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"¥Thereag~.The City of Portsmouth otaims the r~ght to take ov~r and. be~.ome the owner of the Portsmout~ Berkte~' and Suffolk Water Comp~'s properties a~ a va±ua~on to be fixed and determined by the Boa~d of ArbitratOrs selected.for that purPoee;-and "w~ it ~u~s home to the knowledge of this Council th~o~h Admiral Harris and others that certain extensions7 improvements, equmument, and m~chineryare now needed to enable the United States government to get an ample sUPply of water$ "Now, therefore, be it resolved Dy the Council of the City of Port~mouth that ~fue President ~df the Council and ex-officio ~yor of the City of Portsmouth be, an~ he ~s hereby~ authorized direeted to enter into an agreement with the Portsmouth~ BerEle~, and ~u~fo½k that such ~xtensions~ imprqvements~ equipment, and ma~nineryasmay be purcnase~ or ~ns~a~e~ by the Portmmouth, BerkleY~and.Su-ffolk Water Companv as approved by the Ci~ger of t!~ City of Portsmouth and the Unlited States government ~ill be included or added to the purchase ~iee o~ the PortsmoutH~ Be~ktey~ an~Su~folk~ater Compa~ ~s ~may b~ determined as of April l~ t91~ by the arbitrator~ provlded~ howeve~ that the cos~ cz such extension, improvement~ equi~ment~ ~a~ maclzinery do_not exceed the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($~5~000.00), and provided, f~the~, that the costs of smme to be included and added .to the purchase price of the eomp~s property are to be based upon costs of noz~at times and con- ditions and not upon present or future e~hanced prices. "The said age. cement shall be executed under the seal of the City of Portsmouth, attested by the City Clerk, and shall have no effect upon the rights of the city to seq,-ire and take over the property of the~ Portsmouth, Ber~ley~' and Suffolk ~ate~ Compan~ at the ~aluation to b~ fixed and ~etermined by the a~bitrators pAu~ the norms± costs or such exteneions~ improvements; equip- ment~ and machinery as set out above." On motion, said resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes-- Bunting~ Clau~ Culpepper, H~vey~;~ Herbert, Wright, The Special Water Committee recommended that the City A~bitrator be &uthorized to employ such help as may be needed to conduct the ~bitration proceedings for the City of Portsmouth; and s~e was granted. By unanimous consen~ the Chairman of the Department of .Public Welfare made the following report: ~To the Honorable City Counci~ Portsmouth,' Va. Gentlemen:-- In pursuance of a. resolution of the Council passed at the last meeting instrueting yo,~ Public Welfare Department together with the City ManagerandDr. Spratl~ug, to loca%eanac~e on the City O.emeter~property for the U. S. Government:suse as a cemetery, and Whereas, Your Chairman, D~. Spratling, and the City ~nager vis,ted the Oemetery this evening and located the acre satisfactorily to all p~ties interested~' ~Therefore, Be it Resolved~ ~nat the City of Portsmouth a~eee with the U. S. Navy Depart- ment to convey one ac~e of ground between a tenant house west of dwelling add the north bank of the property, the defi~uite metes and bounds to be hereafter defined. ~Also that the papers requesti~ a bid be filled out at a price of $1~600.00 per acre. [Signed; M.P. ClauE~ Chairman. (Signed) W.H. Cu~peppe~ Vice-Chairman. On motion of ~. Herbert, the-report was referred back to the Department of Public We!- fare and the City ~[anager for a plat defining the acre desired by the Government and the said Department was instructed to select a temporaz~y location for the Government to bury its dead pending the settlement of a definite site. Mr. Claud presented the following resolution, which was adopted: ~ereas, There seems to be some o3estion as who should act in the matter of the con- gested condition of th~ hm~bor of the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. ~Therefore, Be it Resolved, That the City Council instructs its Harbor Commissioners to reeuest the City Attorney of the City of Portsmouth to'take immediately the necessary steps agai~t the City of Norfolk to provide the proper means to keep the harbor ope~ at all times.~ ~--/~--/~ O~motion, ad,out'ned.