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~ J~ly i0, 1928 At a regular meeting of the 0ity Council held july lOth at 8 p.m. there were present: Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, J. 0. Dunford, E. W. Maupin, Jr., Arthur Mayo, J. Alden Oast, J. R. Stewart L. G. White, 7. ' Also the City Manager.. The minutes of the regular meeting June 25th were read and were approved. On motion of Mr. Mayo, the privilege of the floor was granted to a Committee from the Spanish War Vetere~s. Mr. J. T. Johnson spoke and~stated that it was the intention of the Spanish Va~ Veterans of this City to try and bring the 1929 Convention of said Organization to'this City and asked the Council to aoprove the plan and give it their mor~l support. Mr. White moved that the Council~ give their moral support, without financi~l responsi- bility, to this en~e~orise,.and that the 0ity Man~ger be authorized to in?ire the Soanish War Veterans of the State to meet in this City in 1929. The m~tion was adopte~. REPORTS The following communications were read from the City M~uager: 1st. "I beg to announce that I have approved the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Department that Hoseman Charles Felton be dismissed, effective midnight, J~ue 29th, 1928, for the good of the Department." On motion, the notice was ordered to be filed. 2nd. "I beg to announce that I have sqoproved the r~ommend~tion of the Chief of the Fire Department Shat C. C. Floyd, Hoseman Grade ~A~ be dismissed, effective midnight, July 3rd, 1928, for the good of the Department.~ On motion, the notice was ordered to be filed. 3rd. "During the month of June, we had ~u unprecedented demand for typhoid inoculations. At 'the clinic on ~iddle St. 6,408 inoculations were given during the month. It has been the custom to pay for the serum from item D-6 of the Health. appropriation. This item in our budget ~ares for laboratory and fumigati~ suoolies, etc. Th~ ~ · '~ ~ -- -~. ........ ~ ....... ~ the 1928 budget zor tnms z~em was $1100.O0~ therefore thzs keavy typhoid immunization rush has exhausted this amount. This work should continue uninterrupted and I ~m asking that s~u appropriation of $999.00 be~ made tonight for the purpose. The demand for the treatment has been caused by the number of typhoid cases occurring during June; one case particularly where the father and fi~e children had the disease at one time, affected the people, and made them ready and willing to receive the treatment. As ps~rt of the plan for prevention of disease, I feel that the 0ity should use ~ithout stint what is considered by the medical profession a known preventive for typhoid. For your information, eighteen cases of t~phoid were reported in June and last year there were twenty-one during the ~ntire year ~ud in 1926 only nine. in view of t~e foregoing and as our citizens, both white and colored are anxious for this treatment, I believe this to be a necessary expenditure at this~time." Mr. ~yo moved that the Manager's recommendation be concurred in, and that a soeci~l appropriation of $999-00 be allowed for Health, D-6. The motion was adopted,~a~d by the following vote: Ayes-~ Brooks, Du~fOrd, ~ Maupzn~ Mayo~ Oast, Stewart; White, 7. 4th. ~Attached you will find copy of the proposed amendments tb the Virginiz Electric & Power Company fra~uOhise, also blue print explaini~ proposed changes in regard to the track removal. E~ch member of the 0ouncil has received through mail a copy of this proposs~l. I h~ve worked on this for several months and believe the proposed changes to be to the best interests of the 0ity and recommend their passsge. However, if it is not thorough- ly understood by the 0ouncil and there is not sufficient time to go into it tonight, I recommend that it be handled at a special meeting at an early date, because this work should be done be- fore bad weathermbegins.~ s~.app. A resolution $o authorize and direct the Oity Clerk of the Oity or-Portsmouth to ~dvertise for ten days the form of ordinance a~d form of contract attached hereto as a part hereof, specSfyiDg the work to be ~one and performed by Virginia Electric and Power Oompanyunder sub- section (d) of Section 14 Of the ordinance, adopted August 27th, 1926,'under'which said company operates the street railway system in said city, and relieving said company of any duty or obligation to do or perform.any other or further work required by said sub-section. AN ORDINANOE ~o authorize and direct the execution ~f a contract between the 0iTY OF PORTS- MOUTH & the VIRGINIA ELEOTRI0 AND POWER COMPANY to specify the work to be done by the Virginia Electric and Power Company.under Sub-section (D) of Section l~ of the ordinance adopted August 27th, 1~2~, by which said Virginia Electric ~nd Power Oompany was granted a street railwa~y franchise in said~City, an~ ~o relieve said Oompany from any further duty or ~bligation imposed upon it by said Sub-section~ a copy of which contract is attached hereto, as ~ On motion O~ Er. WhSte, the reso!u~ion and ordinance were 'placed on first reading to b~t&ken~p~'fer fins~l-~ensi~ration ~t.a special meeting to be o~l!ed by th~ Ohair. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The motion of Mr. Brooks that a speci~_l appropriation of $2500.O0 be allowed the Industrial Oommission for the Year 1928, which, unde~ the rules, had been laid on the table ~h~'~26thuntil this meeting of Co-~ncil, was t~ken up and read~ In th~s connectzon, the follow~ng report was read from the 0ity M~u~ger: