"%~HEREAS, the said indenture was-terminated by mut~at consent on the 3!st day of October',
<br />19!~, and,
<br />
<br /> "WHEREAS, the said The Ferries Company is entitled to receive the said Certificate of De-
<br />posit,
<br />
<br /> "~_~0~4 THEREFORE, L. C. Brinson, City Auditor, is .hereby dz~cted to deIiver the said Cer-
<br />tificate of Deposit to The Ferries Comp~ er its counsel upon the deposit in his office of a
<br />duly executed ~eceipt therefor,"
<br />
<br /> A oetition of the members of the PoIice Force for Council to g~ant~thei~ petition Tot a
<br />minimum-rate of $~.00 per day. for patrolmen, was refe~ed to the departments of Public Safety
<br />and Finance.
<br />
<br /> A petition ~as read from the'Western Union Telegraph C0*'f0r permission to "dismantle its
<br />aerial plant at th6 intersection of Water and Glasgow ~tPee%s~ along ~ate~ street to a point
<br />near Co,muty street, and acrOSS High'street to its City office, a~d installing underground plant
<br />in this section and Glasgow to NOrth street. ~ '
<br />
<br /> 0n motion, the petition was referred to the City ~ager~ and Department of Public Servioe~.
<br />
<br /> The following ordinance was Presented and under the rules, was ordered to lie on the table
<br />until the next regut~r meeting of the body: .........
<br /> - A~ 0~di~ance ~0-~eq~ire All Persons to Obtain from
<br />the Building Izmpector, a Permit tO Censtruct~ B~ild, Alter, or RepaLv-anyBuilding i~the City
<br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, tO Requt~e Application to be Made-t0 ~he B~i!dit~ Inspector for the
<br />Privilege, to Pix Cha~ges, and Prescribing a Penalty in MiolationThereof.
<br />
<br /> Depar~aen. made the following recommendations:
<br />At this point, the Finance ~ *
<br />
<br />Referred May 20th
<br />
<br /> An appropriation for expenses of the Chief Of Pe!ice~t0. theOonvention of'Police Chiefs~
<br /> It is recommended that a special'ap~opriation Of $!~5. be allowed for this purpose.
<br />
<br /> It is further ~ebo~mended that ~ a~hori~ed--%e proceed ~ith securing
<br />Such plans and data fOP the e~ectlOn'of a co andthat the cost of said
<br />buildi~g shall not exceed $68~000.00o
<br />
<br /> It is recommended f~ther tha~ the following streets be p~ved: BO~v~d
<br />
<br /> fromFay~%te to
<br />Sixth avenue, from Glasgow to County,
<br />
<br /> from Din-
<br />
<br />~, $ 8~0.00,
<br />
<br /> It is further .recommended that the. salary of ~he Civil & Pc!ice Justice .be increased
<br />to'S1800, per year, from June let.
<br />
<br /> (Signed) C.H. Herbert, Chairman~
<br />
<br /> I~ ce~ueotlon with the report, the Chairman of the Dep~ tment stated that funds would
<br />be made ~vailable later for the street Raving. ,
<br />
<br /> ~hen ~M~%; B~unting moved to 'amend the report be amended, by making the salar~y of the Civil
<br />& Police Juetmce $2~00. per yea~. The ~mendment was lest by t~e following vote:'
<br />
<br /> Ayes~ Bun~ing, Culpspper, ~ight~
<br /> Nays-,.Dea~, Eanyey, Herbert,
<br />
<br /> Then the report of the DePartment was ~d0pted, Ss p~$se~ted, and~by the ~ollowi~g vote:
<br />
<br /> Ayes-- B~ting, Culpepper,~Deans, Hs~uvey, Herbert, ~righ~,
<br />
<br />On motion,
<br />
<br />adjourne~to meet Saturday~ May ~lst, 8 P.M..~
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