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At a regular ~eeting of the Oity Oouncil June 14th there were present:
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<br /> ~[essrs-- Vernon Brooks, E.W. ~aupin, Jr., Arthur Mayo,
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<br /> Also ~he City
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<br /> ~e mi~tes of the ~e~l~ meeti~ ~y 2~%h ~ .~ecial ~et~ Ju~ 2~ were rea~ ~ were
<br />approved..
<br /> ~ORTS OF 00~TTEES
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<br />Finance--
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<br /> Referred May 24th
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<br /> . ' oommunication from the Manager asking 0ounciI to approve an appropriation of $1917.50 .to
<br />$19iT~5~over au emergency ~y~ll for renaire ~o pumper from Engine Co. ~o. 5.
<br /> sp. app. ~X% is recommended that a special appropriation of $1917.50 be allowed to pay said
<br /> bi£1.
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<br /> APplication of O. Roland Ballentine to be re-imbursed in salary to extent of $70.42, same
<br />$7 having been deducted from his salary May 1-13tll, inclusive; he having been on sick leave for
<br /> O. several weeks on account of accident at the- corner of High and 0ou~t streets.
<br />sp.app. It is resommended that a special appropriation of $70.~ be allowed to pay ~r. Ballen-
<br /> i tine for time lost May 1-13th, inclusive.
<br />$15. Bill of Phlegar & TilgD~% shorthaud reporters, ~o amouut of $15.00, for fee for reporting
<br /> case of Lydia A. Zimk vs. the City of Portsmouth in the Circuit O~u~t of the City of Portsmouth.
<br />sp.app. It is recommended ~hat a special appropriation of $15.00 be allowed to pay said bill.
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<br /> Order of Cou~t exonerating Wm. F. Hutchinson from payment cf City taxes assessed agains~
<br /> io% ~161 for the Years i910, 19tl, 1912, 1913~ 1914, and 1~5.
<br /> It is recommended that Wm. F. Hutchinson be exonerated from paymen~ of said ~axes.
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<br /> (And City u-~ager & City Attorney) Petition of certain residents of the waterfront of
<br /> Sw~,-~_ng Point to be re-imbursed for portion of ~ulkhead which protests the street end, the
<br /> ~ul~head having been recently built by them along the front of swimming Point, known as Eliza-
<br /> beth place.
<br /> The bulkhead mentioned in this petition bel~ buiA~ ~p0..nj~pri~ate property, and the
<br /> eat%em limits of Elizabeth Place being in doubt~ a~d the Oity~'~lght to -~.ke appropriations
<br /> for work not authorized or performed unde~ its supervision, the City has no legal right to .
<br /> make this appropriation, and it is recommended that it be not allowed.
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<br /> Xt is fumthsr recommended that the Treasurer he authorized to pay, ouz cf' funds on
<br /> hand from collection of Dog Taxes, bill of J. Shirley Hops, State Game Warden, to amount of
<br /> $230.00, for services rendered in destroying[92 tagless dogs $ $2.~0 each.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />Mayo, Chairman.
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Maupln, the repor~ of .the Oommit~ee was adopted, a~dby the following
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<br /> Ayes-- B~ooks, Maupin, Mayo, Cast, Stewart, Wh%te, $.
<br /> (P~esent Dr. Dunford)
<br />The Finance Committee also recommended adoption of t~e following resolution:
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<br />#~e it re_solved ~y the 0ounci£ of the 0ity of Portsmouth, Virginia, that
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<br /> (1) The Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners are hereby requested to pay on Ju~e 30th, 1~27,
<br />all the outstaudingBonds of the Portsmouth and Su~o~k Water Company falling due on ~uly 1st,
<br />l~Yy~O-~ch were assumed by +~e City of Portsmouth in the purchase of ~he Water Works System,. .
<br />a~d~ich have not been exchanged for Portsmouth Water Bonds, the amount of which will be stamea
<br />By the Farmers Loan & Trust Company on June 2~h, 1927.
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<br /> ~? The Finance Oommittee of the City 0ouncil is hereby authorized and directed to make
<br />sale the highest bidder of all the Portsmouth Water BOnds held in escrow by the Farmers
<br />Loan/md Trust Company of New York, New York, for the purpose of guaranteeing the bonds so paid
<br />by the Board of Si~king Fund Commissioners. Said sale shall be made as soon as practicable on
<br />or after July 1, 1927, and after such notice as the Fi~uce Committee shall deem advisable. The
<br />proceeds from the sale of said bonds shall be used ~o re-imburse the Board of Sinki~ Fund Com-
<br />missioners for ~he money adv~[uced by them, with interest thereon at ~% per ~rmun for the purpose
<br />of paying the Portsmouth and Suffolk Water 0ompany Bonds, and any sum, plus shall be paid over
<br />to the account of the portsmouth Water Department.
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<br /> (3) Board of Sinkimg Fund Commissioners shall and they are hereby permitted to retain
<br />a lien Portsmouth Water Bonds held in escrow at the Farmers L~an and Trast Compan~'for
<br /> f protecting the funds advanced by it.
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<br /> (4) The Farmers Loan and Tr~st Company is hereby directed not to exchange any bonds of
<br />the Portsmouth and Suffolk Water Oompany for bonds of the City of Portsmouth on or after July
<br />1St,
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<br /> M,r. N~yo moved that ~he resolution be amended by adding the following thereto: ,The
<br />Cit~ Clerk is hereby instructed to notify the Farmers Loan a-4 Trust Oompany of the fourth para-
<br />graph of this resolution." The amendment was adopted.
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<br /> On motion of Mr. White, the resolution w~s adoptS, as amended, and by the following
<br />vote:
<br /> Ayes-- B~ooks, Dmnford, MauP~U, Nayo, Oast,~fStewszt, White, ?.
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