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M~y 9th. t-939. At a regu!a~ meeting of the City 0ouncil~ there were present: held ~y 9th, 1939, at 8:00 John P. Leigk, Le~-ie T. Fox, =eorge L. Grimes, J~mes N. Howard, Fr~nk D. Law~n~, H. E~l Welsem~, Pearle J. ~il~n~ a~d the ' ' Oity M~ager Minutes of medlar meeting held ~l 25th ~d special m%eting of gay 2nd, were read ~d approved. ~ following co~unication s~m the 0ity E~Eer were read: ls~ - The E~ager presente~ ~e following lettgr~ wi~ ~endatien s~d re,nd be granted: We appre'olate ~ u~e of ~e. city audi~ri~ on Su~da~ April 16th, fo~ o~ massmeetlng of the ev~gelistic settees held in Port,curb, d~ing the ~n~h of April. ~e fif~e~ dollars~ we paid~ I ~erst~d would ~ ~nded. T~s is ~ kind of you, ~d I w~ to t~k you fo~ thins Very sincerely~ Notion of Mr. Howard to make said refund of $15.00, was adopted. ~nd - Thel~lanager presented the following letter, with'recommendation t~hs.t we pure.base said .land for ~350.0Ot "Mr. A. 0~ Ward and Mrs. Martha J. Bunting and children hkve agreed to sell all the land ~f~ich they own-on Glasgow Stree~, for $350.00. This includes the high lot ~5 feet wide and all the land looa~e~ ~tong the drsdno The land extends back 2~6 feet, or nearly to London St. It is assessed for $250°00. I think the price is reasonable, and request thmt I be authorized to complete the purchase. Yours very truly, Re 0. Barclay." Notion of Nr, Fox to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adopte~o The Manager presented the' following ordinance: "ANORDINANCE A~ENDING ~EE BUILDING CODE OF TEE CITY OF PORT~IOUTH BY ADDING A SE~TION-KNOWN.AS.~EOTION'125 Notion of Mr. Fox to place said ordinance on i~s first reading, was adopted. 4th - "Last s~mmer, we inaugurated a playground project on ~hich we spent $1,19~.~l. There seems to be a city-wide demand for much larger scale. - - - ~st year, the proJec~ was for boys only; the one proposed for this year would include bo~h boys and girls. This will require, in addition to the Superintendent of Playgrou~ls, a m~u and woman attendant at each place, whic~ would make a total of eleven playground employees. ~ith the cost of additional equipment, the total ex!3enditure would be $2,~00.005 and will probably be worth all it will cost° We can apply any mo~ey re~t~rned Zo us from the $500°00 subscribed, to the Fleet EntertainmentFund~ as a part of the Notion of Mr. La~ence that appropriation of $2~O0.00 be laid on table un~ til next meeting, was~adopted. 5~ - The Manager presented ~he following application for bill boards in the City~ to whiah opposition has been made: W. Ve!lines 0ompa~uy has made application to erect bill boards "~o at the following locations~ Cassell property, north side Old Air Line Turnpike at Seventh Avenue 0assell property, south side High St., 120' west of ~ifth. A~enue Oassell property, north side Old Air Line Turnpike ~00~ east of City limits Southwest corner High St. and Douglas Avenue ighsto ~69 Western Branch Bead Court St., south of Seaboard Air Line P~R tracks The City Manager has approved these sites. Any person aggrieved by this 8~proval~ may file obJeetica thereto~ in w~iting, wit~ the City Manager, within eigh~ days from first date of this publication. Chas. F. Ha~per, Oity Manager." Privilege of the floor was gran.ted anyone interested. Mr. Ha~ry Cuthriell spoke for the bill boards, and Mrs. Womble and Mr. Olile P. Murray spoke against.