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july 13, 1~26
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<br />pe~ty upon which taxes were due for the year 1~O2 and all years prior ~there~o.
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<br /> ! advertised and-s, old the property on june 3rd, 1924~ Since the sale .t~e city Attor-
<br />ney has reported to me a list of ~I1 the taxes which were uncollectable and the names of the
<br />present owners of ail the taxes which were collectable.
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<br /> I took the matter u,o with each of the owners ~nd ! have collected very near all of
<br />the ta~xes which are collectable very near all of the taxes which are collectable for the years
<br />mentioned.
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<br /> X am returning herewith a iist of the taxes which I have beeh unable to collect.
<br />believe it will be possible to collect a portion of these taxes next November. Mowever Section
<br />~5 of the City Ordinances provides that in case any real estate which has been struck off to
<br />~the City shall not be redeemed within two years from the d~te of sale, the City Auditor or such
<br />perso~ as may be designated by the O~'ty 00uncil shall within sixty days after the expiration
<br />of sa~d two xea~$ cause to be recorded the ce. rti~icate of sale given by the City Collector
<br />under his oath that the same has no~ been redeemed.
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<br />I am submitting this ~ist for your action.
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<br /> Ver~ truly yomrs,
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<br /> ~r~ 0. Hanrahan, City Collector.#
<br /> A co~ica~ibn was re~ ~om the City Atto~ey forwardi~ the foilowl~ bills, which he
<br /> ~e~es~s be paid: J. M. Eelly, 0terk of $~reme Oo~t of Appe~s at ~ythe~lle, to am~t of
<br /> $1.~, for enter~ and certify~g decree ~ case ol Oity of Por.tsmou~h .vs. Wei~s, ~e.,
<br /> Stew~t Jones, ~preme 0o~t of A~s, ~o a~t of $2~5~, for. enterS, copy~ ~d certify-
<br /> ~g order of s~d 0o~t in the case of Oity of Perts~uth v. weiss &sonto the lower
<br /> N. S~ew~ Jones, to a~t of $15~.36, b~ce~due in case of City. of ~Ports~uth vs. J~
<br /> Jonson.
<br /> On ~iOn, ~he b~lls were' referre~ ~ ~e Finance Oo~i~ee.
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<br /> ~e followi~ ordi~ce, which h~ ~en p~ced on firs~ read~ J~e ~ was ~ak~
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<br /> AN O~ANOE TO A~D AND ~-O~AIN SEOTION' ~20~. T~ ORDXN~OES OF T~ CITY O~ PORTS-
<br />~UTN, VI~INIA, AS A~ND~ BY AN ORDZNANOE A~PTED T~ l~h DAT O~ J~T, t919, ~ ~TION
<br />TO T~ SA~Y OF T~ JU~E OF T~ COURT O~ ~TING8 ~R T~ CITY O~ PORTS~N.
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<br /> Of ~. Brooks, ~e ordnance~ was ~pted, ~ ~y the follo~ vote:
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<br /> Ayes~ Brooks, ~, Oas~, 8~th, S~e~=t ~.R.), . S~e~ (R.E.B~), White,
<br /> The Oity Atto~ey ~de the fol~wl~ report om "~ Ordi~ce Au~hertzi~ the Use of ~xic~bs
<br />~ the City of Portsmouth, Re~ati~ their Use, ~d Prescrlbi~ ~tes of Fare ~d
<br />Penalties for Violations of this Ord~nce:,
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<br />Non. 0ity Council,
<br />Portsmou_~h, Va.
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va., July 13, 1~26,
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<br />Dear Sirs:--
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<br /> I have examined the ordinance referred to me at your last meeting authorizing
<br />the u~e of taxicabs in the 0ity of Portsmouth. I see no legal objectionS' to the ordinance,
<br />other than the last portion of sec$ion Q ~ro~iding for an imprisonment in the case of a viola-
<br />tion of the ordinance. The Oity Oharter do~s not permit the 0ity Oouncil t~ provide a punish-
<br />ment by imprisonment except for non-payment of a fine.
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<br /> Yours very truly,
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<br /> R. 0. Barclay, City Attormey.~
<br /> Whereupon, Mr. Stewart (J. R. ) moved that the last sentence of paragraph Q be amended
<br />to re~d as follows: #Any person, firm or corporation~ho shall violate any of the provisions
<br />of this paragraph for which no punishment is herein specifically provided shall be p~nished
<br />by a fine of not more than$100.O0 for each offe~se.~
<br /> The amendment was adopted.
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<br /> N~. Brooks moved that section (k) be amended to read as follows: "LICENSE FEES. A license
<br />fee of $21.00 shall be paid for each taxicab, and for a fleet of taxicabs shall be $?5.00, and
<br />such license fee shall be in addition to any other property tax under any other 01fy Ordinance
<br />upon ~idhautomobiie. This license may be prorated by quarters and in pro-rating, any fraction
<br />of a quarter shall be regarded as a fu~l quarter.#
<br /> The amendment was adopted.
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<br /> On motion of Nr. Brooks_ the ordinance was .adopted, as amended, and by the following vote:
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<br /> .... Ayes~- ~ro~ke,. Mau~in~ Oas~ $~ith, Stewart (J.R.), Stewart (R.E.B~), White, ~.
<br /> ~ ~ee ena cz mzuu~es mcr ~nser~n on
<br /> Mr. Stewart (R.E.B.) moved th~h~ tr~ctionandbus ordinances bepostlooned, and be taken
<br />up at a special meeting mo be oaZiedbY the President to convene at ~:00 P. ~., Thursday, JuAy
<br />£Sth, z~2~, and tO c~n~inue meetings thereafter at the same hour from ni~t to night in se once
<br />except Stturdays a~.d S~ndays, until final action is taken. ~ , qu
<br /> ~r. Brooks offered the following substitute: That the Counci~ mee~ Friday at ~ o'cloo~
<br />to further consider the said ordinancez. The substitute was adopted.
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