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October 15,
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<br />1918
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<br /> At a regular meeti~ of the City Council October 15th there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- ~. P. Claud, W. H. Culpepper, C. D. Deans,
<br /> Jo T. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert, E~ H. Nright,
<br /> Also the City ~anager.
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<br /> The ~nutes of the regular meeti.~q~ October 8th and adjourned r~gular meeting October 10th
<br />were read and were approved.
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<br /> REPORTS OF D~ART~NTS
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<br /> Presented the followir~ ordinances, which were ordered to lie on. the table until
<br />the next regular meeting of the body~
<br /> An Ordinance To Require A Permit Before Licenses ~e Is-
<br />sued for PuBlic Exhibitions, Circuses, E~ibition
<br />Every Other PuBlic Show, E~2~ibition or Performance Except in a Licensed Theatre or Roc~ for
<br />Public Ez~zibit ion.
<br /> An 0rdin~uce to Require the PawnBrokers Doing Business in t~ City of Portsmouth to Eeep
<br />a Book and File a Copy of Said Book Daily with the CDief of Police.
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<br />P~btio oerv~ce--
<br /> No report.
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<br /> Public P~per ty~-
<br />settlement for negroes,
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<br />ReP~gted ~'Progressz
<br />called "Truxton.~
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<br />as to the schoot~uilding
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<br />in the GOve~nment housing
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<br /> ~blic Safety--
<br /> Recommended adoption of the following ~e¢~m~d~tion of the City Manager
<br />with regard to cD~e in the street lamps in the City, which~d been referred to said Department
<br />October 10th:
<br /> ~That upon mutual agreement between the Va. Ry. & Power Co. and the City of Ports-
<br />mouth, the said Company be given authority to install a modern type C, ~00 ~Yatt, ~00~candle
<br />power ~itrogen l~mp, in place of the 228 Ar~ lamps now inuse in the City of Portsmouth, at a
<br />reduction in cost of $10.00 per lamp per a~u~m, making eac~ lamp cost the City $~8.00 instead
<br /> $55.oo.
<br /> ~Be It Fm~ther Resolved, That the Compar~ can be required to renew the bulbs as often as
<br />may be necessary to~ma~ntaLu the ca,utile power, and t~t~ t.h? said Compa~ is to furnis~ a !~st of
<br />the d~tes of substitutmon, and location of each lamp substituted, and t~he proper credit ar~i~
<br />cD~rges made from the date of substitution.
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<br /> ~Be It ~urther Resolved, That th~s ~r~tual agreement can ~mt in ar~ way effect the ~m~Istir~
<br />conditions, and that all parts of ss~id co~tract other than the substitution of lamps~ shall re-
<br />main in full force and effect duri~ the life of said contract.~
<br /> On motion, the recommendation was adopted ~ the City Attorney was ins bructed to prepare
<br />a contract between the Ya. Ry. & Power Co. and the City Covering t~zis matter and the proper
<br />Officers were instructed ~o execute the s~me; and B~the followir~ vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Claud,
<br /> Culpepper, Deans, ~r~,ey, Herbert, Wright,
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<br />Pub!io ~elfare--
<br /> ~0 report.
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<br />Finance--
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<br />Referred October Sth
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<br /> An appropriation of $~,709.15 to pay E~Eineer Gilbert C. V~ite
<br />in connection with water arbitration.
<br /> It is recommended that said appropriation be allowed.
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<br />and Assistant,
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<br /> An appropriation of $F80. to pay Umpire Robert R. Prentis,
<br />connection with water arbitration.
<br /> It is recommended that said appropriation be allowed.
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<br />as City's half £or
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<br />for services
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<br />services in
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<br /> An appropriation of $1,000. for the Council of Defense.
<br /> It is recommended that said appropriation be allowed;
<br />for said Council will be conszde_ ed for the Budget of 1919
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<br />an appropriation of $1,500.
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<br />Referred October 10th
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<br /> A ~tition of the Niller Day N~rsery for the pa2~ment of nine months of acc~uuu!ated rent
<br />for sa~
<br /> It is recommended b~t said rent be paid ~ t~t the balance of the appropr~tio~
<br />allowed in the ~d~t for t~s p~pose be m~de available as~s~e falls due.
<br /> Reco~_endation o? the City ~ager ~% appropriations to the follow~ ~o~ts be allowed
<br />to pay bills om ~d for w~ch the~e is no_a~p~opri~io~: Gas He~, $10~.8~; C~ts,
<br />Sewerage ~pt., ~6.00; Ceme%9~, $3~.10; r~ ~o~szr~ Cards, $18~80; St. C~, $10.15;
<br />Police ~pt., $1z0.52; Jail, ~155.00.
<br /> It ls recovered t~t t~-fg~apPr~iati0~ be ~allowed
<br />i~, $10B.8~; Co~$s,~ SBE.O0; Sewerage oept,~, ~e00; 9emetc~, ~.I0; Prm~ ~ous~ ~,
<br />$1~.~; St. Cans, $10.1~; Police ~pt., ~2B.BO; Jail, $18~.00. A total of
<br /> Reco~endati~n of the City ~_age~ that an appropriation of $~,100. be ~de for S~eet Im~
<br />~o~em~nt to co~e the force d~i~ the balance Of the
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