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_our organization free of any charge, in order that we may better help the work performed in
<br />the mission fields.
<br /> Assuring you of our unswerving loyalty~ and wishing you and your august body
<br />of councilmen much success in your untiring efforts ~o improve the welfare of the City, of
<br />which we are all proud, I remain~
<br />
<br />Sincerely yours,
<br />
<br /> Thomas E. Keil, Chairman."
<br /> Motion of Mr. Warren ~o make said refund of $25.00 was adopted.
<br />
<br /> The compensation report of theTreasurer, Commissioner of Revenue, Commonwealth
<br />Attorney for month of Nay, was presented~ and on motion of Mr. Hutchins, approved forpayment.
<br />
<br />month of March,
<br />
<br />Report of F.B. Hill & Company for auditing the fer~y books and accounts for the
<br />1937, was presented and ordered filed.
<br />
<br />On motion adjourned.
<br />
<br />Approved -
<br /> ~Pre s id ent.
<br />
<br />Clerk.
<br />
<br />Portsmouth, ~a., June 22nd, 1937.
<br />
<br /> At a regular meeting of the 0ity Council, held June 22nd, 1937, at 8:00 P.M.,
<br />there were present:
<br />
<br />John p. Letgh, Leslie T.
<br />Frank D. Lawrence, Co E.
<br />ager.
<br />
<br />Fox, George L~ Grimes, James N, Howard, W.R. Hutchins,
<br />~rren, H. Earl Weiseman, Pearle J. Wilson, Oity Man~
<br />
<br />Minutes of regular meeting held J~me 8th, 1937, were read an~ approved.
<br />
<br />The following report of the Telephone Gommi~tee was read and filed:
<br />
<br /> ~The Telephone Committee has had a conference with the local Superintendent
<br />of the Telephone Company, but all the facts as to income, expenses, etc., were not available,
<br />and after considerable discussion, the meeting was adjourned to meet again, as soon as Mr,
<br />Harrison, representing the Telephone Company, can ascertain and assemble the necessary data.
<br />
<br />Yours truly,
<br />
<br />TelephOne Committee -
<br /> W. R, ~utchins, Chairman."
<br />
<br />The following communications from the City Manager were read:
<br />
<br /> tst - "There has been some discor~ and dissensipn, and disloyalty, by some of
<br />the members of the Police Department.
<br /> I have had a conference at my office with several of them, each of whom
<br />has promised co-operation and loyalty in the future.
<br /> The situation i~ very much improved, and I hope and believe we shall be
<br />able ~o get efficient service without making any further ehange~, for the present."
<br />
<br />On motion ordered filed.
<br />
<br />2nd - "The service~ of three very old men, all over seventy years of age,
<br />Narris, John Lemme and Miles Rountree, have been discontinued, as they are too feeble to work.
<br /> I recommend that we retire them at $25.00 per month each. This will not
<br />increase the total of our retirement payroll, as two on the retired list, Mr. W.L. Sykes and
<br />Mr. Noah Hoffler, have recently died. Two of these men are nearly blind, and one of them is
<br />deafo~
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