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May l_tn~ !94M. Motion of Mr. ~eiseman for the City Manager to ~dvertiee said land for sate ~s]ad if land is brought by other' than Portsmouth ~rniture Company that said company shall hate the right ~o remove any building from said land ~ciohthey have erected, was adopted, and by ~he following vote: Ayes: Fox, Howard, Lawrence~ Bturtevant, '~arren~ ~¢eiseman, ~i!son Nays. None t i an The following communications from the City Maneger were read: let ~ ~I ~m in receipt of the attached ~etter from the ~oman~s Chris - Temperance Union.~ Attachment "The members of the Woman,s Christian Temperance Union of Portsmouth wish to express their gratitude to you for passing the ordinance whAch Was introduced by Er. H.E.Weiseman for prohibiting the sale of alcoholic drinks at our City Stadium and ~dJoining properties. k~nen we remember the past ordinances ~?uhJch your body has passed for the welfare of the youth of our City, closing the beer oarlors on Sunday, the Curfew law &nd row the ordin~nce prohibiting the sale of intoxicating ~rinks at the stadium, we feel our City has made gre~t strides to prevent future Juvenile delinquency. Respectfully, Mr,.Pearl C. Ballard, President, Mrs. M~O. Williams, Secretary. On motion ordered filed. 2nd - ~i am appointing C.E. GeorgeEngzneer' in the Fire Department, subject to the Civil Service requiremen~s.~ On motion ordered filed. ~ 3r~ ~ '~It is with regre~t t?~.t I accept the resignation of ~.~re. Ida Bernice Wayman~ I am appointing Mrs. Elizabet~ S. Werz for a~ temporary period of sixty days.~ On motion ordered filed. ~th ~ ~I am in receipt of the following !st~er from W.W. ~orse, Chair- man, 1.coal Smlvage Committee, Office of Civilian Defense: ~The Chairman of the State Salvage Committee, Mr. C.H. Leubbert, has brought to the atten- tion of the writer, in a telephone conversatio~ the action of the City Council in raising the license tax on waste material dealers from $20~.O0 per year t~ $1,OOl. O0 per year. I am taking the liberty of bringing to your attention the very serious damage which may be done ~he ~ar effort in the collection of scrap metal should this license t~ ordinance be enforced, and the collection of scrap metal be discontinued by ~he operator of the only Junk yard within ~he city limits. As Chairman of the local Salvage Committee, it is requested that the Council reconsider its action, and that a license tax for the ope~a~ing of junk yards be made that will be in keeping with the tax that is applied to tP~s type of business in other cities throughout the State. I have been notified that the highest license fee for Junk yards in the State is in Rich~ mond, Virginia~ and ~mounts ~o $300.00 per year. YoU no doubt realize the serious de, age that would be done to both the City and the effort by the closing of Portsmouth's only Junk yard, and the resulting accumulation of scrao metal that would pile up in the City, and the corresponding failure of our community to meet~ our proportionate amount of scrap metal for war pu~ooses. It is therefore requested that your honorable body will give further consideration to ~b. is tax, and reduce it to a point that will be more in keeping with the license tax imnoeed on similar businesses throughout the State. Thanking you for your attention and consideration, i Yours truly, W.W. Morse, Chairman, Local Salvage Committee.~" On motion ordered filed. 5th ~ ~You gentlemen are f~mi!iar with the necessary i~orovements for the Fire Department and to allow for expansion it is necessary t hat we increase the aopropria~ tion by $4,~50.O0 to allow for increased electric lines, fire alarm system and control in the battery room° Please ~ake an appropriation from t~ Fire Department account in the amount of $4~50.OO Eo allow for the necessary improvements." Motion of Mr. Warren to place an appropriation of $4,~50.00 for said purpose on its first reading, was adopted. 6th ~ ~ne Manager presented the following letters from the City Engi- neer; and the three following resolutions: