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., o. 253 1918 At a regular meeting of the City Council ~ia~ch t2th there were present: T. A. Bunting, M. B. Claud, q. H. Culpepper, C. D. Deans,~ J, T.. H~uvey, C. H. Herbert, E. H. ~Vright, Also the City The' mirJ~tes of the regular meeting Februs~y 19th and special meeting Februa~r ~Sth and kJarch 8th were read and were approved. ~PORTS OF ~T~NTS No ~eport. Public Property-- (See communications from the City Manager) Public Service-- No report. Public S~fety-- No report. Public Welfa~e-- No report. Referred February 19th Recommendation of the $ity Manager that the pay of street pavers be increased to ~$.50 per day. In view of'the fact that there are only three pavers, it is recommended that said inerease~ be g~anted. Matter of no appropriation t~ the Budget for "Relief of Soldiers.~ P?-og~ess~as to s~me. (Signed) Ci H. Herbert, Chairman. (Si~ed) T.A. Bmuting, Vice-Chairm~u. On n~tlon, the report of the Dep~tment was adopted. At this point, the privilege of the floor was g~uted to the school teachers who were pre- sent, in the matter of the request of the School Board for a war bonus to be paid the teachers of the Pub!lc Schools~ ~nd Miss Smmth spo~e urgzno ~avor%ble actmon on samd request. In this connection, ~. Herbert stated that he would call a meeting of the Department of Finance on~id~, March 15th, at 7:30 o'clock P. ~., and the Superintendent of Schools, members of the School Bo~d, mud members of the teaching force, would be ~uvited to be presen~ at said meeting. The foilowing'commtmieations were read from the City Manager: First. The following Srdi- n~uces which had been approved by the Department of Health: ~a) Au Ordinance to Prohibit the Soliciting, Aiding or Permitting Prostitution or Illicit Sexual Iuterc~m~se. (b). An ~dim~.nce Providmng ~or. the Quarantining Detention, Care snd Ou~e of Persons In- fected w~th Contagious Venereal D~seases. . ' (c) An 0rdin~noe Portsmouth, ~Yho ~ay be Health. Pro~idin~ for the ~,~uarant_ne of Persons Confined in the City Jail of I~.'eeted~with -~%¢ Con~aoious or Infectious Disease Dangerous to the Public (d) An Ordinance Regulating the ~'mn~actt~e, Handling, Care and Sa!e~ of Food Stuffs VJithin the City of Portsmouth. 9,n. motion, ~.~e ordinances were o~dered to lis'on the tab_e until the next regulus meet- ir4~ of the body and ware referred to the Department of Law ~nd City Attorney for a report at the next regular me,~tzng of the bOd~'. Second. Attaching three bi!ls~ contracted for du~. 191~, but for which there was allowed no appropriatign in the~B~dget for 1918. He recommended that an appropriation of $2~..~0 be allowed to pay for said bills. On motion, the matter of an aplmmopr,tation to cover s~ue was referred to the Finance De- partment. Third. Recommending that he be authorized to employ a corapetent engzneer to make a sm-vey, map and to f'arnmsh description of the proposed ~erritor~- in Port Norfolk, Pin, ers Point, to be annexed to. the City, at a cost not to exceed $250.00. 0n motion, the recommended appropriation was referred to the Dep~tment of Finance. Fourth.. Re-eo~muended .the adoption of the following resolution: ".Wh~eas, ~ne cuestion of purchase of the properties of the Portmnouth, Be~kley & Suffolk l~ater Company is now under con- .sideration ~nd may be cons~..~mated upon the report of the arbitrators selected to fix the values of said Co~p~ to b~dce effect from the first day of April, 1918. "Now, ~herefore, Be it Resolved by the Counei!mof the. City 9f ~ortsmouth. That the C!e~k of this Council be ~_ud is hereby directed to notii~ the samd P&rtsmouth. Berk!ey & Suffolk YIater