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O ~ctob~_er 2~ "The City of Port~nouth ~has assessed me on my oersona! oroperty tax at the ad-! d-~ess at !O!O Fifth St. as.K.E. Powel! and assessed me again. _ at 1015 ~if~h ~St, I ~ou!~ ~ l~ke' to~ get the one a~ lO15 Fifth S~. li~ed, zE~ [~i~ht per'hal property te~ will be oeid in the name M.E. Powell at !O10 Fifth St. ~ where I~o~ !iviD~..% ~ Thanking you, M.E. Powelt.. The following letter was read and on motion of Mr. Wilson referred to the City Attorney: ~I respectfully request that I be relieved of the oayment of personal proper- ty taxes for the years of 1936, 1937 and 1938. During these years~ I did not own any oersonal property v£nich was taxable~ I boarded with ~ my mo~ner, .irs. Sarah Gray, 2000 Glasgow S~. During the years of 1939, 194C mud 1941 I have been living at 1916 Glasgow St.' and owe personal property taxes for those years. ~ours very trt~ly, L. Bo Gray." Motion of hr~ Howard that all requests for relief of personal orooerty tax be referred to ,the Attorney mud that he re~ort to the ~ounc_l~ was adopted. The following letter was read and~ on motion of Mr. Howard~ referred to the City l~nager and City At~orney, ~'In SePte~oer 1939, I ke~'Z-' spo . o ~ou~nm~reference to a water oipe leading from my no_e 205 Nor~h Crawford St., %~nick was broken ~5~ere the Seaboard Air~ ~ne tracks pass over s~e. I e~gaged a p!~mber ~d ~d it ~- .... - ~ -- repaire~wltn,~a--aew 'line of oipe about 12 feet long at a cost of abe~t ~16.~O. - It has been broken again in the same place and I do not feel that I should ~bear the expense of ~.ving it ~paired ag~n. The plumbers w~ made ~he rep~rs before attributed the bause of the break directly to the ~ilroad. There ~s been a l~ge Norfolk & Western derrick about 50 ton capa- city engaged in ss~vaging freight~cars'f~,~ ~ sunk~n.~bar floa~ using the track last week mud feel that this extra weig/nt ~s c~ueed ~h~is ~rouble~.[~ Z ~l! ~opreciate ~ythi~ you can do in investigating t~s matter for Respectfully, Chas. A. Sullivan, 205 N. Crawford St.'~ The following letter was read smd ordered filed: "The Executive Committee of the National Peanut Exposition to be held in Suffolk on October 3Otb and 31st~ acknowledges, with pleasure, the letter from you and your Council signifying your intention of being present for this occasion. I am inclosing a copy of the.program-for your information. · W~.en you arrive in Suffolk, you may call either the Executive office, or the Elliott Hotel for further information. Very tm3.1y yours, Jo!m Henry Powell, Chairman, Invitation Committee." The following letter was read and, on motion of hr. Howard, concurred in: "As you know, Portsmouth Post ~37 of the American Legidm celebrates Armis- tice Day, November llth, and I am writing at this time requesting that a proclamation be is - sued in regard to a general holiday throughout Trusting this request will be granted as in past years and hoping you will accept an invitation to witness the display of mechanized forces by being present on the re - viewing sts~d, I host sincerely yours, Jas~ Aug. Borum, Co-Chairman Parade Committee.~ Bill of J. Shirley Hope, State Game Warde~, for destroying fifty tagless dogs at $2.50 each, totaling ~125.OO, was presented, and on motion o f Mr. Lawrence~ the Treas- urer was authorized to pay same from funds in her ?~nds from the collection of Dog Taxes. The following letter was read~ ~Ud on motion ordered filed: ~Under date of October 31th, 194!, the Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission accepted sm offer of a grant of ~2,500,OOO. from the Federal Works Administrator. The offer is herewith quoted in full: 'Subject to the Terms and Conditions (DP~ Form Nc.lOC, dated September l~41) attached hereto and made a part hereof, the United States of America hereby offers to make a grant of v2,5OO~OO~, to the Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission in order to aid in fi