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August A petition~of J. Q. Pierce to be refunded $30.?5, 3/4 of Jitney License £or 1922, same having been cancelled by Order of the City Manager, was referred to the Finance Committee. The fol~owing~ resolution adopted by the Association of Fire Underwriters of the City Portsmouth on ~uly 25th, was read and ordered to be filed: "WHEREAS, There h~s been inaugurated by the Chief of the Fire Department a bureau of Fire Prevention for the further protection of the property owners of the Cit~,'of Portsmouth, AND WHEREAS, The officials in chsmge of the Fire P~evention Bureau are performing the duties in a thorough and efficient manner and thereby reducing the fire hazard; T~REFORE BE IT RESOLV~D, That we, the Local Association of Fire Insurance Agents, hea~vtily endorse the efforts of the Fire Depe~tment tO lessen the danger from fire and assure them of the co-ope~tion and assistance of this Association and each individual member thereof; and thmt a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the City Manager, the Chief of the Fire Department, and the City Council," A petit.ion was read from certain employees of the Street Cleaning and Engineers' Depart- ment to be granted a ~en d~ys' vacation. The petition was referred to the City Manager, and in tA~is conneo.tion,en~m~tion of Brooks, the City Manager was instructed to bring in an ordinance covering vacation ~nd holidays for all City Officers and employees, same to be submitted a~ the next regular meeting of Council. A communication was read from certain property holders in the 1100 block on Glasgow street, between Pearl and Cooke, calling attention to poor drainage in said district, same was referred to the City Manager. A communication was read from the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York calling attention to Bachr~ch Bill, H. ~R, 10212, now pending in Congress, ~the bill being designed to limit the jurisdiction of the U. S. District and Circuit Courts, so that the Federal District Judge may not, after the passage thereof, have ~the authority to se~ aslde by injunc- tion, orders prescribing rates wh~h have b~en made by Brats Public Utility Commissions." On motion of Mr. Esleeck, the Clerk w~s instructed ~o secure copies of the bill, and same was referred to the City M~nager and City Attorney for investigation and report. On motion, adjourned.