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December 11, 192~ At a reguls~v meeting of the City Council held December llth there were present: Messrs-- J. 0. Dunfordj E. W. Maupin, Jr., J. Alden Oast J. R. Stewart, L. G. White, 5. ' Also the City Maneger. The minutes of the regular meeting November 2?th and Joint meeting with the Board of Super- visors of Norfolk County De~emb~r 13~h, at 11 a. m., were read and were approved. Vice-President j. R. Stewart i~ the Chair. The following oommunic~io~s were read from the City Manager: let. #I sm in receipt of check for $2,I55.3~ from the Virginia Electric & Power Company for concrete work done in con- thisneCti°ncheckWithtoreSter~ti°nthe General°fFundpavementsof the City,in abandoned street car track areas, t have deposited arid roguest thai you re~plS~opriate this money to-night, so that che~k may be~ to F. J. McGumre for that amount according to our agree- merit with him." On moti on of Dr. Dunfor~i~ ~he communication was laid on the table u~til Friday, December 14th, and am~speci~ meeting to be called on said ~ate at E p. m. for consideration of same. 2nd. "I am forwarding herewith draft of an ordinance, prepared by the City Attorney, prohibiting the erection cf p~mps, tanks, and similar equipment for the storage cf gasoline, ell and other liquid substances in the streets of the City of Portsmouth. In view of existing conditions, I recommend the pass,goof this ordinance., An Ordl aance to Prohibit the Erection of Pumps, Tank~, and Simils~r E~uipment for the Storage of Gasoline, Oil and other Liquid.Substances in the Streets c~ the City of Portsmouth. On motion of ~$~ ~asi~, the ordinance was placed on first reading. The following ordinance, whXoh had been placed cn first reading by Council November 2yth, was ~aken up and read~ A~ Ordinance Authorizing the Borrowing of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars, of the Collection of the Revenue f6r the Year 192~, Therefor. in Anticipation and Providing for the Issuance of a Note On motion of Mr. Oast, the ordinance was ~ontinued on the table until the next regular meeting of the Council. The following ordinance, which had been placed on first re~ding by Council November 2yth, was taken up and read: An Ordinance Authorizing the Borrowing of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars, in Anticipation Therefor.Cf the Collection of the Revenue for the Year 192~, and Providing for the IssUance of a Note On motion of ~r. Cast, the ordinance was continued on the table until the next regular meeting of the Council. The contract fo~ street lighting, which had been presented to the Council November 13th · ngby theof M~nager,oouncil. was, on motion of Mr. Oast, continued on the table until the next regular meet- The following report was read from the City Attorney: Honorable City Council, Portsmouth, Va. "Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 11, 1928. Dear Sir:~ At your last meeting you referred to me the letter from Mrs. Lillie Edna Powell requesting a refund on 1926 and 192Y taxes on property at the corner of Evergreen Place and Lincoln Street. The facts in the case are very complicated, but are correctly set forth in the letter from Mrs. Powell. The Assessors of 1~25 placed a value of $~00 on the house now owned by Mrs. Powell, and a $15OO value on the house at the opposite corner. In making the transfer Mrs. Powell was given the $1500 house with one lot value, and the other owners were given the $600 house with four lots value. Mrs. Powell was charged on a value of $600 more th~n she should have been charged ,with. The assessment was corrected for 1928. She paid $15.OO on 1~26 taxes more than she should have been charged with, and ~s entitled to a relief of $16.20 on the 192y taxes, which have not been paid. The taxes on the house and lots on the opposite corner have been all paid, and ~the property has passed in the hands of a bona fide purchaser for value, and I do noZ believe its assessment .could now be changed. Yours very truly, R. O. BAROLAY, City Attorney." Mr. Cast mo~ed that a special appropriation of $15.O0 be allowed to re~.undMrs. Powell for taxes paid in error on property at the corner of Evergreen Place and Lincoln street f$~r the year 1926 and that she be relieved from the payment of $16.20 taxes on said property for the yea~ l~2y. The motion was adopted. sp~. app.