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On motion adjourned. Approved - ~ ~ President. October 8th~ 1940 - Ootobe~ 22nd,!ghO City Clerk. Portsmouth, V~,, October 22nd, 1940. At a regular meeting of the City Council, held October 22nd, 1940, at 7:OO P.M., there were present: John P. Leigh, Leslie T. Fox, George Lo G~imes, Russell M.Hall, James N. Howard, W. R. Hutchins, Frank D. La~rence, C. E. Warren, Pearle J. Wilson. Minutes of regular meeting held October 8th were read and approved. The following communications from the City Manager were read: let - "We have advertised for sealed bids on two hundred fifty five-cent parking meters~ installed. The bids will be op~ned at ll:OO o~slock, on October 31st, at the City Ms~ager'e Office.~ On motion ordered filed; 2nd ~ half of the money paid into be r e~ndedo purpose." ~After investigation, theOity Attorney is of ~he ooinion that one- the Police Retirement Fund by former Patrolman J.~. Peavy, should I therefore ask an aooropriation of $ 5.36 to be used for that red in. On motion of Mr~ Hutchins, the recommendation of the Manager was concur 3rd ~ ~At eleven o'clock ~oday, we o~ened bids fo~ 1,2OO tons Type bituminous surfacing material, and the lowest cid was $5.$3 per ton delivered, v~aieh ~mounts to $6~516.O0, We have in the Street Funds $3,5OO.OO we can use~ but we need an additional appropriation of $3~O00.OO. ~nis will enable us to make a first class street of South Street, from Crawford to Effingham, ~Gich will take some of the congested traffic away from H~gh St. ~ne ~.P.A. has agreed to furnish the l~ooro Motion of Mr. Fox to concur in the Manager's recommendation and to place an appropriation of $3~OO0. OO for said purpose, on its first reaS~ng~ was adopted. 4th - "As directed by resolution, passed at your last meeting, I gave ten days notice by advertisement in the ~Portsmouth Star~ that I would proceed to sell the three parcels of land in Lake Kilby, at public auction, on Tuesday, October 22nd~ 1940~ at twelve o~clock, noon, in front of the Court House in the City of Portsmouth. I attended the sale~ and the prooerty was ourchased on behalf of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, it being the highest ~idder, fo~ the sum of $2,OO0oOO. I recommend that the sale be confirmed and that the property be sold upon the condition that: '~he Norfolk and Western Railway Company will agree that it will not~ a~ any time~ either in the constr~c~ion of its works upon the said land or any use which it shall meke of the s~ae, narrow, shorten~ or otherwise impede the existing channel connecting portions of Lake Kilby~ or interfere with the flow of water in said lake, or that it v~l! commit any act ~uhioh can be reasonably avoided, ~nich will contaminate the water in the lake or make it obJectiongole for use as a public water supply for human consumption, or change or interrupt the normal operating conditions of the filtration plant of the City of Portsmouth at the Lake Eilby pumping station.~o Motion of Mr. Hutohins to concur in the Manager's recommendation and that