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A~gust 20~ 1918 and the Board of Health: "BE tTRESOLVE~ by the Council of the City ofPortsmou~,'*~ That the City Manager employ engineers~to prepare plans and data fQr th~ installation o£ sewerage tmsewered portion of the City', at an estLmated cost of ~8~ ~. ---~ *~ ~ in the · . ~ ~ · ~v, ~n~ ~ s~ s~m be made a- vailable, also that the cost of installmng sewers be constructed upon the local assessment plan.~ 0nmoti~u, said resolution was referred to the Departments of Public Welfare and Finance. Third. Reco~endation that, owing to the demands for cemetery 10ts at this time and as Second avenue in the Oak Grove Cen~tery is not needed as a ~0~ectingtho~ough. fare and can be closed without affecting the traffmo or beauty of the g~o~n~s, the fo!low~ng ordinance be adopt- ed: ~An 0~dinance Entitled an Ordinance to Close Second Ave. and Sell Certa~Lots in Oak Grove Cemete.r~.~ On motmo~~ the recommended ordinance was referred to the Departments of Law and Public Welfare. Fourth. The following communication: "Honorable City Cott~cit~ "Portmmouth~ Va. ~Po~tsEouth~ Va., Aug. 1918. "Gentlemen:- M~. W. H. Edmonds~~ Clerk to the Civil & Police Justice~ and Clerk to the Chief of Police, ~esigned on%u~, lSthandhas not served e~uce that date. In lieu Of a~ authority to appoint a Clerk, other than that which has already been provided by ordinanc~ I beg to advise that i have requested ~. Deansn~o act as Clerk to the Civil & Police Justic~ pendi~ the revision of the present ordinances and adoption of new ordinances to meet the qui~ement. .~'~M~. Deans is not willing to act in the capacity of a Clerk to the Police Depa~ment~ there- fore~ the Police Depa~ent is without a Clerk and provision should be made to appoint a Clerk to keep the records of the Department in good shape. ~It is understood that N~. Deans is to be ~esponslble for all fines collected and he is te turn over to the City T~eastu~er all s~ms collected for the issuing of wa~rants$' honds~ etc. du~ing working hou!~s. . . or,such sexy%cos rendered by M~. Deans as Clerk to the Civil & Po!ice J mssumng ox warrants, bonds, etc., as well as bei~ responsible fo~ the fines and other funds~ M~. Deans is to be p~id the salary now fixed by ordinance and to comtlnue in this canacityuu- til the ordinance be revised and new ordinances adopted by this Honorable body. to th , thev~fo~i respecti~l~ly recorm~end that the Department of Law bring in amendments both e presen~ oramnances an~ a new ordinance c~eating a Clerk to the Police Cou~' which I respectfully recommend fo~ thei~ consideration. '~Respeotfully sub~itte~ ~W. B. Bate~ City Nanager.~ On motio~L~~ the communication was referred to the Department of Law. Fifth. Tlt~e following ccmmmm~icatiOn~ ~nich was refer~ed to the Departments of FLuance~ Public Servlce~ Public Property, and Public Welfare: "Ho~o~able City Co~unci~ ~Portsmouth~ Va.~ Aug. 2~ 1918. · ~Portsm-out~ Va. "Gentlemen:- ~ In o~de~ to advance the prosperity and future of ~he City of Portsmouth~ it is absolu~elynecessa~y that the Council~~ City Manager and the Public should know that the im- provements made a~e for the u~timate chain of development and that no money is expended without due consideration of same definite and comprehensive system inview. I ~ORE RESPECTFULLTREC0~gW~D that the Cit~ Manamer be authorizes ~s ~~ +~ ?mptoy ~gineerand. Nunmcipal~ . Experts, for the followzng reasons b~iefty outlined but no specie- mc mention of detamls, whmch w~uld be - 1 impossible to consmder at this time without the data of maps being first prepered. '~FIHST: iAccumu~ation of basic data'elating to pllysical and economic conditions in and about h~ity and its utilitieS'~ pmblic service and municipally owned, through the means (A) An accurat~survey of the city fixing for all time~ by a system of ce-ordluate~ the exact location of all important points within the present or possible future city limits. (B) Indication of the actual location of such points by the installment tn place of a ~ystem of monuments. (C) Establishment of a system of bench marks and elevations over the city. (D) SeCUr~i~ t~e necessary topographic data for storm water d~ainage syst~ street ex- t~ension and d~ain~ge~~ and s~udy of present sewer system for future sewer extension. (E)~ Securing necessary data for detailed maps of present water system and appurtenances and future installation az~ extensions. (F) Securing necessary data for s~dy of capacity and ~fficiency of present sewers and appurtenances ~nd for ~tu~e extensions and new construction,