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Narch 1~* ~919 lice Department'for their salaries to be increased to $~.00.per day. A bill of Cms-. F. Harper to amount of $2,800.00; £or services as Perry Appraiser. A petition of J. Frank Hodges~ to be ref~zuded ~10o7~ paid in erro~ for personal property assessed to Nichols & Hedges, for the year 1918. A petition of 'The State Bank of Por~mmouth for one~ ~ifth of the business of the City o~ Portsmouth. ~ . ~ ' A bzll of ~k L. Crocker to amount of ~l~00~00~ .ior services rendered the City. A oetition of the Estate of Ella J. HodgSs, ~12 P~ith Ave., to be ref~ded $9.S4 for excess taxes paid on No. 8~ ~hestnut St., for the ye~ 1918. A petition of the Norfolk Society for ~evention of Cruelty to Chil~en for the app~priation of $250. to said Society be ~de available. A petition of the Executor of~ the Jos. ~. P~ker Estate that the City Collector and Com- missioner of Revenue be instructed to relaase taxes on the bulldogs on Crawford ~d Col~bia streets~ ~c~pied by ~wks-N~upin Co. ~d ~goli~, for t~ part of the ye~ 191~ t~t there was no bu~la~s on 6he prsmises~ ~--(A-I~~P ~ motion, adjoined. CITY CL[RK AND AUI)iTOf~. march 15~ 1919 At a special meetf~ug of the City Council ~arch 15th there were ~essrs-- T. A. Bunting, ~. P. C~aud, C. D. Deans, J. T. Hanvey, C. H..Herbert, E. H. W~ight, 6. Also the City Nanagero present: The follow,nE directions were read for "Er] L. C. Brinson, "City Clerk & Auditor', City. the specmial meeting: "~ortsmouth, Va., march 14th, 1919o "Dear ~ar ch 15th, You will please call a special meeting of the City Council for Saturday, :~0 o'clock P. ~., to consider: "lst.~ Passage of an ~0rdinance ~ut_~o~ zzzng the Borrowing of money to Re-imb~irse the. City for ~oney Spent in the P~chase of the Water Pl~t, to Pay Loan On and Im~prove Cemetery, and Current Expenses,~ which was ordered to lis on the table ~arch llth. "2nd. Reoort from the Finance Department. "Very respectfully, "J. T. Hanvey, President." Whereupon, the following ordinance which md been ordered to lie on the table ~a¢ch l!th, was taken up, read and adopte~: AN 0PJ~INANCE AUTHORIZING T~ BORROV¢ING 07 NOI~ TO RE-I~[BU~SE TttE CITY P0R }~0~A-Z SPENT IN T~ PL~CHASE 0P THE WA~ PDANT, TO PAT LOAN 0N AlfD I~PROVE CE~E- TER~, A~D C-0RRENT F~XPENSES. (See ~h~dinance Book). And b~ the foliowin~ vote: Ayes-- Bunting, ~right~ Claud~ Deans, Hanvey, 6o Herbert, Second. The followzng report was read from th~ Department of Finance: Referred Narch llth. (~zthPublzc Service Dept.) H$co~muendation of ~V00. be ~ade for the services of a Veterinarian in Progress as to sa~e. the City ~anager th~.t an appropriation of connection with the City Stables Account. (~ithPublic Service Dept.) Cormnunication, submitted bythe~CityM~uager, from. the engi- neers at the Sewerage Ptm~ping Station, for an increase of pay to wll0. per month. It is recormuended t~t said Lucreases be granted~ to take effect M~vch 15, 1919. (With Special Water Connui~tee) List submitted by the Czty ~anager, of Water Bills due Portsmouth Water Department by the various City Departments. It is reconn?~ended that said bills be paid.. A request of the City Nanager for a special a~orooriation of ~68.40 to pay bill of the Publishing Co., St. Paul, ~ir~_., for set of law books. the ~est