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September 12, 1922 are issued is in e~cess of fifty per cent of the assessed value of the property. This mainte- nance fund shall be held in tact, shall not be borrowed from for any purpose whatever and the income therefrom shall be devoted-solely to ~e maintenance of the OliVe Branch Cemetery. After ~he m~intenance fund equals $100,000, all income from the sale of lots shall be paid into the sinking fund of the City and shall be controlled, invested and used for the redemption of some outstanding indebtedness of the City of Portsmouth, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as a sinEing fund credited for the redemption of said debt is required to be invested, controlled and used.'" On motion of Mr. Esleeok,. the amendment was placed on its first reading. 2nd. Re~6mmendation that an additional appropriation of $2,500. be allowed for the Fire Department, E 4, repairs to autOmobiles, to cover expenses for the remainder of the Year and to pay outstanding li&bilities. On motion, the recommendation was refer~ed to the Finance COmmittee. 3rd. Recommendation that an additional appropriation of $100. be allowed f~r repair of the Incinerator, E-2, to cover expenses for the'remainder of the Year and to pay outstmn~hlng liabilities. On motion, the recommendation was referred to Finance Committee. ~th~. Recommendation th&t a special appropriation of $2~3. be allowed for repairs to Mr. Solomon Harrison's automobile, occasioned by Mr. Harrison running his car into soft place along side of gutter on Six.th avenue. On motion, the recommendation was referred to the Finance Committee. ~th. "The City Market is in a thoroughly unsatisfactory and unsanitary con~tion so far as the vegetable ~nd fish division of it is concerned. Sanitation, owing to the delapidated state of the building, is impossible and after oonsulta~o~ with the Director of Public Wel- fare, I recommend tha~ I be authorized to ~t once tear down the vegetable market and close the market. The Seaboard market building on the ground floor has several meat markets in it, but the space is damp, cl~rk and unsanitary and ~hile It may be improved, the question naturally arises whether the City should expend a large amount of money improving an old building on a site which in my opinion is not adapted for a market~ Lastly, the question arises as to whether the Municipal ~arket is a necessity. This is a problem hard, to decide~ Conditions at present are entirely different from a few ySars back, since the near-by corner grocery an~ street ven~er a~d chain s~ores attract the buying public and detract fro~ theuse~ulness of the Cit~ market.. ~s a~result very few people ~o ~o ~he CiSy mar. ket as it is '~ere convenient for them to purchase at the hear-by nlaces. ~t~seems · o me~ tne=exore that the ~ouncil must decide Asa question 6~ policy whethe~ %he O~ty shoul~ continue l~s ~fforts to maintain a public market. Yn so far as my own belief is concerned, ! am of the opinion that the City~ should either abandon altogether the market or control it absolutely, prescribing in detail the questions of buying, handling and selling. ! therefore ask the Council ~o give definite instructionscn the following points: Shall the City Manager be instructed to abandon and tear down the p~esent vegetable and fish market? l~I Shall th-e entire question of the City market be abandoned? - Shall.the City Manager be instructed to prepare plans for improving the meat market in its p~esent location? (d) Shall ~e be instructed to seek a site and prepare plans for a market at some other point? As already stated, my recommend~tion as to points (a) and (b) would be in the affir- mative. If the Council decides to have the City continue th~ operation of the market, my re- commendation as to (c) would be in the negative and as to (d) in the affirmative. It might be possibly well for the President of the Council to. appoin~ a special committee of the CounciI to study the subject." Mr. Brooks moved that the recommendations of the Manager be referred to a Special Commit- tee of ttmee from the Council for investigation a~d report. The motion was adopted, and the President appointed Messrs. Oast, Smith, and Stewart to said Committee. 6th. "With reference to instructions by the Cit~ Council to me to Submit recommendations as to annual leave for employees of the City, ! beg to submit the ~ollowing report: I find that t~he Cit~ of Lynchburg has~no ordinance of any kind pertaining to vaca- tion or. City employees and can give no information in regard to thematter. In 'the City of Norfolk, all per diem employees ~k~ have been'in the employ of the City regularl~ for ten months or more are entitled to ten day~ vacation With pay. Regular employees of the City on a semi-monthly and monthly basis are entitled t8 two weeks vacation with pay. In Petersburg, there is no ordinance covering the subject but under a custom that has grown up, regular a~nual employees, including the POlic~ and Fire Departments are granted two weeks with pay. Per diem empl0Fees are not given an annUal vacation. ~n Newport News, the subjec~ is governedL~by ordinance, which grants ten days leave to all o~ficers and employees of the City in the classified S~rvice who have~he~d office for six consecutive months. In Eichmond, there is no City ordinance governing the subject but as- a matter of ~astom all employees are allowed ten days vacation with pay, wit~ the exception of policemen, firemen, plantmen, watchmen, etc.', who are allowed fifteen days vacation. .In the City of Danville there i~ no City ordinance relative to th~ question o~