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March An Ordinauce to Require Persons Moving Household Furnit~ure or Personal Effects of People O~nanging Their Places of Residence from Place to place in the City of Portsmouth or from some Place within the City of portsmouth_to some Place beyond the ~limi~s of the City of PortsmoUth, to furnish information Regarding such RemOval to the City~Oollector of~the City of ~Portsmouth, and Making it Unlawful to Give a Fictitious Name. Mr. Maupin presented the ~following resolution: "wHEREAs, the report of the ,Citizens Com- mittee on Consolidation and Simplification of State and Local Governments~ which will be pre- sented to the General Assembly of Virginia at its special session to begin March 16, 1927, h~s recommended the abolition of the office of 0ity 0olleotor and making it maudatory upon~Oities to permit the City Treasurers, who are state officers, to collect local revenues and WHEreAS, the Council of the City ~f Portsmouth is opposed to m~king such a requirement mandatory, but wishes to reserve unto itself the righ$ to maintain the office of Oity 0o!lector and to appoint either the said City 0o!leoto= or City Treasurer as 0olleetor of the Local Revenue, whichever office in the Oouncil's opinion may best serve the 0ity's interest, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 'By the Oo~ucil of the City of Portsmouth, That the Honorable Alfred C. Smith, State senator, and the Horormble Earl H. Wright, ~nd the HonOrable Lloyd E.~ Warren, Members of the House of Delegates~ be requested to oppose any legislation which may be offered before the General Assembly of Virginia, which may make it mandatory upon the Oity of Portsmouth to have its revenues collected by the City Treasurer, and that a cody of this resolution be at once forwarded by the Oity 01erk to the said Alfred O. Smith, Stat~ Senator, Earl H. Wright ~d Lloyd E. Warren, Members of the House of Delegates, and to his Excellency, Harry F. Byrd, Governor of the State of Virginia.~ On motion, the resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes-- Brooks, ~aupin, Mayo, Oast, Stewart, White, 6. presented the following resolution, which was adopted: "Whereas, It is necessary under tbs existing zoning ordinauce that the ownership of certain property affected, be ascertained and consent'of s~id owners obtained before erection of cer- tain bui±dings and establishments therein specified, BE IT RESOLVED, That in each case the City Attorney certify to .the 0ity Manager the re- quisite information relative to interested owners." On motion, adjourned.