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January 25, 192~
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<br />At a regular meeting
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<br />of the City aou_ucit ~January 25th there were present:
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<br />Nessrs-- Vernon Brooks, J. C.
<br /> Arthur Mayo, J. Alden Cast, J."~o stewart,'
<br /> L. G. White,
<br /> Also the City Nanager.
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<br />The minutes of the
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<br />Finance--
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<br />regular meeting January ~lth were read and were approved.
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<br /> REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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<br />Referred January llth
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<br /> ' Reports of the City Treasurer, _Oity Collector, and Oity Auditor for the month of December,
<br /> 19~6.
<br /> It is recommended that said reporte be f_iled.
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<br /> Request of the 0ity Ootlector that Rufus G. Gray be refunded $12~50, paid prior to cor-
<br /> r. ectton m~de by the Board of Eq~alization~ and that Jno. T. I~wrence be refunded $2°00 paid
<br />$t2-5~O zn error on personal property tax for 1926. ~
<br />~sp.appr. It is recommen~ted that a soecial aporopriation of $12.50 be allowed to make .sazd
<br />$2.0qfund to Rufus G. Gray mhd a special ~ppropriam%ion of $2.00 ,to mmke said refund to Jno. T. L~w-
<br />sp. al~O--'-°.r.nce. · - ,
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<br /> Bills of Richard J. Davis to amount of $225.00, for 1~ days service dtuving the month of
<br /> i Augus$, 1926, as Substitute 0ivll Justics for the 0Sty. of'Portsmonth; ~nd to amount of' $?~.00,
<br />$~95-~1 for ?- d~ys service_ :~ring the menth of September, 1925, as SUbstitute, , 0ivil and Police Justice
<br />sp.~'.p~or the-Oity of Portsmouth. .
<br /> ~ It is recommended that a special appropriation of $295.00 be alzowed to pay said oills.
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<br />Referred December 2~th
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<br /> Petition of the Oity Collector that $?.50 be refunded to MeHenry Beale, ~&id in error on
<br /> property ~505' Chestnut St., which he claims he does not own~
<br /> It is recommended that a special appropriation of $~.50 be allowed to make said re-
<br />P fund.
<br /> Referred November' 23rd
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<br /> Report of Local Board of Equalizatipn correcting assessments of land, timber, lots, build-
<br /> ings, improvements or. machinery and fixtures assessed by Assessors of L~nds in the 0ity
<br /> Portsmouth, V~., in ~ne Tear 1925.
<br /> It is r~commended that the Oity Auditor be authorizes to credit the 0ity 0ollector'
<br /> with $6,003.00, the amount of reliefs made by thc Board of Equalization on 1926 Real Estate
<br /> re,xes; and ~hat the City ~ditor be authorized to charge the City Oo~lector wi~h $5~.75, the
<br /> amount ~dded to the 19~6 Real Estate taxes by the Board of Equatizat~ono
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<br />$515.I ~ It is further recommended that a special appropriatio~ of $515.00 be allowed to
<br />sp.a~ppu~chase a Ford coupe for the~Health Department.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />rtnur M~yo, Chairman.
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<br /> ~/r. Stewart moved that the report be adopted, except the recommendation that a special
<br />appropriation of $515.00 be allowed to purchase a Ford coupe for the Hea!~h Department.
<br /> The motion was adopted, a~d by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes--l~rooke, Dunford, Oast, Stewart, White, M~yo, 6.
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<br /> Then Mr. Stewart moved that the recommendation that a special almpropriation of $515.00 be
<br />allowed to nurohase a Ford coupe for the Health Department be a~lopted.
<br /> The 4otion was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes~ Brooks, Dunford, Cast, Stewart, White, 5-
<br /> Nays-- N~yo, 1. (Dr. /Mauford excused from further attends~ce)
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<br /> ~ne following communications were read from th~ City Manager:
<br /> 1st. "Notice of the appoint-
<br />merit of the following substitute police of£icers, effective January 19th: L. O. Warren,
<br />Perry, W. R. Jones, L. V. Newsome, L. A. Br~ughton, H. P. Oaipepper, J. A. McCoy, a~d Oassctt
<br />NcOoy.
<br /> On motion, the notice was ordered to be filed.
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<br /> 2nd. "As per your request m~de at the meeting of the Finance Oommittee last night, I have
<br />~his day had price ~ven me on sixteen tables 3' b~ 16~, fifty fo~rtrestles ~$~ high and 30"
<br />long, which ~c~n have made at once by Mr. E~ D. Wmlkins foz $112.0Oo These tables will seat
<br />twenty peOple'to the table, will have a seatmng capacity, should we need it, for three hundred
<br />people.
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<br /> I hav~ investigated today and find that we have plenty of space in the storage room at the
<br /> southeas~ 8orner of the building, which room is on the same floor of the auditorium. As afore-
<br /> stated, the h~ll is used frequently for ban~ets and the tables are hauled to and from the
<br /> building and are often marred. I regard these tables as necessaey equipment and recommend that
<br /> they be made, and that a charge of ~5.O0~be made for their use."
<br />~112.I On mo~ion of Mr.. Mayo, a special app~oprza~on o~ ~112. O0 wac allowed for this purpose
<br />~p. apD.and by the following vote: '
<br /> Ayes-- Brooks, Mayo, Cast, Stewart, White, 5-
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