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adopted,
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<br />"BE IT RESOLVED by the Oo~ncl! of-th~ 0ity of Portsmouth, Virginia,
<br />tha-t.in order for the State Highway Commiselone~ to secure~Pederal
<br />funds, ahd pave-with concre$e~and widen the roadwa~ of the Gosport
<br />Re.ad f~o.m Seventh Street to the City llmits, to a'wi. dthof forty
<br />fee~,-the City will acquire-the necessary.l~w~l to ~iden the~Gosport
<br />Road to a width of sixty fee~, and.~o secure fortheStateHig~way
<br />Commissioner the right of entry on theland necess~ryfor the pave-
<br />ment and drainage, and the 0hief Ehgineer of the--City is directed
<br />to immediaAety notify the State Highway Commissioner of this 'action
<br />of the City Council.
<br />And Be it Further Resolvedthat the City Manager is directed to
<br />take~he~ecessa, y s.tepsto 'acquire the land for the ~dening of the
<br />Gosport Road, and if the same can be acquired~without undue expense,
<br />the!and be~wee~ the-Gosport Road and Key Avemue, and the sum of
<br />Eighteen Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated~for that purpose."
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<br /> Notion of Mr. Hutohins to appropriate $15~000.00 for said purpose, was
<br />and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Leigh, Fox, Hall, Howard, Hutchins, Lawrence, Warren, Wilson
<br />Nays: None
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<br />filed:
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<br />The following communication from the City Collector was read and ordered
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<br /> "Attached to t~s letter are the following cancelled City Bonds which have
<br />been paid by the City Sinking Fund°
<br />
<br /> 30 School Bonds Nos. 1~30 @ 1000.O0 $30,000.00
<br /> 30 Paving & Sro Imp. 1~30 @ 1000.00 30,000.00
<br /> 110 Sewerage Bonds 1/110 $ 1000. O0 110,000. OO
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<br /> $170,0o0.00
<br />These bonds were due July l, 1938 and paid as received.
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<br /> 37 6th Ward Imp. Nos. 1/37 ~ 1000.O0 $ 3Y,OOOoO0
<br /> I " ~ " No. 38 @ 500-00 500.00
<br /> 3Y ?~h " " NOs. 1/37 @ lO00.O0 3?,000.00
<br /> ! " " " No. ~ @ 50O.00 500.00
<br /> 50 SchOol Bonds Nos._~50 $ lOOO. OO 50,000.00
<br /> 1/125 $ lOOO. OO 125,000. O0
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<br />125 Paving & St. Imp.
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<br />These bonds were due August let,
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<br />$250,000.00
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<br />1940 and paid as received."
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<br />The followi~ communication from the City Attorney was read:
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<br /> "The following tax matters were referred to me and I desire to re~ort as
<br />follows: ~
<br /> 1. 'Rtque~t for relief of taxes for year 1935 on property assessed to
<br />J. W. Avery as lot 262Wlrt Ave. The assessors for 1934 erroneously assessed Er. Avery with
<br />two buildings when there was only one upon the land owned by him. The Commissioner of Revenue
<br />caught the error the following year and removed the building value of $800.00. The City ~ol-
<br />letted perm~_itted the payment of the tax on the land ~t that time but can not now accept later
<br />years because of~ the erroneous assessment. The sum of $21.20 should be relieved.
<br /> 2. Dupont'L.~ Davis on January 10th, 1942 bought a City license tag for
<br />his automobile, ~after having read in the Norfolk newspaper tha~ 1942 tags must~ be purchased
<br />before January 15~h. He had a Portsmouth tag which was good until May ~i s t, and as he can
<br />not use the one purchased in January, he requests to be refunded the sum of $10.50. The tag
<br />has been returned and Mr. Brinson has it in D~s possession, together with the receipt. Under
<br />the circumstances, I believe he should be refunded $10.50.
<br /> 3- Reeuest of Mrs. Essle B. Robertson, by F.0.Robertson, her husband,
<br />to be relieved of taxes assessed on a building on 1Ct ll west side of Virginia St. it aopears
<br />that the building was razed in 1932 and no ~uilding permit was obtained. Mr. Roberteon has re
<br />fused to pay any taxes since that time. The building was assessed at $100.00 for the years
<br />1933, 193~, 1935 and 193~, and Mrs. Robertson should be relieved of $2.65 for each of said
<br /> 4~ The Union Machinists~ Home Inc. became the owner of the property
<br />at the southwes~ corner of Court and London Sts., known as 300 CourtSt., by deed recorded on
<br />Narch 3rd, 1941. It is chs~rtered as a benevolent charitable organization and took possession
<br />of t~he~property immediately after i~ purcD~ase. It requests to be relieved of taxes amounting
<br />to $126.25 for the last half o~ the year 1941 assessed in the name of W.N. Stoakes, Sr~ This
<br />is a similar request recently made by the Woman's Olub and I believe it is the custom of the
<br />City~Oounci-1 to relieve taxes under such circumstances, and I recommend that the request be
<br />granted.
<br /> 5. In 1940, I sold through a Chancery suit the property Of the ~tandard
<br />Building and L~en As~ciation, a defunct institution. Several of the lots were purchased by
<br />the City, there being no other bidders and what money was received was applied to the payment
<br />of thoraxes which was insufficient to pay the whole amount due. -The City Collector should be
<br />relieved of the taxes shown on the attached statement."
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<br />Notion of Mr. Fox to concur in t he Attorney's recommendation was adopted~
<br />On motion of Mr. Hutchins, the rules were suspended t~ hear Mr.T.B.Ooker,
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