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December ~0, !918
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<br />At an adjourned regular meeting of the ~City Council December 20th there were
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<br />~essrs--.T.A. B~_ting, ~ff. 2. Cla~,. W. H. Culpepper, C. D. Deans, J. T. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert,
<br /> E. H. ~right,
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<br />pre Bent
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<br /> Whereupon, the £ollowir~ ordinance presented by R. M. Grant & Co., ~mch l~ad been laid over
<br />December t~h ~til this meetz~ of the bo~, was taken ~p.
<br /> AN 0R~I~NCE ~ ~TION T0 ~ ISS~
<br />A~ ~ 0F WATER B0~DS P~SUANT T0 ~ AU~0RI~ CO~D ~ AN 0~ANCE Eh~I~: '~AN 0~I-
<br />NA~ T0 AUT~0EI~ ~ iSS~ 0F ~0 ~ILLION ~ S~N n~ THOUS~n~ DOL~S 0F B0~S T0 BE
<br />~0~N AS 'WA~ B0~S.~ P~JANT T0 SECTION l~, ~USE B, OF T~ 'CONSTITUTION 0F VLRGI~IA, A~
<br />~ ACT 0F T~ GEt~L AS~LY 0F VL~GI~A, APPROVED ~f~CH 16, 1918,~ ENTI~, ~AN -~C~ T0 AU~O-
<br /> ~S 0P T~ ~TA~ T0 ISSD~ B0~S FOR A S~PLY 0F
<br />RI~ T~ C0~CILS 0~ T~ ~L CZT~S 0R '~ .
<br />WAT~ 0R 0~ SP~CIHC U~TAKING FRON WHICH T~ CI~ 0R ~N D~ D~II~ .~ RE~h~, P~RSUA~
<br />T0 SECTION 01~ ~i.~-S~;~ B 0P T~ ~ I~_ITuTION 0P V~GIZL&,'" ~ ~' ER
<br />A~ AR~R0~ ~ .a ~JORI~ 0F ~ QUALIP~ V0~RS ~0F ~ CI~ 0F PORT~0U~, VOTING ~0N ~
<br />Q~STION AT AN ~CTiON ~ NO~ER 5, 1918: 5~I~ PROVISION FOR T~ PORN 0F ~ B0~S~ ~
<br />AP~LICATION 0F T~ PROC~DS Ah~ Tt~ P~tT T~REOF.
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<br /> On motion of ~. Herbert, seconded.by Nr. Deans, section 4 of the ordinmnce was amended go
<br />read as foliows:
<br /> ~section 4.. The pr6~eeds of thebonds authorized.to be issue~ and sold by
<br />this ordinance shall be paid to the Portsmouth, Berkley and Suffolk ~ater Company upon the de-
<br />livery of a deed .of .the said waterworks system and all property rights and franchises connected
<br />therewith to the City of Portsmouth, Virginia~=
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<br /> Th~n on motion of ~.'Wright, seconded by ~r..Bunting, the ordinance was adopted, zs amerC-
<br />ed, s~ud by th~ following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- B~ting, Claud, Culpepper, Deans, Hs_uvey,
<br /> Herbert, V~rig~t~ ~.
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<br /> By~0~nimous consent, tt~ following resolution was presented by Mr. Herbert and tunder the
<br />rules of the Council, s~me was ordered to lie on the table until a special m~etin~ to be ~held
<br />Decembsr 26th:
<br /> =Be It Remolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, That the Finance De-
<br />partment negotiate four bores of the City of Portsmouth, Va.,
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<br /> ~TtLtrty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($~,500.00) each, daSe December 2?th, 19t8,
<br />payable tlmirty days after date bearing interest at six per cent. That said notes be issued
<br />for part payment for purchase of Portsmouth, Berkley and Suffolk ~ater Company.
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<br /> Resolved Further, That theTreasurer and City Clerk and Auditor be authorized to execute
<br />said notes in beha!f o£ the City,~
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<br />On motion, adjourned~
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<br />December B6, 1918
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<br />At a special meeting of the City Council Becember 26th there
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<br /> ~ssrs-- N. P. Claud, ~o H.~ Cu!pepper, C. D. Deans,
<br /> · J. ~. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert, E. H. ~right, 6.
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<br />T~e following directions were read for the special meeting:
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<br /> =Portsmouth, Va., December
<br />~Nr. L. C. Brinson~
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<br />were present:
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<br />24, 1918.
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<br />City Clerk & Auditor,
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<br /> City.
<br /> !'Dear Sir: --
<br /> · You .wmlt p'lease~cail a speezal meetzng of ~he City Council for Thursday,
<br /> authermz_ng the Finance
<br />,~t:~,er 2~th, ~ o'clock P. M., to co~ adoption of the resolution ' ' ~
<br />'~p~e~t to negot~te fo~ no~s for $~,500. each, ~or ~t ~ent for p~cD~se of the
<br /> Portal, th, Berkley & S~fo~ Nater Com~, which r~solut~ ~d been ordered to lie on ~he
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<br />table DeCember 20th.
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<br />Very respectfully,
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<br /> =J. T. Hanvey, President.~
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<br />.Ehereupon, the ~call~ having been read, the following resolution whichhad been ordered
<br /> the table December 20th was taken up and read:
<br /> "Be It Resolved by the Coundil of the
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