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<br />March $1, 1919
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<br /> The recor.~,~endation was referred to ti~ Department of Finance and ~ub_mo Se_vmce.
<br /> 6th. Attaching letter from the Assistant engineers at the. Sewerage PtF~ping S%a~on re- d
<br />i questing tb~t their pay-.be ~ncrease to $110, per month; also copy of bis letter to the er~ineers.
<br /> On motion, the matter of increase~' requested was referred to the Fim. ance amd Public Ser-
<br /> vice Departments.
<br /> Vtt~. Attaohim~ list of water bills due the Portsmouth Water Department by t~e. various
<br /> City Dep~rtments s~o~ting to ~100.8V, which were referred to the Department~-; of Finance smd
<br /> Sp'e2ial Water Co~uittee.
<br /> 8th. Reeommendmng a special .approp_ ~atmo:a of ~68.~0 to pay bil2 of the ~Test Publishing Co.
<br /> St. Paul, E~u,, for set of law books.
<br /> On motion, the same was re_erre~ ~bo the Department of Finance.
<br /> 9th. Requesting speoia_l appropr~tmons of ~.25 to pay for "I~%surance" on the City Stables
<br /> and $1V6,V5 to pay for "Coal" furnished th~ City _Jail; s~ud ssmle was referred to the Finance and
<br /> Public Property Departments ·
<br /> 10th. Recomm~ending special appropriations of~$25, f?r contra.ct between J. W. Daniel and the
<br /> City of Portsmouth, and $59,5~ for contract between Peep±es ~!arkez,~,-In°'' and the City of Ports-
<br /> mouth, occasioned by accident at the northeast corner of South and ~.:mddle streets.
<br /> reco~endat_on was
<br /> On motion, the- ~ referred to the Departments of Finance and PuBlic Safety.
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<br /> !lth. Recommending a special appropriation of $295. for ~epairs to the Irving Building on
<br /> the corner of South and Middle streets.
<br /> On me,ion, said recormmendation was referred to the Departments of Finance and Public
<br /> Safe ty.
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<br />~FIi~ ISD~D BUSI~[E SS
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<br /> The reports of the City Clerk & Auditor, City Tream~er, and~ City Collector were presented
<br /> and were ordered to take the usual course.
<br /> The following ordin~ce, which had been continued on the table Februarf% llthuntil this
<br /> meeting of the Council, was still continued on the table:
<br /> An Ordinance for Tariff of Rates and
<br /> Regu_lations for the Supply of Water, to Become E~fective July 1st, 1919.
<br /> With regard to the resolution fo~ ~he apprgpriatio~ of $20,~00..to b-o~ld and construct a
<br />-~-~i~t road or other road from the Virgmnma-Carolmna boundary on the Dismal S~am~o Canal to t~e
<br />~,~,~o~ ~e r~ O~ek in the County of 2~rfolk, thence to the Cityof~ Portsmouth over th~ Fg~ts-
<br />~.~°~i MZ~-~,~e~a~ b' ~ad been ordered to lie on the table February 18thu~til this
<br /> - . u - ~ -. ' ~ ~ e the rivite~e of the fl6or was extended to
<br /> ~tzug of the Counem!, .~n.~mot~on o~ N~. H rber~, p ~ ·
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<br /> any one present who might be interested in the matter.
<br /> Whereupon, Nessrso Saunders, Cahoon and ~lstead, from ~orth Carolina, spoke in favor of
<br /> the constr~ction of such a road.
<br /> T!~n the resolution was ordered to be continued on the table.
<br /> The ~oltowing ordinance, which had been ordered to lie on the table February 18th until
<br /> this meeting of the bodY, was cont~amed on the table:
<br /> An Ordinance in Cor~uectiom_ with Buildings
<br /> of a Public Character,Such as Theatres, Hotels, Etc.
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<br /> The following ordinance, which ha~ been ordered to continue on the table ~ch llth, were
<br /> referred to the Department of Law--
<br /> An Ordinance Requiring ~F~e~f~o'Buildi~ Permits in the
<br /> City of Portsmouth.
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<br /> A~ Ordinance to _Amend Section 520 of the City Code, Para~apb~ One and Two, Which Relate to
<br /> the Number of Spaces and the Charges per Front Foot of Space,
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<br />I~EV~ BUSI~FESS
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<br /> The following comm~mfcation from the Chairman of the Negro ~orkers Advisory Come,tree
<br />was endorsed and the Clerk was instructed to v~ite to the Department of Labor concernir~ same.:
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va.,
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<br />March 11, 1919.
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<br />"To The City CoUncil,
<br />Via the Cmty ~anage ,
<br />Portsm6uth, Va.
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<br /> ~Honorable Mayor and Members of the Cottucil:
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<br /> The Negro Worker~' Advisory Co~m~mtte , a co-
<br />operating branc~ of the U. S. Labor Department located mn thms C~t~, respectfully petmtions
<br />your honorable council to request of the U. S. Depar. tment of Labor the detail of an expert to
<br />conduct a s-crecy of the colored people of this city.
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<br /> "The purpose of this survey is to enable the Negro Workers! Advisory Co~mittee get an ac-
<br /> curate statistical record of the colored pSople of the city, with a view of increasing their
<br />~ efficiency as workers along health, moral, ~ocial and economic lines.
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<br /> ~This ~urvey is to Be made without cost to the city, it being understood ttmt the U. S.
<br />l expertlis to ocr'duct the survey with vol.u~teer helpers !~ished by th~ colored pe?ple of the
<br />icity, and if funds are needed the same wall be ~urnishedby the Negro Womkers' Advmsory Com-
<br /> mittee.
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<br />"~ith ~emy g~eat respect, we are~ '~W. ,~f_ d-.enrtlnos' ~ __,
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