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office, I would most respectfully recommend to the Council that a resolution be passed to the
<br />effect that such enterprises do not act To the bes~ interests of the City and that they are as
<br />~ whole not beneficial a~ud that it is undesirable to have ~ny more of them here.
<br /> ~ subject of plumb-
<br /> "I ~ ,~=e ~n th~ Counozl that ~ne existing ordinmnce covering
<br /> wouz~ s~o ..... . ~ ~ . . re-enacted so ~s to requir~ ~h~t ~ll
<br /> lng ~d the inspection of pl~b~ng ~ork ce ~ended and
<br /> ~ -~ ' ~ have the s~e inspected by the pl-~mb~ng~Inspe~tor~. ,. the. ~ame
<br />~ m~ ers reoort all repair w~ ~nd ,~ ~ , ...... ~, +~=e %h~ - com~ cz the ,~zty may o~ znctea~ed
<br />~S now requzred.~or ne~ ~ + ~o ~ ~ +~: ~u~b n~ Insoso~o~.of ~?u~ Tw~
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<br />P=~- ~ .... , ..... t- Collector ~d turned into the City Tre&sury,
<br />p~i~ ~oos. These fees to be collected by th~ ~ Y
<br /> "I would ~po~t the following changes ~d mppointmen~s m~e by m~ ~ur~n~ th~ month of April:
<br />
<br /> ~epar~men~, ~ have
<br />I have dismissed ~[r. W, R, Walker, Chief of the ~
<br />trs~usferred Er. J. E. Broughton from the pcsition of Chief of the Police Department to that of
<br />Chief of the Fire Department,
<br /> "At the reques~ of Nr. J. N. Broughton I have appointed Eessre~ R. O. Scott and C, E. Pedi-
<br />go ~s substitutes in the Fire Department.
<br />
<br /> "POLICE DEPARTN~T--
<br /> - I have appointed ~r, W, N. Land as Chief of the Police Dept.; ktr.
<br />E. Eden as Detective Sergeant.
<br /> "At the request of the Chief of ~he Department I h~ve m~s th~ following ~ppointmsnts: e
<br />~. L. H. Cherry ~s r~lmr policem~ ~r.~E~ L._C~ ~ rs~i~r polic~;
<br />ms Substitute patrolman; ~r. S. C. ~illi~=, ms ~osmzmu~ p~trolm~; Er. J.
<br />Substitute patrolm~; ~r, J. E. Vincent, ~s ~bs~ituts patrolm~
<br /> "I h~ve ~ccepte~ the resi~tio~ of Er. W. H. E~nds as a r~l~r polic~nd ~s he
<br /> w~s elected ~s a Justice of th~ P~ce mt the l~st meeting of th~ Council, I have appointed him
<br /> ms Clerk to th~ Civil and Police Justice ~d Secretly to th~ Chief of Police.
<br /> "Er. Nick Brescia, ~m~ne Officer, msked t~t his duties b~ increased so ~s to include
<br /> ~ ' As some ~desir~ble pictures hmve
<br /> t~ inspection of moving pictures~mt no cgs~ to ~h~ Cztyl
<br /> been sho~ within the City d~ing the pas~ zew weens, ~nG ~s we ~v$ ~t th~ present time no one
<br /> who c~ spmr$ the time to m~e inspections, mhd ms Er, Br~sci~ alrs~y ~s Police powers inci-
<br /> dental to his position as Hummn~ Officer, I have ~uthorized him to m~ks these inspections of
<br /> the moving pictures. ,Respectfully,
<br /> ,Tyrrell B~ Shertzer, City E~nmger~"
<br /> The report h~ving been remd, on motion, the rsco~sndation ~hmt a resolution be pmssed
<br /> to the effect that cmrniv~s ~o not mot to the best interests of the City mhd that the ~xisting
<br /> ordinance covering the s~jec~ of plumbing ~d inspection of pl~bing work be ~ended,
<br /> w ..... ~ .... ~ ~ ~he Den~rtmsnt of L~w for considermtion,
<br /> The md~is~bility of ~ppointzng Nzck Brs~clm~o m~ inspections of moving pictures
<br /> w~s rsfsr~ed mls~th~ Dep~rtmsnt of L~w for
<br /> The City Emnmger report~ ~lso that he~ ~nted permission to th~ Tidewater. . = Au~omobz!e
<br /> Association to erect direction si~s on the streets of the City for th~ con~Dz~e~ of members
<br /> of said Association ~nd the public g~nermlty.
<br /> ~.~FINISHED BUSINESS,
<br />
<br /> The re~al~ reports of Officers for
<br />dered to take the usual course.
<br />
<br />The following ordinance ordered to
<br />
<br />the month of April, 19i~, were presented ~n= w~re
<br />lie on the table by the body April~ 2~th, wa~ taken up
<br />
<br />and re~d: AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING RETAIL ICE DEALERS TO KEEP STANDARD SCALES AND TO .WEIGH ICE
<br />SOLD BY
<br /> On motion, the privilege of the floor was gr~nted to ice dealers present who might be in-
<br />terested in the ordins~ace.
<br /> When, ~essrs, E, R. Barksdale, of the Portsmouth. Coal. ~nd Ice~, Co,, and Nm, G, Nauptn
<br />spoke, protesting against the penalty prescribed for v~olatmon of ~ne ordinance, &o.
<br /> %' Claud moved to amend, by addin~ after the
<br /> After some dispassion of the ordinance,
<br />words "sh~ll be w~ighed," the following words: "if so requested bF the purchase=, The
<br />amen~ent was a~opted.
<br /> Er. Norris moved to amend further, by eliminating the penalty prescribed. The
<br /> merit w~e ~dopted,
<br /> Then Mr. Claud moved that the ordinance be s~iop~ed, as amended, ~nd s~me ~r~s so adopted,
<br /> ~nd by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Claud, Dashiell, Hanvey, Morris,
<br /> Nays--Bunting, Herbert,
<br /> The telephone contracts for service under the new system, which had been referred to the
<br /> City Attorney for examination, were returned by him ~s approv~d~ but they were held up for
<br /> further consideration,
<br />
<br /> NE~ BUSINESS.
<br /> A notice w~s received from the City Eanager eta%lng that he has appointed Nr. W. W, Hall
<br /> ~,~ .... v~=~nw for three months from Nay ~nd, l~ly, at a salary of $60, per
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