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April 12, 192?
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<br /> At a regula~ meetLug of the 0ity Council April 12tk there were present:
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<br /> Messr~-- Vernon B~ooks, J. 0. ~6uford, E. W. Maupin, Jr.,
<br /> Arthur Mayo, J. Alden Oast, J. R. Stewart,
<br /> L. G. White, 7. '
<br /> Also the City Manager.
<br /> The minutes of the regular meeting March 22nd were read and ~ere approved.
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<br /> REPORTS OF OO~ITTEES
<br />Finance-- Referred Ma~ch 22nd
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<br /> Request of John L. Bowman to have cancelled the back taxes charged against him on his
<br />property through a double assessment from 1923 to 1~25.
<br /> Progress as to same.
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<br /> Bills of the following for th? 0ity's half of premium p&id on b~nds given to protect the
<br />Simkt~g Fund! Bank of Tidewaters'S3?5.09; Merc.hamts & Farmers Bank, $375.00;.Oitizens Trust
<br />¢o~, '$$3~.25, StateBank of Port~mouth, $250.00, First National Bank, $3?5.00, American Natiomal
<br />Bamk, $375.00- Total $19S1.25.
<br /> 'It is recommended that said bills be paid, ou~ of appropriatio~ in the Budget for
<br />"Interest."
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<br /> It is further recommended that the $$?,000.00 0ity Of Portsmouth, Va., $ ~/2% Refunding
<br />Ben.ds, dated April l, 1927, be sold to the Sinking F~nd for par and accrued interest, as per
<br />themr bid therefor.
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<br /> It is further recommended that the Treasurer be authorized to pay, out of funds on
<br />hand from cotlectiomof Dog Taxes,'~ bill of-J. Shirley Hope, State Game Warden, to amount of
<br />$82.50, for services rendered in destroying 33 tagless dogs $ $2.50 each.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />Arthur Mayo, Chairman.
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<br />vote:
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<br />On motion cf Mr. Oast, the report of the Committee was adopted,
<br />Ayes~- Brooks, Dunford, MaUPin, Mayo, Oas~, Stewart, White,
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<br />~ud by the
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<br />following
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<br /> The f~llowing communications were read from the City Manager:
<br /> let. "I am enclosing here-
<br />with statement of lots and graves sold in the city cemeteries for the month of March, 192~.
<br />It is recommended that the City A~torney be instructed to prepare the usual deeds."
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<br />The following are the lots reported:
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<br />Narch 23rd, to Wm. O. Hi~l, No~. 226½~, ? Avenue, l?x 26 ft.,-0edar Grove 0emet~ry.
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<br />Olive Branch Cemetery:
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<br />March 1st, to Jerome P. Cart, Nos. ~gand lO~B.
<br /> ~th, J.D. H~dson, S.H~ No~ l~lB.
<br /> 9th, Annie C. Vaughn, ~.~. 2lB.
<br /> 23rd, Mrs. W. E. Berum, S. H. 15~A.
<br /> 25th, V.L. Blackwell, S.H. 13YA.
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<br /> On motion of Mr.. White, the recomm~.D~_l~__~f~t~M~_ager was conc~mrred in.
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<br /> The following ordinance, which was placed on first reading by Council March 8~h, was contin-
<br />ued on the table until the next regular meeting of the 0ouncil; on motion of Mr. Mayo:
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<br /> An 0rdinsuace To Reqmire Persons Moving HouseholdFurniture or Personal Effects of People
<br />Changing their Places of Residence from P£ace to Place in the City of Portsmouth or from some
<br />Place within the City of Portsmouth to some Place Beyond the Limits of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />to ~mrnish Information Regarding such Removal to the City Collector of the Oity of Portsmouth,
<br />and Making it Unlawful to Give a FictitiouaName.
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<br /> The following communication was read from the City Attorney:
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<br /> "Portsmouth, ~a., April
<br />Hon. City Oouncil~, -
<br />Portsmouth, Va~
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<br />i927.
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<br /> Gentlemen:
<br /> On yesterday a verdict was rendered against the City for $20001 by a jury in the
<br /> Circuit Cottrt of the City of Portsmouth in the sui~ of Lydia A. Zink against the City of Ports-
<br /> mouth for an injury received by Mrs. Zink mt~the City m~rket cn Saturday night, December 1~,
<br /> i9~. MrS. ~ink fell over a rise in the sidewalk on Oolumbia Street and broke her arm. A motion
<br /> for a new trial was made on behalf of the city and argument on the motion was set for April 25,
<br /> 192?. -Mrs. Zink~s signified her willingness to compromise the case for $999.00 provmded
<br /> settlement is made at once.
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<br /> While I never believed the rise in the sidewalk ever which Mrs. Zink claims to have
<br /> stumbled~was smff~¢ientto establish negligence on the part of the City, yet the jury decided
<br /> this q~eStio~ agamnst the 0ity under an instruction fro~ the oomrt placing the question eq,~areiy
<br /> up to.them. This jury was composed o~ seven men, some of whom are property owners and in view
<br /> of this verdict! recommend that the ccmpromis~ be made. It will b~ necessary for the 0ity to
<br />i p~ythe Co'~.vt costs.~
<br /> Tours very ~ruly,
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