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February
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<br />1919
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<br />of the Council, w~re continued on the table until Watch llth:
<br /> ~u Ordinance Requiring a Fee for
<br />Building Permits in the City ef Portsmouth. ....
<br /> An Ordinance to Amend Section 5S0 of the City Code, Ba~agr&phs One and Two, Which Relate
<br />to the Number of Spaces and the Charges Per FrOnt Foot of Space .~
<br /> ~A~ BUSINESS
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<br /> An i~vitation was read from the Port~mouth Volunteer Fi~men's AsSociation~ fo~ the Cottuczl
<br />and Clerk to .tho CounCil to be present on the occasion of a Cele~ra%ton~i~ hc~Or of i the ~eti~e-
<br />menthol Captain J01~n White as a paid man of the Fire Department on Thursday evening,
<br />2Vt-h.
<br /> On motion, the invitation was accepted with thanks.
<br /> A petition from the Portsmouth Charity and Athletic Association to be allowed-to give during
<br />the Week of- A~n~il 14t~ a spring Society Czrc~ on the b~S~ball grounds of this City for the bene-
<br />fit of said Association, was referred to the City Manager. _
<br /> ~Nr~ Bunting moved that we now go into an election to f~It the vacanc~y of Justice of the
<br /> Peace from" ~kr~hall ~ard, caused by-the death o~-~s. ~. Pablo~
<br /> The ~otion was adopted; ~then Nr~ B~nt~ nOminated'E. L. Noore for .the pgs~tion.and there
<br /> being no other nominations, he was elec~d by the following~vote:
<br /> Fdr--~ BUnting, Claud,
<br /> Culpepper, Hanvey, Herbert, ~right,~ 6.
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<br /> Nr. Herbert presented the ~following resolution, which was adopted:
<br /> ~Be tt ~Res~lv~d bY The
<br /> w~wt~mouth. Va.~ That the City Treasurer zs herebY aUthorzzed ~0 renew
<br /> Council of the City of +^ ~,,~+ ~, ~w~v~i~ Thou~and~Doil~rs B 000.00), due Febru~y
<br /> 1919, ~iven in payment of ls~d for a 0emete~y, with interest at the rate of six .per centum per
<br /> And by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- B~tuting, Claud, ~CulDepper, Harvey, Herbert, Wright, 6.
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<br /> ~r. Wright presented the following resolutions, which were adopted:
<br /> Hospital has not been placed in operation on account of the'City sergeant Still occupying the
<br /> toe,as over the Jailer's residencme at the Jail, to be used for said.hospital~ and
<br />"~w~V~&S,~ The City Sergeant wae~otified about Dec. 1st, 1918, that the City desired to
<br />Ihave possession of these rooms on the 'lSth of Dec. or as see~ t~e>~aftbr a~ ;p~ihte,~:a~d the
<br /> City' Sergeant has been req_uested~ by. t~ne ~ztY~ ~f.fz?~al~s to .t.~n over~_the.se ~r~om~, ~d+.~ab_s~etrto~ems
<br /> and one .h?lf months have elapseo, sin¢.e.~t~e .recez. p~ o~ ~ wrzssen noszce. ~o ~rn over mnose
<br /> to the Cmty for the purpose above menszone~,
<br /> "WH~w3AS, The City has had' Ln its p. ossess, ion ~su?plies an§.equip~m?n~t~ for~
<br /> ~*+~m *~ T,~,, i~ ~ Of said e ul o~ ~ coonoc~zon wm~n mne p~oposea nospi~az,
<br /> days .... ~o .... ne. ___s ~allatio~ q pm ...... . . ·
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<br /> "BE ~IT ORDAIt~ED by the Ce~uoii of the C~ty of Perish. curb, V~gini~, 'That %~he City Attorney
<br /> is hereby autD~rized a~d e~powered to take legal steps as m.ay~ ce neces..sary to get posses ion
<br /> ^* +.~-~.~ ~ ~.~e second floor- of what is known as the jaitor'S residenc~ fd~tHe purpose of
<br /> convert'lng the. same into and for the use of a jarl nospit=l for the Czt~v of Pc~tsmouth.
<br /> "NHEREAS, F~om ~.~fozm~tion obtained the Central improvement. League? has t~ken up the question
<br /> of legality ~d to investigate u~der what authority ~the Seaboard Ai~ Eiiie RaItW~y ecOupies the
<br /> end of I~ndon and County streets abutting on the Elizabeth River for ~the purpose of securing
<br /> %hess street ends for the benefit of the public, and
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<br /> ~NHEREAS the City Council appreciates ~he ~n~erest the Central Improve~en% League i~ m~n
<br /> fOOting in Cl~y azf~ir and wish to commend said Iea~e in such mat%ers pertainzug to the wel-
<br /> £a~e, proEress and. interest in t~ City of Ports~outh~! ....
<br /> "~M vT P~ESOLVED b~ the CoUncil Of the City of Portsmouth, Vi~ginia, That we eormuend the ac-
<br /> t!on t~e~-b~ ~e Cent~ral Improvement League Wit~.~e~or0nOe" to th&~~ i~tigating the .legal
<br /> ri~_t~~ ~f the Seaboard .Ai~-L~ne Railway in occupying the end of London and County streets abut-
<br /> ting on the Elizabeth River..
<br /> =BE IT FURTP~R RESOLVED, That the City Co-~ucil ~pp~eciates the spzr~t of co-oper~tzon in
<br /> ~'ivic affairs and will lend their support on such matters pertaining to the welfare of the City.
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<br /> t ~BE IT FURTHER RESOL~-ED, That this resolution be spread upon the records Of Council and
<br /> la copy of same be forwarded to the Pr~ident of the Central Iml~rove~ent League."
<br /> nRESOLVED. That the resolution submitted to t~ Coun. cil on De~ember 1Bth,~l~18,~bY _t~e C~ity
<br /> ~anage~ ~i~th~r~ferenc_e to, the leasing .of a l~rtio_n o{ t~? ~Pa~?r~ .F~a_z~n ~p~¢~h~?~ ~y
<br /> ia century be a. dopte..d~as ?ar~ly ?~ pgsszble~, ~ue to the ~acs ~r~ sue sooner one lea~e
<br /> i the more the Czty wz±z ge~ zor mne zease.
<br /> With' regard to the p~oposed buildi~ of a road f~om the Vzrg~nza-Carolzna Bo'~aa~y line
<br /> on the-e~nal b~k of the Dlsmal S~amp_ Canal to the Village of~ De~ C~e~,~ thence tO the City of
<br /> Portsmouth, ~. ~right o~fered the following resolution, ~which was adopted:
<br /> ............. "RESOLVED, That the
<br /> ~-= ...... ~--+~ ~ f ~ heir a tivi~ -ih' i00ki to the interest
<br /> Council wishes to thank ~ ~ ~ ~o~m~ittee o~ t . c ~ ~ ng
<br /> · 'uest'~h~ co~O ratiO~ ~f the cozm~tttee
<br /> and welfare ef the City of portsmouth, and that they req ~ l~e -
<br /> b~e. thei~ efforts te'~iee the necessary £unds at the proper'time under such arrangements as ~ay
<br /> recorm~ended by the Fin~.uce Depart~ent of the City
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