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377 October ~OSh, lqM6, Motion of Mr. Hutehins to comply with said request was adopted. The following petition was read: ~We, the following members of the police DeoartmenS of the mouth, Virginia, earnestly request the Honorable 0ity Cotmc~l of said City, .wages to the scale that existed prior to July 1st, 1932: City Of ports to restore our (Signed) L.H. Cherry, Chief of Police, and all members of the P ollce Department. ~ petition. PriVilege of the floor was granted Mr. I~Anson, who spoke ~n favor of said On motion of Mr. Fox, said petition was referred to the 1931 budget. The following petition was read, and on motion of Mr. Hutohtns, referred to the City M~uaMer: "We, the undersized citizens of the City of portsmouth, Va., residing on Green Street, from South Street to Lincoln Street, in the City of POrtsmouth, Va., are forced to make this petition for tel&el from dust and dirt. Whereas, during the sturmer months, when the baseball season is opened, Green Street serves as a thoroughfare to and from the ball park on Green St. This street being a dirt street void of hard surface, causes it to be very dusty, and we suffer much from the clouds of dust stirred up by the wheels of~ asr-moving automobiles, and the dust settles in our homes and at times is very stifling even to pedestrians, and a menace to public hes~th. We do hereby request that something be done in %he way of some kind of hard- ~urfaoing on Green St~, from South to Lincoln St. Please give this matter your consideration for th~ good of the public. We are, ou.s, the ,madersigned citizens, (Signed) .J.H. Green, ~22 Green St. ~ud 64 others. R~-port of W.P. Jordaq~& Company, on auditing the ferry books and accounts for September, 1936, was received and ordered filed, On motion a~Jou~ned. Approved - President.