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Fees for the Use of Such .C-rounds; Providing a Caretaker Therefor and Prsscribing His I~ties.
<br /> On motion of Mr. Stewart (R.E.B.), the ordingnce~ v~.s placed on its first reading,
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<br /> ?th. Recommended passage of the following ordinance:
<br /> An Ordinance Covering the Erection
<br />of Hospitals, Churches and Objectionable Buildings°
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<br /> On rnotion of ~. B~ooks, the ordinance was placed on its first reading.
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<br /> 8th. "There are two~as§s involving suits for dan~ges against the City V?nich will be
<br />tried d~.ring the week ending }fay 17th. They are difficul% and important cas§s an~ it is my
<br />opinion that the City Attorney should have assistance in defending them. Possible ~am~ges
<br />allowed ~gainst the.City will fs_r exceed the cost of_additional counsel. I am therefore
<br />recommending that I be authorized to employ additioru~l counsel as advised by the City Attorney."
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<br /> Mr. Brooks moved that the recoEmendati~n:,.be not approve&. The motion was lest by. the
<br />following vote:
<br /> Ayes~-~ Brooks,
<br /> Nays-- Hutchins, 0gst, Smith, Steve~rt (~.R.), Stewart ~R.E.B. ~, ~/hi~te., 6.
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<br /> ~. 0~st mo~ed theft the recommendation be ~pproved. The motion was adopted, and by
<br />the following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Hutchins, 0sst, Smith, Stewart (~.R.
<br /> Stewart {R.E.B.), ,~ite, 6.
<br /> Ears-- Brooks, 1.
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<br /> .gth. Recomuended passage of the following ordinmuce:
<br />Parades in the City of Portsmouth.
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<br />An 0rdin~ce tiecuirir, g P~rnL~ ~s for
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<br />On motion of Mr. Brooks, the erdin~uce was placed on its fir. st reading.
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<br /> '10th. "Relative to protests from certain citizens living on Sheg trac~ as to ths impr. ove-
<br />zents proposed for that tract, Z beg to s~te that the proposed improvements not only Pr0x~e
<br />a road but sewers as far as Oharles Street. So far as I c~n find out, none of the ter~ito~-W
<br />north of Charles Street has Pmd a street dedicated to the public. If the property owners
<br />north of Charles Street will dedicate a 60 ft. roadway in contirm~tion of Eighth Street, I
<br />would recommend that the slag roadwa~be continued along Charles Street to Eighth Street and
<br />thence along Eighth Street to north end of peninsule~~ This, I believe would be a very fair
<br />amoun~ of improv~e~. ~0r a ~se~ion which north of Ctk~rles Street and'west of Eighth ~Sr~-~eet
<br />is m farming sect-ioN.-It.'wOU~d ~.~lmost impossible to supply sewers, l~ghts, pavin~g mnd
<br />water for the scattered houses along the shores of the two eastern branc~hes of Scottts Creek."
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<br /> On motion of ~ir~. Whz. te, thls m~u~er wms, =e~ erred back to ~he City ~n ,~ger .for f~ther
<br />· ~o~t~on ~d conze~ence with reszdent~ of She~.~c~. ~ ~
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<br /> ~lth. "I-~ forwarding ~herewith Detitio~ fr~ certain residents of Thi~ St. for the
<br />paving of ~t s~eet~.b.~twsen ~t~ -~d Henry Sts. The est~mted cost of t~s work for ~
<br />ft. paying will be SV~B00.00. Attention is invited to the'f~ct that of the recent bond issue,
<br />~der ~e di~ribut~o~ recomended to the Counczl only $41,000,~ ~ill be' g~lable for
<br />~s ~t wall be ~bsorbed by ~he paving In l~est ~rk Vzew, .~nden Ave.~ the completzen of
<br />the p~ving extendi~ ~ckie St. into ~est Pgrk Vi~ ~d Chestnut Bt."
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<br /> On'motion o~ ~. Brooks, the co~unicgtion ~s referred back to the City ~er for
<br />further i~o~tig~ ,..
<br /> l~th. ~I ~ forwarding herewith co~unic~tien ~el~tive to ~edical ~t~end~ce f~r ~.
<br />~shbury, who ~s inj~ed recently. .It was n~cessary to call in ~. A. a. Russo in the e~rgencyJ
<br />The .C~t~ Attbrh~y g~wes his 8pini0n t~.t the City is liable certainly for the emergency call
<br />~d '~So for gdditionml d~lts, in-case there w~s ~isk in c~ngi~ :s~geons. ~There se~s to be
<br />no reEuire~en~ for ~e City ~sician to attend employees of .the Cit~.
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<br /> t ~ ~efore ~ec~ending t~t I be authorized .to p~ the bill from the -~ppro-
<br />prigtion for _res prescriptions. In fut~ the City. ~=icign ~ill be expected to look ~ter
<br />mll i~u~ed employees."
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<br /> 0n ~o~ion, ~he reco~endgtion ~s ~referred to th~ Fin~c~ '
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<br /> 13tho "I a~ f0rw~arding herewith a letter from ~leS~mrS ~ ~Reed; Dougherty .and Eoyt relative
<br />to services in getting bill through h-ow York .i~egisl~tu~e ~aking the bonds of ~Virginia ~'o~icip~-
<br />litie~ legal investrxent for l~ew York Savings Bank. ~e are under no obligation to pay anyth~_ug
<br />f~r these services ~!~hov~h the City, of ?ortsmouth bene~i%s-sl~'~ly from the passage of'the
<br />bill at pres6nt an~ ma~ benefit greatly should the ~mo~mt of our bonded debt be reduced to
<br />V~ of our mssessment values.
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<br />~resent justify the expenditLtre,u
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<br /> All things considered, hewever,'I dc not believe we would be justified at present in
<br />pattzcmpatzng zn ~h~s matter. Im ms, however, desirable to get the opinion Of the Finmuce
<br />Committee on the=q~s~on and I recommend ~hat it be referred to that body."
<br /> On ~ot~on~ the communicatio~ was re~Zerred to the ;~in~nce ~o.mmittee.
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<br /> 14th. "I mn forwarding herewith cormnuniogti~n froz the Director of Public ~elfare relative
<br /> the construction of a rest ~ous~t Olive Br~nchCsmetery,
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<br /> ~hmle h~ig ~s/~ery desarable fegt~-e, in my opinion the City's finances do not at
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