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June 13th, 1944~ present: At a regular meeting of the City Councils held June !3th, 1744, there were John P. Leigh, Leslie T. Fox, Russell N. Hall, James N~ Howard, W~ R~ Hutchins, F~ank D. Lawrence, O~ E. Warren,Pearle J. Wilson and Arthur $m Owens, City Manager. The minutes of the regular meeting of the Council, held on May 23rd, and special meeting of June 6th were read and ~oproved. On motion of Mr. ~arren, the privilege of the floor was granted Mrs. Ada Campbell, who complained that the Manager had not appointed her as special Policewoman. Motion of Mr. Fox to go i nrc an executive session, was adopted. The Manager presented the following letter from the City Attorney: "There is pending in the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth a suit brought against the City by Jos~oh D~ Aueley wherein he seeks to recover damages in the sum O~ ~§,000o00 for injuries sustained by falling inthe street in front of the market bui!din~ in Seaboard St., on March 25, 19~. The City had caused water from the basement of the bui~d- ir~ to be disoharged in the street, and Mr. Ausley in attempting to cross the street slipped and fell, breaking the ulna bone in his arm at the elbow. It became necessary to wire the bone together and he has a permanent limitation of motion° He has agreed to.compromise the case for $~9,O0 ~nd court costs. I recommend that I be authorized ~o compromise the case for the above ~mount and that an ~o~ropriation of $999.00 be made for that purpose. ~r~ Aus- ley has had considerable expense and may again return to the hospital." Motion of Mr. Howard to concur in the Attorney's recommendation, and to appropriate $999~00 for said purpose, was adopted and by the following vote~ Ayes: Leigh, Fox, Hall, Howard~ Hutohins, Lawrence, Warren, Wilson Nays: None Mr. Lawrence asked permission for t he American National Bank to extend its cellar under the sidewalk of Middle and High Sts. Motion of Mr~ Fox to grant said permission, subject to the aporoval of the City Attorney and City Engineer~ was adopted. The following communications from the City Y~nager were read~ let "The CAlnaught Construction Company, under Project VA 44-324 - Storm Drains and Sidewalks, is requesting an extension of time under their contract, and I am therefore requesting that the attached resolution be adopted." Resoluti on - ~hereas, the Calnaught Construction Company~ under Contract VA 44-324 for the constrmction of Storm Drains and Bidswalks~ has been called upon to do additional work under our requested c~nge orders, and ~hereas~ this has t~ken extra time over their regular ~ontract period, T~erefore, Be ~t Resolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth that the Calnaught Construction Com~ pany be granted an extension ~ f 'ti~e to June lOth~lg~, subject to the ~oproval of the Federal Works Agency.~ On motion of Mr~ Lawrence, said resolution was adopted. ~nd - The Manager presented the following resolution: der ~ ~he~e~s, ~e_Goder Incinerator Corporation~ un- ~on~rac~ ~o. VA ~-1~2~ Construction of Lucinerator, has been called upon to do additional ~rk in ~e paving of ramps and the ~urni~hing of~extra eart~ fill and, wheress, this has ~taken ex~ra t~me over their regu±ar contract peri~d, Therefore, Be it Resolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Va., that the-Coder Incinerator Corpor~ ation be g ranted a time extension from February lyth~lg~4 to April 22nd, 1~44; this being subject to the approval of the Federal Works A~ency.~ the Uni ted On motion of Mr. Howard, sai~ resolution was adopted° 3rd - "Please authorize the City Mansger to execute two contracts with ~tates Selective Service Headquarters for t~he u~e of the following property: let ~ Rooms l~ and 19 on the first floor of the City ~arket building; $25.00 per month for one year ~o June ~Oth,!945. 2nd Space on first floor of the Barlow Building; $125.00 per month for one year to June 30th~ 1945."