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<br />August 1% 1923
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<br />Mm. White moved that the following sente_n?e in Paragraph 6 be struck out: "Such 5~ of
<br />gross receipts sh~ll be in lieu of all other Cxty ~icenme$ other than the usual property ta~/.m
<br /> The mo~ion was ad~ed.
<br /> ~en ~. ~hite moved t~t ~he o~nce be ~pted, ~s ~ended, ~d s~e w~; ~dopted ~s
<br />~ended by ~he follo~ vote:
<br /> Ayes- Brooks, Hutchins. 0mst, Smith,
<br /> Stewart (J.R.), Stew~t (R,.E.B~), ~ite, 7-
<br /> of
<br /> ~e re~lm= :ePor~s/the City Trem~rer, Oity Collector, and City Olerk& Auditor fdr the
<br />month of July, l~E3, were presented and were ~efe=~ed te the Finmn~ OommiStee.
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<br /> NEW BUSI NESS
<br /> A communication was read from the West Norfolk Civic League requesting extensio~ ~of the
<br />w~ter mml~s of the City of portsmouth to West Norfolk.
<br /> rlvile d of the floor was ~an~ed ~o uny o~ imterested,
<br /> On motion of ~m Brooks, the p g ~ ' n ed.
<br /> yea s oke ~ in that the =eq~st be~m t
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<br />vestigmtion ~d ~o=~.
<br /> A request wms ~emd f~om ce=tmin ~esldents mhd p~ope=ty
<br />street, between London at~eet mhd the wmte~, p~otestl~ m~inst the b~lding of a store on
<br />Co~t m~=ee~, ~; m~e 'w~ d~=eci~te the ~m of property, destroy the beauty of said
<br />seotiom of O~t ~treet~ mhd i~s ~emt deair~ility fo= resiSnti~ p~oses.
<br /> -0n motion, the =e~emt wmm referred to the City
<br /> A co~omtion wmm read f~om certmi~ property owners and
<br /> the no, th ~ide of High zt=eet, De. eon Oh~stnut and ~on
<br /> street, from Chestnut St. to ~tton, be pmved.
<br /> On motion, the con. cation was refar=ed to the City Mm~ge=.
<br /> A petition wms remd from certain proprietors of boot-blmck p~io=s in the City of Ports-
<br /> m~th for ~ ~en~ent to the lioe~e t~ or~e of the Oity
<br /> ~em cents for m shine, with~t havl~ $o pay the md~tio~l license tax of' $150100.
<br /> On motion, the petition wms referred to t~ Flute Co. tree.
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<br /> The followi~ co~ic~tion w~s
<br /> "A~St 13, 1~23.
<br /> ~r~te P~esi~nt
<br /> Me~erm of the Oity Oouncil,
<br /> Portam~th, Virginia.
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<br /> Gentlemen: As you are undoubtedly mw.are, the 2~th annual Encampment qf the Veterans of
<br />Foreign Ws~vs will be held this ye~ in Norxclk ~l~ the week of Au~st ~8~h to September
<br /> There ~ ~remdy been made somethl~ oyez fi~$e~ ~housmnd =egistrm$1onm
<br />for delegates w~ch ~s more than co~med t~ available space Which Norfolk ~s in hotels
<br />~d private homes. Portal, th, therefore, ~s been called ~on to race--ochre ~rom t~ee to
<br />five thousm~ of these ~ests.
<br /> In O~der to entertain mhd welcome these visitors, acme fu~s ~t be
<br />w~ch mcco=dinE to the ~e~ p~ed by the ~ttee in c~ge of t~ ~8~ivi~, will mP-
<br />pro~mte $3,000.00.
<br /> ~e ben, it it will be to the City ~t !~ge la un~estlo~d ~ndwe feel
<br />~he ~ity Le~a~tiVe Body mhO~ ~ve m pm~ in it, th~efo~e., we ~ec~fmtly ms~ ~ ~
<br />~p=op=la~ion of $500 be ~de in o~de= to o~y ~i our p=o~ which' co~ists of m~ve=$ising
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<br />w~ch will be Tue~y, A~s~ 2~th, the entire Oonv~tion to be the ~e~t~ of the City
<br /> It would be very ~oh app;~i~ted if this ~p~op~ia~ion of $500 mi~t be
<br />made i~e~ately, ~o as to m~ke ~em~ea, which are neoesm~y fo= the publication of
<br /> Hopi~ fo= yo~ Zmvo=mble oonside~mtlo~, we ~e,
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<br /> Very t~ly
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<br /> R. D. ~ULD, Exe~tive Secretly.
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<br /> On motion of ~. ~lte, the p~ivilege of ~he floc= was g~anted ~e ~Ds=s. ~d ~d ~k-
<br /> ~, who spo~ 2equeeti~ ~t the appropriation be
<br /> The~ e~ motion of ~. ~lte, the appropriation of $500. was mll~ed~ s~e ~ be
<br /> ~de= the ~pe~vision of ~he City M~ge=~ m~d by the fo~owi~ vote:
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<br /> Ayea~ B~ooka, Hutchinm, Oa~t, Smith,
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<br />0:n motion,
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<br />adjourned.
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