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March ii, 1924 To: The School Board of the City of Portsmouth, Va, 1, It is requested tt~t the school system of Truxtunbe ts~en over from ~Febru~ry l, 1924, and run by the City School Beard, for the following reasons. (a) ~hm% we a~e now a: part. of~ the city, of Pcrt~.euth rather than a Government Reserva- tion. The present system is and has been run by funds collected mostiyby free will of- ferings, together with some assistance received ~om the State, both of ~hichhave proved to be ~irely insufficient for the ~ain~ensmce of the school. 2, It is s~lsorequested that the present T~ac~ers be appointed temporar~ by Portsmouth City School Board te serve for the re~,r~inder ef the schosl t~rm. (si ne ) T~e~s Tuo~e~ Pre~. Q. E. I~ssiter, Sec. The fqlle~ing comsmiuication was read 'from a Committee representing the citizens of Truxtun: "TY~xtu$-Perts~outh, Va, 11 l.~rch 1924.; To the 0ouncil of the City of Portsmouth and T~ose to whom these presents m~y come. Greetings: ~e, the citizens of T~xtun, t~_r~ the umdersigne~ co~mi~ttee~ beg leave te registe~ an appeal with you to render such assistance as may be inycur power to devise some means whe~e- by the City ef Portsmouth can assume the responsibility of the oper~tien-~of the public utilities ~f the p~oject until such time as the assumption of the same shall be duly aud regularly effect- ed. ~ In registering this appeal, we express a wi!limpness to become taxable immediately. It is thought-that' thr~ this source revenue could be sectored, and ~e same would offset,' to ~e degree, the !~bilit~ incurred th~ the taking over ef the above mentioned utilities. ~ At this time the public funds in hand are not sufficient to guarante~ the mainte- nance of our Utiltt~ez, ~ud the sutlook for the future premise~ drastic consequence, ~m~ess immediate financimt aidis secured. It is lmma~ed that every possible consideration be given us, and the resultant be m~ch in our Respectfully; Comittee TH0~ TUC~M." ~. ~ite moved that the privilege ef the fleer be g-~Uted to Themes Tucker, representing Committee ~rom the Citizens of ~tu~. The ~tien w~s adopted, amd~er spoke im~refe~ce te their co~uni~tiom. ~. Brooks moved t~t the co~unic~tion be referred to t~ City~an~er ~d City torney to ~eport ~ter ~avi~g a conference with the ~elding co~poratien ~d citize~ cf T~tun. ~. B~t moved te ~.end, t~t the co~ication be ~eferred te the City Attorney fe~ !egs~ e/~ion, The mot~n~te ~end ~s Th~. ~ooks cmlled for, a vote en~S~tien ms ~ended. The C~,ir r~e~ t~t the ~en~t destrc~ed~, Brooks' motion ~d~% he was out ef order, ~:~ Brooks ~pealed from ~e decision ef the ~i~-~ the ~ppeml was eustminet. ~, ~ite moved as z substitute ferthe whole, that the co--cation be referred te ~ City~er.~nd City Attorney for leg~ opinion and report, ~. ~ite's ~tien~s ~dopte~ On motion,,adjournedo