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Janus~vy~ 12, 1926
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<br /> At a regulsm~, meeting of She City Coumci~l January 12th there were present:
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<br /> Messrs---Vernon Brooks, E.W.. Maupin, Jr., J. Alden Oast,
<br /> J. C. Smith, J. R. Stewart, R.E~B. Stewart,
<br /> L. G. White, ?.
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br /> The minutes cf the reguls~v meeting December 22nd and special meeting December 29th were~
<br />read and were approved.
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<br /> REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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<br />Finance--
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<br />Referred December 22nd
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<br /> Recommendation of' the Ms.nager that $5,032.00 Be provided for in the present budge~ as
<br />a capital expenditure for clearing cf beach and the construction of a w~lkway along the beach,
<br />at the Oity Pa~k.
<br /> _Progress as to same.
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<br /> Report from the City Manager of the res, Alt of his offering for sale at publio auction
<br />the Jail Lot and the lot owned by the City on LincoIn street.
<br /> We~recommend: let, that the lot on Lincoln street be sold to P.J. Lyon, the highest
<br />bidder, for $350.00, as ~er has bid, provided that the lot is paAd for and deed r~corded by
<br />~he 25th of January, 1926; 2nd, with reference to ~id of R.S. Br$oks for the Jail Lot for
<br />$30,000.~0, we recommend ~h~t the same be rejected, 3rd, with reference to Se~le of the Jail
<br />Lot for $1,00, with restr~ction that a 100 room fire-proof hotel Be erected on same, we re-
<br />port Progress.
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<br />Reports of the City Treae~er, City Collector, and Oity Auditor for the month of November,
<br /> We have examined said reports and it is recommended that they be filed.
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<br /> Request of the 0ity Collector to have relieved from his books perscmal property which has
<br />been approved By the Oommissioner of the Revenme as being erroneously assessed.
<br /> Progress.
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<br /> Oommu~ication from the Superintendent of Schools s~ating that if the. Jail Lot is sold
<br />for a hotel, 10 feet at the rear to be reserved as a light and air space for the B~ggs
<br />School Building, is i~sufftcient.
<br /> Progress.
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<br /> Request of M. A. Da. vis to be issued a duplicate check for $?.OO i~p~ymentof ~ervices
<br />as Judge of Election, check issued him November 13, 1925, as he has not r~c~ivedthe same
<br />which~as mailed him By the Treasurer.
<br /> ~t is recommended that a duplicate check be issued Mr. Davis for $?.00.
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<br /> Order of_Court exonerating the Beneficial Loan Society, Inc., from payment olf~ 0ity Taxes
<br />amounting to $105.1~, for the Year 1925, erroneosly assessed against it.
<br /> It is recommended tb~t the Beneficial Loan Society, Inc., be relieved from payment
<br />of taxes amounting to $105.20, for the Year 1925, as per Order of Oourt.
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<br /> Order of Oourt exonerating E. L. Boyce from payment of the
<br />$~,000~00 value, on. iot ~s~ssed. as 'l" lot~, Block 16, ~. Sale St.:
<br />~2.00, 1923 $~2.00, 1~2~ $~.00; and 1925 $*5.00. Total $213.00.
<br /> It is recommended that E. L. Boyc~ Be exonerated from payment o~ ~axes ,to ;amount of
<br />$213.00 for the Years 1921, 1922, 1923, 192~, and 1925, as per the Order bf Co-art.
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<br />Referred December
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<br /> 0ommm~ication from the 0ity Attorney statir~ that ~Mr. J. 0. Young has notice to the
<br /> ~ty, claiming to have been injured By reason of stepping in a hoie on
<br />$100. street in front of Parker's Hosiery Mill, amd that he has offered,
<br />spec. F.F.V; Staples, to compromise his claimfor $200.00.
<br />approp. It is recommended that a special appropriation of $100.00 be allowed to pay s~id
<br /> claim.
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<br />Referred November 24th
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<br /> Recommendation of the _~nager that~all u~expended or unp!edged balances either in the
<br />Eighth Ward bend l~And'or the Eighth Wars current fund Be transferred to ~he ~ppropriation
<br />for sewers.
<br /> tt is recommended that $75~.00 ~ appropriated from the Eighth War~d fund to connect
<br />the sidewalks up to the new curbing on certain street~; and that all the balances ef approPria-
<br />.~ion~, either in the Eighth Ward Fund or Eighth Ward Bond Fund, be transferred to the appropri-
<br />ation for Sewers in the Eighth Ward.
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<br /> It is farther recommended that the Teeasm~er be authorized to pay, out of 'funds on
<br />hand from collection of Dog Taxes, bill of J. Shirley _t~.pe, State Game Warden, to amOunt of
<br />$55.00, for services in destroying 22 tagless dogs $$~.~0 each.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />Vernon Brooks, Chairman.
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<br />vote:
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<br />On motion of Mm. Brooks, the report of the Oommitteowas adopted, and by the
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<br /> Ayes-- Brooks, Maupin, Oast, Smith, Stewe~t (J.R.),
<br /> Stewart (R.E.B.), White, ?.
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<br />The following communications were read from ~be 0it~
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<br />following
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