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<br />~a~veh 25, 19PP-,4
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<br />be taken as the gross ~ - ~
<br /> earnzngs ~a e amount dUe theFederal Government will be $48,17~.22~
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<br /> Beth the. City Attorney and I have made every effort tc effect a compromise in this
<br />matter which would be just te the City, i au, however, informed bY the Unitsd States District
<br />kttorney_~h~t he is powerless te moils ~ compromise. The Tar Dep~rtment-h~s also expressed
<br />a similar opinion ss far as that Department is concerned'.
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<br /> The United States District Attorney, however, today informed me that undera Federal
<br />Statute,the Secretary ef the Treasury, on the recommendation of the Attorney General was authc-
<br />~-ized te effect a compromise in cases ef this kind, provided the defendent in the case weuld
<br />m~ke a written application ts the secretary of the T~easury through the Attorney General, offer-
<br />ing a specific sum in settlement and inclosing check mn the amount ef the s~tm efferedo While
<br />he gave ne assurance that this offer would be accepted, he did indicate that it aplme~ed to
<br />him the only chance ef settlement out ef court. I therefore rece~nend that I be authorized
<br />to endeavor to make the settlement along the lines indicated above and t~ send with my ~ffer
<br />a check for the above amount, and that the City Attorney and I be given some leeway in efforts
<br />at further compromise, oheuId the offer of ~48,177.~2 be refused. 0ur~effer ~f c~mpremise
<br />will be m~de without prejudice ts the City of ~Pertsmcuth.
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<br /> As this matter is umgent, request is made that action be tmken at this meeting."
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<br /> l&r. 0asr moved that ~his matter be referred te the Finance Co~ittee with power te act
<br /> along the lines of the City ~anager's~recemm~enda~d~ns,
<br /> N~. Stewart (J.R.) msved te~ amend, that the matter be referred te the Finance Committee
<br /> and said Cemmittee~have the President call a special meeting for action on same. N~r. StewartYs
<br /> ~mendment received ne second.
<br /> ~r. Brocks moved as a substitute that the City Eanager and City-~tt~rney be authorized
<br /> ~e offer the Government $48,~V?.22 as a compromise of the suit, The motion received ne second.
<br /> Then a vote beimg~k~n en Er. 0~s~'~ motion, ss~e was adopted, and bythe following
<br />vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Hutchlns, O~st,~Smit~ Ste~ar~ {R.E.B.), ~hite, 5.
<br /> Nays-- Brooks, Stewart (~.R,), 2.
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<br /> 8th.. "I am ferv~rding herewith app!icatien cf the ?irginiaRai!way & Power Campany te
<br />install duct en the south side of King St. between Chestnut and Armstreng Sts. This is a con-
<br />tint, rich of the plan cf the Virginia P~ilway & Pswer Cc. tc remove poles from the streets and
<br />it is rece~mended that their application be approved with the understanding that a $5~000.00
<br />bend will be furnished to save the City harmless."
<br />
<br />On motion ef Er. ~ite, the recommendation of the Manager was adopted.
<br />
<br /> 9th. "With reference te the petition ef the Baltard Fish and Oyster Company te dredge
<br /> cut and fill in the outer end ef BaY St., I beg to state that all residents within.~dius
<br /> ~f two hundred feet of~the proposed plant haVe s~ified in writing that they have nc objection
<br />te the plant. The permit for i~s erection will tlh~r,e~ere be issued by the Building Inspector.
<br />
<br /> As i understand it,' the approval by th~Ccunci! cf the proposed dredging and fill-
<br />ing was with-held until the question ef the issuance ~f?the permit should be decided. I am
<br /> therefore again recommending that the request ~e dig cut ~he cuter end ef the street a~d to
<br /> fill a portion of the street ms shown by the plans submitted by ~he applicant be apprsved,
<br /> with the understa~_ng, of course, that the City relinquish nc rights in any portion o~ ~he
<br /> street But that bo~h the dredged portion and the fi!le~ psrtien shall be eden ts all cztzzens
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<br />l~v. ~hiOe moved that ~hi~'matte~ ~e laid en the t~ble until the next regular meeting.
<br /> The motion was adopted.
<br />
<br /> A request ef the City Collector that $8.00 be refA~nded for driveways, the item having been
<br />d~ubly posted en Februa~, 28th, and Narch 1st, t92~, was referred te the Finance Committee.
<br />
<br /> A request was read from the City Collector that $29.40 be refunded E~s. Btxie A. Hill
<br />for City taxes ~id in error Dec. 2, 1922, payment having been made en property of Al~yra J.
<br />Plummet at the time and t~hreugh error ticket ef Eary H. Phillips was included in total.
<br /> On motion, the request was referred ts the Finance Commie%ce.
<br />
<br /> The fsl~ewi~g report of values of Real Estate and Personal Property, omitted for the Years
<br />1~21, 1~22, and i925, was read from the Ce~missioner cf Revenue:
<br />
<br />Real Estate (City) ~al~ Penalty Interest
<br />
<br />Total Tax $[0?.90
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<br />Harrison ~ard:
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<br />Real Estate
<br />
<br />$58.50 $ 1.3? $
<br /> Tatal Tax $60,56
<br />
<br />Personal Property omitted by Corporation Comissicn:
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<br />Washin~ on ~vd:
<br />
<br />$9,900. $148,50
<br />
<br />Total amount charged te City Collector ........
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