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R. C. P, S&pten_oer 10, 19!8 At a regular meeting of the City Council September 10th there were present: Kessrs--~ T.A. Bunt~g,~W.' H. Cuipepper, C. D. Deans, J. T. Hanvey, C. H. H6rbert, E. H. Wright, Also the City ~anagero muau,es o, the regular meeting August 20th and special meetings August 29%h and Septem- ber 3rd were r~ad sad were approved. Law- P.-EPORTS 0P DEPAR~TS · _~ne followiz4g'ordinances were presented by the Department: An Ordinance Creating the Office of Clerk for Police Department and Defin~g his w ~ Ordinance Requiring the Civil and Police Justice and the Clerk to Same to T~rn Over Al! ~one~ to the Clerk of the Police Department & Requar!r~ the Civil & Police Juszzce to Sign War- rea%ts, An. Ordinance to P~ohibit the Bumning of Trash, On motion, under the rules, the ordinances the-next regular meeting of the bod~~. Public Service-- No report~ &c., EXcept in Metal Receptacles. ~ere ordered to lie on the table until Public Property-- No report. Public ' -~ Sam cry-- No report. Pub_mc Welfare-- No report. ~ance-- Referred August £0th (With Public Safety Dept.) Hecon~endation of the City ~nager that 2,000 Feet o£ new hose be purchased for the Fire Department, at an estimated cost of ~800. f;o.b. Portsmouth. It is reco..~ended that a~ appropriation of $1200. be made for this ~pose. (WiSh ~blic We~e Dept.)~ Recoz~endation of ~blic Welf~e Department and Bo~d ~alth tD~t the City Manager empl~ e~ineers to prepare plans and ~ata for the installation of sewerage in the ~sewered portion of the City, at ~ estimated cost of $2~00.00; the cost of ~s~aili~ sewers to be const~cted on ~e local ~ ~o~ess as to same. the cit~ t{~ee to he ~utio~izei to sm~io~ ~n~in~ ~n~ ~i~i~i e~art~ ~ t~i~tion o~ basic data relating to p~sica! smd economic com~itions t andabout the City and its utilities, ~blic service ~d ~icipally o~ed. As ~o sm~o~t is asked fg~ we report ~o~ess.~ (With ~blic Semvice, ~blic ~ope~ty and~blic WelF~e Dep~tments) Reco~endation of the City ~age~ that he be authorized to expend the Cemetery funds now available for plans, specifications~ plats ~d data for the ~.provement, develop~em~ ~d approaches on the New Ceme- te~ Site~ and ~ additio~l appropriation of $6,000. Be made available for the oo~ii~g of as ~ch data as is possible above r~entioned. Rcor. mier_d~tlon of the Public Property Department that an appropriation ~ · for an additional room to ti~e zublmc Library, P~ogress. of ~700. be made An appropriation of ,600.00, out of Cemeter~y funds, for improvement to tke New Cemetery Site, It ms recommended 'that said ~ppropr~atmon, ce made, out of Cemetery _wmtuds. (Signed) C.H. Herbert, Chapman. (Signed) T.A. Bunting, ~lce-0bz~man. On motion, t_~e report of the Deparvmen~ was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes-- Bunting, Culpepper, Deans, Hanvey, Herbert, Wright, 6. Special Water Comm,~.~ttee-- Re~e~ed September 3r~ (With City ~,ganager & City Attorney~ ,~,uthorized to proceed with ail ma~ters pertaining to the settlement of the P. Bo & S. ~fater Co. and ~eoort at the earliest possible time all the transactions since April l, 1918~ in detail; also-authorized to ~.ke such expenditures as are necess~ to render a complete report. We have h~ld a m~et~ with A~al Harris and still report (With City M~ger & City Attor~y) To so-operate with A~n~at Harris ~d ot&ue~ Govern. ant Officials au~_orized ~ c~ ol~ ~iprovements recent_ended by t~e Goverizment .in letter mated Aug-