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October 22nd. lqM6. Moore, The Manager presented the following ordin~mce which was, on motion of ~r. placed on its first reading: MAN ORDINANCE TO _~END AND RE-ORDAIN ~ ORDI~ANC~ TO PROVIDE FOR DEPOSITS ON LICENSES AND TAXES OF THE CIT~D FOR THE ALLOW- ~NCE OF INTEREST ON SUCH DEPOSITS, ADOPTED F~BRUARY Z3, 3rd ~ "There is a piece of real estate owned by one~ Ralph Bracy, lhh~ Colum~ bia St.~ upon which back taxes extending over fourteen years, now amount to approximetely $500.00. The house is vacaUt, and being gradually demolished. I recommend that the Attorney be authorzzed to sell the property." Motion of Mr. Stewar~ ~o concur in the ~e~ager~s r~¢omme~da~mon was The following communmcat~ ne from the City Attorney were read: ~h~ 1935, you ~' ~ ~ !st - "At your meeting held on ~ep~. 2~ refe~re~ ~o me a commun- ication from Ers. ~ary W. Hatton requesting a refund o_ ~39o75 paid for.taxes for the years 1932, 1933 and 193k on a building on a lot of land~ on the east ~ide of Washington The land in question is assess.ed as a lot 100 by 260 feet on the east side of Washington St., ~.d had a building v~2ue thereon of $500. It lies at the east end ~ p ~ on of Carroll St., 'and adjoins the Harbor View Apartment o~o sr~v the south. At the s~e time the Harbor View Apar~ment was built there were two delapidated bhildings on the l~ud, and the building Ineoec~or and the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection attempted to have ~he e~me removed. They were torn down by people for fire-wood and no permit was obta_ne~ to wreck the same. As far as I have been able to ascertain they were removed during the year 1931, and ~rs. Hatton ~pears to be entitled ~o a refund of $13~25 for .each of the above years, or a tot~ of $39-75, which I recommend.~ Motion of Mr. Oast to concur in the City Attorney's .recommendation was adopted. 2nd - "In agreement entered into between the City and the Virginia Electric Power Company~ in connection with the abandonment of the ~tree~ railway system ~n Portsmouth, the Power Comoany agreed to convey to the City ~.l rights it had in the streets in the City, the right of ~ay through Brighton of the Cradock line, and two lots in Park View needed for the widening of Armstrong St. I prepared a deed describing the property end requested that the same be signed. The Power Oomp~ay added the last paragraph as shown in ~he attached deed, ~nd omitted certain property which was not u~ed for street purposes. I respectfully request tb~t the a~tached resolution be oaseed and the City accept the deed. The Power Company is this time preparing to release ail outstanding mortgages ~ad ~o place a new mortgage on its property on November let, and therefore it is necessary that the matter be acted on at this meeting.~ On motion of Mr. Stewart, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutehins, ~oore, Cast, Stewart. Nays: None. "RESOLUTION "A RESOLUTION To approve the form of the attached deed by. which Virginia Electric & Power Company~ proposes to con- vey certain real estate to the City of Portsmouth; ~o accept said conveyance upon the terms and conditions therein stated and to authorize and direct the execution thereof on behalf cf the CiZy. W~EPJEAS~ by an agreement, dated ~ay 10th, 1935, between the City of Ports- mouth and Virginia Electric and Power Company, the City ooRsented to the discontinuance and abandonmen~ by said Company of its entire street railway system ~n said City; and WHEreAS: the said agreement provided that said Company "doth hereby gran~ and convey to the City al! of its right, title a~d interest in and to any private rights- of-way in said City mow used by it in the operation bf said stree~ railway system; and the City doth hereby accept said g~ants and-~onveyances. Provided, however~ that the Power Company doth hereby -reserve the right to use all such pri- vate rig~ts-o'f-way for the construction, maintenance and operation of i~s electric light ~nd power system, to which reservation the City doth hereby assent."; and WHEREAS, ~he City requested a more definite descr~ptio~ of said rights-of-way and the conveyance of certain additional land which was purchased by the Company for ri~nt-of-way purposes~ but not lying within the lines of the strips tually used for rights-of-way, and in response to which re- quests the Company has offered to make a conveyance to the City in the form of the deed hereto attached, as a part hereof; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH: