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R. C. P.
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<br />OCtober 9, 1917
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<br />completion of the xper~ examination, your committee will be ready to m~ke a rei~ort as to dis-
<br />position of same.
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<br /> "We~ therefore, recommend that the City enter into a contract with the ~ehof~td Engineer-
<br />ing Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., at a cost not exceeding $6,000.00, which is ~n accordance
<br />with the report of your committee and the contract~
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<br />(Signed) C. H. Herbert, Chairman.
<br />" T. A. Buntir~,
<br />" W.H. Culpepper,
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<br />Specis~l Water Committee.
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<br />On motion, the report of the Committee was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes--Bunting, Claud, Hanvey, Herbert,
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<br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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<br /> The regular reports of Officers for the month of september were presented and were ordered
<br />to take the usual course,
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<br /> A report of the Auditor that there will be needed additional appropriations to amount of
<br />$11,89~.~4, for the balance of the year, was referred to the Finance Department,
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<br /> A request was read from the Auditor to be allowed to transfer $360.50 from the Sixth Wa~d
<br />to the Seventh Ward, and $2.00 from the Seventh Ward to the Sixth Ward, in order to correct an
<br />error in entering these amounts on the Collector's books, was referred to the Finance Depart-
<br />ment.
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<br />NEW BUSINESS
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<br /> A communication was read from the City Clerk of ~o~folk advising the Council that the
<br />City Council of Norfolk has directed the putting of a p~liceman a~ the intersection of Commer-
<br />cial Place and Water street, to regulate the Ferry tra£fic, as requested by the Council of this
<br />City.
<br /> On motion, the communication w~s ordered to file.
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<br /> ~ petition of A. C. Richardson for help for his sick father, who served on the Street Force
<br />for about twenty years, was re~rred to the Public Service Department with the City Manager.
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<br /> A petition of James $. Foote to be refunded $2.00, paid in error on account of assessment
<br />of Persons~l Property for the year 1~1~, w~s referred to the Finance Department.
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<br /> A bill of the City Treasurer to amount of $55.~0, as 10~ commission on delinquent 1916
<br />taxes collected to October let, l~l?, was referred to the Finance Department.
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<br /> A complaint was read from W. E. Calve~t,~ former DePUtyCity Collector, against F. C. H~nra-
<br />hah, City Collector, and same wam ~ferred~oth~F!~nce Department.
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<br /> A communication w~s received from a committee, o~mposed of Frank L. Crocker, E. L. Lafh,
<br />and Frank C. Hanrahan, requesting that the City provide suitable places in our City in which
<br />strangers may rest, and requesting especially that the Council consider the advisability
<br />using the Court house lawn for such purpose.
<br /> After some discussion of the mmtter, Mr. Claud moved that an appropriation of ~150. be
<br />allowed to provide benches to be placed in the Coturt House yard for such purpose, or in such
<br />other places as the City Manager m~y think advisable.
<br /> The motion was adopted and by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Bunting, Claud, Hanvey,
<br /> Herbert,
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<br /> A communication w~s read from the Department of Health, asking that an appropriation of
<br />$60. be allowed ~o cover the expense of sending representatives from said Department to the
<br />North A~lantic Tuberculosis Conference, which meets in Baltimore, Md., October l?-lSth.
<br /> The communication stated that the reg~ested appropriation might be-transferred from
<br />an unused item in this year's budget, if satmefactory to the Council.
<br /> On motion, the appropriation was allowed, as requested in the communication.
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<br /> A letter was received from Dr. G. B. Young, Sanitary Advisor, Fifth Nav~l District, ao-
<br />knowiedging receipt of the resolution s~iopted by the Council with reference to the sanitary
<br />survey recently made in and around the City, and heassured the Council that he g~eatly ap-
<br />preciated its action.
<br /> Said letter w~e ordered to be filed.
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<br /> A communication w~s read from Er~nest A. Gra~t, for citizens and property owners on Nav~i
<br />Place, proposing to bear one-half of the expense in laying a fotur foot concrete or granolithic
<br />sidewalk from Seventh street and Nav~l Place to the Gilmerton oar tracks, provided the work is
<br />completed before cold weather sets in.
<br /> Also a petition from Mr. Grant, in behalf of the residents of Navel Place, to have in-
<br />stalled an electric light at the corner of Eighth ~eet ~nd NaV~l Place.
<br /> On mo$iOn,m the privilege of the floor was g~nted to Mr. Grant to speak in reference to
<br />the petitions. He explained the necessity for the sidewalk and the electric light.
<br /> Finally, the mat~er of laying the sidewalk was referred to the Finance ~nd Public Ser-
<br />vice departments with the City ~ger, and the m~tter of.installing an electriO light, to
<br />Public S~fety Department.
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<br /> At this point, the City Man~ger recommended an ~pprgpri~tion.of $350. to ?med~ the drain-
<br />~n~ions on Glasgow street, near the Belt Line Railroad, and same w~s rezerrea to Finance
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