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#The undersigned petitioner hereby respectfully makes application for a p~rmlt to. operate a taxicab so.vice in the Oity of Portsmouth for the accommodation of colored The a~plioamt submits-tha% the. presea~ ~eeommoela~i~ns fe.r the colored pop- ulation 1 s inadequate, and he will bind himself to render efficient so.ice, if g~anted the permit- applied for. · Respectfully, and the 0ity Manager, Arthur Williams, By Frank L.~llson." Notion of Mr. Howard to refer ~o the Special Gab and Forhire Oar 0ommittee wa~-adopted. The following letter was read: "~nent ~oplied for my mer~hantms license, I was asked about the rent I was, paying, and ~hrough ignorance I ga~e to ~e Olty Oolleo~r thetotal amount paid by me for ofmY rentdWellingpaldandforSt°re'the storeI didnotroom, know at the ~lme that the license tax is based upon the amo~t I live a%-$19 FeurthSt. &u a Prlva~e.~dwetling. I re~t a store room at 821 Fourth ~t. Thes~ ~wc buildings.are rentedby me fromM~.J.A.Mussman. I paid for met c so t drtob c correct amour s .ld have been $62.20. The rent for the store is $35.00 a month and a merchant Sm,!~cense at-this rental is $51.20, soft drink and tobacco license $11~OO, ~ total og $82~20. ! actually paid $6~for merchant's license and $11.OO for the eo~t drink a~d tobacco license.'~othe I respectfully petition your body for a refund of $1~.OO. i am reason - ably sure that had I understated the rental I would have been ca~!ed upon by theOity for the difference. - Thanking you in advance for a favorable action on this matter, I am, Respectfully, Nary Rubenstein.# Th~ City recommended said refund of $1~.OO. Notion of Er. Warren to make said refund, was adopted. On motion of-.~r~Fox, the reques~ of the lessees of theOity Auditorium to ~extend the present lease until cessation of hostilities or umtil the former Oolcny Theatre building canbe rebuilt, at anincreaseof$25.O0 per month lnr~e~.for those months, in excess of the present one yea.r~lease,~was g~anted, ~d the proper officers were authorized to execute such extension to the present lease, and by the following vote~ A~es: Leigh, Fox, Grimes, Hall, Howard, Lawrence, ~a~r~n ~itson Nays: None , Notion of Mr. Howard to relieve A.W. Marable, Jr. from paying the fo! - lowing personal property taxes (double a@sessment), was adopted: 1939 - $2.5o; 19~o - $3-Y5; 19~1 - $3.~5 - totaling$1o, e0. Said relief was approved by the Ol~y Attorney. Notion of Er. Hall t~hat the Oily Attorney present an ordinance prohibit- ing parking on the east side of Pre~e Avenue, between Du~e and Linoqln Sts., was ad, pred. On motion adjourned. President. Clerk.