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At a regu!ar~ meeting cf the Olty Council January 2?th there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- J. Alden Oast, ~xx~xx~ml~R, J. R.
<br /> R. E. B. Stewar~, L~ ~. ~hi~e, '~. .
<br /> Also ~e 0i~y ~er~
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<br /> ~e mitres of the re~l~ meeti~ J~u~y 13th ~d special mee~i~ Ja~_~.ry 20th were
<br /> rea~ were approved.
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<br /> Finite-- Referrer J~
<br /> Oo~ication fro~ the Oity M~ager suggest~ that the store o~edby the 0ity
<br /> at the corner of-Washington ~d Oo~ty s~reets be remodeled ~d fitted up f~r ~h~
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<br /> ~ the cost of furni%ume bei~ ~300.00. Also reco~amng ~na~ cer~amn repots
<br /> %he Oo~oil O~ber for the benefit of the City M~e~ ~d Oir~i% Oourt, At
<br /> $~0.~; provlsionhaving~en ~de ~ the ~get for ~e.
<br /> Your Oo~%%ee ~egs ~o meoo~end ms foltows~
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<br />~pec.~ (a) T~t $~,~be ~propri~*ed for flx~g~ ~ cgur~ ropm fgr ~he.O~vil
<br />~p. ~ ~ the ~er-De ~horized-~o ~se his discretion ae ~o the ~a~i,m, oe~een ~e s~ore
<br />~0.~ a2 W~hi~ton~d 0o~y streets a~ the .t~rd ~oo~ of the 0ity Hall.
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<br /> (~) That ~he Oity ~n~er be authorized to ~e contemplated i~rovements in the 0o~-
<br /> cil Ob~be~ for the ~nefit of his Ofgice ~d ~he 0ir~it 0o~, the cos2 of ~He s~e to
<br /> paid fro~ the ~et app~opr~tion.
<br />~,000~ Reco~en~ion of the ~er ~hat ~,000.~ ~tion~ be ~lotted, from 8th Ward ~,
<br />~f~Z~o~ cover ex~r~ fo~dation w~k~ fo~. pi~, fo~ ~e work~ on ~las Avers.
<br /> ~ l~ is~.reco~nded t~t $~,000.~ ~l~ated to S~ita~ ~ewers, ~W~a
<br /> be tr~sferred to 8to~m ~ns, ~th Ward~nd~nd, to pay for ~his extra work.
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<br /> Reco~en~ion of the ~e~ that a ~eci~ a~opriation of $~.~ ~e ~lowed, the
<br /> s~ ~bei~ necess~y to put,ass new Fo~d e~ipm~n~ ~ a~tion ~ th~ ~o~t ~lowed
<br />Spec.~ ~t: Pol.ice. Dep~men~, ~rd c~ for ~ief, ~?~; Fc~d c~ fo~ ~b~
<br />A~. ~ $125.~; General Repairs, ~r~C~or, ~1~, 0ne~on ~ch for ~t~y Staomes, ~.UU.
<br />17~, ~ It is ~eco~en~d that ~ ~di~io~l appr~ria~ion of ~17~.00 ~e alAowed to p~c~se
<br /> Tractor for ~he High~ay
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<br /> ~p~ts o~ the OiSy Tre~re~, Oity 0ollecto~, ~d 0ity Audito~ fo~ the ~nth
<br /> Der,
<br /> ~e ~ve ~lned these reports ~d it is reco~endedt~t same be fil~.
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<br />spec.
<br />~2. O0
<br />~pec.
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<br /> 9.50
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<br />Matter of refunding to W. N. Rensch $2.00 for permit to operate a motor vehicle.
<br /> It is recommended that an almpropriatio~ of $2.00 be allowed to make said refund.
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<br /> ~itlsagainst the Portsmouth War History 0om~ittee, as follows: M~ss Dorothy Dowding,
<br />$?,~; Mrs. ~Beverly 0, Cobb, $~0.00; Portsmouth Stationery Co., $2.5~. Total $29.50.
<br /> It is recommended that an s~propriation~f $29, 50 be allo~ed to p~y said bills.
<br /> And it is further recommended tha~ the TreaSurer be authorized to pay, out of funds
<br />on hand from collection of Dog Taxes, Bill of J. Shirley Hope, State Game Warden, to amount
<br />of $105,OO, for services rendered.in destroying ~2 tagless dogs ~ $2.50 each.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />J. Alden Oast, for 0ommittee.
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Stewar$ (R.E.B.), the report was adopted amd by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes-- Oast,~S~t~Wa~t (J.R. ~), Stewart (~.E.B.), White,
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<br /> ~e Oo~ttee on Unified Tr~portation System =~o=ted "Progress.~
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<br /> ~ f~l~wing co~w~cations were read from the Oity
<br /> 1st. "1 ~ve a Ie~ter
<br />from the Adjut~t General of the Sta~e in which he points out tha~ the 0ity ~y sects a
<br />t=ophy co~is~ o~ a ~n from ~he W~ ~artment by the payment of ~e cost of ~ckl~
<br />~d [reight. It is no~ Possibte that the packi~ will cost pro~ably $~.~0.
<br />I th~ the frei~ from ~ck Isl~ ~ Metuchen, N.J. will be mn the n~:f~borhood o~ ~muu.uu.
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<br /> Such a trophy would be~ excellent ~ inte~esti~ ~ddi~ion to the e~ip~ent at the
<br />park and I ,~gest, f~llow~ ~e reco~en~tion of the Adjutant ~ne~al,. ~hat $I0,00 be a~
<br />pro~iated for. the i~e~ate ~rges at ~e Arse~ ~d that I be authorized 2o pay the
<br />f~eight when the ~ is received."
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<br /> On-motion, the reco~en~tion ~s referred to the Fin~ce Oo~ittee.
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<br /> E~. "With refer~ce to petitiom of certain proper~y o~ers on 'A" St. ~ Park View
<br />to ~ve th~e~"~d one half blocks on 'A" St. ~v~d, be~een E~ Ave. and ~!er
<br />half block wSst of ~ler, I beg to state that there ~e ..but few ho~es f~nt~ o~ ~his
<br />portion of A St. ~d the~ ~ffic does not seem to a~ presen~ justify the p~vemen~ I would
<br />reco~nd, however, t~t ~his ~er be de,erred ~til m mew paving progr~ ms considered
<br />by the Co,cji,~
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<br /> . On ~tion of ~ S~ew~t (R.E.B.), ~he reco~en~ion ~s concurred ~.
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<br /> 3rd. "X am imformed that the City of Norfolk h~s delayed action on its proposed gasoline
<br />test~ ordinance and in view of this fact and the statementsfrom the Standsmd Oil Company
<br />ma~leto the Oou~cil, I believe it will be advisable for the Oity of Portsmouth to permit its
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