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R, C. P.
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<br />April 15, 1919
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<br /> NOW, TP.n%P-EFORK, BE IT R~SOLVED by the Council of the C_ty of PortSmoutl~,'~i~at ~he l)epart~;
<br />merit o~ Public Property of the Co--oil be and it' is' hereby authorized and directed' to adverti'se
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<br />for ten days in the Portsmo~-th Star, a ~ail~-newspaper puo!ishe in the City of Portm..~outh,
<br />for sale, for cash, the said two lots bounded and described as follows, to,wi't:
<br /> let. ~i~e lot of land beginning at the south-east intersect, ion of High..and Wa?hi.ngto~n,
<br /> streets,' thenc~ rtunning east along High street ninety (90) feet, thence sou~n one nun~rea ~lO0)
<br /> feet; thence west ninety (90) feet to ~ash~ngton street; and thence north along ~ashin~ton
<br /> street one h~_ndred ('100) feet to the point of beginning.
<br /> ....... ~ ~ ~ ~.~ side of Lincoln street, between Third and Fourth Streets~
<br />· : ~ at a pOint on the south side of ,.incoln street nznety.(90) f?et.wes%.f, rom_the_so .th
<br /> oeE~ ~_~ng . - - ruunz' wes~ amc ~zncozn s~ree~
<br /> ' o of Lincoln and Thmrd streets, and thenc?~, n~.
<br /> wes~ · ersectm n - ~ · ~ ±~ fee~' thence ~t twenty-five
<br /> feet- thence south one hundred and one ( )
<br /> twent~-t~e (25~ · ~ , o~nt of oe~inr~ng.
<br /> (25) feet;' and t~nce north one httudred and one (101) feet to the p o
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<br /> The Said Department of Public Property shall make report tO t~ Council of tt~e highest
<br /> Bid received for each of said pieces of ~roperty for confirmation or re~ection; the C0tuucil re-
<br /> S~rv~r_g the~right'to reject an~ and all bids, which right of rejection shall be set"forth in
<br /> the advertisement.
<br /> The suecessi~il bidder shall be required .to deposit a certified check to amot~t of five
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<br />(§) per cent of his bid."_
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<br />And by the foilowing vote:
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<br />Ayes-- Claud, Culpeppe~, Deans, Hanvey,
<br /> Herbert, Nright, 6.
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<br /> ' The fol!owing~.reso!ution and ordinance, which were on the table, were taken up, read, and
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<br /> ~ ~ ~ ~REAS, The' United States ~overom~ent· authormties are desirous of constructmngw, a
<br />r0adw~Y on the EAst~ide of Or~wford Street, from High street to South street,- and on ~rst
<br />street,~ from South street to LinCoLu street, for the use of the government trucks going to and
<br />from the United States Navy~ard; and . .
<br /> "W~E~S.. The Vir2inia Railway and Power Company, Su&eesso~.t~ the P0rtsmouthBtreet Rail-
<br /> ~-'~' ' ~ '-' - ~ ' ~ ! e ale" ~the ~as~ side of Crawfo~d street
<br />wa~ ~o~nanv.. ooer~tes a smnE!e trac~ street ca~ i~
<br />and First street to the Navy ~ard gate, ar~
<br /> "WHEREAS,- It i~ deeme~ desirable t~hat theVirEin!a Rai!ws~ and POwer Company abandon the
<br /> said above described single track on Crawford street and First street.
<br /> "T~0B~,' BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of POrtsmouth: .
<br /> "SeC~yion l~ ThattheCitY Clerk of the City of~ Portsmouth be, a~d he is hereby,- directed
<br /> to o~otish for ten days in 'the Portsmouth Star, a newspaper published in the City of Portsmouth,'
<br /> the-proposed ordinance appended to the end of this ordinance.
<br /> '"Section'2. That the cost of this advertising shall be borne by the Virginia Railway and
<br /> Powe~ Company.
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<br /> "Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage.
<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO A~ND T~ '~RANCHISE OF THE VLRGINIARAIL~AM AND P0~ER COMPANM,-A~ TO
<br /> PERMIT SAID COMP~ TO ABANDON THE OPERATION OF ~ SI~LE TRACK STREET RAILWAY ON THE EAST
<br /> SIDE OF CRA~PORD STRF_d~T FR0~ HIGH ST~W~ET TO SOUTH STREET,' Ah~ THE SIDLE TRACK STREET RAi~AY
<br /> oN.FIRST STPjEET FROM SOUTH STREET ~0 LINCOLN STP~ A_~UD TO REPROVE T~ SAID TRACKS.
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<br /> '~N~EAS, this ordinance has been duly advertised for te~days in the Port~mouth Star,-
<br /> newspaper published in the City of Port~0uth.
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<br /> "BE IT ORDAII~EDby the City Co,oil of the City of Port~mouth:
<br /> '~Section 1~ Tha~ the contract between the Cmty of Portsmouth and'the Portsmouth street
<br /> Railway Csmpany,' dated the !2th day of Jul~,!89V,~ Under Which'the Virginia Railway and Power
<br /> CdmPar~ operates a cart of the street railway system in POrtsmouth be, And it is hereby amended
<br /> to permit the v~Bgi~ia Railway. a~d ~owe~ ~ompa~ ~0 ~bkn~op t~e ~er~tio~ of ~he $~e~ car
<br /> line on the East side of Craw~ord s~reen zrom nzgn s~ree~ ~o ~ou~n s~ree~,~ aug on ~s~ street
<br /> f~OmSouth street to Lincoln s~reet, and t~ Virginia Railway and Power Company is hereby
<br /> tho~ized to remove the said tracks.~'
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<br /> And by t~ following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Claud,~ Cul~epper,' D~gans,' Hanvey,'
<br /> Herbert,~Wright,
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<br /> The folloWin~ resolution adopted by the Soho01 Board'Aprit 4th and w~bichhad been r~ferred
<br />to the Department of Law by the Council ADri! 8th,'v~s adopted:
<br /> "~HEREAS, The corporate 1L~its
<br />of the City of Portsr~out~ have been extended by includin~ the territory now known as the Eighth
<br />and Ninth Wards, and whereas,' it is highly desirable that the nt~be~ of d_strmc~s shall not
<br />exceed three and the membership.of'the SChool Board not exceed nine,~
<br /> ~T~R~0P~, BE IT RESOL~7~D,'Th~t the Cityof Portsmouth s~hall constitute ti~ee school dis-
<br /> ~irs~, ~e~nd an ·
<br />triers with bounds as follows: DISTRICT 0~: cons_stmng of the old .... ~ ~=~ d Third ~ards.
<br />DISTRICT~¥0: consisting-of the old Fifth, Sixth and new Eighth Nards. DISTRICT T~: con-
<br />~isting of the old ~,urth, Seventh and new~ Ninth. ~ards.
<br /> "RESOL~v~D FURTHER,' Tl~t this plan of're-district~ be sent to the City Council for ratifi,
<br />cation.~'
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<br /> ~ .... I~.~.t~ w~ ~v*8 f~ L- ~ d~t1~'~ ~he oositiO~ of Justice of~the Peace
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