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R. C, P.
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<br />Decembe~ 27, 1917
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<br />'At an~ourned regular meeting of the ClSy Council December 27th there were present: -
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<br /> Nessrs--T. A.- Bunting, M. P. Claud,' ~. H. Herbert,
<br /> W. H. Culpepper, C~rfoll D. Deans, Earl H. Wright,
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<br /> The Vice-president presiding.
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<br /> 2he minutes of the special meeting December 4th, ~egular meeting December lith, and re-
<br />gular meeting December l~th were read mhd were approved.
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<br /> The ~hair named the following to the various departments, to go into effect January, 1~1~:
<br /> Law Depsrtment~ C.D. Deans, Chairman; M. P. Claud, Vice-Chairman.
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<br /> Public Service Department: W. H. Culpepper, Chairman; E. H. Wright, Vi ce-Chai~man.
<br /> Public Property Department: E. H. Wright, Chairman; O. H. Herbert, Vice-Chairm~n.
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<br />Public Safety Department: T. A. Bunting, Chairmam; C.' D. Deems, Vice-Chairman.
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<br />Public Welfare Department:. N. P. Claud, Chairman; .~. H. Oulpepper, Vlce-Chairm~n.
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<br />Finance: C. H. Herbert, Chairmmn; T. A. Bunting, Vice-Chairman.
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<br /> Here, the City Nanager recommeD~ed that a special appropriation of $957.3Z be allowed to
<br />pay for this year's emloense of removal of Trash & Garbage, and the mppropriation w~s allowed by
<br />the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Bunting, Claud, Herbert, Culpepper, Deaus, Wright, 6.
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<br /> The City Manager announced ~is appointment of the following Officers to serve for Ihs term
<br />of four years,'beginntng Jan~ry let, 191~: Geo. C. ~t~i3~e¥, Jr., Chief of the Fire D~iua~tment;
<br />Jam. ~. Broughton, Chief of the Police Depmrtment~ W. H. Dashiell, keeper of Cemeteries;
<br />E. Whitehurst, Ghief Engineer Sewerage Pumping Station; David W~Nurden, Sanitary Inspector;
<br />Geo. F. M~thewe, City Electrician & Asst. Building Inspector; Edw. N. Grant, Clerk of the Mar-
<br />ket; Dr. Joseph Grits, City Bacteriologist; Dr. ~ernon Brooks, Health Officer; E. H. Hollomam,
<br />Sealer of Weights & ~easu=es; J. H. Fleming,~t~ ~ Street Cleaning & Gmrb~geRemoval;
<br />~-..~_~r.(~~~e~ George E. Locknane, Building Inspector; Dr. John C. Phillips.
<br />Physician to the Poor~ and Claudius N. Narkh~m,~P~rk &"Playground Commissioner_. - '
<br /> He stated that Dr. Hugh Parrish hs~l declined to serve further as Physician to the Poor,
<br />and he had aRpoint~ Dr. Phillips inhis stead.
<br />Note). On motion, t~e appointments by the M~ were approved, except as to Mr. Markham.(See
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<br /> He ma~le a~lsc a very interesting ~eport of the meeting cZ the special G~s Committee with
<br />representatives of the Portsmouth G~e Company in Norfolk and said he~T~hough~ the meeting, on
<br />the whole, very satisfactory.
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<br /> The Man, get requested a meeting of the Law Department at an early date to consider a mat-
<br />ter of importance.
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<br /> The following ordinance ordered to lie on the table December 18th, w~s taken up, read, and-
<br />&dopt ed:
<br /> AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE,ORDAIN SECTIONS 1 AND ~ OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, VA., ADOPTED MAY 8th, 1917-, ENTITLED~ "AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SALARIES ~ND PAY OF
<br />MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, OF ~.~.~E JANITOR OF THE MARKET, RODHAN TO THE CX'TY
<br />ENGINEER, STREET H~DS,. AND EMPLOYEES AT THE OEMETERIEB AND INCINERATOR."
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<br />And by the f~ll'o~ing vote:
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<br />Ayes--Bunting, Claud,
<br /> Wright, 6.
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<br />Herbert, Culpepper, Deans,
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<br /> The bond of Jno. C. Niemeyer, Commissioner of the Revenue, for the term of four years, be-
<br />ginning January let, 1918, was re£erred to the Finance.Dep-~rtment and City Attorney for approval.
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<br /> The'City M~ger called attention to the fact that fines in part in m~y cases hadst
<br />been collect~ by the Civil & Police Justice ~ he ~ t~en the ~ter up for ~nsidera~ion
<br />with ~e City A~orney.
<br /> ~e ques$i~n ~s dis~ssed mt some length ms ~o ~ose ~ty it is ~o see third, fines mrs
<br />collected,
<br /> E~lly, ~. ~nting ~fe=ed the followl~ resolution, which wms ~opted:
<br /> "Resolved,
<br />T~t the Civil & Police Justice be inst~cted to see ~at ~l fines mssessed m~inst the ~imi-
<br />~ ~endm= be collected be~o~e the offende~ leaves the court ~oom, o~ that mcceptmble colla~
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<br /> " ct ~1 fines now delinquent on ~he books ~thin thirty dmys, mhd to re-
<br />po~t to ~he Council ~t the e~ of thmt period ~hose he hms been unable to collect."
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<br /> Nr. Herbert. o~fered~the following resolution:
<br /> 'Resolved, That pending the of an
<br />ordinance to fix the pay of those Officers or other City employees whose pay increased
<br />to ta~e effect from January let, igiS, the Auditor be, and he is hereby, instructed to issue
<br />w~rrm~ts for ~he p~y of such Officers or other employees as and from said date."
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<br />On motion, said resolution w~s adopted by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Bunting, Claud,.
<br /> Herbert, Culpepper, Deems, Wright, b.
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<br />The following repor~
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<br />w~s read from the Departme.nt of Public Welfmre:
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