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At a regular-'- meeting of the Oity Council held May loth there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, E.W.~Naupin, Jr., Arthur Mayo,
<br /> J. Alden 0asr, L. G. White~ 5-
<br /> ' Also the Oity Manager. '
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<br /> .The minutes of the regular meeting Aprtl 26th were read and were approved.
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<br />Finance-- REPORTS_ OF OOMMITTEES
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<br />Re~e~redApril 26th
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<br /> Resolution of the Portsmouth Ohamber of Oommerce recommending that the
<br />carnivals be increased from $?6.00 per day to $150.O0 per day.
<br /> Progress as to s~me.
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<br />license tax on
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<br /> Referred February 8th
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<br />(An~ City Attorney) Sequest of Nfs. Lizzie A. Benson, by J. ~. Benson, to be refunded
<br />$??.03, paid.in error for Years 1921, 1922, 1~23, 1924~ and i~25, on two 10ts on Sixth St.,
<br />and one lot on Madison street, the Assessors in 1920 having ~Ssessed said psmty with twelve
<br />lots in the block bounded by Sixth street, NavatPlace, Seventh street, and Madison street,
<br />whereas ~he owns onl~ nine. '
<br /> It is reccmmended that a special appropriation of $~-~.O3 be allowed to make said
<br /> refund, and that said property on Sixth street be relieved from payment of $13.50 1925 taxes.
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<br /> It is further recommended that~the Treasurer be authorized to pay, out of funds
<br />on hand from collection of Dog Taxes, bill of J. Shirley Hope; Sta~e Game Warden,-to amount of
<br />$?0.00, for services~rendered in destroying 28 tagless dogs O $2.50 each.
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<br /> And it is further recommen~ed~th~t the following resolution be adopted:
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<br /> "RESOLVED, That the City Treasurer, the President of the City Council, and the Chair-
<br />man of the Finance Committee, be and they are hereby authorized to make note or notes, payable
<br />one year from June 1, 1927, with any person er institution for the agsregate sum of One Hundred
<br />Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), at a rate of interest not to exceed5~ per annum, for the pur-
<br />pose of refunding amount borrowed June 1, 1926, to complete the payment of the City's propor-
<br />tion of the appraisal of the'Norfolk County Ferries.
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<br /> This instruction is given in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the 0ouncil
<br />of the City of Portsmouth September 1,
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<br /> (Signed) A~thur Mayo, Ohairman.
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<br /> On-motion of ~r. ~hite, the first three sections of the report were adopted, and by the
<br /> following vote:
<br /> AYES-- Brooks, Maupin, Mayo, Cast, White, 5.
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<br /> Then M~r. White moved that the resolution recommended in the report be placed on first
<br />reading. The motion was adopted, and by the following Vote:
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<br /> Ayes-- ~roOks, Maupin, Mayo, Cast, White, 5-
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<br /> ~n this connection, Mr. Mayo moved that the City Manager be instructed to negotiate the
<br />loan called for in the resolution.
<br /> ~g~;M~p~in to substitute, that the Oity Nanager be instructed to make the~ proper investi-
<br />gation in connection with negotiating this loan, and to ~eport to the n~xt meeting of the Fi-
<br />nance Committee. The substitute was adopted.
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<br /> The following communications were-read from the 0ity N~nager:
<br /> "let. I beg to announce
<br />the death of Mr. Frank H. Borum, a patrolman in the Police Department, which occurred on
<br />April 30th~~ 192y."
<br /> On motion,~ the notice was ordered to be filed.
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<br /> 'tnd. "X.belg to announce the appointment of J. H. Hewitt as patrolman in the Polioei,De-
<br />pa~tment, effective this date, vice F. H. Borum, deceased."
<br /> On motion,! the notice Was ordered to be filed.
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<br /> 3rd. "I beg to announce the appointment of the following substitute police officers:
<br />Shirley Hope, E. T. Hunley, Jrt., John H. Maleeed."
<br /> On motion, the notice was ordered to be filed.
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<br /> ~th. "On the evening of December 21st, 1926, on Mt. Vernon Ave. in Port Norfolk, a street
<br />car of the Virginia Electric & Power Company struck No. 1 Chemical wagon and damaged the wagon
<br />beyon~ re~air. The piece of apparatus which was loaned the 0ity by the American LaFrance Fire
<br />E~gine Company, in the emerg~ncy~ has been purchased for us for the sum of $2,000.00 by the
<br />Virginia Electrici & Power GO. as an adjustment. The equipment apoaratus is now the oroperty
<br />of the Virginia. E~ec~ric & Power Company and ! umderstand they i~end to salvage it.~
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<br /> Attached you will find a letter from the Ohief of the Fire Department transmitting
<br />letter from the Master Mechanic pointing out the superior qualities of the new equipment.
<br />am convinced tha~ the City has been properly compensated for the loss incurred in the accident."
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<br /> On motion-of Mr. White, the communication was referred to the Finance Oommittee.
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