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21 June 13, 1922 A communication Trom E. property ~o amoun~ of $22. ?, A bill of S. T. Nontague, ed in destroyin~ 2~2 tagless B. Andrews, 1515 Chestnut street, with regard to tax on personal was referred to the Finance Committee. Jr.., Stats Gsme Warden, to amoun~ of $605.OO, for servlces~'render- dogs at $2.50~each, was referred to the Finance Committee. The following communication~s ordered To be filed: "Mr..L.C. Brinson, City Clerk aad A~ditor, Portsmouth, Va. Dear Sir:-- Your letter of ~y 25th, in which you state that the City Council had in- structed you zo return the communication from ~he Harrison Ward Civic and Improvement Lem%~ue on account of the discourteous la~gus4~e used, was referred to the League at its meeting last evening. - I am Instru6ted by the Lo, ague To state that the c6mm~nication returned by you was presented at the regular meeting of the League, and after full discussion, the Secre- tary was in~tructed by unanimous vote, To make smooth oop~es s~ud mail same. It was meant for a statement, from the viewpoint of the resicl~nts of Harrison Ward as represented by zhe League, of the.apparent lack of co-operation that seems to exist between the City Council and the League, and a request for information as to whether the City Coum~cil des~ed the further co-oper~tion of the League in matters affecting the welfare of H~rison ~ard. No Offense was intended and it is regretted that the City Council looked upon the communication as being couched in discourteous language. The League respectfully requests that this letter be c~lled ~o the attention of the City Council at ~helr next regular meeting. "Very respectfully, HARRISON WARD CIVIC AND IMPHOVEMENT LEAGUE. E. F. B~aucham!o, Secretary." On motion, the communication was ordered to be filed. An invitation was read from the Eighth Ward Civic League for the Council to attend the fl~ raising and d~dication of Wilson Park, on Friday, June 16th, at ~ o'clock P. ~. On motion of Nr. Esleeck, the invitation was accepte$ with thanks, and the Clerk instruct- ed to notify the said League that the Council Will use thet~best efforts-to attend, A request of the City Collector that refunds be made to Mrs. Mary E. Martin to ~mount of $1~.?0 and the American National B~nk to amount of $16.50, same having ~een paid in erro~ was referred to the Finance Committee. The Annual Report of the Portsmouth Public Library for the Year 1~21, was ordered to be filed. A petition was read from Fred E. Abbott, on behalf of D. P. Giles, trading as Giles Mer- cantile Agency of Norfolk, tha~ Council. authorize the refund of $26.00, paid by D. P. Giles tS the City of Portsmouth, for license tax to conduct a collection agency in the City of Norfolk. On motion, the petition was referred to the Finanoa Co~mittee, On motion of Mr. Brooks, the City Manager was instructed to investigate the advisability of havin~g the different companies who have overhead wires to place a certain amount of W~res underground each year. Mr. White moved that the City Manager submit to the Council an amendment to that section of the Bu/lding Code which states that m building not destroyed by fire mo=e than ~5~ can be :epalredo He stated he thought the percentage should be reduced. The motion was adopted, O~ motion, ad~ ourne d. CITY CLERg A,~;D ALtDITO~,