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up and read:
<br /> AN ORDINANCE T0 AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN TP~ ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF CITY
<br />MANAGER, FIXING QUALIFICATIONS, TERM OF OFFICE, BOND, DUTIES, AND COMPENSATION OF THE CITY
<br />MANAGER ~
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<br /> Whereupon, ~ir. Norris objected to the length of time the City Manager is to hold office
<br />and to the salary named in the ordinance.
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<br />Bat, the ordinance w~s ~dopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes-~Bunting, Claud, Dashiell,
<br /> H~nvey, Herbert~ 5-
<br />Nays--Morris, 1.
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<br /> The following ordi~nce ordered to lie on the table by this body A~gust l%th, w~s ta~ken
<br />up, read, amd adopted ad so:
<br /> AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING OWNERS OF BURNED BUILDINGS TO RE~0%~ DEBRIS
<br />FROM TH~ STREETS.
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<br />And by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Bunting, Claud, Dashiell, Hauvey, Her~$rt, Morris, 6.
<br />
<br /> The City Attorney reported that he had put in leal shape the ordi~nce relating to pos-
<br />sons in control of premiees.~ba~ mosquito breeding p~aoes a~ter notice from the Board of
<br />Health, as instructed to do by the City Council August l~th; and same w~s~ referred to ~the
<br />Department of E~w~
<br />
<br /> The contract between the City dud W. B.Bates as City Manager for m term of three years
<br />beginning August 1st, l~l?, w~s presented and w~s accepted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes--Bunting, Claud, D~shiell, Hauvey, Herbert,
<br />Nays--Morris~ 1.
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<br />NEW BUSINESS
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<br /> A notice w~s read from Mr. L~ C. Thornton of his acceptance of the. appointment to serve
<br />on the committee of citizens to act with the Council committee in considering the consolida-
<br />tion of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and same w~s ordered to file.
<br />
<br /> An order of Court was read exonerating Magnolia 0amp No. ~, Woodmen.of the ~ortd, from
<br />payment of City taxes for the yea~ 191Y, amounting to $62.00, t6gether with interest s~d
<br />panmlty thereon.
<br /> On motion, said order of Oourt w~s referred to the Department of Finmncs.
<br />
<br /> A sum$ons for the City of Portsmouth to appear at the Circuit Co,~t for the Oity of No=-
<br />folk on the first Monday in September, 1917, to answer a bill in chancery exhibited mgainst
<br />the City by W. E. Thomas, was referred to the City Attorney to protect the interests of the
<br />City in this matter.
<br />
<br /> The City Man,get.brought up the matter of improper course of the railway tracks at the
<br />intersection of Fourth and Wythe streets.~
<br /> The matter was discussed and the Manager suggested that the Council ~eques~ the Vir~
<br />ginia Railway & Power Co. to change'the course of its tracks at this intersection.
<br /> The suggestion by the Man, get w~s adopted.
<br />
<br /> On motion, the. Dep~tmen~ of Law w~s requested to bring in an ordir~uce covering
<br />increase in sa~ary for Mmss Edu~ Eo Hutoheson and an ordinance with =e~=d to the e&lary,
<br />duties, &c., cz the stenographer for the City Maz~ger.
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<br />The following oommur~cation was read from the Board of Water Commissioners:
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<br />"Portsmouth,
<br />
<br />Va** August 21st, 1917.
<br />
<br />Lo P. Slate=, Clerk
<br /> City 0ouneil of the
<br /> City of Portsmouth,
<br />
<br />Vi= gi mia.
<br />
<br /> "~y Dear Si=:--
<br /> The Board of Water 0ommissioners is in receipt of your favor of the. l?~h
<br />ins~ant~ enclosing copy of a resolution adopted by the Honorable City Council on August l~th,
<br />asking mcr infOrmation with reference to the position of the Water Commiss~cn on the. w~ter
<br />situation.
<br />
<br /> "In reply to
<br />Honorable Council
<br />formation desired.
<br />
<br />mhis request, the Board of Water Commissioners would respect~uliy refer the
<br />to its report m~de about four months ago, which we believe contains thein-
<br />
<br /> "The erection of a municipal water works w~s not abandoned by the Board of Wmter Commis-
<br />sioners, but the work was suspended by reason of the failure of the Council%o provide the
<br />necessary funds with which to complete the erection of the plant. By reference to the report
<br />above mentioned you will~find, however, that we stated:
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<br />~We doubt the wi,edom, at the present time, of uz~le~taking
<br />the erection of th~plant, am labor and a&l the materials
<br />entering into the construction of a water plant have i~
<br />creased from twenty-five (~5%) to fifty (5~) per cent, ~
<br />we therefore thi~ it wou~ be the pm=t of wisdom ~o with-
<br />hold the completion of the project u~til conditions ~e
<br />~0~$ ~O~l~~
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