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there were present: At a regular meeting of the City Council, held August loth, 1943, Leslie T. Fox, George L. Games, Russell M. Hall, James N. Howard, W. R. Hutchins, Frank D. Lawrence,C. E. Warren, Pearls J. ~Yilson and Arthur So Owens, City ~ ~anager. The President being absent, Vice President Pear!e J. Wilson presided. Minutes o f regular meeting held July 27th were read and approved. The ~ol_o~ing communications f rom the City Manager were read: let - "A local dealer has offered to sell the City six new motorcy- cles ~ud accept six of our old ones as trade-ins. The total cost of the new machines, including transfer of mi- nor eq~ment, etc., is $1,OOOoO0. I am therefore respectfully requesting an appropriation of that amount of money to secure t?~is new equipment. ~ Motion of Nr. Fox that an appropriation of $1,000. for said purpose be laid on the table until next meeting, was adopted. 2nd - "I have appointed Police Officer~ effective July 31et, 1943, and C. S. August let, 1~4~." On motion filed. H~ Snyder to the position of Substitute Daniels _eg~lar Police Officer, effective 3rd ~The contract between the Virginia Smelting Comoany, the Coun~ of Norfolk and the City of Portsmouth for water supply to West Norfolk is being dra~. I hope it will be ready for presentation to the City Council at its next regular meeting." On motion filed. ~th - ~'On recommendation of the 0ity Engineer~ I have filed with the State Highway Department the City's intention to make claim for improvements and de~aages to the streets and ~ghways in the City of Portsmouth, under Section lO of the Defense F~ghway Act, to the extent of approximately $500,OOO.OO~ This claim is made because the streets ~ud highways of our City have been materially damaged by heavy C~vernment trucks serving the military ~o~rces of the Army and Navy, by troops, s~d by veP~cles of con~ractors with the various Government agencies in connection with the prosecution of the War effort." On motion filed. 5th - "I am in receipt of a report from L. McCarthy Downs~ Auditor of Public'Accounts, relative to the affairs of the Clerk of the Hust~nos Court of the City of Portsmouth, for the calendar year 1942. Mr. Downs, in a portion of his report, quotes as follows: ,The Clerk and his office assistants are deserving of especial commendation for the e~oellent manner in which the records have been prepared. The examination disclosed that full accounting had been made for all funds of record coming int6 the custody of the Clerk for the period covered.'" On motion filed. 6th - "I have been advised by John T. Jackson, President of the Polygon Club, ~uhich org~uization instigated ~nd led the program to have a cruiser named by the City of Portsmouth, tD~t the cruiser will be launched sometime in July, 1944. This information was received by Mr. Jackson from Secretary ~nox." On motion filed. ?th - tional taxi-ca~s be granted." Eotion adopted. 8th - recommend that authority for the operation of ten addi - Mr. Fox to concur in the Manager s recommendation~ was ~he Manager presented the following resolution: ~,WHEREA~, the members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary has rendered efficien$ and capable public service to the citizens of our 0ity and newcomers in our community, at the Information Booth, located at Court and High Streets, and