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April 22, 1919
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<br /> 5th. An Ordinance to Establish a Farm Board to Supervise, Control, and Manage the City
<br />Farm Where Persons Convicted of Misdemeanors or'Violat ion of the City Ordinance May be C0nf~ned
<br />under the ~ovisions of an Act of the General Assembly, Approved Maroh 4, 1914, and in Force
<br />June 19, 1914,
<br /> It was moved that said ordinance be adopted, b~t hhe motion was lost by the following
<br />vot~:
<br /> Ayes-- Deans; 1.
<br /> Nays-- Claud, Culpepper~ Hanvey, Herbert, l~right,
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<br /> 6th. An Ordinance Relating to the Sale and Use of Gas in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia,
<br />the Inspection of Gas and Gas Meters, and Providing for the Appointment of a Gas Inspector, and
<br />Prescribing his Duties.
<br /> The ordinance 'having been read, the privilege of the floor was granted to B, B. Ferguson,
<br />Supe~indt.of the Portsmouth Gas Company, who asked that his Compan~v be given an opportunity
<br />to study the ordinance before its adoption~
<br /> ~. C. Do L~son~ from the Central Labor Union, spoke in favor of the ordinance.
<br /> ~. Herbert stated~ that-he was in favor of the ordinance, except the paragraph relating
<br />to advertising sa~e in the PortSmouthSts~~.
<br /> ~. H~vey stated that he was mpposedto the creation of a new office under the ordinance
<br />and it was s~ggested that the City'Engineer a~t as G~s Inspector.
<br /> Finally, the ordinance was ordered to lie on the table until the next meeti~ of the
<br />Co~ncil.
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<br /> 7tho AN 0?JDiNANCEFOR TAHIFP OF RATES Ah~ REGULATIONS FOR T-ME
<br />EP~CTIVE JULY let, 19t9.
<br /> On motion, the ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />SUPPLT OF ¥~ATEH,
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<br />TO BEC0t~
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<br />Ayes-- Claud, Culpepper, Deans, Ha~¢ey,
<br /> Herbert, ~right, 6.
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<br /> 8th. AN 0RDINAN~ IN C0~CTI0~~ V~ITH BUILDINGS OF A~ PUBLIC CHARACTER,sUCH AS THEATRES,
<br />HOTELS, AC.
<br /> 0~ motion, said ordir~nce was adop~ d an~by the iollowing vote:
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<br />Ayes-- Claud., Culpepper, Deans, Hanvey, Herbert, ~ ' ~
<br /> ~r zght, 6.
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<br /> At this point, N~. Herbert asked unanLmous consent of the bodyto present two ordinanees
<br />as follows:
<br /> An Ordinance To Amend and He-ordain Section 301 of tb_e City 0rdir~r~es ~aAmended
<br />f~ Relation to the Police Force.
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<br /> An~dinance to'Prohibit the Use of the One ~an Car On or Over the Streets of the
<br />of Portsmouth, and to L~nose on Motormen and Conductors of Street Cars C$rtainDuties.
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<br /> ~ comn~unmoatzon was read from the Cent~ al Lmprc~Jement League protestzn~ ~gaznst the one
<br />m~n ear bezng operated in the C~ty om Portsmouth, Va.; an~ the privzlege o.f the floor was. granted
<br />to ~r~ Venable, attorney for the Va. Ry'. &Power Co., who sooke in
<br /> On motion~ the two ordinances were ordered to lie on th~ ~table until the next regular
<br />meeting or.the body.
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<br />On motion,
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<br />adjourned.
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<br /> Ct', f..i~ AI,~D /dJB;YC~'
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