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September ll, 1923
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<br /> At a reguls~ meeting of the City Council S~ptember llth there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, R.A. Hutchins, Jr., J. Alden Oast,
<br /> J. C. Smith_, J. R, Stewart, R.E.B. Stewart, 6.
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br /> The minntes of the regular meeting August 28th and special meeting September 6th were
<br />read and were approved.
<br /> REPORTS OF CO18~ITTEES
<br /> Finance--
<br /> No report.
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<br />Committee on Dismal Swamp Road--
<br /> At a meeting off the Joint Committee of Norfolk County
<br /> Supervisors and the Council of the City of Portsmouth on "Dismal Swamp Road from Deep Creek
<br /> to North Carolina Eine" held Sept. llth, the following resolution was adopted:
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<br /> RESOL-_VED, That this Committee recommend to ~the Board of ~upervisors of Norfolk County'
<br />and Council of the City of Portsmouth that they approve of an'Eighteen (18) foot Concrete Road.
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<br /> And that instructions be given ~he City.Attorney of Portsmouth and the Commonwealth At-
<br />torney of Norfolk County to report on a legal way by which the City andICounty can finance
<br />the same. Said report to be made at a joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and City
<br />Council mo be c~lled mt an early date.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />R. E. B. Stewart, for Committee.
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<br /> In connection with .the.report, the following was read from the Board of Supervisors of
<br />Norfolk County:
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<br /> "VIRGINIA:- At a meeting off the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk County, held on the llth
<br />day of September,~l~23, the following Resolution Was adopted:
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<br /> The Committee £rom the Board of Supervisors ~n the matter of ~he Dismal Swamp Road from
<br /> Deep 0reek to the North Carolina Line made its report, and thereupon it was:
<br />~-jj~.SOLV~,,.~ti~.~ t~9,~$~E~gf~t~e Board of ~pervisors when it adjourns be adjo~ned~
<br /> ~to me~~~~~~outh, to consider the report ~f the Joint :Co~ittee on
<br /> Dismal SW~p Road." -
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<br /> On motion of Nr. Oast, action was deferred on paragraph I of the report of the Committee
<br />and paragraph 2 was adopted.
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<br /> The following oommunication~w~ze~ead from the City Manager:
<br /> let. Notice of:the appointment
<br />of L. C. Major as SubstitUte Policeman, with the understandin~ that his duties will be limited
<br />to those incident to his position as Supervisor of Transportation.
<br /> On motion, the notice was ordered to be filed.
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<br /> 2nd. "I have directed the City Attorney to take the necessary steps to protect the City's
<br />interests in the matter of the petition of the Virginia P~ilway & Power Company to be relieved
<br />from paving certain streets of the City of Portsmouth a~d ~ have authorized him to ~mploy any
<br />legal assistance which he may deem necessary.
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<br />Confirma$ion of ~his action is ~equested."
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<br /> Mr. Brooks moved that the recommendation o£ the Manager be concurred in, and that the~
<br />City Manager be authorized to sommon such witnesses as he may deem necesss~ry, the expenses 'o~
<br />same to be paid by the City.
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<br /> 3rd. "I am in receipt of a communication from the Mayor of Atlanta, Ga., inviting our
<br />City to be represented at the next a~,al convention o£ ~he American Society for Municipal
<br />Improvements, which is to be held in Atlanta from November l£th to 16th, inclusive.
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<br /> Two yea~s a~o, his honor, the Mayor and I attended with great profit the annual
<br />convention of this Society in Baltimore andI believe that we would again find it worthwhile
<br />to go to this Convention.
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<br /> I am therefore suggesting tha~ ~he Council authorize either a Committee of the
<br />Council or a Committee consisting of members of the Council and~the City Manager to attend
<br />this Convention."
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<br />On mo~ion of Mr. Brooks, the communication was referred to the Finance 0ommittee.
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<br /> ~th. Fom-wa~ding report from the Keeper of Cemeteries of the following lots and graves
<br />sold in the O~kLG~ove Oemete=y during the month of August, 1923; and recommending that t~e
<br />City Attorney be' requested to prepare the usual deeds for the lots:
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<br />Augus~
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<br />27th, to J. T. Green, 1 adult's grave, lot No. 808, Ave. H.
<br />27th, Sadie Hufffm~n, 1 adult's grave, lot No. 805, Ave. H.
<br />27th, M~. Peck, 1 adult's grave, lot' No. 1~, Ave. J.
<br />27th, Louise Grant, N. Ho lot No. ~-A, Ave. H.
<br />27th, W.M. Brinkley, 1 child's ~ave, No. 1~, Ave. J.
<br />2~th, Mz, Cutchins, 1 child's g~ave, No. ~0~, Ave. H.
<br />27th, C.H. Palmer, 1 child's grave, lot No. 808, Ave. H.
<br />~Tth, Y.C. N-mvney, I child's grave, lot No. 808, Ave. H,
<br />27th, J.W. Higg~ns, 1 child's grave, lot No. 80~, Ave. H.
<br />2~, W.B. Newman, 1 child's grave, lot No. 808, Ave. H.
<br />27th, R.M. Dunn, 1 child's g~ave, lot No. 80~, Ave. H.
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