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38.,-, mamc~ ~S~ 19i9 At a regttlar ~eetMug of the City Co-~ncil ~.~arch 18th there were ~present: Messrs-- M. P. Claud, ~. H. Culpepper, C. D. Deans, 'J. T. Hanvey, C. H. Herb~t~ E. H. W~ight, Also the City ~Eanager-, The minutes of the regul~ meeting March llth and special meeting ~5~reh 15th were~read and were approved. REPORTS OF DEP_&RT~¢~-%iTS Law - - Submitted t.b~ fol!ow~_ug ordinance From the City An Bond of Owners or Drivers of Public Automobiles, T~-cabs and Jitneys~ ~Fa~thful Observance of State and City Laws, and Providing for of. On ~otio~, the of t~_e cody. 0~d~ce Requir~ a Conditional pon the a Penalty ~5r'%he Violation There- ordinance was ordered to lie on the table until the next regular meetin~ Public So,vice -- Referred Ms, ch llth (With City Attorne~ & CitY Ns~uager ) A communication from Susan F. R011~s, ~lssi~ for ~ts to be allowed to ~ss over the lot o~e~1 ~y the ~ity ~o~t ~d ~t~ streeSs, occasioned by ~oposed b~ld~g oF ~ s~re ~ t~ee-ap~w~nt house at the north~st co~r of said s~eets. (With City ~ger) A ~tition of certa~ citizens liv~g on ~ ne~V~g~ia street, to ~ve sewerage i~stalled ~ V~g~ia Str$et. ~o~ess. (Signed) N.H. C~pper, Public Proper iT-- Presented the following resolution for adoption.~ ~ ' "~HEREAS, The City of Portsmouth is the exclusive owner of two' l~ts of~ land, not used' Or necSS~ary fo~ the public use~ of the Cit.~ cite of th_e said'lots'being' Si~ua~ At ~tl~-S'O~dth~m~S~' ~-~$~i~O~~ Of High ~ Nash~ton streets, fronting on ~gh street n~e~ fe~t, ~d on EasP~on street one ~- ~d feet, ~d t~ other of said lots be~ smt~ate ~ t~ s~th side of L~coln street, be- tween T~d ~d Forth streets; ~d . "WHEREAS, It is desirable that the City make sale of the said two lot~ of. land, "NOW, T~BEEJEFORE, BEIT RF~SOL~D by t~ Cou_uci! off 'the City merit Of Public Property 0f~the ¢o~fu6it b~ ~and~it'is'h~r~b~ ! and dire¢~e for t~n days~ in the PortSmouth star, a datl~ n~wspaP~ pttB!ish~d'lu~H8 City 0f POrtsmouth, for ~sale, for cash, the said.two lots bounded and described as.fOllOW_s, tg-."~it (leO) "2nd. The lot of land on the south s~tr_eets, b~g~in~ at a point on~ the th~ southwest· ~nt~rsection of LinColn and c~lm Street twenty-five (2.5) feet; thence twenty-fi~e feet (28) feet, and thence north beginning · of L~_u¢ol~ st~eet~ between T~rd~ and Fourth stre~'~e~cy'' (90)- ~e~' '~t from :~nd the~¢~ r~zming 'W~st~ al~bg L~U-.. hUndred and one~(101~~ feet~ t~he~e east and one (101) feet to the point of "The said Depar~Rent of Public shall make report to the Council of the bi~ received for each of said pieces of reaervlng the.right tg. reject any and all bids, ~hich right C~ rejec~ :ha!l be set in the advertmsement." ~Uae~eupon, on motion, said resolution was amended by addir~ thereto the following paragraph: "The successful bidder shall be required to deposit a certified check to amount of five ($) per Cent of his bid-." And t~e~ ~b~ ~esol~t~on Was ~eferred to the C.zty Attorney to ~mve .h~s op~u~on as to who thor r~%ri~tions may be placed in same, such as kmnd and cost-of huildi~ to be placed on the property. Public Safety-- No report. Public Welfare-- re-referred to it. Reported "P~ogress" on the plat for the new ce~etel~y, which had been Finance-- Referred March llth (With P~lic Safety Deer; ) A petition of th~ members of the 'Police Deoa~tr~ent for their s-a!aries to be increased to $4.00 per day. PrO~eSS as to same, A netition of the State Bank of Portsmouth for eno.fifth of the business of the City of