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29th, October 29th~ 1931. At an adjo~.rned =egular meeting (from regular meeting October 27th) held October 1931, at ¢:O0 P.E., there were present: Vernon A. Brooks, ~. R. Hutchins, Archibald Ogg, J. R. Stewart Also the City Manager. Maupin, J Arthur Mayo, J. Alden 0&st, The following ordinance pending at the regular meeting October 27th at adjournment, was taken up and read: ~ , and Fifty rAn Ordinance ~ho~izi~g the Issuance of Three ~r~.edAThousand Dollars of' Bones of the Oily o~ Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of installing sewers and pav~ng streets and public thoroughfares and building a new bridge connecting streets in said city, making provision for the form of said bonds, and fo~ the payment thereof." Motion of ~r. ~ooks that .the following be added to the ordinance as a new section: "Should the purchaser so desire and upon notice to the Oity of Portsmouth prior to tbs printing of the bonds, the bonds may be exchanged for bonds of smaller denomination of like tenor and maturity in an aggregate not exceeding ~3DQ,OO0.OO was adopted. List of Capital charges paid from the current revenue presented by the 0ity Auditor, was read and on motion, ordered filed. Motion of Er~ Hutchins that the ordinance be adopted as amended, was adopted and by the followtug vote: Ayes: B~ooks, Hutchins, Maupin, Mayo, Oast, Ogg, Stewart Nays: None. On motion of Mr. Hutchins the followi~ ordinance was placed on its first reading: "An Ordinance authorizing the borrowing of Two Hundred and Fifth Thousand ($250,000.00) dollars in anticipation of the collection of the revenues for the year 193I, and p~oviding for the issuance of a note or notes therefor." Mr. Hu~ohzns presented the following resolution which~was adopted and copies or- dered to be sept to members of the State Highway ~ommission: "%~aereas, The Oouncii of the City of Portsmouth, realizing the importance of continuing Route 12 from Alexanders to the city limits of Portsmouth at Ham- ilton Avenue; and ~ereas, Council petitioned the Highway Commission, tt~ough Commissioner Trtux- ton ~o~coD~truct said road; thereby giving Portsmouth a well defined and direct route to our main thorofare; and Suave ~zghway Commission, at a meeting held on the above date the city of Ric~nond, unanimously agreed to construct s~id road, with the co- operation of ~Council and Board of ~pervisOrs, therefore Be It Resolved, That the City Cotu%oil, in regular session, go on record as thanking Commissioner Truxton for his untiring efforts in behalf of onr re- ouest, and that the State Highway Commission be thanked also for its consi- deration shown in our behalf." On mo~ ion adjourned.