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September 3pet. spec. spec At a regula~meetimg of-the 0ity_Oounci~ September 23rd there were present: Nessrs--Vernon Brooks, Jno. Howard Hall, J. J. C. Smith, ~~, R.E.B. L. G. White, Also the 0ity Manager. Alden Oast, Stewart, The minutes of the regular meeting September 9th were read and were approved. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Finance-- Referred September Recommend~tio~ of the ~r that claim of Mm. O. N. Boyd to amount of $30.00, for in- Juries to his horse, due to bres~king through the decking on the West Park View Bridge, be allowed. Progress as to same. Notice from the Oity Clerk & Auditor that there is needed a special appropriation of $500. to pay jury service for the balance 'of the fiscal year. It ia recommended that a special appropriation of.$500, b* allowed for same. . Reports of the. City Treasurer, 0ity 0ollector, and 0ity Auditor for the month of August, 192~. We have examined said reports and it is recommended that they be filed. Referred August 26th Additional communication submitted by the Otty Manager, from Joe. R. Ives &Oompany rela- tive to selling to the 0ity for E~uicipatTerminals ~he Seaboard W.ha~f'& Warehouse Company property smd the Oat Hole Wharf property. Progress. Recommendation of the Maneger that he he authorized to transfer from the New Sewerage Fund $5,700.00 in order ts remedy drainage conditions on R~ce Ave. between Peachtree St. smd the Western end of the Open draAnwhich opens into Gander Creek. Progress. Recommendation of th~ Manager that the Oity paY bills of Dr. Fey Vann ~o amount of $25.00 and Dr. C. W. Eley tO amotmt of $19.'00, for surgical treatment of policeman Wm., J. Joyner when he was aooideu~ly shot through the Toot. It is recommended ~hat a special appropriation of $~.00 be allowed to pay said bills. Report from the Manager giving five sites with acquire for trash d~mps. Pro~ress. their assessed values, which the Oity might Recommendation of the ~uager that 0ou~cil approve the curbimg audparking of the central portion of EffLv~b~m street north of High street, s~ating~ha~ if from time to time the paving repair gang be employed on construction work this work on E~fingham street could be g~adamlly done without extra appropriation. Pro~ress. at Recommendation of the Manager that policeman J. a salary of $78.7~ per month. Progress. B. Overton be placed on the retired list Recommendation of the Nanager that a special additional appropriation of $160.8~ be allowed to p~y bill of The Portsmouth ~tar fo= advertising delinquent t~xes; due to oversight on the par~ o~ the Go,party, the bill having be'en rendered in two par~s. It is recommended that a special addi~!~l appropriation of $165.88 be allowed to pay said bill. Appropriation necessary to c~rry out the following ordinance adopted August 26th: Am Or- dinance Creating a Bureau of Markets and Standards in the Department of Public Welfare, 0on- sistiz~ of the Division of Weights and Men,ares, License Inspection and Municipal Narkets, amd Providing for the Necessary Employees to 0a~ry Out the Previsions of the 0rdinauce. Progress. Request of the 0ommissioner of the Revenue that ~. T. error for personal property for the Year 1923. Pro~ress. Edmonds be refunded $4.20 paid in Request of the Commissioner of the Revenue that the Parker Hosiery MillandDye Works be relieved from payment of $1023.O1 for taxes charged in erro~ i~o~ the Year 1923. It is recommended that said 0smpany be relieved from payment of said taxes for the Year 1923. Cogitation from the 0ommittee on Btdgs. & Equipment of the School Board stating that bids have been received on the Sixth Avenue School Balidiag ~nd contract awarded to the lowest bidder, subject to appropriation by 0ouncll; that a schedule of bids indicates that they shall probably be able to keep within the preliminary estimate of $I~2,~0~00, ~t ~ske for a ~i~m appropriation O~y~5,000.'O0 to pro,de for ~y emergencies. Progress. Request of the School Board for an appropriation of $12,000.00 or as ~ch thereof as m~y be necessary for the purchase of a site for the sixteen-room school building in Lee Ws~rd.