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April
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the 01ty Council, held at ?:00 P.M., on April 14th,
<br />there were present:
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<br /> jo~n P. Letgh, Lesti~eT. Fox, ~eorge 'L.
<br /> Hutchins, Frank D. Lap,re,ce, 0o E~ ~arren, Pearle J~. Wilson and R.~.
<br /> Barclay, Acting Cit~ Manager.
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<br /> Minutes of regular meeting held March 24th and special meeting of Aorit
<br />were read and approved.
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<br />oil.
<br />lowing:
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<br />The Acting City Manager presented the .newly elected City ~9_uager to the Ooun-
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<br /> PriVilege of the floor~wa~"g~a'~ted Mr. V. L. Parker, ~ho presented the fei -
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<br /> #On~ behalf of.Mr. Harry Lipman, ~I d~-eire ~0 ~u~ ~he following offer:
<br /> The0ity of Port,ouCh o~s a ~s~rip of landOn ~he ~.~Heaa~ co~ne~ of
<br />~our~h S~. ~d ~sper~ ~a~,app~xi~elF%~en~f ee~ by,ninety fee~, which l~d is between
<br />~he sidewalk on ~spor~ ~ad/and ~he ~roper~y beIongi~g~o ~r~ ~i~. M~."~pm~desires ~
<br />ren~ ~his ~d ~d er~c~eon_a building In~w~chhe ea~ s~ore ~ock~ffers ~opay a
<br />rental of One H~dr~ ~ud Fif~y ~lt~s per year, ~h ~he underst~ding ~a~ he will remove
<br />the buildl~ upon ~hir~y d~s no,ice. ' ~
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<br />Re~oectfully submitted,
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<br />Vincent L. Parker, A~$orney for Harry Lipman."
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<br /> Motion o~ Mr. Warren to rent said land .to Mr. Lipman with condition as set
<br />forth in Mr. Parker's-letter, was adopted.
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<br />asked that the
<br />was adopted.
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<br />tlon of $50.00 for the expense of o~rving Memorial Day,
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<br /> Privilege of the floor was gr~uute~ ~ delega~iom frdm the Garden Clubs, who
<br />Oity have a Clean~UpOampaign ~imilarto previous yeara.
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<br /> Notion of Mr. Lawrence torefer ~to the City Manager, With power to aot, ~
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<br /> P~lvilege of the :floor was granted $c Mr.-Pe~ry,'~who asked for an propria-.
<br /> May~3Ot~,
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<br /> Motion of: Mr. Wilson to appropriate $50.00 fop said~p~rpose, was adopted.
<br /> The foll0wi~g communications f~om the Acting'City Msaager were read:
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<br /> let -' The Mamagerreeommended a refund to the Colored Home for the Aged,
<br />Nancy Wheeler, Treasurer, of $15.00, the ~mount paid for use of the City Auditorium for April
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Lawrence ~o make sai~ refund, wa~ adopted.
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<br /> ' a,c~py'bf~-ce~tlflcate an~ agreement (FO~m No. 501)
<br /> 2nd'- "Attached'-!~e
<br />with the office of the 0ivl!lan Defense. I executed the aMr6eme~ on behalf of the 0ity and
<br />Mr. Bt!neon attached the seal of the Oily. I request that you approve our action.
<br /> I have appolnte~ Mr.~ A. E. Parke~, Local Property Officer, and h~
<br />ha~ executed a bond of $5,000.00. He h~S rec~lve&two~[P~d (200) arm bands and one hundred!
<br />(100) .helmets to be distributed ~o Air Raid Wardens. other supp!iesand fire equipment are
<br />be received by the Oity, Mr. Parker is required to take a receipt for all property delivered
<br />by him and all proper~' ~0~ lest is t6 ~e returned to the~'Federal Government~"
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<br />Motion of Mr. Fox to concur in %he Manag~'r'e recommendation, was adopted.
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<br /> 3rd - "The following~npointments to the Police Department have been made:
<br /> W. O. Sedberry, as regular patrolman,' effective March 27~h, 19~2
<br />Ge~W. Paarte, ll23 Helladay St., effective. Apri~ ?~h,19~2.
<br />The na~s on the Civil Service list are exhausted. As neither of
<br />these men were on the list, the appointments were made under the probationary period of four
<br />months."
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<br />On mo~tenlox~lered Tiled.
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<br /> ~h -The Manager presented the fo!lowlng letter:
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<br /> "Capt. L. 0L Warren, your Acting Chief Of Police, in his usual quick think-
<br />ing manner, af~erhaving Patrolman George W. Pear,e, properly sworn in, called Detectives L.A.
<br />Broughton and B. E. Andrews ~o his o~fice, gave them instructions, to have Patrolman Pearte
<br />report to them dressed in "work clotaing" at nine O'clock last night and try to get purchases
<br />of whiskey from violators of the A.B.O. Act.
<br /> Capt. Warren~s instructions were well worded,' and Detectives Broughtcn and
<br />Andrews carried his instructions ou~ well and ~o the letter, getting results in an efficien~
<br />manner.
<br /> Patrolman Pea~e made purchases from the persons listed, raids were made,
<br />arrests were made, seizuresc f ~niekey were also made
<br /> Hen-fy Le~i~, at the "Looker Olub", ?10 .Crawford St., sold one pint of Cal-
<br />vert Special' whiskey a% a price of $2.00 and from this we seized sixty one pints of legal
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