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present: At a meeting of the City Council held September 26th, at 8:00 P.M., there were Vernon A. Brooks, Leslie T. Fox, W. J. Alden 0asr, Archibald Ogg. City Manager. H. Hut chins, Arthu~ Mayo, S. B. Moore, Minutes of regular meeting held September 12th, were read and approved. The following communications from the City Manager were read: 1st - "Arrangements have been made with the State Emergency Relief Administration for the establishment of a Relief Bureau in Portsmouth within the next few days. Personnel of this Relief Bureau will be attached to our Public Welfare Department and will be supervised jointly by the City and the State Emergency Relief Administration. All of the employees of this Bureau are te be approved by the State Emergency Relief Administration, and all except one will be paid from relief funds. It will be the duty of the Relief Bureau to thoroughly investigate every application for relief and determine the kind and amount of relief to be given. The Relief Bureau is also to work closely with the several local relief agencies, assist the relief agen- cies where possible, and prevent, as far as possible, any duPlication ef relief. Arrangements have been made for Capt. A.D. Bouterse cf the Salvation Army_ to take active charge of the Relief Bureau, when it is established. Capt. Bouterse has cured a temporary furlough from the Salvation Army in order that he could take charge of this work. H~ has had considerable exoerience in this line or.work and I consider him thoroughly capable of taking charge of the R~iief Bureau. With the establishment of this Bureau, we will be better prepared to provide for those in need., On motion ordered filed. 2nd - "Taxes on property located at 115-1i7 High St.~ assessed en the lamd books of the Oity in the name of M.D. Eastwood Estate, have not been paid since 1927. The taxes on this property now amount to $2,066.83, in addition to which will be added a charge for razing the building which was recently done in order to eliminate a dangerous and unsafe condition. Taxes on property located at 435 Randolph St., assessed on the land books of the Oity in the name of Hester Borum, have not been paid since 1885. The taxes on this property new amount to $752.01. This property is in a very de!~apidated condition. In view of the condition of these properties and the amount of taxes due, I recommend that the City Attorney be directed to institute chancery proceedings for the sale of these properties at an early date and that the 0ity bid in the Eastwood property on High St., if it does not sell for as much as the taxes due and recent cost incurred in razing the old building and making this site safe." Motion of Er. Mayo to concur The "At in the recommendation of the City Manager, was adopted. following letter from the City Attorney was read: your last meeting you referred to me a request from M~r. Leland Norton for a refund of Ten Dollars and Fifty Cents ($10.50) on a city automobile license purchased on Sept- ember 6th. It appears that this party did not pay the license tax until after he had been sum- moned into Police Court. The City Collector refused to pas-rate the taxes on account of his having owned the car from May 1st. Under the circumstances and for the reasons stated in Mr. Norton's letter, I do not see how the City can consistently refund-the money." Motion of Mr. Brooks to concur in the opinion of the City Attorney, was .adopted. - ~NFINISHED BUSINESS - The Superintendent of Cemeteries reported the sale of Grove Cemetery on September 9th, 1933: 'Mrs. ~.~. Hodges, S.H. 804 A, Ave. J 10 x 25' the following lot in Oak Motion of Mr. Fox that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare deed and proper officers be authorized to execute same, was adopted. read: The following letter from the City Manager, laid on table until this meeting, was "The widening and repaying of County Street from the City Limits to Sixth Avenue has been approved by the State Highway Department as a project to be done from funds made available u~der the Naticna! Recovery Act. This project is known by the State Highway Depart- ment as N.R~M. 1036. The requirements are that the City furnish the necessary rights of way. In order that this roadway can be made thirty feet and a right c~-way forty feet supplied~, it is negessary that we acquire additional rights of way which Will cost not in excess of $2,000. These rights of way can be secured on the basis of the present assessed valuation of the pro- perty and in one instance, the necessary right of way Will be do~ated. As the State Highway Department proposes to widen the roadway fourteen feet, mak- ing a thirty foot roadway from the City limits to Sixth Avenue, and to put in necessary gutters and draLuage at a cost of approximately $65,000.00, I recommend that the City acquire the nec- essa-fy rights of way for this work; therefore request an appropriation of $2,OO0~ for th~spur- pose., Motion of Mr. Brooks to concur in the City Manager, s recommendation and aporopriate $2,000.00 for said purpose, was adopted, and by the following vote: -