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At a special meeting of the 0ity 0ouncil held jointly with the Board of Supervisors of
<br />Norfolk 0ounty in the Rooms of the Supervisors Tuesday, May 12th, 1925, at l~o'clock noon,
<br />there were present:
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<br />Messrs-- L. G~ White, R. E. B. Stewart, J. R. Stewart,
<br /> j. Alden Oast, E. W. Maupin, Jr., J. 0. Smith,
<br /> Vernon Brooks,
<br /> Also.the 0ity Manager.
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<br />The followimg directions were read £or the special meeting:
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va., Nay I1, 1925.
<br />
<br />Mr. L~ C. Brinson,
<br />City Clerk & Auditor,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
<br />
<br />Dear Sir:--
<br />
<br /> You~wlll please call a ~o~ut.~eeting of the Board of Supervisors cE-Norfolk
<br />Oounty a~d the Oity Oounoil of Portsmouth in the Rooms of the Supervisors, Tuesday, May
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<br />12th, at 12 o'clock noon, to consider ~erry appraisal.
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<br />Very truly yours,
<br />
<br />L. G. WHITE, President."
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<br /> ~he "call" having been read, Mr. Barclay presented a summ~ry of the conferences which
<br />were held by the joint Special 0ommittee on the Ferries, and laid before the body drafts of
<br />letters which had been addressed to the United States Housing Oorporation by the Attorneys
<br />for the City ~ud County.
<br /> After discussion of the subject, on motion of Mr. Brooks, it waa
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<br /> "RESOLVED, That the following two letters prepared by the Attorneys and which had been
<br />seem and assented te by the United States Housing Corporation, be approved a~ud confirmed:
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va.,
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<br />May let, 1925.
<br />
<br />Mr~ Robert Watson,
<br />President, U. S. Housing Oo~poration,
<br />Washington, D. 0.
<br />
<br />Dear Sir:--
<br /> Byway of interpretation of Section~6 of that~ cemt~in contract made and entered
<br />~to on the 8th day of October, 1918, between the United Stat~s of America, acting by the
<br />Bureau of Industrial H~using and Transportation of the Departmen~ of Labor, under the authority
<br />of the President and Secretary of Labor, hereinafter called the Bureau, party of. the first
<br />Part, and the 0ity of Portsmouth, Virginia, acting by and th~oughthe Oomncil of the Oity of
<br />Portsmouth and the Oounty of Norfolk, Virginia~ acting by smd through the Board of Supervisors
<br />of said County of Norfolk, p~rties of the second part, it is ou~ understanding that should
<br />~he amount found by the appraisers as a fair value for said properties, impwovem~mts and better-
<br />ments, dredging, etc., be less than the principal ~mount due on July 2, 192~, on the Property
<br />Debt by the 01ty of PortsmOuth and the County of Norfolk to the Bureau, then the amou~t of said
<br />award sh~ll be taken as the amc,mat due the Burea~ in place of the balance due on the Property
<br />DeBt as of said July 2, 192~.
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<br /> We $~ree also that the f~ss of the five disinterested persons appoimted as apprais-
<br />ers under the said contract, together with all other debts, charges and other expenses incurred
<br />by the parties to the said contract in connection with the appraisal of the ferry property, as
<br />provided for in the said sixth~article of the said contract.of October 8, 19t~, shall be paid
<br />out of the revenues derived from the operation of the said ferries, and the same shall be
<br />charged age,inet the said revenues in the same m~nner ~nd to the same extent as the expenses
<br />incurred in cor~uecticn with the.operation of the ferry property as enumerated inthe first
<br />article of %he aforesaid contract of October 8, l~l~, provided, however, ~h~ the fees to be
<br />paid to the individual appraisers shall be the same, and shall be the ame~ut agreed upon by
<br />s~id 0ity ~nd 0ounty with their appraiseTs.
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<br /> The said contract of October 8, 1918, shall in its entirety remain in full force
<br />and effect, subject to the construction hereinabove agreed upon. Should, however~ the appraise-
<br />ment fs~ll to be taken to a final conclusion this letter and the understs~dir~s an~ agreements
<br />herein set out shall become null a~d void and the original contract of October 8, loll, stand
<br />in i~ll foro~ ~nd effect as if this letter h~d not been written.
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<br />Yours very truly,
<br />
<br />Mr. Robert Watson,
<br />President, U.S. Housing 0orporation,
<br />Washington, D. 0.
<br />
<br />"Portsmouth, V~., May 1, 19~5.
<br />
<br />Dear Sir:--
<br />The amount to be paid the appraisers selected by the 0ity of Portsmouth and the
<br />County of Norfolk for the p~u~pose of appraising the ferry property is $100.00 per d~y and ex-
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