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March 2~th~ 1942. the same, but no~hing herein contained~ s.~hal! be construed as relieving the paymentof said taxes by the persons o%~ng smme~ or in re!i~ing A.E. parker, City Collector~ from his responsibility for any sums 'so collected." The following letter was read~ '~We, the Chairman and CommisSioners of the Housing Authority of the City~ of Portsmouth, are deeply moved by the loss of our friend and former City official who so ably and conscientiously served 'the interests of this commu~yfor so many yea~s. It will be diffi- cult, if not impossible~ to replace the loss of t?~s fine personality and sincere worker, but we may insure a permanent place in the memory of Portsmouth by dedicating a public work with which he h~s been closely associated and for which he has been materially responsible~ in his name. We therefore recommend that the Stadium on High Street be named for our former City Manager M.E. Haug. Yours very truly, HOUSING AUT}~RITY OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH George T. McLean~ Chairman George O. Diggs, Vice-Chairman E~ C. Allen M. L~ MoCarty Norman R. H~mi!ton." Motion of Mr. Lawrence to lay on ~ble was adopted.. The following letter was read: "At the regular meeting of the Portsmouth Central Labor Union, March ~Oth, 1942, it was ~nanimously adopted that this body go on record, as protesting to the Coun- Cilmen of the City of Portsmouth, ~he lease of public building, kno~ as the Oity Auditorium a~ Middie and Columbia Stsc, thereby asking them ~o withdraw such lease based on the following conditions: let. It is the only public building owned by the City of Portsmouth not now in use that could be used fo~ an emergency, such as a severe air raid, an epidemic, as the influenza epidemic in 1918, where the second floor of a department store on the corner of High and Effingham Sts. had to be used for an emergency hosDitalo 2nd. In the past it has been stated by the City Manager that a safe c~oacity should not exceed 600 people~ therefore it would be un- safe as a theatre. It has inadequate fire escapes, therefore it is not safe for hundreds of children a nd other citizens to congregate two ~ud a half stories from the ground. ~e are ~opealing to you through the sake of humanity, forgetting friendship or political am~t$ionso However, we are very much in sympathy with the Lessee of this building, through his recent mi'sfortune, however, we feel that it would be to the best interest of all the people of Portsmouth to reserve this building for any emergency thatmight arise° Respectfully George T. Ch~se, Secretary." Privilege of the floor was granted Mr. Lavendar who spoke in regard to the letter. On motion of ~r. Lawrence, the letter was referred to the Manager. The following letter was read and, on motion of Mr. Fox, referred to the M~nager: "The undersigned Jury Commissioners of the City of Portsmouth for the year 194~, appointed by Honorable Lawrence W. I~Anson, have prepared the initial list of persons suitable for jury service for the City of Portsmouth. ~e understand the new l~w recently enacted by the General Assembly requires that we make up a will gladly do~ ly have spent considerable the year 1942 in the supplemental list of Jury names sometime during the summer, ~!doh we ~,e have striven to do this work earnestly and. thoroughly and natural~ time in this undertaking. ~e herewith enclose our bill for services as Jury Commissioners for sum of $~5oOO each. Yours truly, T. A. ~i!lett A. J. Talbot C~uy ~rant.~