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G5 ?33- Th~ School Board at its meeting on September I, directed the Finance Committee ef the School Board to ask your approval of two greatly needed building projects in the Portsmouth Schools. 1. A~ annex tO the Briggs School, estimated cost for building and necessary add£tional land $15,OO0. 2. A hea~ing plant and library room at the Cooke-Street School estimated cost $1,500,O0. The Board is requesting that the City ~ounoil approve these projects in order that application may be made to the N.R.A. for a donation and loan under the terms cf the N.I.R.A., the construction of- these projects to be dependent upon the grsmt of such donation and loan. The Finance Committee wishes to have a conference with your Honorable body at an early date to be fixed by you in order that the urgent need of these projects and sundry ether details may be set forth and discussed fully. Respectfully SUbmitted, T.A. Wiltett, Chairman. George B. Kittrell, H.N. Parker Finance Committee, Portsmouth School Board. Motion of Mr. Brooks to refer to the City Attorney as to the legal phase, the Attorney to report at a conference of the Council and the School Board, to be called for that purpose, was adopted. Report of the Accounting Department for the month of August, was received and or- dered filed. - NEW BUSINESS - The following letter was read: ~United States ~leet Ro~ating-Reserve Destroyer Squadron Nineteen, Scouting Force' U.S.S. Tillman Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth,Va. September 12, 1933. Mr. L.C.Brinson, Oity Clerk, Portsmouth, Va. Dear Sir: Will you kindly take up w lth the Council of the City of Portsmouth on September 12th, 1933, the matter of a refund in the amount of $10.50 for an unused city automobile li- cense purchased on September 6th, !933. On September 6th, my wife purchased Portsmouth Oity License No. 3222. On the same date (September 6th) I sold my car. The same morning I tried to return the license for refund, but was i~ormed that the refund could not be made without the approval of the Oity C cunt il. My car had not been operated in the City ef Portsmouth from the time of my ar- rest for violation of the Oity Tax Bill to the date of sale of the car. My oar was parked in the Navy Yard fr~m date of arrest to date of sale of car, Very truly yours, Leland Norton, Y. 2c., U.S. Navy., Motion of Mr. Brooks to refer to the City Attorney, was adopted. The following communication fro~ the League of Virginia Municipalities~was ".Richmond, Va., September 2, 1933. Mr. L.O. Brinson, City Clerk, Portsmouth, Va. read: Dear Sir: I would appreciate your reading the following communicatio~ ~e your Council at its next regular meeting: The League of Virginia Municipalities will hold its twenty-eighth annual conven- tion in Danville on ~ednesday and Thursday, September 2~th an~ 28th, 1933. Round trip rail- road fares of a fare a~d one-fifth for the whole trip have been secured and the necessary railroad certificates may be obtained by writing to this elf ice. I sincerely hope that a large delegation from your municipality may attend these important sessions. Included in the matters to be discussed are welfare relief, group and pension imsuranoe, the highway problem, the federal public w~rks pr~gram~pers~ommet ~a~hministration, bond issue administration and mu- nicipal safety work. Im addition there will be importamt committee reports including especi- a~lly a report of our Legislative Committee which has been working throughout the year on a comprehensive legislative program to be considered on behalf of the cities and towns of the