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October 9th, iq~4. ' ~' Cast, Parrish, Stewart Ayes:Brooks, Fox, Hutcn~ns, Moore, Nays:~ None~ Report o£ the Accounting Department for month of September was received and or- dered filed. - t~EW BUSIh~SS - The following letter was read: "Portsmouth, Va., _October 9th, 1934. The Honorable City Council, Portsmouth, Virginia. Gentlemen: In ~ay, 1931, the City Realty Corporation transferred to Wit Laderberg real es- tate situated on the North side of King St. and numbered 714 and 716. This property is still listed on the tax books in the name of the City Realty Corporation and taxes on it amounting to $109.18 were paid by the OityRealty 0orpora~ion in We.respectfully re~c~uest that the~Oommissioner of Revenue be instructed to make the proper corrections, so that these taxes may be charged to Mr. Laderberg and the Oity Realty 0orporation relieved We'also request that refund of $109.18, erroneously paid by us, be made; receipt for which is held by us. Very sincerely yours, E.O. Howell, Assists[ut Secretary., Motion of ~Lr. Moore to refer to the Oity A~torne. y, was adopted. The following letter was read: To the Honorable City Portsmouth, Va. Oounci!, "PORTSMOUTH, Va., Gentlemen: The undersigned humbly petitions your Honorable Body for'relief in payment of water bills at the Oity Jail for the following reasons: That I am a City as well as a ~te official; that the jail is City property; that the City paid for water supply for a number of years until recent months; that the spirit and purpose of the law governing the maintenance of jails is in favor of cities furnishing Water as well as heat and light~; that I am render- ing'services to the City for a nominal sum of Twenty~five Dollars ($25.00) per mo~th, which' does not justly compensate me; that the plumbing equipment for which the Oity is responsible, for repair and maintenance, is in such condition that an unnecessary flow of water oontinu - ,ally runs and I am thereby unable to determine what the cost of supplying water will be from month to month and statemehts for the months of August and So, ember, setting forth the var- iance in amounts are hereby attached; that only one sergeant out of eleven cities in this Stat~ pays for water in the jails and the Sheriff of Norfolk Oounty and other Counties ~hzough- out ~e State.does not pay for the water supply. For the above assigned reasons I trust that you will relieve ms f~om payment of all future water bills. Respectfully submitted, R.E. Glover, 0ity Sergeant." Motion of Mr. Stewart to refer to the Oity Attorney and that payment of wate~ bill mentioned be held up pending the Attorney's report for 1935 budget, was adopted. The following letter from the SChool Board was read: "Portsmouth, Va., October tth, 193~. Honorable Oity Council, Portsmouth, Va. Gentlemen: I ~n directed by the School Board to present to you the School Budget for the year 93D as adopted by the School Board on October 5th, 1934. This Budget does not provide for the restoration of any part of the out in the teachers~ salaries. Sheet 3 attached shows that the restoration of the 6~ cut will amount to $20,681.66. The Budget also as prepared does no~ provide ~or the restoration of the Night School. Sheet 3 shows the amount necessary to be approximately $1880.O0. You will note on Sheet 4 that the total Budget for the year is $3403.17 larger th~n for the year 193~, which is accounted for by five ~ajor items listed on that sheet. You will note also that the amount requested from the City ~e $8161.83 less than the amount ap- printed by the City for 1934. This is due to a larger State app=opriation. Respectfully submitted, H.A. Hunt, Supt. of Schools."