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On motion ordered filed. 2nd - nAt the regular meeting of the City Council on Aoril 23rd, 19~5,you ¢ referred to me a letter from the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. A study is now being made of the conditions as described in the letter, and progress is now being made to correct the streets. Further repor~ will be made at a later date.'~ On motion ordered filed. 3rd- "I am in receipt ?f the following resolution adooted by the Norfolk County Board of Supervisors on May 8th,~1945.~ ~JA regdlar meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk County was held in the Suoervisors3 room, at the Clerk's office, on Tuesday, May 8th, 19~5] at l:O0 P~M., and the following resolu- tion was adopted: The Committee heretofore appointed to work out a schedule of payments for the Board of prisoners from South Norfolk and the City of Portsmouth reported. On motion, made by Mr. Treakle, seconded by Nr. Hudgins, it is ordered that the schedule of payments by Portsmouth City be as follows: $11200.OO per year for service of four matrons 1/~ cost of cleaning paraphernalia and materials, etc. 1/2 of the actual cost of maintenance of ci~yprisoners per prisoner day. Ali voting Ye~. Teste: E.T. White, Clerk, by E.H. Smith, D.C.~ On motion ordered filed. where I would like east side of Court headquarters. has moved into its 4th "The construction of our fire station has progressed to a point recommend that we place on sale at public auction the property on the St., between High and King Sts.~ known as the Court St. Fire Department The sale should be made contingenZ on possession after the City new headquarters.~ adopted. Motion of Mr. Weiseman to concur in the Nanager~s recommendation, was 5th ~We are in recelot of the report made by Frederick B. Hill & Company~ Certified Public Accountants of Norfolk, V~.~ of an audit of ~he books, accounts and financial records of the City of Portsmouth, for the year 19kk. I would like to quote the last t~o oara- graphs ~rom the Auditor s repot%. 'The accounts and records as ~aint~ined in the office of the City Cle~ and Auditor have been accurately main- tained, were neat in appearance and reflect careful and studious a~tention thereto by the City Clerk and Auditor and the office personnel. The foregoing is true also of the office of ~he City Collector, which embraces a vast amount of detail work. The records of this department subsidiary ~o the ~wo above-tenSioned, as far as our di- rect examination reached, appeared to be in proper order. We wish to e~ress our appreciation of the courtesies and co-operation extended our representatives by the offi- cials and office personnel during the course of the audit.~ On motion ordered filed~ House Bill 109, mission". 6th - "The General Assembly of the State of Virginia, on March 8th~!94~, Chapter 159, created an Act to be known as ~Virginia World War ~2 History Com- Section k of this ACt is as follows: ~Any County or City of the Commonwealth may assemble and submit to the Commission, information and material rela- tlve to its contribution and that of ~s oi%lzens to World War #~, and the governing body of any coun%y or city may appropriate for this purpose such funds as it deems neces- sary.~ The City of Portsmouth is contributing greatl~ ~o World War #2, and it is my recommendation ~hat his Honor, the Na~or~ ~reate a commission o~ as many citizens as it is deemed practicable, t o preserve Portsmouth's history in the present War." Notion of Mr. Lawrence to concur in the Manager's recommendati6n, was adopted. ~th - "We are in receiot 9f a letter from James H. Corbitt and a statement in~e amount of $503.66 in the settlement o~ the case of Milton T. Elliott against the City of Portsmouth. This has been in litigation since October, 1939 and the City Attorney has settled the case.