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January 12th, 1932.
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<br />At a regnlar meeting o:~ the Gity
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<br />P.M., there were present:
<br /> Vernon A. Brooks, W.~ R. Hutohins, E.
<br /> Oast, Archibald Ogg, J- R.~Btewart -
<br /> Also ~ne O ity Manager.
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<br />0ouncil held on January 12th, 1932 aZ S:OO
<br /> j. Alden
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<br />~. Mgupin, Jr.., Arthur Mayo,
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<br /> Minutes of regular meeti~.g held December 22nd were read and approved; minutes
<br />of adjourned regular meeting December 28th were read and approved.
<br /> The following commu~uications from the 0m~ Manage~ ~ere
<br /> let - R~po=ting the death of Police Officer J.P. Eo~g~n on January o~h, 1932
<br />the appo~tment o~ E. T. Facend~ to fill the vac~cy, effective J~nu~y llth,1932.
<br /> 2~ - presenting ~ne ~ollow~u~ t~ee ssparaze ordi~nces de~ling wi~h~ different
<br />phases of the situation with re~e~ence to dogs:
<br /> A - "~ Ordinance Provid~g fo~ the 0o~Luement o~ Dogs, ~nioh Have
<br /> Bitten a person".
<br /> B - "An O~d~anoe ~o Amend and Re-ordain ~ection 4y6 of the City
<br /> Relating to Vicious Dogs".
<br /> ~ "An O~din~nce Rel~ti~ to Dogs Which Oonstitute a Nuisance~'.
<br /> 3md - ~'~ me%crones to the pe~i~io~ me%erred to me oy ~ne O~y ecu ,
<br /> by certain taxpayers, asking for a mor~tori~~on sewer co~ections, will state that I ~ve
<br /> looked into this matter and t~ken it up with ~. Rope=. His attmched letter is sel~e~l~
<br /> to=y. This being ~ health me~sure and the Oity h~ving issued bonds and ex-
<br /> tended its sewer lines ~or the health of the citizen, I ~eel that a mo=ato=i~ is ~ueces-
<br /> s~y. In view o~ the m~nner in which Dr. Rope~ has haan. led this matte~, considering the
<br /> bes~ interests of the Oity as a whole, he being health officer and kuowi~ that there may
<br /> be t~es when leniency could be shown, partioul~ly on v~'c~nt lots a~ houses. I beli~e
<br /> that it would be u~ise for the Go,oil to interfere with the ~o~tmne as has been established
<br /> ordinance."
<br /> by ~% ~
<br /> $~h - ,Attached you w~li find ~ lette~ from ~. Yalle~stein inclosing copies
<br /> of pro~ Of legislation outlined by the Legisl~tive g~.~ 9?~?te~gf t~e ~a~e o~m~ng
<br /> boners the l~nema% Assembly.~ These pro~ams gs reoo~men~e~ oy ~ne Oo~ee, w~e mpprove~
<br /> by the League at ~he~ oo~ention in ~ctober and app=oved b~ the ~ouncil upon re,est, ms
<br /> you will note i-n ~. ~allerstein~s le~tem. The ~eoo~mendmtions o~ the 0ommittee ~ oo~
<br /> rained in the attmched ~ittee meport.
<br /> Theme is a~them very i~ortant matter which has been hmndled by the
<br /> Lea~e - the ~oposed bill on stream pollution. The Lem~e oo~ittee on this s~oject on
<br /> this s~ojeot ~et on Jan~ry 6th and had be%ore it the oonsidemgtion of the bill. There were
<br /> present mt this meet~g m~ioi~l officials ~om v~ious sections of the State. At this
<br /> meeti~ o% the Le~e Oormmittee, they ~dopted the following mesolution:
<br /> ,Resolved tha~ this Oo~ittee go on record ms not ~oprovi~ the
<br /> bill and direct the ~eou~ive 8ecretm=y of the Le~e to notify
<br /> all member cities mhd to~s to that effect.~
<br /> It is pmoposed, by virtue o% a~ho~y of this b~l, to plmoe the respo~
<br /> sibility of mbati~ the ~isanoe of pollu~i~ stre~s and eateries within the temritorial
<br /> authority of the State o% Virginia, in the hands of ~ oo~mission tO be appointed by the
<br /> governom. This co~nission, in oo-opermtion with the Btate D~mrtment of Health, is autho-
<br /> rized to compel, if neoess~y, any city in the s~mte to cease disposi~ of sew~e by d~
<br /> i~ in tidal wmtems, to ~hem provide ~ sew~e disposml ~t ~eme~ous cost, t~ will not
<br /> in any ~y pollute any of ~he tidal watems which border upon the termitor~ l~its of any
<br /> city in the State. The power o% compulsion rests with the State Health Oozmiss~ner, as
<br /> vided in p~ra~mph 4 of Bection 1783 d; The 8taze Health Oommissione~ furthem has the powem
<br /> to make such mediations and set such time, mfter d~y ~tifying the city, as to when the
<br /> disposal system will have to be instmlled.
<br /> This piece o% legisl~tiom is momen$~us in ohmmeter m~ will necessitate,
<br /> i% adopted ~nd e~orced, the expenditure of ~ittions of dollars by the cities o% Rio~ond,
<br /> Norfolk, Newport News and Portsmouth. These are not the only cities ~fecSed bu~ th~se are
<br /> mentioned because they are in the Tldewmte= ~em. Very serious oonsidemmtion therefore,
<br /> should be given to this meade.
<br /> Mayom ~ooks is a membem of this co~ittee a~ is famili~ with the
<br /> j eot and expressed h~se~ as being ~ opposition to the bill mt the ~Lea~e meeting in No=-
<br /> folk, when the matter ~s brought up. ~, Wallerstein re~ueS~s, 'representing the o~ties
<br /> ~ s of the oztmes ao~ on these matters a~ advmse their
<br /> members o~ the ~ag~e, tha~ the co-~c~l ' ' ~ ' ~ '
<br /> delegates of such motion."
<br /> Motion o~ ~. S~ew~t to lay this on tmble until nexZ mseti~, ~s mdopted.
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<br />- UNFINIS~D BUSINESS -
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<br /> Report of the Accounting Department for December 3!st, !931, ~r~s received
<br />and ordered filed.
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<br />The following report from the O~y Auditor was ordered filed:
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<br /> ~I have examined the Accounting Department records, the 0ity Treasurer's
<br />record and the bm~ statement as o% December 31, 1931, and find that they agree with the
<br />following cash balances:
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