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October 25th, 1932. and has a very Eood record, aapt.. Land' s case has been considered by the Ex,mining Board who have recommended his retirement. He ha~ also been examined by City Physician, DroJ. a. Phillips, who advises that his physical condition is such that he does not consider him phy- sically fit f~r active duty and does not think his health will ever again be such that he can perform active service. Under our pension rules, Oapt. Land is entitled to an annual pension of $976.50. His retirement will result in a payroll saving to the Gity of $976~50. ahief Broughton has discussed with ~apt. Land his retirement and advises that it will be p~rfectly agreeable with him to be retired; in fact he would appreciate rel~irement at this time.~ Notion of~ M~. Nays that we concum in the recommendation of the Gity Nanager was adopt ed. 7th - ~ I submit herewith an ordinance regulating office he'mrs for city employes, ~he adoption of which I reconnnend. The form of the ordinance has been approved by Oity Attorney Barclay. The effect of this ordinance will be to lengthen th~ present office hours one hour each day with the exception of Saturdays, and one-half hour on Saturdays. The present hottrs are covered by ordinance which was adopted bn Septembe~ 25th, 191y, whic~ dinance makes no mention of the offices closing a~ l:O0 P.N. on Saturdays. However, this hms been done for a number of years.' On me,ion of M~r. Nays, the following ordinance was placed on its first reading~ "An Ordinance Reg~lating the office hours of city offices." · The following letter f~om the Gity Attomu~ey was read, in c.onnection with which an ordinance_ entitled, 'An Ordinance to Regulate the Operation of Vehicles on the Public Streets a~d Highways of the ~ity of Portsmouth, to Govern and Protect Pedestrians while using such streets and highw~ays, to provide penalties for the violation of this dinance, and to repeal all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provi- sions thereof' was plased-on its first reading: 'I am submitting her~ewith a draft of an ordinance paralleling the State Eot0r VehieleCode in so far as it relates to traffic on the streets of the city of Ports- mouth, ~and repealing the existing traffic laws of the city. The State law provides for a uniform traffic law in the State~ and many changes were made by the Legislatures of 1930 and 1932 which make certain provisions cZ cur present o~dinance inoperative. Hence~ Z h~ve drawn a new ordinance consolidating all of our present ordinances and making it conform to the State law. Section 23, relating to the exceptions to the right of way rule, and Sec- tion 30, relating t~ ps, king, have provisions which are not in the State Gods. With pro- bably two exceptions I confined these sections as near a~ possible~ to the present ordinance. I think the ordinance should be adopted., Report o~ the Accounting Departmen~ for Octobe~ 2~th was received and dered filed. The ~ommissioner cf Revenue presmnted the following relief of taxes made bY him: 1931. F. Alts~hul 2.65 Harry A. Smith 1.32 ~. B. So ivey 2.15 ~. N. W~ittington 7.28 L. Ac ~ith 2.12 John G. R~dman 3oYl L. B. Litchfield 1.33 Edna S~ Bernard 3.~5 Maggie Eiles 1.~ S~n Bo~d ~. 193 Geo. W. Maupin 53.00 Rs~ymond Kimbeugh .7.95 Oity Bottli~ng Works 8~.80 J. W. ~a~dcrf 2.65 Hofheimer ~ Inc. 11.92 Nell ie 8heoherd 1.O6 J. H. Yate~ 3.98 F. Kraft 1.5~ J. D. Joker 2.%5 F. J. 0~ningham 2. %5 R. T. Etheridge 6.62 J. O. Jones ~ 1932 Real Estate H. ~. James Motion of Mr. B~ocks to refer to the Oity Attorney was adopted. - NEW BUSI~ESS - The following letter was, on motion, referred to the Oity Attorney.: