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October 2~, 1922 Public Welfare to connect with sewers or.to.supply premises with water." No action taken on said~mendment. Then on motion of N_v. Brooks, the ordi~noe was laid on the table to be taken up aS a special meeting to be called to con~ider other water matters. The following ordinance placed on its first reading September 12th was taken up and read: An Ordinance Design~ting Legal Ho!id~ys for all Oity E~ployees of the City of Portsmouth and for State Officers Performing Duties for the City as Far as Their Municipal Duties are Concerned. Mr. Stews~vm moved that the ordinance be mmended by adding "Confederate Memorial Day." No action on the amendment. Then on motion of Er. Esleeck, the ordinance was laid on the table ~o be considered with the 1923 Budget. The following ordinance,placed on its first reading Septembe~ 1Eth and laid on the table, was taken up and read: An OrdLu~nce~Granting City Employees of the City of Portsmouth Certain Leaves of Absence with Pay Each Year. On motion of Er. Brooks, the ordinance was laid on the table to be considered with the 1923 Budget. The recommendation of the 0ity Man, get that the City Council grant the request of the Va. Ry. & Power Co. to construct a duct for high tension wire from the North end of Middle street, to South St., to Court St., to Wythe~St., to Fou~th~St., to the Navy Yard Gate, with branch line ~long Columbia St. from Middle to Crawford, to the Fass Ice Plant, which was laid on the table October lOth, was taken up and read. On motion of ~. Ehite, the recommendation of the City Manager was concurred in, work tc be done to the satisfaction of the City Manager and the Va. Ry. & Power Co. to give m b~nd of $5,000. to protect the City; and by the following vote: Ayes-- Brooks, Nays-- None. Esleeok, Hutchins, Oast, Smith, Stewart, White, 7.. NE~BUSINESS A request was read from the City Treasurer that the Clerk be authorized to sign his de- linquent list ~s required by law. On motion of ~. White, the Clerk was so authorized. A communicmtion was remd from the Portsmouth Rotary Club enclosing the following resolu- tions adopted by the Club approving the agreement between the City and the Va. Ry. & Power as to better service: ~AS, adequmte street car ~er~ice is a vital necessity to the progress of modern urban communities, lack of fast and frequent schedules mmking for stagnation and depriving the people of their right to rapid transit from their homes to their places of business, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, after months of negotiations succeeded in effeoting agreements with the existing street oa~ utility to the end of giving such service, WHEREAS, there seems to be d~nger that such action may be imperilled by fmilu~ on the part ~f the public in whose interest the new service was obtained, to realize that its interest solely was the actuating reason for the Co~ucil's action, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Rotary Club of Portsmouth gives its hearty approval to the effort of the Council to'improve transportation conditions in PortsmOUthby the means it ~has adopted, feeling that the v~lue of the homes of our people, the busineSs interests and She general pros- perity may suffer in value if present conditions are not immediately improved. RESOLVED that a copy~of these ~esolutions be sent to the Council and given out to the press." On motion, said resolutions were ordered to be filed. A~communication was read from the 0ity ~Olleotor asking that W. F. Walters be refunded $3.0~ pmid in error on personml property t~x~'for the Yes~r 1919, and same was referred to ~i- n~nce Committee. A bill was read' from H. L. Hudgins, City Treasurer, to ~mount of $1200.O0, as 1% commission on $t20,0~0.00 money borrowed from Oity~anks during September, 1922, according to ACt~to amend Section 2~31 of Code approved March 27, 1~22. On motion, the bill was referred to Finance Committee and the City A petition of Joseph Pate thmt his pension of $50. per month be increased, was referred to Finance Committee. On motion of Mr. Smith, the following ordinance was taken from the table and An Ordinance to Rename 0ertain Streets in the City of Portsmouth. (Mr. Omst excused from further attendance) On motion of Mr. Smith, the c~dinance was referred to the City N~nager for further invest~ gation and report.