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<br />A~ri! 25, 1918
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<br />At a special meeting of the City Council April 23rd there were
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<br />}~essrs-- M. P. Claud, W. H. Cuipepper, J. T.
<br /> C. H. Herbert, E. H. Wright, 5.
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br />The following dir6ctions were read for ~the special meeting~ .....
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<br />"Mr.-L.-C. Brinson~
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<br /> "City Clerk & Auditor,
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<br />"Gentlemen:--
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<br />April 23rd,
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<br />"Portsmouth~ Va.~ April 22, 1918.
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<br /> City.
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<br /> YOU will please call a special meeting of the City Co-~ucii for TuesdaY~
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<br />1918, at 7:~0 o'clock P.
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<br /> ~., to hear a report from the Department of Finance on
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<br />bids for $150,000.00 of Portsmouth, Va., School Bonds.
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<br /> "Very truly~
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<br /> "Jo'T. Hanvey, P~esident."
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<br /> The "call" D~ving been read, the Chairman or'the Department of ~inance r~d~t~h~ followi~
<br />list of bi~s received for~the bonds: Mottu & Co.~ $138~8!.00;~ J. C. Mayer & Co.. $139~62S.00;
<br />E. H. Rollins & ~0-~ $142,2i~.00; Rudg~ph~Eleybo~te & Co., $t42~222.22; Pruden
<br />R. ~. G~ant & Co., $1~3~3~0.00.
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<br />Then the following report was read from the Department of Finance:
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va.~ April 23, 1918.
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<br /> "The Dep~o of Finance h~viug been authorized to advertise for $150~000. School Bonds in
<br />accordance ~56hewith advertised~in the local paper and the Bond Buyer, New York~ and date set
<br />for receivizq~ bids was April 22~ 12 o~clock noon.
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<br /> "The C0m~ittee met on said date and.received bids f~om 6 companies, and after oonsidering
<br />the different bids%~your Department of Finance recomm~r~ that the bid of R. N. Grant&~Co.
<br />being the highes~Lbid, said $1~0,000. School Bonds be awarded to the R. M. Grant & Coo, New
<br />York, N~ Y.
<br /> "Respectfully submitted,
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<br />Herbert, Chrm~. Dept."
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<br /> · Whereupon, the privilege of the floor was g~anted to Mr. Bray, 6f Prudden & Co., and Mr.
<br />Morse, of R. M. Grant & Co., who spoke as to their respective bids.
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<br />Finally, the report of the Department was adopted, and by the foliowi~g vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Claud, Culpepper~ Hanvey, Herbert, Wright~ ~.
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<br /> By~ua~ous~co~sont, the. ~ollo~ing ordinance ~hich was ordered to lie on the table April
<br /> ~th, was taken up, read, and adopted:
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<br /> · ~NORDINANCE A~NDINGAN 0RDINA~{CEENTITI~D, "AN ORDinANCE
<br />FOR APPOINTING A.C~RK TO THE CIVIL A~D POLICE JUSTICE, AND THE CHIEF O~ POLICE." .
<br /> "Be it ordained by t~e City Couticil of the City of Portsmouth~ Va.~ That a clause be added'
<br />Itc amend the~d:.o~di~ce~as follows:
<br /> "The office hours of the Clerk to the Civil and Police
<br />Justice and~to the Chief of Police sD~ll be from 8:~0 a.m. to 12:~0 P. ~. ~ud from 7:~0 P.~M~ to
<br />!l:~O P. Mo, and that all o~dinances in conflict with the ordin~uce adopted April 2~th, 19t~
<br />and this ~en~ment thereto, are hereby repealed. This ~endment and o~inance to take effect
<br />and be in force from its passage."
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<br />And by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Claud, Cu!pepper, Hanvey, Herbert~ V/right,
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<br /> The following ~eso!uti~n which was referred to the Department o£ Law March 19~h, was taken
<br />and adopted:· .'
<br /> "Resolved, That the C~ty M.a~ager be instructed to detail one of the Justices.
<br />the Peace for the ~urpose of issuing b.aml bonds and ether papers, one of each of the ~ustmces
<br />be on duty at the Statmon House each night~. /
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<br /> On mOtion~ the City Clerk & Auditor was i~struoted to return the certified ch~cks of the
<br />unsuecess~mt bmdders on School Bonds.
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<br /> On motion,
<br />Officials.
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<br />the Clerk was instructed to compile a City Director~y of City, State, and U. S.
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<br />On motion,
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<br />adjo~ ned~
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