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<br />December
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<br /> A~ a special meeting of the City 0oumcil held on December 17th, 1924,. jointly with the
<br />Norfolk County Boemd of Supervisors, there were present:
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<br />Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, J~c. Howard Hall, J. Alden 0asr,
<br /> J. C. Smith, J. R. Stewart, R. E. B. Stewart,
<br /> L. G. While, 7~
<br /> Also,the 0ity Manager.
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<br />The following directions were read fer~the special meeting:
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<br />Mr. L. C. Nrinson,
<br />City 01erk & Auditor,
<br />0ity.
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<br />"~ortsmouth, Va.,
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<br />December 15, 1924.
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<br />Dear Sir:--
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<br />Please call ~.special meeting of the 0ity Ocunoii with the Norfolk~Oounty BO~Td
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<br />of Supervisors, in the Rooms.of the Supervisors, Wednesday, December l?th, at 12 o'clock
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<br />noon, to consider the appoXntment of ~opraisers for the ferries property.
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<br />Very t~ly yours,
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<br />L. G. 'White, President."
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<br /> After an explanation of the ferry appr&~sal situation as Outlined by the City Manager,'
<br />the Oity Attorney Barclay, and Commonwealth Attorney Oar~ey, Mr. Brooks moved tha~ it is the
<br />sense of this meeting that we proceed to the apP=aisal of the ferry property as provided for
<br />in the contra0t with the U. S4 Government.
<br /> The motion_was adopted.
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<br />Then Mr. White moved that t~e follOWing resolution be adopted:
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<br /> "WHEREAS, on the ~th d~y of October, t918, 'a certain contract was made and entered into
<br />between the United States ~fAmeric&, acting by the Bureau of ~ndustrialNousing and Trans-
<br />portation of the Department of La, or, unde~ the authority Of the President and ~ecretary of
<br />Labor, ~rty of the first part, and the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, acting by a~d through
<br />the Oouncil of the said City of Portsmouth, and the Oounty of Norfolk, Virginia, acting by
<br />and through the Board of Supervisors of ~aid Ooumty of Norfolk, parties of the second part,
<br />whereby the said Bu~eau agreed ~o take over, and did take over, the opera, ion of the Norfolk
<br />0ounty Ferries, which s~id Ferrzes are the joint and equal property of-the 0ity of Portsmouth
<br />and the Ocunty of Norfolk, for a period to ~erminate at the expiration of three years after
<br />the c~nctusion of peace with Germany, as evidenced by the proclamation of the President of
<br />the United States; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid period of three years expired on the 2nd day of July, 1924; and
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<br /> WHEREA~, the City of Portsmouth and the County of Norfolk now desire that there shall
<br />be, pursuant to the tenor and terms of the said contract of the 8th day of October, 1918, an
<br />appraisal made in accordance with the te~s of the said contract;
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved that it is the sense cf the Council of the Oity of Ports-
<br />mouth and the Board of Supervisors of ~he 0ounty of Norfolk, in joint session assembled, that
<br />the said 0ity of Portsmouth ama the samd 0ounty of Norfolk shall each on its own behalf, pro-
<br />ceed at once to appoint arbitrators in accordmm, ce with the terms of the said contract;
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<br /> AND, further that the sa&d United States of Amerio~ acting by the Bureau as aforesaid
<br />is hereby notified to proceed, withou~ delay, to appoint its two arbitrators in conformity
<br />to the terms of the said contract amd to advise the said 0ity of Portsmouth and the County
<br />of Norfolk when it will be re~dy to proceed with the arbitration provided for in the contract
<br />aforesaid;
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<br /> And to the end that due:motic$ of this action be had it is ordered that a copy of this
<br />resolution, duly authenticated, by the respective seals of the City of Portsmouth and the
<br />Board of Supervisors of Norfolk 0ounty affixed by their respective Clerks be transmitted to
<br />the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transpo~tation of the Department of Labor under the
<br />authority of the President and Secretary of Labor."
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<br />The resolution was adopted.
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<br /> Mr. Brooks moved that the resolution be sent direct to the Department of Labor and a
<br />copy to the U. S. Rousing Oorporation. The motion was adopted.
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<br /> Mr. Hall mo~ed that we ad$ourn to meet January lith at
<br />adopted.
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<br />i1:~ a.m. The motion was
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