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December
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council
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<br />Messrs-- R. A. Hutchins, Jr., J. Alden Oast, J.
<br /> R. E. B. Stewart, L. G. Whize, 5.
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br />December 12th there Were present:
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<br /> C. Smith,
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<br /> The minutes of the regular meeting November 28th and
<br />read and were approved.
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<br />special meeting December 4th were
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<br />Finance--
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<br />REPORTS OF COM~ITTEES_
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<br />NO repot ~.
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<br /> The following matters were received from the City Manager:
<br /> let. The City M~nager verbally
<br />recommended that he be allowed to rent the third floor of the Welton building for the Drafting
<br />Section of the Department of Public Works, at $~0.00 per month, without~dditional appropriation.
<br /> Mr. Stewart moved that t~e City Manager be authorized to secure an Office for same,
<br />mt a cost not to exceed $40. per month, without additional appropriation.
<br /> The motion was adop~ted, and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes--Hutchins, Cast, Smash, StUart, White, 5.
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<br />~NFINI SHED BUSI!{ESS
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<br /> The reports of th~s City Treasurer, City Auditor, and City Collector for the month of
<br />Eovember, 1922, were pre~ente¢~ and were referred to the Fin~ance Committee.
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<br />The following oommmuioation was read from the City Attorney:
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<br />· Hon. City CoUncil,
<br /> Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />"December
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<br />12th,- 1922.
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<br /> "Gentlemen:
<br /> Qn December l, 1922, a case was called in the Circuit Cottrt of the City in-
<br />stituted by Ers. Agnes W. Stearns against the City of Portsmouth. Mrs, Stearns was injured
<br />on the night of June l~th, i~22, by stubling over a brokem place in the concze2e pavemen~
<br />on the west side of Broad street. The broken part of the pavement extended about one,third
<br />of the distance of the sidewalk and had an elevation of about three inches. Mrs. Stearns
<br />~pr~ned her ankle and claims she can not walk without sometHin~ braoin~ her f~o+ ~ ..... ~
<br /> or $5,000.00. Ifoffe=ed to compromise the case by paying he~ $2~.O0 ~nd the~o~rt~s~~
<br />Her attorney agreed to compromise if I should request the council to pay her $~O0. and the
<br />Court costs. I respectfully request that this claim be allowed.
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<br />Yours very truly,
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<br /> ~R. C. Barclay, City Attorney."
<br /> On motion, the recommendation was referred to the Financ~ Committee.
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<br /> As to the election of a successor to W. F. Robertson, resigned from the School Board,
<br />First School District, which was deferred from last meeting until this meeting, l~r. White
<br />moved that Council now go into an election for this purpose. The motion was adopted.
<br /> Mr. ~hite then nominated Mr. ~. ~lter Mathews for the position, and there being no
<br />other nominations, he was elected, a~d by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes--H~tchins, Cast, Smith, Stewart, White, 5-
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Sast, the following ordinance, which had been placed on its first read-
<br />ing November 28th, was continued on the table until the next regular seeting:
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<br /> An Ordinance to Authorize the Issue of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars of Bonds ~o be K~own
<br />as "Market Bonds" Pursuant to Section 127, Clause B, of the Constitution of Virginim, Section
<br />30~1 of the Code of Virginia 191~, entitled, "An Act to Authorize th~Oouncils of the Several
<br />Cities or Towns of the Sta~e to Issue Bonds for a Supply of Water or other Specific Undertaking
<br />from Which the City or Tg~n mmy Derive a Revenue, Pursuant to Section One Twenty-Seven B of
<br />the Constitution of Vir~n~m~."
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<br /> The following ordinance, which wam~laced on its first re~dlng November 28th, was taken
<br />up and read:
<br /> AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF TH~ CITY TREASD~RER.
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<br /> Mr. White moved that the ordinance ~e amended so as to make the compensation Three Thousand,
<br />and by adding the following clause: "but the term City funds,~mentioned above shall not be
<br />construed to include ~unds handled for the School Board of the City of Por%smouth."
<br /> The amendments were ~dopted by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes-- Hutchins, 0asr, ~ith, Stewart, White,
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<br /> .Then on motion of ~r. Stewart, the ordinance was adopted, as s~ended, and by the following
<br />vote!
<br /> Ayes-- Hutohins, Cast, Smith, Stewart, White, 5.
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<br /> The following 'ordinance, which had been placed on its first reading ~ovember 28th, was
<br />taken up and read:
<br /> AN OBBiNANOE CP~ATiNG AND ESTABLISHING WEST PARK VIEW AS E SEPARATE DISTRICT,
<br />AND PROHIBITING OYSTER AND FISH HOUSES AND BUSINESSES OF LIKE KIND AEDMA2~JFACTURiNG PLANTS
<br />IN SAiD DISTRICTt
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