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Auril 25, 1944.
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<br />- The Manager read the following Offer from the Feder~.~l Works Agency:
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<br /> "WashingTon, 25, D. C.
<br /> Project No. VA 44-~62-N
<br /> Dated April 15, 1944.
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<br />City of Portzmouth,
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia.
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<br /> Subject to the terms and conditions (~¢A form No. ~-!O0,
<br />dated Oct0her 15, 1943) attached hereto and made a part hereof, the UNITED STATES OF
<br />AMERICA hereby offers to make you a grant of $20,000.00 tO aid in financing the acquisition
<br />and construction of a public ~orks consisting of Child Care Facilities, including necessary
<br />land and necessary equipment (herein called the "Project"), at the presently estimated cost
<br />to you of $33,100.00: Provided, however, that if the actual cost to you cT the Project upon
<br />completion, as determined by the Federal Works Administrator, is less than the orssently
<br />estimated cost specified above, the grs~ shall be reduced to an amount w'Hieh' ~bears the~- ~ ·
<br />same ratio to said actual cost as the amount of the grant soecified herein bears to the said
<br />estimated cost. -
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<br /> Nothing herein shall be construed as vesting in 'any department or agency ofthe
<br />United States power to exercise any supervision o r control over such facilities, nor
<br />~hall any of the provisYon~ hereof be construed as prescribing or affecting the administra-
<br />tion, personnel, c~rricu!um, instruction, methods of instr~ction, or materials for instruc-
<br />tion in the maintenance and operation of such facilities.
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<br />UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
<br />Federal ~orks Administrator
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<br />By Baird Snyder
<br /> Assistant Administrator."
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<br />"ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER
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<br />OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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<br /> WHEREAS, there has been filed with the Federal ~ork~ Agency in behalf of the City
<br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, (here~n called the "Owner"), and app~lication for Federal assistance
<br />under the War Public ~orks Program, and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting by and through
<br />the Federal ~orks Administrator, has transmitted to the Owner an Offer of Federal assistance
<br />in connection with the public works referred to in said application and described in
<br />Offer; and
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<br /> W HER~gS, said Offer has been duly read in open meeting, fully
<br />accordance ~th all pertinent rules of procedure and leg~ requirements,
<br />of the Owner's public records; and
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<br />considered in
<br />and made a part
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<br /> WHEHEAS, it im deemed advisable ~ud in the public interest that said Offer be
<br />accepted;
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<br /> NO~ ~HEREFORE, be it Resolved by the City Council of the Owner that the said
<br />Offer, 44~36~-N , a true and correct copy of which, inclnding the Terms and Conditions,
<br />is hereto attached, be and the same hereby is accepted without reservation or qualification.
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<br />1944~
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<br />Passed by the aforementioned governing body of the Owner on the 25th day of April,
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<br />Publication not required.
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<br />to
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<br /> City Clerk.~
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<br /> Motion Mr. Warren 'to place on its first reading an appropriation
<br />'44-362-N,was adopted.
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<br />of $3,1oo.00
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<br /> tl - "The Compensation Board of the State of Virginia has signified its willing-
<br />ness to increase the salary of one of the Sheriff's deputies from $1,800.00 to $2,160.00
<br />per year.
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<br /> In order for this recommendation to be culminated, the Council will have to
<br />authorize by resolution, their willingness to pay our proportionate part of the increase.
<br />I recommend the adoption of the following resolution:
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<br /> "WHEREAS, the Sta~e Compensation Board has signified its willingness to
<br />raise the salary of one of the Sheriff's deputies, purusant to his request of April 22nd,
<br />and
<br /> WHEREAS, it is i~oossible to secure a deputy for less than $2~160.00,
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<br /> BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Portsmouth advise the
<br />Compensation Board of its willingness to pay its proportionate part ofthe increase necess-
<br />itated by this salarey adjustment."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Grimes to approve said resolution and to appropriate $!20.O0
<br />for said purpose, was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />A yes:L~, Hall~ FoE~ Grimes, Howard, Hutchins, Warren, Wilson.
<br />Nays : None
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