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of Circuit Court, and the Royal Typewriter Comoany of Baltimore, dated July let, 1932,
<br />amount $158.50,-for two Royal typewriters for ~he office of the Clerk o£ Hustings Court.
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<br /> Both of these bills have been approved by Mr. Baker, Clerk of Court, and Mr. Ba-
<br />ker advises that the expense was approved by the former City D~anager. As the appropriation
<br />in the budget for courts is not sufficient to cover these two b-ills, I request an additional
<br />appropriation of $450.00 for the expense of the oourt~ in order that these bills can be enid,
<br />as the books were repaired in June of this year and the t~e~iters were ourohased in Febru~
<br />ary of this year. - ~
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<br /> From the information I have been able to obtain it accents that the aooropriation
<br />for the e~oense_ of the 0terk's office is not snf~, =zczent,' ' due to-~n error in the 'prepare%ion-
<br />of ~his year~s budget.,
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<br /> Motion of Er. Mayo to aopropriate $450.00 for said purpose was adopted,and by
<br />the following ~.
<br /> VO~.
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<br />Ayes - ~ooks, Fox. Hutohins, Mayo, Moore, Oast, Ogg -
<br />Nays - None.
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<br /> 8th 'I have on hand four bills from the Commission of Roads
<br /> the Gou~aty of Norfolk, amounting to $~-,274.98 for the City's ~ ~' ~_a Bridges of
<br /> ~opor~lon of the cost of main-
<br /> te~nce and lights of the ~est Norfolk bri~e from April 1st, 1931 to June 21st, 1932. The
<br />Oo~ty is requesting pa~ent of these bills at an early date, and advises that the Commisszon
<br />of Roads and ~idges passed out of existence on June 21st, 1932, due to the State taking over
<br />t~e maintenance and operation of this bridge as of July let, 1932.
<br /> These bills reoresent one-half the cost of the ooeration and mainZenan~
<br />of the br~ge during the oeriod mentioned and as
<br /> ..... . , . tee ~y has been a .n these o'
<br />tnzs baszs zn the cast- T ~=~ ..... =.~ ~ + ~ , ... _ - P Y g zlls on
<br />..... ~=~s nave oeen oneo~e~ and foun~ ~
<br />get authorizes $3,000.~ for the mai~~ ~' -~z'~s~nz~ ~z~y ~umz~or. The 1932 bud-
<br /> I am now handling - -¢ ~
<br /> - with the State Hiehway D~artment the ~estion as to
<br />what- part of the cost of m~.zntenance~' and operation of this bridge the city wil] pay to the
<br />State ~om the Cate the State took ove~ the bridge., -
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<br /> Motion off, Mr. Hutchins ~o appropriate $1,27~.98 to cay said bill was laid on ta-
<br />ble tuutil next meeti{tg. ~ -
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<br /> 9th - 'On November 26th, 1932, Mr. Wm. Smith whose address is 104 N. Elm Ave. ,
<br /> made application for a permit to erect a one-story wooden frmme store building on Leckie St.
<br /> beginning ll5 ft. from First ~ve. ,
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<br /> · Notice of this apoiioation was published in the Portsmouth Star, as re-
<br /> cu~ ed~ zn~ ordinance a~o~ed by the Oounoil on J~e 28th, 1927. Shortly after notice of this
<br /> aDp~o~on ~as published in %he p~per, I received a oetition s~ned by sixteen residents of
<br /> west Park View, and a re~cest from the West ~Pa~k View-Garden O!ub dated December 3rd, asking
<br /> that this application be denied.
<br /> I am attaching th~ application together with petition from residents of
<br /> West. Park View and re~f~est f.rom the ~es~ Park View Garden Olub, for your consideration and
<br /> handli~, in accordance with ordir~noe adopted on June 28th, 1927.'
<br />
<br /> Motion o~~r". ~ooks to lay on table was a~opted.
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<br /> e ~ : lOth - ~i submit' ' ..... herewith ~eport of audit of the C~tv's b~'~s ~
<br /> S p~ember 30th, 1932, '~ ........ · . -~ ~ ~ ~s as
<br /> .... ~ wa~ maae oy ~ a D P~r~sh Certified ~ufo~i~ A~- .z~ .
<br /> co,dance with my recommendation 2o you off October ll~h, 1932.
<br /> You Were reoentty furnished with a copy cZ' the consolidated balano~ shee~
<br /> in ~his report, which shows an aoo~uia~ed deffioi~ a~ ~p~ember 30~h, 1932 off
<br /> For your inffo~at~om, I ~ at~aohimg per~inen~ extracts ffrom the oo~en~s in ~he report and
<br /> oa~! your a~$~ntion ~o ~he fo!low~mg:
<br /> The second paragraph on page one off ~he ommmen~s advises tha~ ~his audi~
<br /> report. ,was prepared, om, ~he a~orual basis and reffleo~s all ~recorded de~e~i-nao!e' iiabi!i-
<br /> 2~s, a~ $eptemoer. 302m, !932.. The ffirst _~aragraph on page 3 off ~he oo~ents oalis a~ention
<br /> ~ ~ apparent ~nade~uaoy ox ~he ~Reserve flor Umootec~ible Taxes' and suggests ~hs~ we
<br /> sho~i~ 2am~ cognizance off a ~ertain portion off 2he ~ax se2 ~ being ~mooiiectible in o'~ an-
<br /> nun! oudget s.
<br /> Your attention is also called to the remarks made by the Auditor in the
<br /> let paragraph of his conclusions regarding the difference between the value of the ferry pro-
<br /> oerties as ca,tied on our records ~ '
<br /> -nm as carried on ~ne Ferries records. The property values
<br /> off the ferries as carried on the Ferries records are understated on our records in the amount
<br />o~.$3~,1~9.38. It aopsars to me +'~' -
<br /> ~ ~a~z our records should be zn a~eement with the records of
<br />the ferries with respect to 'Property Values, or ~C~oital Luvested, and I recommend that our
<br />records be adjusted to agree with the Ferries records before closing this year~s accomuts.
<br />This will result in increasing Capital Surplus $3Z,1zg.38.
<br /> The recommendation in the second ~.
<br /> _ par~grapn of the conclusions ~hat the
<br />amo'~t of taxes sho~ on the books for whatever yea~s the City Attorney may determine to be
<br />~uenforceable, be charged off to 8u~lus after applying our *oresent reserve=~o~ uncollect~b~e
<br />taxes, shoa~, in my opinion, be do~, as Mr. Barclay, Oity Atto~:oey advises that we can'not,
<br />according to law, = .... -" '
<br /> enforce oommecr~on of personal p~operty taxes for the year 1926 and crier
<br />thereto. In view o~ this, I recommend that' we write off all unooll'ected personal orope~,ty
<br />t~es for the year t926 and Prior, wu_on' ~ ' amom~t to $91,~7.3~. By apply.~ng our reserve-
<br />$~,188.19 flor ~oolleoted taxes to the amount to be writteno~_=¢ will result in a oblige
<br />against Surplus of $44,509.20. I recommend making this adjustment before closing this year's
<br />aoco~ts, as this is not a proper asset according to law, to keep on o~ reoords.~
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