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January 10, 1928 At a regular meeting of the City Council held January loth there were present: 4. Maupin, Jr., Stewart, Messrs-- Vernon Brooke, J. C. Dunford, E. A~hur Mayo, J. Alden Oast, J. R. L. G. ~hite, Also the City Manager. The minutes of the regula~ meeting December 27th were read and were approved. The Special Telephone Committee presented the following ordinance: An Ordinance to grant to ~ its successors and assigns, the franchise, right ~nd privi- lege to construct, maintain, and operate upon the streets, highw~ys, and public places of the City of Portsmouth, a telephone system, with the necessary poles, conduits, manholes, ducts, cables, wires, and all other necessary overhead and underground apparatus ~nd fixtures. On motion of Mr. O~st, the ordinance was placed on ~irst reading. The following communication was read from the City Manager: "I respectfully ask your per- mission to construct a ~ ft. concrete sidewalk on the south side of Duke street, from Elm Ave. to ~d~n Ave.- approaching the Robert E. Lee School- for the p~rp0se of serving the School. In my o~inion, it is badly needed,:fthe cost to be approximately $245.00, to be charged to Street Improvement Fund." On motion following vote: of Dr. Dunford, the recommendation of the Manager was concurred Ayes-- Brooks, Dunford, Maupin, Mayo, 0as~t~ Stewart, White, and by the UNFINISHED BUSINESS The report from the Manager on the matter of pensions, ~hich had been laid on the table by Council December 13th, was continued on the table, on mot~. of Mr. Oast. The report of the City Attorney en petitio~n of A. A. Bar~ge~ a~d Max Eramer to have refunded 'them the sum of $10.~O for taxes en two lots' Numbers 18 and 3~block ¥~ Prentis Place,~ for the year l~2y, which had been l~ on the table until this meeting of Council, was taken up and read. On motion of Mr. Maupin, the report was recommitted to the City Attorney. The following Acts, which had been laidon the table ~til this meeting by Council December 27th, were read~: An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 32-a of the Charter of the City of Por~s- mouth approved Mar6h 13, 1912, as sumended by an Act approved February 23, 1918, in reference to the issue cf Bonds. An Act to amend and re-enact Section 24 Chapter 1tl cf an Act of the General Virginia approved Ms~rch lC, 190~, entitled, "An Act to Provide a New Charter for Portsmouth.~ Assembly of the City of On motion of ~r. Stewart, the said Acts were refe~ed to a conference of the Council to be called by the President. The reports of .the City Treasu~e~, City 0ollector, and City Auditor, which had been approv- ed ~y the 0ityNanager, were presented~ On mo~ion, of Dr~?Dunford, the reports were received and were ordered to be filed. N~ BUSINESS The following communication was read from the School Board: "Portsmouth, Va., January lC, 1928. To the City Council, Portsmouth, Virginia. Gentlemen:-- At the School Board meeting on January 6, 1925, a resolution was passed directing the Clerk to express to you the ~aamk~ and appreciation of the Board for grantiag its re~oy~e~ im full for the app~ep~iation~for~sbhobls for the year 19~? Very truly yours, Nellie J. Simmons, 01erk of School Board." On motion, the communication was ordered to be filed. The following communication was read from the School Board: "gortsmouth, Va., To the City Council, Portsmouth, Virginia. January 10, 1928. Gentlemen:-- At its meeting on January 6, 1928, the School Board passed resolutions to bring ~o your attention the pressing need in the colored schools for additional school buildings in the down-town and Mount H%rmon sections, and to urge an aooropriation for this purpose at the