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R. C. P. October The City Attorney reported tba% the Chesapeake & ~oto~c Telephone Co. is now working on ~lans for improvement to tP~ service of the Co, arV . peake .&On motion, tD~ p~ivilege of the floo~ w~s g~anted bo ~o Bonney, ~,~ger of the Chesa~ Potomac Te!epb~ne Co., who stated t~t his Comp~ was at wc~k on the L.~provements. (M~. Brooks excused f~om further attendance ) ~A7 B L~ Ikq~S The repo~t of the City Treasurer for the mor~bh of September, ordered to take the usual 1920, ~s prose~ed and v~as Bills were pr~senbed to amount of $283.00, for p~ofessior~! services arxi hospital e~penees of. Victor ~. Huteheson, High constable, who was injD~ed mWhilo in the disc~ge of his duty. On metier4~ s~ were referred to the Finance Depa~t~~ent. A request of the Ports~.outh Co.wz~ittee o£ the Virginia ~ar Histor~ Commission t~hat the cil app~cl~iate $500~ to be used for the purpose of collecting data relative to Portsmouth's participation in the late wa~ o On motion, the request was referred to the ~ ~nce Conmuittee. A bill was presented ft~om W. T. Ed~onds, State Grouse Wa~den, to amount of $442.50, for des- t~0ying 1VV tagless dogs ~ $2,50- each. ~5~, ~qm_te m~ed t~t +~ bill be paid. The motion ~s io~{~,~ a~ then t~ .b~l was re- ferrgd to tP~ Fiance De~rt~. A petition ~s receivad ~om t~ ~ectoral Boa~ t~t s.n i~rease ~ sala~ of $2,00 be ~a~ed 'to each ,J~ge a~ Clemk of election on Nove~er 2~; a~ smv~e was refe~ed to ~nce De~tm?~.a~ C~y ~ge~, ,wash power to 0n ~zor~~ the m~tt~r of cutt~ a door in tb~ booth in Jackson W~d in order to facili- tate the vot~ was referred to the P~nce Dep~e~ a~ City DIa~ger, ' wzt_ ~wer to act. An application was ~ead ~om He~ G. ~rrel f~ ~anchise a~ right to con~trucb a bri~e or t~mel; ~ ~itb~r of the~ between t~ Cities .o2 N~felk a~ Portsmouth, a~ to operate the s~, c~gi~ the 'tolls as set forth ~ doc~e~ acc~pa~. ~. motio~ t~ app!icabion a~ blue ~i~s were refe~ed to the City ~a~ger. }~. W~te stated t~t t~ ~d~ of A~z~tion a~uexir~ the E~htk a~ Ninth W~ds ~ov~ed tt~t ~ bo~s can be sold for ~nent Lm~ovmments in said W~ds umtil twenty months aft~ decimation of peace ~s been signed betwee~ the United States ar~ G~. T~t ,o~t ~de %h~s ~der ~ one ~d a~ idea t~t peace wo~ be decl~ed before this as t~s ~t of ~e ~der,w~l work a ~d~ ont~ n~! a~exe ~ oac~ zrom ~eeee~ pe~n~- ~movemen~s,' ~ m~ %~t the ~tter of ~en~e~t to the ~de~ of A~e~tion c~:~ the tern~ twe~ mo~D~ after peace is decl~ed bet~en a~ G~m~ a~ allowim~ bo~s to be issued a~ a~thor~e ~rove~e~s to be beg~ with the ~ea~ 192i,: be reffemmed to ~e City Attor~- for D~s The m ~' _ ~ ~o~mon was 'adoot~. ~. ~hite moved that the City Attorney enter a friendly s-~it agai:~t the C~il ana'-'P~lice J~tice ~e~ the ~e~overy .to the City of bail fees collected ~gY the Civil & Police Justice'~~ The me, ion was adopted o On .motion, the p~ivi!ege of th~ floor was granted to ~s. Cobb and Re~. ~. A. Brown to e~lai~ the request of the Portsmouth Co~Jiittee of the Virginia W~ Hist0~y Co~ission for a~n~approp~iation of $500. fo~ collecting data relative to Portsmouth's participation in the late wa~, On motion, adjo~ned,