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November 22, 19~7
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the City Council November 22nd there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- Vernon BrookS~ J. C. DUnford, E.W. Naup[n, Jr..,
<br /> Ar~ur Nayo~ J. Alden Oast, J. R. Stewart,
<br /> L. ~. ~hite, y.
<br /> . Also the City Manager. _ ,_ /_~ ~ /~
<br /> The ~nutee of the =egut~ meeti~ Novem~= rea~ a~d were approved.
<br /> The followi~ co~oa~lo~s were read from the 'City ~ager:
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<br /> let. "~ have a letter ~om Pe~l J. Wilson stati~ t~t he unders~od there ~s a ~mo=
<br />in =eg~d ~ the Oo~cil having under consideration decl~i~ his office as Justice of the
<br />Peace vast, on ac6o~t of his not bei~ a resident. He states in his letter t~t he is a
<br />resident of the Sixth W~d, livi~ at ~030 G~sgow St.; he is a q~lified voter of ~e said
<br />W~d; that he o~s his ho~ ~d is a ta~aye~of the City; the ~y rea~n he Is out of ~he
<br />city at t~e tl~ is because Ne~ Newm is the 6nly place where he~c~ find e~lo~nt
<br />~d he is home every Sa~day ~d S~day, but ~s no~ removed his ~esidence from the city. He
<br />also s~tes he is very desirous of retaini~ ~he o~ice of Justice of the Peace. This letter
<br />~s-written to me perso~lly~d I ~ conveying its contents to you."
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<br /> On motion, the com~nication was ~ord~ed to be filed.
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<br /> 2nd. "On the ~r~g of ~br~y 5th at 6:00 A. M., as Police Officer J. D. Hogged was
<br />ridi~ on ~gh St. be~een Hatton ~d Pe~l Sts. his ~torcycle skidded on the we% street,
<br />cmu~i~ him to injure his left ~ee. A~ a resul~ of this accident- on Oct-bet l&~ ~ ~
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<br />perxor~d on his knee. He was off duty ~om October 16th to November 1]th, 19~,=incl~ive,
<br />a total of thirty o~ days. A certificate from ~. Phillips %o t~is effec~ ~is at%ached. I
<br />reco~end t~t he be reimbursed for ti~ los~,~ amo~nti~ ~o $153.~. ~id injury ~s contracted
<br />in line of du~y." -
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<br /> On motion Of Mr. M~yo, the recommendation of the Manager was concurred .in, and by 'the
<br />following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Brooks, Dunford, M~in, Mayo, Oast~- Stewart, White,
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<br /> The following report was read from the OityAttorney:
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<br />Hon. City Council,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />Gentlemen:
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va., Nov. 22, 1927.
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<br /> I respectfully report to the following matters which were referred to me:
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<br /> (1) Application of Trustees of Fourth street Baptist 0hutch to be relieved of taxes on
<br />property number 501 Harrison Street, since June 1, 1927..
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<br /> This property since the above date has been used as a parsonage for the church. The
<br />State taw exempts from taxation church property used as a residence for the minister. While
<br />this property is assessed to Mrs. ~ M. Scrimgeour for the year 1927, and the owner can not
<br />compel the City to relieve it from the year,s taxes, yet it has been customary for the City
<br />Council to relieve churches under similar circumstances. The amount of taxes accruing since
<br />June 1st, which the Church is asking to be relieved is $9?.65.
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<br /> (2) Order of court decreasing the assessmemt on certain property of Frank N. Bilisotyand
<br />J. O. Smith.
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<br /> This order was properly entered by the court within the time prescribed for correcting
<br />erroneous assessments, and the application was defended by the Commonwealth Attorney and Oity
<br />Attorney. The property was assessed to B. F. Smith for the year 1926 and should be relieved
<br />of taxes amonnting to $3?.50 for that year.
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<br /> (3) Order of Oourt decreasing the assessment of certain property of Mrs. Annie M. Cuthrietl
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<br /> This order was also properly entered by the court, and the application for the correction
<br />was defended by the Oommonwealth Attorney and the City Attorney. Taxes on the parcel of land
<br />upon which the assessment was reduced should be relieved ~o the extent of $21 for the year
<br />The assessment was made on this parcel ~ud the Bilisoly-Smith parcel for the year 1927 in ac-
<br />cordance with the coumt orders.
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<br /> (4) Request of Oity Collector that $10.00 be refunded Charles R. Welton, Agent for Ports-
<br />mouth Improvement Oompany, on personal ~axes for year 1925.
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<br /> In ~a.~king up the tax books for the year 1925, the Portsmouth Improvement 0ompany was cb-rged
<br />with $235. for personal property, when i~ should have been charged with $225, on an assessment
<br />of $10,000. The sum cf $235 was paid, and the error was not discovered until a short time ago.
<br />The su~of Ten Dollars. should be refunded.
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<br />(5) Request of Mrs. Isabelle Whatey that the assessment on the building on her property
<br />Hamilton Avenue for the year 192? be corrected.
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<br /> I find that Mrs. ~haley, through her contractor G. W. Eason, obtained a permit to erect
<br />a new dwelling on her lot on Hamilton Avenue, ~he first of November, 1926. When the Building
<br />Inspector ~ade up his list of new buildings for the year he included this house in his list
<br />and the 0ommissioner of the Revenue assessed it for taxation at a value of $3500. The house,
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