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147 May 2Z, 1~i7 At & regular meeting of the City Council Nay 22nd there were present: Messrs--M. P. ~laud, 0sclc Dashiell, J. T. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert, Jno. A. Norris~ ~. The minutes of the re~lmr me,tmng M~y 8th were re~d and were approved. Law- - REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS No report. Public Service-- No report. Public Property-- No report. Public Safety-- No report. Public Welfa~e-- No Finance-- No report. report. The following report was remd from the City Manager: "Portsmouth, Va., May ZZnd, 1~17. "Er. J. T. Hanvey, Mayor, ~ud Gentlemen of the Council:- "I would submit the following matters for your considera- tion:-- "I would report progress on the matters of. Building 0o~e, Police Rules, City Fire In- surance Committee, City Property Committee. "Matter of Public Buildings: "The work of repairing the house of the Annex Fire Company has been completed with the exception of the plastering; this has been delayed.on account of the non-arrival of the special paint ordered for the roof to stop the leaks in the same. "The work of remodeling the City Collector's Office is about compIeted. "! would respectfully suggest the installation of fly-proof screen doors at the market so as to aid the general sanitation of the meat market. "Washin~on Street Park~_i: "All of th~ parkways have now been plowed and harrowed, I have not, however, been able as yet to get labor to sow the parks with grass. I have con~lted the majority of the members o~ the Council s~ud with their consent have handed the parkways over to the Garden Association for the purpose of g~rden cultivation, ~ince doing so, the Rev. Mr, Br6wn has callsd at my office and protested against the use of the parkways from London to North Streets for this purpose. The Street Railway Company has been notified twi0~ to attend to the parkways in which their tracks are placed according to their agreement, but so fa~ they have not paid any attention to our requests. "Fire Department: which i have accepted, in his place. "Mr. J. C. Talbot of the flying sqU~rOn has submitted his resignation and I have appointed Mr. R. 0. Scott, Substitute Fireman, as a regular "None of the new fire apparatus h~s as yet arrived though the first piece was due on or about N~y 10th, I have written twice to the representative of the Americmn-LaFrs~uce Co. but hmve not received a s~tisfactory a~swer fro~ him as to the cause of the delay. "Street Work_: "The read machine is continuing to give good service and has been over a~d shaped up,many of the dir~ streets, The asphalt repair g~ng has also m~de very good progress in patching the asphalt pavements; up to d~ts the North end of Court Street, all of High Street from the Ferry to Chestnut St., all of South Court St., Wythe St.,a~d the Westerly side of TFour- th St, to ~eyond Lincoln St, h~vs been repaired ~nd at a very much lower cost than this work has cost in the past, "The Little Farms Movement continues to tivation in the Pa~k View section alone, not City. flouish. There are now 67 vacant lots under oul- to mention as many more lots in other parts of the "General Matter_s: "I have advised the bidder for the use of the City Farm of the recent action of the Council in aut~orizzno the rental of the s~me but have not as yet received a reply from him. "The - ~+ ~ s~n.,ary inspection of the City is well under w~y and good progress is being made. ,I would request of the Council that an ordinance be enacted to the effect that no meat be exposed for sale, gift, barter or exchange within the limits of the City uhless the same bear the approval stamp of the Goverr~ent, S~te or other approved~inspector, that the 8~imin- istration of this law be placed in the hands of the Chief of the Police Department or of an inspector who shall be a member of the Police Department and detailed to this work by the Chief of the Department. I would also request that the penalty attached to the offense of slaughter-