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8th Wa~d,
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<br />Total amount'charged to
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<br /> Value G~n. Tax
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<br />$257,518.00
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<br />City Collector:
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<br /> School Tax
<br /> .$139.87
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<br />Penalty Interest
<br /> $7a.99
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<br /> Request of the City Colieotor that the following refunds be made: Wm. Henry Taylor, $33.20~
<br />paid in 'error to his offic~~Aug. lC, 1920, being doubly paid; Thcs. E. Taylor, $14.52, paid 'in
<br />error Oct.. 5th, 191~ his ~ame appearing in the white and colored roll, yet this pmrty paid
<br />both tickets; L. BDroody, $17.50~pmid in error on assessment.
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<br /> Referred January 25th
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<br /> Proposition submitted by the City Manager from the Oraford Place Corporation for
<br /> tension of Wmshington St., fmom Cmrroll St. to Craford Place, ~t an estimated cost of
<br /> Also, proposition of Geo. D. L~w~ence, agent fo= owners, offering to the City for the extension
<br /> of Dale St. north to the line of the property of the Craford Place Corporation, a strip of-land
<br /> 60 ft. wide mhd 210 ft. long, for the su~ of $1,500.00.
<br /> The City Man,get stmti~g that it is ~ssible t~t the O~mford Plmce Corporation would
<br /> finance the whole mmttex fo=~the present, provided he is muthorized to mssure said Co=potation
<br /> thmt the matte~ ~Id be oove~ed lmteN by a bond issue.
<br /> I~ is =eco~ended thmt mn mppropriation of $750, O0 be mllowed ~o~ pmy one-h~lf cost
<br /> of exte~di~g D~le St. no~th ~o the line of the p~operty of th~ Or,ford Place Oo~po~atton,_a
<br /> strip of l~nd 60 ft. wide ~nd 210 ft. long, out of the Bond Fund.
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<br /> Statement. from t~e School Board of ~he following ~oun~s ~ecessary to oove~ at!.mccounts
<br /> du~ on t~ New Colored School ~ilding: .E.. C..Fo=d, $26,60~.5~; ~e~icmn~Hem~ng &~Ve~til~t-
<br /> ina Co., ~5,580.59; ~s. M~ Robinson, $~52~51, Equi~ent, $8,389.12, Totml,
<br /> ~t is r~oo~ended that a speoimia~proprlation of $~1,026.76 be~mllowed, out of Bond
<br />76 Fun .
<br />Bond F~d. Referred December
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<br /> A petition: 0f Willi~Sloane & Co. to be ref~ded $25.38, paid in e,re= for Personal P~o-
<br /> pe~ty T~x for the
<br /> It ls recommended thmt ~id refund be ~d said Company,
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<br />Referred Decembe~ l~th
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<br /> A petition of Aokey E. Bees, 6~6 Carroll St., to be refunded ~axee paid for propert~ lo- .
<br />coted mt~'i235 Columbia Stj~ the property having be~n destroyed bY fire Jsmuary 4th, 1920; amount
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<br />It is recommended that said petition be g~nted.
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<br /> A bill of Wm. R. Wes%, ~onroe Wa~d, ~o ~mount of $70.00, for City taxes paid in e~ror on
<br />house charged as 209-211 Emst-West Lsme, there being no house on the lot.
<br /> It is recommended ~h~t said bill be paid.
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<br />(Signed) L.G. White, Chairman,
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<br /> O~ motion of Mr. Esleeck, ~he report of the Committee was adopted, and by mhe follow-
<br />t~g vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Brooks, Esleec~, Smith, '~mJ,l, Hutohine, Oast, White,
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<br /> Nay,s~,PI~li~ 1
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<br /> The following communiomtionswere read from the City Manager:
<br /> 1st. Notice of the resigna-
<br />tion of M~a. F=ance~$~lz, Clerk in the Dep~rtment of Public Welfare, and M~s. Sallie W. Mor-
<br />ris, Nurse in the same~partment, effective Feb. Seth; smd of the appointmen~ of Miss Mm~y
<br />Cobb , vice Mrs, Bols and Miss'Bessie Smith, vice N~s. Morris, effective March let, 19~1.
<br /> On motion, the notice was ordered ~o be filed.
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<br />2nd. Notice of the mppointment of the following men formerlyemployed by the Atlantic
<br />Coast Line R. R. as special policemen, are revoked: F. Eo Kidd, A. S. Johnson, J~ W. Taylo~
<br /> On motion, the notice was ordered to be filed.
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<br /> 3rd. Notice that he has accepted the resignation of Major J. N. Broughton, Chief of Po-
<br />lice, to take effect March 5th, 1921; smd having considered the oases of Eergeant H. A. Eden
<br />and Policeman S. C. Williams, in accordance with resolution of the Cit~ Council M~roh 2nd, he
<br />has restored smid officers to duty.
<br /> On motion of M~. Brooks, the action of the City Manmger in accepting the resignation'
<br />of J. M. Brough~on ms Chief of Police mhd in restoring Sergeant Eden ~nd Policeman WiIliams to
<br />duty, was approved, and'by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes-- Br~ks, Esleeck, Smith, Hall, Hutchins, Oast, White,
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<br /> ~th. Stated that.i~ connection with the H~mpton~Roads Commission authorized by Act of
<br />the General Assembly, appr. oved Ma~ch 16, 1920, he h~s been informed b~ the City M~nager of
<br />Newp~t News that the Council of that City directed that one-fourth om the t~tal expenses of
<br />$2,500. or $625.00 ~e appropriated as that City,s share of said expense, deciding that in fair?
<br /> ~ e ti{les involved, this expense should be diOided equally.
<br />ness to ~h o~her
<br /> ~n view of the foregoing and in view of the fact that Portsmouth has a la~ger represen-
<br />t~tion on the Committee of nine ~han Newport News and it is also m smaller city with ~ smaller
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