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Nors=bet 27, 1917 Portsmouth, Berkley & Suffolk Water Company, if same eau be purchased at a reasonable price. On motion, said request w~s referred to the Public Service Department, with the City ~an~ger · The Man. get stated that it would require~ an appropriation of $150. to meet e~enses of the Incinerator for the remainder of the year. ~ereupon, on motion, said ~ount ~s ~propriated ~ by ~he following vote: Ayes--~nting, Cl~ud, WriSt, Hanvey, Herbert, De.ns, ~lpepper, Er. Herbert moved to refer to the Law Dep~tment the advisability of revising the ordi~nce in relation to cle~ing lots ~nd charges for opening graves in ~e City Cemeteries. The motion w~s adopted. ~. Herbert presented a bill of the M~ager to ~ount of $20.00, the s~id ~ount ~vi~ been spent necessarily over the amount allowed him for expenses to Detroit, Nioh,, ~d, on motion, said bill was A report was read from the Co~issioner of the Rev~ue of ~e T~xabls Values of Real t~te, ~n~ble ~d Intangible Personal Property In; =he .~ity Of.'~Port~outh for the Year 1917, and, on motion, the City Auditor was instructed to charge the ~ity Collector w!~h t~e ~ounts ~ed in said report. ~e City ~m~ger spoke concerni~ requiri~ F. J. ~c~ire to repair work done by him for the City on ~een s~reet, between Cra~ord ~d Water, on upper Hi~ street, ~ on Effing~m street, between County and South. ~r. ~rcl~y, assistant to %he City Attorney, being present and c~led on for hi~ opinion ~s to how the City should proceed to get the ~rk done, mdvised that Mr. McGuire be,n~ified that, u~ess he ~egin the work in a time to be specified, the City ~uld do the ~=k itself and cha~ge the cos~ mo him. ~ereupon, ~r. Herbert moved that the City Attorney be inst~ct~d to not~y Contractor McGuire that, unless he begin the work of repaying ~id streets within fifteen days from ceipt of notice, ~ complete s~e ~thin thirty ~ys thereafter, the City ~11 do;the work and charge the cost of same to Mr. McGuire. The motion was adopted. Mr. Herbert moFed that ihs Council mee~ "in oo~ittee of the whole" next Sa~rday ni~.t ~t 8 o'clock to consider the ~a~t fo~ 191~, m~ on next ~esday, Dec.bet ~th~ to hear the first re~i~ of the ~dget as presented by the Fiance Depar~ent. The motion ~s ~opted. ~. Bunti~ present~ ~ petition from the Board of Directors o~ Kings ~ghters~ Hospital re uesting that the ~ppropriation to s~id hospital be inore%~edmto $150. per month,' a~ he moved that the re.est be referred to the Fiance Department ~nd tee ~ity ~ager wath re.est that they reco~end the increased ~ppropriation~if funds for it are ~v~lable. The motion was adopted. The M~r stated that globes on the "~ite Way"broken by employees of ~e Traction Com- pany mrs not now paid for by s~id Company ~t by the City, ~d he would reoo~end that heremfter said globes be reputed by the City but t~t the e~ense of r~lacing be de~ct~ from any funds due the Company. On mo~ion, the deco. suCtion of the ~=~mger w~s adopted. Mr. De~$ c~led attention to ~he condition of ~een street, between Cra~ord m~ and especi~ly about the outface to s~ld stree~ being littered with bottles ~d o~s, and, on motion, ~he ~tter ~$ referred to the Nr. Herbert moved t~t ~y re-organization of the several City De~rtmen~s go into effect on January let next. The motion was ~opt~. On mot ion, ~lj ourned.