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<br /> Pebruary !8, 19t9
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the City Counc£1 February 18th there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- T. A. Bunting, M. Po Claud, W.~H. Culpepper,
<br /> J. T. Hanvey, C.~Ho Herbert, E. H. VIright, 6.
<br /> Also the City ~ianager. .
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<br /> The minutes of the regular meeting February ltth were re_ad and were approved.
<br /> At this ooint, the privilege o£ the floor was gr~nted to a committee of citizens to speak
<br />in regard to ~onstructing a road from North Carolina into the City of Port~outh~
<br /> Then ~. Norman Casse!l presented the following re~olutio~n, which the Comau!tree desired
<br />the Conncil to adopt: . . -
<br /> -- "~r~.'AS, It is c.ontemplated by the legal author~es Of t~ S~te
<br />North Carolina, by l?gislatzo~ now~ pend~-ng, td construct a har~ s.t~.face re_ad
<br />beth City, in Pasquotank County~oz said St~e, .to South Mills an~ thence among ~ne oan~ 0:1- 'one
<br />Dismal Bwamp C~ual to the Virginia bottndary line on said Canal,
<br /> ~UD WHEREAS, certain citizens of' the State of North ~olina meeting witb'0~rta~ citizens
<br />Of the City o~* Portsmouth, ~z. ginia, i~ the Council C~Ber o£~tH~'City~of'P$~%smouth, Virginia,
<br />on the 12th day of February, t9t~, requested %he ~citizene of Port,curb, in order ~e insure
<br />~.~ ~ ~,~ ,~. ~oad b~ the North Car~lLna auth0ri~ies, ~o obtain a contribu~ion of twenty
<br />thousand dollars from the City of Portsmouth, Vtrgmnma, towards ~tlie bumld~ing of a road to con
<br />neet ~Jith the prOPosed~ ~hard s~rfaced road to be ~ conStructed by'the' hUth-~n'-'i~ies Of North Caro-
<br />lina, the s~e to b~gin at the North Carolina-VirginiA b0und~d~Y line~ 'on t~.e bank~ of the
<br />~al~ Swamp Canal, thence along said can~! to tD~ VillAge of Dee~ Creek, Lu the County of Norfolk,
<br />Virginia, thence to t~he~ City of Portsmouth, Virginia~ ~
<br /> ~,~wn W~E~E~S. A committee of citizens appointed at said meeting c_on~is~ting OF ~$1 B ~ Bathes,
<br /> ~- .~,~ ~ +.~. ~b~s of the Couuc~l of the Czty of Portsmouth, and requested
<br /> Cet~dcil~ acting fo~ mhe City of Portsmouth, Va., to approprxate the s~ of t~en~:,-~ thousana
<br /> late, or so much t?.reof.as my b~~n~ece?~?.~ construct' ~dtrt-'6r othe~ re~- from the Virginia-
<br /> Carolina BoUndary ~ine on the cana± ~an~ cz %ne Di~ual S~p"Canal td t~e-vilI~ge of Deep Creek
<br /> in the~ CoUnty' of Norfolk, Virginia, thence to the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, over the present
<br /> Portsmouth-Deep Oreek Boulevard,
<br /> A~-D WHE~-VREAS, It ~ppea~ng tO ~t_h~ Counoil of the City of portsmouth, Virginia~ that-great
<br /> an~' l~sting benefits' f~om a :commercxa£ to the City of Portsmouth,. Vir-
<br /> ginia, and its citizens, ~ the construction
<br /> "NON, TB~REFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of .the City of Portsmo-&th, Virginia, T~t
<br /> the st~ of twenty thousand dollars, 0r sc Eue~ theorem.of .as.~_ .~y be~ ~ece~' ~Y~, be~.a?d 'the_.same
<br /> is hereby appropriated, out of any avaliable~zUn~s, ~o Otllld an~ ¢ons~uo~ a ~zr~ or o~ner
<br /> road from the Virginia-Carolina bo'0~adarY, on the ~Bi~at Swamp Canal to th~ vzllaoe of Deep Creek,
<br /> in the County of Norfolk, Virginia, tlt~nC~m to the City of Portsmouth, Virgini , over the Ports-
<br /> mouth-Deep Creek Boulevard. Said road hswe~er, not to be begu~ until~ th~~ ha~d 'Surface road
<br /> ~ Shall have been duly authorized by the State of North Cardlina to be ¢onstrdcted and the funds
<br /> provided for the construction of the s~me by the duly constituted~No~th Carolina authorities
<br /> and o~ti! the work on the s~me Shall be. so far progressed as to' assure the build~ng of the same
<br /> by the North Carolina authorities. ~en the eonst~uct-on of the road by the City of Portsmouth
<br /> is-begun, it shall start at the Virginia-CaroI~a boundary lin~ amd the co~struet~en~be toward
<br /> the Village of Deep Creek. It is further provided, that~ if the ha~d ~drfaced'road iS not be-
<br /> gun by the North Carolina authormt_.es wzthmn twelve months from ~th~ ~doption Of this ordinance,
<br /> the appropriation of twenty thousand dollars hereby made is to be null anti.void and Of ao~effect.
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<br /> the resolution was ordered to lie on the table until the next regular meeting
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<br /> On motion,
<br />of the body.
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<br /> REPORTS OF DEPART~TS
<br /> Law - -
<br /> Presented the follow--lng o~ d~ance~ ~ which, under ~he rules, .was ord~ed~ . to lie
<br />the ~ble ~til the next re~ meet~ ~ t~ bo~:
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<br /> An. ~d~e ~ C~ec~ ~i~h ~Bui~gS ~ ~b~c ~e~e~, ~ [~ 1 ~a~e.s, ~F~els,
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<br />Public Service--
<br /> No report
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<br />Public Property--
<br /> No report
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<br /> Public Safety--
<br /> No report
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<br /> Public Nelfare--
<br /> Recommended that the matter of increase in p~y for the colored Tubercu-
<br />losis Nurse be referred to the Department of Finance; and the recomm, endatien was adopted.
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<br />Finance--
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<br />Referred February llth
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<br /> (~ith Law D~par~ent) Recommendation of the City ~nager that He be-given authority and
<br />~m~eweredto appein~an assistantengince~ in ~he Engineering'Department ~ith'~s~ch d~tie~ as
<br />may b~ assigned hi~ ~t a salary of tlS0. per month, payable as other employees 0~ the City
<br />salary and such help in survey work to be paid out of the appropriations m~de for labor in
<br />the departments i~ which the surveying is performed.
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