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January 2~, 1~27
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<br />At a special meet'lng of the City Council January 2Sth there were present:
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<br />Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, J. O. Dunford, E. W. Maupin,
<br /> Arthur Mayo, J. Alden Oast, J. R. Stewart,
<br /> L. G. ~nite,
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br />The following directions were read for the~special meeting:
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<br />"Portsmomth, Va., January 27, 192?.
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<br />Mr. L. O. Brinson,
<br />Oity Clerk & Auditor,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
<br />
<br />Dear Sir:-~
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<br /> YOU will please call a special meeting of the City Council for Friday, J~nuary
<br /> 28th, at 8 o,clock p. m., for the purpose of re-considering "An Ordinance to Amend and Re-
<br />~ordain Section 502 of the Ordinances of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, as Amended by an
<br /> Ordinance Adopted the l~th day of January, l~l~, as amended by an Ordinance adopted the
<br /> 13th day of July~ £926, in Relation to the Salary of the Judge of the Oourt of Hustings for
<br /> the Ci~y of Portsmouth," adopted by the Council Janmary 25th, and adding an emergency clause
<br /> to the same.
<br /> Very truly yottvs,
<br />
<br /> Vernon A. Brooks, President."
<br /> following
<br /> The "call" having been read, Nv. White moved to reconsider the/ordinance which was
<br />adoptSd Janus~ry 25th:
<br /> ,An Ordinance to Amend and Re-ordain Section 502 of the Ordinances
<br />the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, As Amended by an Ordinance adoptsd the l~th.day of January,
<br />1~i~, as Amended by an 0rdmnance Adopted the' 13th day of July, 1926, in Relation ~
<br />~ the 4%%dge of the Oourt of HustiD~s for the City of Portsmouth."
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<br />The motion was adopted.
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<br /> Then~Nr. Cast moved that the ordinance be amended by adding the following section: "An
<br />immediate necessity existing for the preservation of public morals, health and safety, this
<br />ordinance shall take effect from its passage., The amendment ~s adopted.
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<br />ed,
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<br /> ~r. Mayo moved that the ordinance be adopted, as amended, and same was adopted as amend-
<br />and by the following ~ote:
<br /> Ayes-- Brooks, Dunford, Naupin, Mayo,
<br /> Oast,.StewaZ~t, White, ?.
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<br /> Mr. Cast, Chairman of the Telephone Oommittee, asked unanimous consent to present_ ~com-
<br />m~nioation from Hon. Louis S. Epes,-~~ Commissioner of Btate Corporation Commission, en-
<br />closing comm~anioation from Nv. C. H. Weber, Division Manager Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
<br />Oompany.
<br /> The permission w~s granted, and the letters as follows were read:
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<br />Dr. Vernon A. Brooks, Mayor,
<br />~ortsmouth, Va.
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<br />"Richmond,
<br />
<br />January 2~,
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<br />Dear Sir:
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<br />IN RE:
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<br />Telephone conneczlon without corporate limits of
<br />Portsmouth.
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<br /> I enclose herewith to you a copy of a letter from Mr. C. H. Weber, Division Manager,
<br />of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, from which it will sqopear that,
<br />provided the Oity authorities of Portsmouth can assure us that they wi±t make no objection to
<br />the placing of ~uiditional cables in the streets of Portsmouth, we can secure telephone connect-
<br />ions for the applicants outside the corporate limits, and for some along the lines of these
<br />o~bles required for servi~ beyond the corporate 1Xmits.
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<br /> So far as I now see, your City would lose none of its rights by assuring ~us that no
<br />steps would be taken by the City to prevent the laying of these additional cables for service
<br />beyond the City limits, or to require the removal of these special cables on the ground that
<br />they had been placed ~here after the expiration~of the franchise; in other words that they
<br />would be treated in all respects as upon the same footing as cables laid before the expiration
<br />of. the franchise%
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<br /> ~ am of the opinion that this Commission has no authority to require the City of
<br />Portsmouth to permit the laying of these additional cables in i~s s~ree~s, but I trust that
<br />your City authorities will co-operate with us in this attempt to secure service for the t~rri-
<br />tory adjoining the Oity.
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<br /> We will write you in a separate letter with reference to the situation in the City
<br />of Portsmouth as soon as cum Mr. Smith comes back off a trip and can check over the information
<br />sullied us by the Company.
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<br />Yours very truly,
<br />
<br />Louis S. Epee, 0~lissioner.~
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