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Zarch~t~,~. 1944. Project VA ~*-362. At t ached "This will acknowledge with thanks the receiot of your letter of March. _ 2nd, 19~, a~vising that an the construction of the above describe~ project; the~Cit~ of Portsmout~ will provide all costs in excess of$30,000., with~the Government participating to the extent of $20,000.00. ~ Your aoolication is now being processed and for your information, the p~eliminary estimate o~ our EnEip~erin~ Bection is in the amount of ~33,100.O0, exclusive of"tne cos2 of the land. Cordially yours~ tention On motion ordered filed. 5th - ~I e~ in receipt home for Juvenile delinquents, with the Kenneth Markwel!, Regional mr~c~or. of the two attached letters relative to a de - request that they be brought to your attentionJ~ Attached - ~2he Port Norfolk and Pinners Point P.T.A. wish to endorse a move- ment to acquire a Detention Home for Juvenile Delinquents. Sincerely, Mrs. O. J. Amon~ Sec.~ "~ne Child Care Committee of O.C.Do, a~ its regular monthly meet- ing on February 8~h, Gndorsed the mcvement sponsored by the Coun- cil of Social A~enoles of Por~s~odth and Nor~ lk County for a De - tention Home for Juveniles of this area. Trus~ing that you will oresent~this matter to the City Council in the near future, I am~ Very t~ly yours, Emily N. Soong, Chairman, Child Care ~ommittee of O.C.Do'' On motion ordered filed. 6th - "I am in receipt of the at~aohed letter from L.L. Pearsall, of the Federal ~orks Agency, relative ~o colored hospital facilities, Project VA ~h4-349. - - The architect is already ~aking revised clans ~ud at the ores- ent time is working~h the Federal Works Agency engineers Zn order to ~xpedite the tone'true- tion of this facility.~ Attached "This is to inform ~ou that I have b~en advised by Mr. Markwell Regional Director, ..W.A., that he will be oleased ~o entertain an application for the construction of a new hospital for ne - groes in the Portsmouth-City-Rural-Norfolk County area of Vir - ginia. This proposed project is to consist of a ~O-bed hospital with a provision for a nurses' home of 35 beds~ dormitories only with no teaching facilities. Therefore, we suggest that you notify your Architects to prepare new p!ans~ specifications~ ~ud support- ing data to be submitted to the Regional Director for his consi ~erationo" On mction ordered filed~ 7th - "I am. in receipt of the following letter from Major Rice M. Youell, Oommissioner of Oorrections, and ! would like ~o read ~you ~y reply to his letter: 'Under date of February 19th, 194~, Mr. Francis C. Jones, E~eeutive Secretary of the State Board o~ 0orrections', addressed a letter to you gentlemen in which it was stated that an opinion had been asked of the Attorney General re- garding the Joint use of the Norfolk County Jail solely for the incar~eratioD of women prisoners from the three units of government mentioned above and the ~oint use of the Portsmouth' City Jail for the incarceration of male prisoners from Portsmouth City and Norfolk County. Th~ Attorney ~eneral, Ho.£~able~Abram .. Staoles, advised that a correction should be asked in the law~of the Gen- eral A~se~bly ~o be sure that tnls arrangemen~ would be entireIy legal from every vme~oint. Accordingly, Senate Bill 2~o. 23~ ~ae introduced in the Assembly by B~na~or A.E.S. Stephens ~o ct~rGf~ ~he law under ~nich ~nis ar rangement cDul~ ce carr~em out. The above-mentlon~d bill has passed corn in the House of Delegates and the S~nate and is now awaiting the G~vernor'~ ~igna~u~. ? do not be - lieve there will be any ~uestion-ou~ ~ha~ ~ne ~overnor. of course, will szgn the bi~l~ ~nd then I see no reason w~y the arrangement could not ce legally carried outJ~ Just as soon as this bill~i s signed, I will then communicate with you gentlemen further. It s~pears to the wriGer tha~ arrangements for using the Norfolk 0ounty Jail for the incarceration of all female