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December 23, 1~29 On motion ~of Dr. Dunford, the request of the City Attozney was concurred in; and a special appropriation of $13.25 allowed to make said refunds. The Daily Report of the.Accounting Department for the period ended December 21, was presented and on motion, was ordered to be filed? The Commissioner of the Revenue made the following report of values of Real Estate, omitted for the years 1~26, 1~27, 1~28, and 19~9: ~alue~ Lands Buildings Totals $4750.00 $14,8OO.OO $19,550.00 .Qeneral Tax ~enalty Interest Totals $516.76 $19.80 $37.05 $573.61 These amounts have been'reported to'th~ Oity Collector for 0olleotion.,, On motlo~ of Mr. Ogg~ the City Auditor~,waSinstructed,to charge-the City with the amount or-tax, $516;76. The-following-communication was readfrom~Mr. C. $. Morse; newly eleoted"memberof the School Boa~d: To the~ Ho~o~abte C&ty Oounoil, "Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 14, Portsmouth, Va. Gentlemen:- I regret very much that owing to the pressure of other matters I shall ~e unabl~ to accept the place on our Ci~y Sohoot Board to which You elected me last Tuesday night. Had I known that my nam~ was being ad~ocated for this place, I would have advised my friends in advance that I could not accept the pIace. I wish you to know that I am deeply g~ateful for the compliment which you paid me, and that were I situated differently, it would be a great pleasure to servei an~ co-operate with you in the advancement'of our city's interests. With all go~d wishes, I beg to ~emain, Faithfully yours, C. S. Morse.~ On motion of Mr; Mayo, the communication wasreceived and ordered~o be filed. NEW BUSINESS A request-~sm~ead~.from Wattem~Griffin, 2~i Golumbia.St., to be relieved'ofpaym~t taxes as~sessedageinst,.him~or, ye, ar.t~2~on h~S~mO~$ o~ SolFass ~nd~Alfred..Loui~,:Fa~s~ 1. On motion, the'r~c~est was referred'to the"City Attorney. Anapplica%ion was read'"fromJ. 2. GYeen for the positioncf Assessor.off,cai: Estate for ~193~. On motion of Mr. Maupin, the applicationwasreferred to them~eting at'which the assessors, will be appointed. of The report'ofFrederiok B. Hill'& Co., certified public accountants; of.the audit of the books andaccountsofthe- Norfolk County Ferries for the-month cf November, 19~9, was presented, and On motion was ordered to be filed. On motion, adjourned.