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NEW BUSINESS The foll~wing letter was read: "For the Boy Scouts of America, in the name of the Scouters Club of Ports mouth, I have leased the~iu ty Auditorium for the night of Feb. llth, 1936. This lease is -f~ the purPose of holding~the Anniversary Week meeting of all Portsmouth Boy Scouts. No admis- sion is to be charged and the general public is invited to attend the meeting. The meeting will consist of the Court of Honor for Scouts receiving advancement awards, and a few re - marks by various people, on Scouting. The SCouters Club is a vo!un~ary association of men who furnish the leader - ship for the Boy Scouts or.This City, and is a non-profit making cl~o. In fact, it has no dues nor &ny money.~ The $15.OO rental for the Auditorium has been paid to W.L. Davis, Supt., by me, with my personal funds, as witness receipt hereto attached. The Scouters Club respectfully request the City Council to refund ~o them the $15.O0 paid for the rental of the City Auditori,mm for the night of February llth, 1936. Respectfully submitted, Robert A. POwers, Jr., President, Portsmouth Scouters Club, Motion of Mr. Hutchins ~o make said refund, was adopted. The following letter was read and referred to the City Attorney: "I own the property 2918 Queen St., which is a vacant lot. The house which was on the land burned in 1933 and the Commissioner of the Revenue left the building value off the assessment in 1934. The Assessors for some reason assessed the property with a house at the value of $600.00, although they can not find a house on the !an~. Please relieve the property of the ~axes charged on the house for 1935 and request the Commissioner of theRevenue to omit the assessment for 1936. I hope some day to be in a posi~ionto pay my taxes. Yours very truly, Revenue, ment. Richard S. Collins." The Compensation Report for JanuarM, of the City Treasurer, Commissioner of Commonwealth Attorney, was presented, and on motion of Mr. Hutchins, approved for pay- Mr. Fox called attention to a Bill offered in the State Senate, by Senator Norris, ~uown as Senate Bill No. 178 ~to provide for.the supervision, regulation, restriction and control of the extension of certain oublic service facilities, and to prescribe the func- tions, powers ~ud duties of the Sta~e Co~ooration Commission, in connection therewith. Motion of Mr. Fox tha~ we go on record as opposing said Bill, 8nd to request our Representatives in the Legislature to use their best efforts to defeat the same, was ~dopted. Approved - On motion adjourned. Clerk. President.