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April 25, i917 Brought Forward, ~noiner~toro .761.70 Cemetery, Police, Total required for rest of year Amount Available for rest of year 5015 ~0 ....... ~^~ ~ ~ ~ ..... ~- ~ *he fact however, that if the first scheme count the raises reoentiy =eked for by the school ~e~cners o= ~o "I would further remind the Council at thio time that there mrs certain other obligations of the City coming due next year which must be taken care of as followo:' "Refund Notes, $,~0~000.00 ~Interest on School Lomn or Bond~ ~t 5~, 7,500.00 Cm~ R~demption Bond Issue~ 82~00.00 "~rniture for New Hi~ School, l~O00.O0 LQ0.oo "TOTAL, "The situation confronting us is m serious one~ The exioting conditiono ~e such ~h~t this genermtion hms never seen ~d we o~n not ~ell whmt the furze h~s in ~tore for us or what un~ore~een conditiono mi~t ~ise ~equiri~ emergency e~enditures. "With the =~Didly ~ising coot of living mhd of mll the neoessltiee o~ life~ it is manifest- ~ ~ men in the Police ~d ~ire Depmrtments,~= in fmot mny ~ ty impossible for j-~r ncome of Sevent -five doll~r~ m~month, so thmt ~ extra effort clothe and fe~ m ~mm~iy on mn i Y should be mmde to increase the salaries p~id the~. ~ile i would ~espectfully urge t~t the pmy of these men be ~mised, I would be de=eliot ~n my duty if I di~ not mt t~he s~me time'cml1 the mttention of the Council to the other equally serious fin~nci~ problems co.renting "I ~ mttmching hereto the following 2otters m~ressed to me. which I would submit for the information ~d plemsure of the Co~cil: "From ~. James A. Nulvey, concerni~ m re-assessment of%he property of the E&ilro~ds mhd public ss=vice compmnies. ~From ~h~ State Bo~d of Charities ~d Corrections re~rding the oonditions~t the City J~il ~d City Home. "From the Portsmouth City Water Co~ission ~e~rd~ng their work in the p~st. "I mm mlso in receipt of the final report of the on.neet of the ~ter CoEission, which report I should llke to hold for study and my informmtion,if ~ch action p!emses the Council. "I ~ mlso mttmching m petition si~ed by mll of the pmid men of the Fire Depmrtment lng for m r~i~e of sml~ry~ "Also m petition from ~, J~ C. Fmnney msking a refund of $2.10 over pmid .Also ~ copy ~of m letter fromNr. ~eddon re~rding the widening of Wmter street. "Tyrrell B~ Shertzsr. ~City Ea~ager~ The report hmving been read. on motion, action on the request of the policemen, a was deferred until "New Business" was reached. men~ &o.. for an increase in p y Then the several recommendations in the report were referred to partments for consideration. fire- the mppropriate de- UNFINI SP~D BUSI~ES~. crdered to lie on the table Apri~ 10th wa~ tmken up, read, mhd The following ordinance ~iopted: AN ORDINAT~CE TO RE~IRE THE ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR TO NAEE Iz~oP~CTION OF ELECTRICAL ~ ' A~ TO NOTIFY THE APPLIANCES ~RE ELECTRICITY IS USED.. TO CONDEMN THE SAME IF UN~IT FOR USE, ~ ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY TO DISCONTII~JE THE CURRENT WHEN SO CONDE~NED. And by the following vote: Ayes--Bunting, Claud. Dashieli, P~nvey, Herbert~ Morgan, 6~ The following ordinance ordered to lie on the tmble April 10th was taken up also: ~AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CLERK TO THE CIVIL AND POLICE JUSTICE AND TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. =r. Dashiell moved ~hat the ordinance be a~nd~d by making the~pay of the s~id Clerk ~ths same pay per month as a poiiceman,~ instead of "the sum of Seventy-five Dollars per month." The amendment w~s adopted~ Then the ~.rdinano~ was adopted, as ~mended. and by the following vote: