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July 2~, 1928
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<br />$300.00 payable ~ monthly for'erie ye~. amd_ the balance a~ the end of the year on the comp!e~tion
<br /> dition ou will be allowed $3,OOO,cO for cte~ical assist?~.ce
<br />of the as~nt.
<br /> ~ ationer ~ Yo~ compe~ation x~ __ed ..
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<br /> lsd. Th~
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<br /> 2nd. ~1 maps, papers, cards ~d records, prep~e~ by ~he assessors, shall be the pro-
<br /> perty of the city.
<br /> 3~. Each p~eel '1of property shall ~ describe~ on sheets ~d =ards, referred to in
<br /> p~raph ~, by metes ~d bo~s ~ blocks ~d streets, ~d ~I be ~sessed separately.
<br /> ~th. The ~proprla~ion fo~ the assessors is a l~p s~ ~d represents the cost of the
<br /> eomplete assessment.
<br /> 5th. N~es on the l~d books, shall be arr~ge~ alp~betic~ly ~der the dictionary ~der-
<br /> s~i~ ~f ~a~ te~. No w~d er other division sh~l be employed.
<br /> 6th. Each p~cel of t~d' sh~l be recorded on shee~s ~d cards, printed in the ~style
<br /> prescribed by the City ~er, s~les of ~ich are sent herewith.
<br /> Wi~ ou kindly mndz~te' ' yo~ ~ocept~ce.of ~hepe t$~ in_wr}ti~. ~ter receipt of
<br /> you ~11 ~hen be in ~ positioR ~o oo~enoe work.
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<br /> J. P. Jervey, Oity ~er.'
<br /> Messrs. M~ ~nd 01am~ then accepted the te~s of the above letter by ~ letter to the
<br /> fellowi~ effect: 'Pe~outh, Va., December 2~, 1~2~.
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<br /> ~n. J. P. Jervey,
<br /> 01ty
<br /> Pert ~outh, V~.
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<br />Decor Sir~
<br /> ~e, the ~ssessors appointed by the Judge of the Hustings 0curt, to m~ke the qmi~-
<br /> assessmen~ in 1925 for the 0ity of. Portsmouth, hereby ~¢oept the .pr?position.made
<br />qmennial your letter of December 29th, file N&. 252.5, =elatlve te ¢ompensatxon, clerxcal
<br />~o ms im
<br />assistance, a~llowsmces a~d details of assessment, the conditions a~ terms of which form
<br />pa~t of this agreement. Yours trmly,
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<br /> O. N. ~smkham,
<br /> W. T. Olaud.~
<br />~e Assessors then proceeded with their work and m~de the ~ses~en~. They~ togethe~
<br />with their clerks, w~e ptaeed ~en the Oi~ p~ roll. ~e assessors were p~d in semt-mont~2
<br />a~n~s the s~ of $3~O, each, .The ~wo cle~ were p~ $1525. each, which e~s~ed the
<br />~Zi~ ~ .... ~ ~d two ~di~ie~ ~epmia~ions we~ ~e-fo~_cle=ie~ assist~ce, en~
<br /> 2 for 16 both of w~n were
<br />om ~y 17, 1~25, for $~0, ~d ~he other om O~b'e= 17, 1~ 5, $ ~,
<br />e~a~ted. ~e ~ssesso=s, in the mettle, c~l~ned ~o the Oity ~er and the Finance
<br />Go, tree of the 0i~y 0ouncil t~t they needed ~e cle~ic~ help im o~e~ to complete the
<br />c~ds. Owing ~o the f~ot tha~ the c~ds were no~ ~e ~d because of ce~ain ~spu~es ove~
<br />the ~ses~e=t ~d wi~h the ~sesso~s, mo T~the= p~en~ w~ made ~o them, ~d ~hei~ ~tate
<br />bill was ~ot approved. The Assessors then ~ M~eh, 1~2~, ~pplied ~e ~he 0~=t of Nus~ings
<br />fo= ~he 0ity of Po~smouth fo= ~ m~d~ to co~el the 0o~cil to approve ~heir ~e bill.
<br />The Oo~eil then app~v~ the ~t~te bill ~ ~de the following ~reement with ~the Asseeso=s;
<br />as se~ forth im~ their letter in the foltoai~ words=
<br /> 'Portsmouth, Va., April 26,
<br />Gen. ~. P. Je~ey,
<br />0ity ~ge=,
<br />Pe=is~uth, Va.
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<br />Des~r Sire-
<br /> tn order to ~e satisfactory adjustment of matters between the~ounoil and Assess-
<br />ors, we have both agree~ ~on the follew~pl~:
<br /> The~ is naw~ due e~ch ~sessor $12~.~. Deduct $250. from ~o~t of each, making
<br />$5OO~OO which o~ .~ .held '~ .rese~ for ~he ma~ing of c~d syste~. If Oo~cll .does ~ w~
<br />o~d system, said $500 ~o rever~ ~o ~he Oily.
<br /> ~o~d ~k ~ Co,oil si~ for us to receive 5~te money.
<br /> Asses~ ~ t~ ~ hereby ~rees to re~ur~ ~l p~ers, sheets, etc., in eon-
<br /> neetion with asses~ent Of 1925.
<br /> ~ givi~ this your e~rliest attention, you will greatly obti~,
<br /> Yours ve~ tr=Iy,
<br /> ~. T.
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