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February 2[~;h, i931.
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<br />N~rch 1st,
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<br />J%u~e
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<br /> Total
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<br />5tk w~rd paving & Grading Bonds, ~ ................
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<br />Redemption of paving Bonds', ....
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<br />$ 50,000.~00
<br />$ 61,500;00
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<br />Very truly yours,
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<br /> L. G. Brinson,
<br /> City Clerk~& Auditor."
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<br /> ~ for a le~l oointon from the City Attorney. The City Attorne~ stated
<br />Nm. Oast aske~ ~-. ~- - : ~-~ ~ ~he~ motion cf
<br />~w~ Fund hsd a legal rzgnm mo pay ~F- .~ .... .- --~ ,----~ ~ow~n~ vo~e:
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<br /> Ayes - Brooks, Hutchins, Maupin, ~yo, 0ast,_.0gg, Stewart -
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<br />The follow~g co~ication from the City Attorney, ~s
<br /> ,Feb~ry 24,' 1931.'
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<br />Nonorable City Council,
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia.
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<br />Gentlemen:
<br /> -At your ~eeting on .December 2~ 1930, there was referred to me a
<br />tion from the Peerless Wemghing Nachine Compan~ reGuesting that the sum of ten ($10~OO)
<br />DollS~Vs 'paid ~s a license t~x on a weiEhing m~oh~ne be returned to them. I find that both
<br />~. T. Gr~nt and thePeerles~ WeighingE~ohine Ocmpany p~Id the~!icense tax on the same
<br />machine, the City Collector having required ~re~t to pay the t~x at the .time that he ob-
<br />tained his other licenses. As the license was p~id in error, ~he sum of Ten Dollars should
<br />be returned to the Peerless Oo~pany~
<br /> Yours very truly,
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<br /> R. 0l~Ba~ctay, City-Attorney-"
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<br /> Mr. ~ggmoved to concur in the City Attorney's opinion, if same be ~pprove~by the
<br />W. T. Grout 0ompsmy, and that an ~ppropriation of $10.O0 be m~de for such refund,' He,ion
<br />~dopted.~
<br /> "February 2~th, 1931;
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<br />Honormble City Council,
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia.
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<br />Gentlemen:
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<br /> ~ At your meeting held on June 10, 1939, you referred to me abill of A. A;~
<br />Wendel. Sheriff of N~rfolk~ount~,~ to the amount of EightY-S~ven D~ll~r~ .sad~F.o~,ty'Cents
<br />($~7;~) for expenses incurred--mn t ranspo~ting to 'th? S0uth~est' Virgini~ Hospital for the
<br />ri~ins~l Insane at Nation Vm. one Robert Eley, oommmtted by the Norfolk Oounty Oircuit
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<br />they should take care of this bill~
<br /> Sebtion 1027~of the Oode of Virginim provides that the cost. of conveying
<br />persons committed to any insane hospital or colony, except those committed to the depart-
<br />ment for the criminal insame, shall, be paid from the funds appropriated for the support of
<br />the hospital or colony. Section 4910 of the Oode of-Virgini~ provides that the expenses of
<br />a person committed ~o the ordinal inssme hospital shall be paid by "such penal institution,
<br />county er corporation . While Section 1021 provides that mll exp~nses in committing any
<br />person to any state hospital or colony sh~ll be paid by the county or city from which such
<br />patient is sent, ,provided that in any c~se where at the time he was so sent~ such person
<br />w~s not a legal resident of the county or city ~r°mwhich he w~s so sent such county or
<br />city sh~ll be reimbumsed all such expenses by the county or city of the legal residence
<br />of such person at such time."
<br /> ~nder the interpretation of these sections, our local judge held when Mr.
<br />Lipscomb, a-resldtnt of Norfolk 0ounty, was committed to the 9ri~in~l. in~.~n? hpspit~t b~
<br />the Oourt of Hustings of this city, thmt the cost of tr~nspor~atxon snoul~ ce come ~y mcr-
<br />folk Oeunty. The Board of Supervisors ~coordingly paid the bill to the City Sheriff~~ Both
<br />the Comptroller cf the State ~nd the Superintendent of the insane hospital h~ve refused to
<br />pay bills insuoh case~,.amd, sinoe the matter was referred to me, Mr. WendeI, Mr. Lynch
<br />and I have been ende~vormng %o have the ttmte pay such bills~
<br /> I believe it will be better, in the future, for the 0ity to pay the bills
<br /> incurred by its own City Sergeant and the county to pmy the bills incurred bY its Sheriff~'
<br /> The Oounty officials mre perfectly willing to do ~his but, in order to start such a pro-
<br /> cedure, it will either have to be so handled in the future or the city will h~ve to reim-
<br /> burse She county for the Lipscemb expenses~
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