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<br />An emergency existing, this ordinance shall take ~ ~
<br /> ~zlec~ ffrom its passage~"
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<br /> And by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes-- Brooks, Esleeck, Smith, Hall, Hutchins, Oast, White,
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<br />On motion, adjourned.
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<br />May ~nd, 1RYl
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<br />At a special meeting of the City Council May 2nd there were present:
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<br />Messrs-- Vernon Brooke, R. B. Esleeck, J. C. Smith,
<br /> J. H. Hall, Jr., R. A. Rutchins, Jr.,
<br /> J. Alden Oast, L. G. White,
<br /> Aleo the City Manager.
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<br />The following "call" was read for the special meeting:
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<br />,Portsmouth, Va., April 3Oth, 1~21.
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<br />"Mr. L. C. Brinson,
<br /> City Clerk & Auditor, City.
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<br />2nd,
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<br />"Dear
<br /> You will please
<br />19~1, at 5 P- M;, to Consider:
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<br />call's special
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<br />meeting of the City Council for Monday, May
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<br />Contract with the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. for l~nd for the road on the csmal bank.
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<br />"Very respectfully,
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<br />"R. A. Hutchins, Jr., Pr,st."
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<br /> Whereupon, the City Manager presented a lease from the Eake Drummond Canal and Water Co.
<br />as follows:
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<br /> ~THI$ AGREEMENT, Made this 2~th day of April, 1921, between The Lake Drummond Canal and
<br />Water-Company, a corporation, party of the first part, a~d the City of Portsmouth, Vir~i~i'a,
<br />a municipal corporation, or its assigns, party of the second part,
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<br /> "WITNESSETH: That, for and in consideration of the sum of One t($1. OO) Dollar, cash in
<br />hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and other good and valuable considera-
<br />tions, the said party of the first.pa~.t doth hereby lease unto the said party of the second
<br />pa~t, for a period of ninety-nine (~ yea~s, all of its rights and interests in and to the
<br />following described propertT, to-wit:-
<br /> "A Right of Way, forty (~0) feet wide, exmendlng from the North Carolina-virginia State
<br />Line to the~Souther4 side cf th~ Deep Creek'Road at the bridge crossing in Virginia, a distance
<br />of ~3.56 miles~ more or less. Said Right of ~ay runs parallel to the ~ake Drummemd Canal, and,
<br />as shown on blue print hereto attached, and expressly made a part of this ag=cement, begins at
<br />Said Virginia-Oaro!ina Lineoat~etation 0 plus 00, and extends, parallel with 'Canal, with an
<br />~erage distance of ninety~ (~0~ fe~t, more or lees, between C~ual~b~,z~.and c~nte~ of Right of
<br />Way, to sa~d Seep Creek BoUlevard (Draw Bridge), at approximately station ?l$. Said b~ePrint
<br />is marked~Offioe of City Engineer, Portsmouth, Virginia, Exhibit 'A? and consists of fourtee~
<br />pages showing Right of Way, with an additional page of Cross Section.
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<br /> "At the expiration of the aforesaid period of ninety-nine (~9) yea~s, the said City of
<br /> PertsmoUt~ or-its assigns, i'e hereby given the zight to renew thts.lease~ for a like period
<br /> of ninety nine~9~years, and~soon foreVer, it ~ei~gunderstood.~that aaid~Oity may renew'
<br /> this lease'at ~he expiration of each nine~yrnine (~ year period sc long as it may sc desire.
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<br /> "The City of Portsmouth, or its assigns, ~agrees, so long as this lease or any renewal
<br /> ~hereo$ may be in force, to Pmy to the~aid party of the first p~rt~an annual rental Of One
<br /> $1.00~ Dollar for the use/cT-the said Rightof Way, payable on the. first day of January in
<br /> each year,
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<br /> "It is aleo understood that ehould the Oity of Portsmouth, or its assigne,.fail to con-
<br />struct~ or~ having constructed, ever abandon th, road which it purposes to SUi. ld along this
<br />Right of Way, then this lease shall-automatically Come to an end, the s~id Right of Way shall
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<br /> "IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said Lake Drummond Canal and Water Company has caused these pre-
<br />sents to be signed in its name by M. K. King, its President, and its corporate seal to be here-
<br />unto affixed, attested by Ernest Tucker, its Secretary, and the said City of Portsmouth has
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