic~ up passengers when doubielparked at ~No cab shall transporv more than five (5) passengers ~egardiess of whoI small children). Any driver caugh~ driving under the influence of whiskey shall be sum-I 8. Dispatcher is instructed to turn in the driver's name and the n~mber of his Cab if-he refuses a phone call or is seen violating any of the above regulations~ 9o The penalty for violation of any of the above regulations, with the ex- ception of Item ~?, shall be suspension from work for a period of fifteen (15) days fromfirst offense, and discharged outright forths ~second offense. lO. ~nen a driver is suspended or discharged outright for any of the above regulations, no cab owner shall hire or permit said driver to work. ll. Any ov~er of a cab or cabs that doe~ not co-operate in e~forcing these regulatioqs shall be turned in to the City Manager with a comnlete report of such failure, for such action as the City Manager ma~ deem expedient~ 12. A copy of these rules and regulations shall be ~or~h~mth posted on the cab stands and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the City Manager. We, the undersigned, owners of taxicabs or the representatives of the owners have adopted the above rules and regulations~ and by our signatures affixed hereto, do agree to abide by the said rules and regulations, and do further agree ~o rigidly enforce the same. Dated at Portsmouth, Virginia, this 19~5~" ~A committee from the Central Labor Union presented the following: "We have instructed our Transportation Committee ~o appear before your Hon- orable Body and request that a Transportation Commission be established with an equal representa- tion of labor (members to be submitted by the Portsmouth Central Lgoor Union) with like commit - tees from other civic bodies~ This commission be created with authority vo regulate and govern ~ranspor- ration and traffic matters that may be brought before it. Yours respectfully, R.G. Brooks, Secretary,~ adopted. Motion of Mr. La~ence to refer both communications to ~e City Manager,was The following communications from the City M~uager were read: let - ~I would like to repor~ that Scott Bagby~ a member of the firm of Harland Bartholomew and Company, arrived in the City on Monday, May 21st, to begin work for plan- ning, zoning and annexation. tn furtherance of a request from my office, C.S. Mu!l~ms of the Vir- ginia S~ate Department of Highways and members of his staff will be lin Portsmouth on Wednesday~ May 2~rd to survey, with the City Manager and the City Engineer~ need for f~uds ~as requested y the City. The City has requested funds from th~ Publio Roads Administration for e~gi~eering services for post-war highways, as well as making claims for damages to our