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At a regular meeting of %he City Council held July 9th at 8 p. m. theTM were present:
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<br /> Messrs--Vernon Brooks, J~ O~ 'Dunford;~ E.W~. Maupln~ Jr.,
<br /> Arthur Mayo ,-~-J. ~den 0asr, J. R. Stewart,
<br /> Archibald Ogg,
<br /> Also the City ~/anager.
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<br /> Vice,President. j. R. Stewart in the Chair.
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<br /> ?he-minutes '~f ~he"'re~-meeting-June-1~25th~and Joint meeting With the Supervisors of
<br />Norfolk County July 9th~ at 11 a. m. were read and were approved.
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<br /> The following report was read from the City Attorney:
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<br />#Portsmouth, Va.,
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<br />Honorable.-Oity 0ouncil,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />Gentlemen:-
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<br /> Regarding the bill of ~. R. AshBurn, Examiner~f Records o~-thel2~th~Judi.cial Cir-
<br />cuit for ~ssesming~bOats of five tons burden er over, under the seg~egation~.tax, l~w; taxes
<br />on boats are now payable to the cities and towns, and Mr. Ashburn made the assessments~:as.
<br />set forth in his bill. Under sectlon335 of the State--~ax~Codehe is allowed one tenth, of
<br />one per cent for the first million-.dollars of assessment'. Section 3~3 of the Tax Code, (origi-
<br />~ally acts 1~26 page ~97), provides that no examiner shall receive any compensation out of
<br />~the State treasury for assessing any property for local-taxation ~exclusively. For such ser-
<br />vices as any examiner may perform'for any eounty~ city.ort~wn, theboard of Supervisors of
<br />the county, or the council of the city or town~- for which such services are performed, may
<br />allow such examiner as it may d~emjproper;-~ payable outofthelooal tre~ury. The bill of
<br />Mr. AshbUrn for $21.05 appears mo ce a proper bill S~nd should be paid~
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<br />Yours very tru~ly,
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<br /> R. C. BARCLAY, City Attorney.#
<br />On motion of Mr. Brooks, a special appropriation of $21.0~ was allowed .to pay said bill.
<br />The following report was also read from the City Attorney:
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<br />Honorable City Council,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va., July 9, 1929.
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<br />Gentlemen:-
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<br /> In regard to the communication from the City Collector asking that Mrs. J. A.
<br />Wilson be refunded $~.~5 onpersonal property taxes for 192S, I find that Mrs. Wilson was
<br />assessed with household furnltu~e at avalue of $?O, which the Commissioner of the Revenue
<br />certified to the City Collector was in error. It seems that Mrs. Wilson boards with her
<br />mother and has no furniture. Mrs. Wilson paid the taxes along with the taxes on an a~tcmo-
<br />bile and she is now seeking to recover the same. It appears that she is entitled to the
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<br />Yours very truly,
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<br /> R. C. BARCLAY, City Attorney.#
<br /> On motion of Mr. Brooks, a special appropriation Of $1.95 was allowed to make the refund.
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<br /> The regular reports of the City Treasurer, Cl~y Oollector, and City Auditor for the month
<br />of June, 1929, which had been approved by the City Manager, were presented and were ordered
<br />to be filed.
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<br /> The Scott Survey which had been laid on the table at the last meeting of the Council,
<br />was taken up, amd on motien~f,Mr. Brooks, continued on the table until the next re~ala~ meet-
<br />ing of Council.
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<br /> Bill was received from W. H. W. Cassell and Jason I. Eekford, to amount of $250.00, for
<br /> services rendered as examiners of the Clerk's Office of the Court of Hustingslfor the City
<br /> of Portsmouth, 25 days each, or 50 days, $ $5.00 per day, approved by Judge K. A. Bain; alas
<br /> bill of ~. H. W~ Cassell and Jason I. Eekfo~d, to amount of $10O.00, for services rendered
<br /> ~as examiners of.~the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Va., i0
<br />'days each, or 20 days, $ $5.00 per day.
<br /> On motion, the bills were referred to the City Attorney.
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<br />On motion,
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<br />adjourned.
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