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<br />August 13,
<br />
<br />1918
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<br /> ~At a regular meeting of the City Council A~st !Sth there were present:
<br /> Messrs-- ~. P. Claud, ~W. H. Culpeppe~r, C. ~.~ Deans~
<br /> ~. T. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert~
<br /> E~l~ mH' Nr ~~, $ '
<br /> Also the City P~anager.
<br /> Th~ minutes of t~e regular meeting July 18th and special meetings JtLly 22nd and July $0th
<br />were read and were approved.
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<br /> REPORTS OF DEPART~'LEJ~TS
<br /> Law--
<br /> Recommended tb~t the office of tuberculosis nurse be created, at a salary- ~f $100.
<br />Pg~ month, to be paid out of the $1,000. allowed in the Budget for Health Department under
<br />side Health Officer."
<br /> (Signed) C.D. Deans, Chairman.
<br />
<br /> On motion~ the recommendation of the Dep~rtment w~sJ~eTerred to the Department of Law
<br />and Finance Department.
<br />
<br />Public Service--
<br /> No ~eport.
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<br />Public Property--
<br /> No report.
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<br />Public Safety--
<br /> No report.
<br />
<br /> Public Neifare--
<br /> Presented a plat e~otEe cemeter~ site recently purchased by the City,
<br />snowing the one. acre which the Go~ernment wishes to p~cb~se from ~.~ City; and recormnended tD~t
<br />the acre as sho~ on the plat be sold to the U. S. Government for $1,000.o0..
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<br /> Whereupon, ~h~. C~-lpepper~ moved to amend, that the Council visit the property before
<br />action is take~ on the recommendation, but the amen~ent was lost.
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<br />Then the recommendation was adopted and bY the following vote:
<br /> A~s-- Claud~ Ctu!pepper,
<br /> Deans, Hanvey, Herbert, Wrmght, 8.
<br />
<br /> The following resol~tion and letter were read from the ~Special Water ommmttee, an~ copies
<br />~of same ordered to be sent to ~he W~ter Compa~ and to Admiral HarriS:
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<br /> "~ereas, The City of Portsmouth claims ~the right to take over and become the owner of the
<br />Portsmouth, Berkley, and Su~folk Water'Ccmpa~'s properties at a valuation to be fixed and de-
<br />term~ued by the Board of Arbitrators selected for that purpose; a~
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<br /> ~'~ereas, It has come to the ~owledge of this Council ~hrough Admiral Harris and others
<br />that certa~in extensions, improvements, equipment, and m~chiner~ are now ~eeded to enable~ the
<br />United States government to get an ampte sup~Sly of- water;
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<br /> ~'Now~ Therefore~ Be It Resolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth that the Presi-
<br />dent of the ~ouncil an~ ex-officio 2~ayor of the City of Portsmouth be, and he is hereby, autho-
<br />rized and directed to enter into an agreement with the Po~rtsmouth, Berkley, and Suffolk Water~
<br />Compar~ that such extmn~ions, improvements, equipment, and z~chinery as may he purchased ~or in-
<br />stalled by the Portsmouth, Berkley, and Sh~ffolk Nater Company as approved by the City N~ ager .
<br />of the City o£ Portsmouth~ and the United States government, will be included or added to the pu~
<br />~se price of the Portsmouth, Be~kley, and~.Suffolk ~ater Company as may be determmned~a$ o~
<br />Apl~il.1, 1918, b~ the arbitratorS~ prov~ided, however, that the cost of suc.h extensions, improve-
<br />m~ts, equipment~ and machinery do not exceed the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
<br />($25o, ooo.oo).
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<br /> ~The said agreement shall be executed under the s~aI of the City of Portsmo. uth, attested
<br />by the city clerk, and s~ll have~0 effect~n tD~ rmght~Of the city to acquire a~ take
<br />over the property of-the Po~tsmou~, Be~kley,' and ~uffolk ~ater Company at the valuation to be.
<br />fixed and determined by the arbitrators plus the nerm~l costs of such e~te~sions, improvements~
<br />and m~chinery~as set out above."
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<br />"Portsmouth,
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<br />A~gust l~th, 1~18.
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<br />E. W. Clark,
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<br /> ~'Supt. P. B. & S. Nater Co,~~
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<br />~Portsn~uth, Va.
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<br /> "Dear
<br /> You~ letter of July 27th directed to N~.
<br />sent to the. Special ~ater Committee for a
<br />
<br />L. C. B~inson,
<br />
<br />City Clerk, has been
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<br /> ~We are herewith enclosi~ a resolution which was adopted by the Cotmci! August 13th (~s
<br />first meeting since receipt of letter).
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<br /> ~In~passi~g these resolutions, we hope that immediate steps will be taken fo~ th.e imp~ove-
<br />I merit o~ water conditions, also that.wmth~ such lr~provements ~t~at the Government ~e~ds may be
<br /> met, and, as the Special ~ater Comm~.ttee of the City Council, we a~e willing and a~xious at a~l
<br /> times, .especially under the war condmtions~as now existing, to co-operate with the Government~
<br /> and all others interested.
<br /> "Very t~ly yours,
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